You know how Nietzsche said that “If you look into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you?”
I went out last night to see the blue moon.
It saw me standing alone.
Without a dream in my heart. Without a love of my own.
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Poster for “The Big Lebowski,” 1998
Working Title Films.
“7 Signs of a Tyrant” (Inequality Report)
Food for thought.
“Eros et Psyche,” Guillaume Dubufe, late 19th Century (?)
Watercolor on paper.
I’m not sure of the date for this one.
I’m watching “American Horror Story.”
The season with the clowns. It … actually IS pretty scary. The angry orange clown has launched into some kind of confusing monologue and …
Oh … wait. This is the State of the Union Address.
Talk about the Red Pill …
Friend, while watching the State of the Union Address: “Why does it look like [Trump] is standing in front of a CGI image of Ryan and Pence?”
Me: “It’s a glitch in the Hate-trix.”
Trumpy … Bear. (Yes, this indeed appears to be a real product.)
No … this is not a parody. It’s real, and it’s been available since October from the Texas-based Exceptional Products. (Here is its entry over at Snopes.com.)
It STILL feels like an intentionally satirical product … the ad is just too over the top. (The James Earl Jones soundalike and the golfing stuff seem like obvious jokes.) Is it part of the parody that the bear also is the national emblem of Russia? (Yes, I know teddy bears originate with Teddy Roosevelt, but still.)
Trumpy Bear arguably brilliant, too. Think about it … this thing is going to sell. And yet it also appears to caricaturize the very same people that are its target demographic. (Many will buy it without realizing it is a joke at their expense.) Which makes it a damned clever act of trolling.
Poster for “Reform School Girls,” 1986
New World Pictures.
How now, brown cow?
(Yes, I do realize that the cows below are black and white.)
I took a ride through a few country vales this past weekend with an old friend. Although the company was excellent, the late January dusk gave the end of the day a dreary visual juxtaposition.
The first three shots here are a bit blurry, but I’m including them anyway — they have an Edvard Munsch quality that’s kind of neat.
That first shot reminds me of Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds.”
Cover to “Wonder Woman” #38, David Finch and Matt Banning, 2015
DC Comics. Retailer incentive variant cover.
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