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Re: Questions such as these

by maxherman, 06.24.02 04:49 pm

Borgnine Fatso killed Frank Sinatra, tough little monkey, who said "keep yo=
ur
mouth shut if they put you in the hole or you'll still be screaming when th=
ey
let you out."

Clift told fatty wop-killer to get ready for a piece, and when BorgBitch
pulled a shiv Monty had his own and stuck the man. 0-1.

Then got shot trying to get back to his unit. Why is Gaugin a hero again


Max Herman
genius2000.net

Re: Questions such as these

by maxherman, 06.24.02 10:46 pm

Gauguin is a hero of what? General Tyko hiding cash maybe.

Re: Questions such as these

by thingsthatgo, 06.24.02 11:12 pm

The bubbles or interpenetrating cubes are wonderful though—thought.

Re: Questions such as these

by thingsthatgo, 06.25.02 02:15 am

Actually Max—to be more sensible—I think Gauguin popped beh=
ind the small
mark that marks each side sometime ago. We seldom work paper these days but=

Tinker does a fine job bending flat planes that flicker ‘gorgeously=
' into
halfway absurd constructions. Why Gauguin?—well—its only on=
e story—and like
a story it doesn't need to be true to the name.

…claimed to have contacted Ramanujan
…Asked if he was continuing
his work, he replied, "No, all interest in
mathematics dropped out after crossing over."

The bubbles or interpenetrating cubes are wonderful though—I wonder=
the
hearsay about Gauguin.

Heroic struggles

by all i got was this lousy, 06.25.02 05:42 am

"Perhaps it is most likely that Gauguin is revealing his conception of the=

artist as hero, and — almost to challenge his colleagues — =
of himself
particularly as a kind of magician, a master who knows that he possesses th=
e
power of magic by virtue of talent and genius."

"Symbolism
Symbolists regarded a work of art as a product of the emotions, growing fro=
m
the inner spirit of the artist. They were preoccupied with mysticism, dream=

states, and the erotic, all of which helped release creative potential of=

both artist and the receiving audience. It was a reaction to and a rejectio=
n
of the materialism in modern culture."