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  1. You don't have to, but art is commerce and has been for a long time, and great art has a big time agenda. Sometimes it's just to piss you off. There's a great young photographer, Tyler Mitchell. He works as a fashion photographer but also a fine art photographer. He makes videos too -- and yes, videos are considered art in the modern art world. I don't think there are patrons anymore like the deMenils or the church, and there's a limited number of grants out there. Companies sponsor his work. I can't tell you that the person behind the above ad isn't an artist in need of a sponsor, but it happens. Fortunately for my TV, I have a hard time finding a brick when I hear "in the arms of an angel..." playing (ykiyk) because of the tears welling up in my eyes. But I've bawled my eyes out in front of a Julia Margaret Camaron too. Let people have their intense moments with what they consider art. Unless it's Pollock. That's just rot. (Jk)
  2. There's a lot of agendas behind the making of "great" art and profit is certainly one. If you stop and think about say... the Sistine Chapel or the Last Supper, there is certainly a pitch behind it. I get angry at ads that tug at heartstrings because I think of myself as very sensitive and don't like my feelings being taken advantage of. Still, I get the attraction to this one.
  3. Two parties, one child, and a ruler who decides what's best for the child. It's a tale as old as the Bible.
  4. SKL, I hope it's not out of line for me to say that though you may have picked "conventional" schooling for your kids, based off previous posts, you are proudly an "unconventional" parent.
  5. I homeschooled until circumstances changed, and I had to go back to work. I can't wait until my son can get back into an environment were he can focus on learning his braille. His swim lessons and my job has kept him from doing much. My middle daughter has worked all summer on her twirling. She'll be able to perform in front of her classmates this year. She's also excited about her Spanish class. It's suppose to be very rigorous. My oldest is a senior this year. I'm not so excited, but she is. I love spending time with my kids. They love spending time with me. And, yes, I'll probably have a drink the day they go back to school. Please put your energy feeling sad for those FB families into something worthwhile.
  6. How did the person behind you react? I would have been uncomfortable being included in such an awkward encounter. (I had to come out of seclusion just to ask.)
  7. Really. Not what I was saying out all. But a lot of this conversation is just going around in circles. I was really trying to be nice rather than rolling my eyes at his comment.
  8. I know this is a long thread, but I'm wondering how much of it you've read. A lot of this has already been hashed out here.
  9. Well, that certainly doesn't make you an idiot. :) I guess if I had the courage and the eloquence to say the right thing, and the smarts to know when it was time to just shut my mouth, then, yeah, I guess I would say something. But I've put my foot in my mouth far too many times now.
  10. Definitely stay out of it, and definitely be careful what you say if and when either of them come to you with complaints about the other.
  11. Well, put a beard on him and he'd look just like Ted Kaczynskyi. :glare:
  12. I have this urge to reach up and scratch my screen right about where his chin should be.
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