Autumn creativity
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Regular
Today is a swanny kind of dayβnormal in any other sense. I tried to do something different than I’m used to, because I never could follow instructions anyway, and loathe going the same route every day. Not very smart, though, getting myself in awkward situations.
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Chimpanzee
On July 14, 1960 Jane Goodall began her 6 year study on the human-like behavior of chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. Since all species closely related to humans are extinct, the endangered chimpanzee is now evolutionary the closest to us.
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Average
My art has it written all over it. It’s the mean value of a set of numbers, yet originally derived from the Arabic averie, which means the damage after a ship has been wrecked. Re my art, I just have to keep pushing, not give up. Eventually it will improve.
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Fence
I had such a great sketch in mindβ¦ Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea after all. Sometime you need to adjust an ambitious plan. Anyway, I need to sketch more from reference, without downright copying, see the big shapes, and copy those.
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Squash
I highly recommend against an image search on this word, since you cannot unsee when what seems funny in a cartoon world has happened in real life. More disgusting is that someone actually photographed and uploaded it. This is why we can’t have nice things βΉοΈ
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Hip
Not in any way an admirer of fast fashion, I’m pretty unaware what is fashionable and trendy. It seems all so exploitative and wasteful. The idea seems to be to wear something for a few weeks, then throw it away and buy something else. It’s very trendy with the youth.
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Auto-NomNom-Y
Many want cars that drive themselves, so they can munch while being transported. It’s like Elon’s DC against Nikola’s AC, yet not at all, and certainly impossible when there are people involved, some of whom feel more equal than those who are not (like) them.
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Seat
The red and blue chair, designed by Gerrit Rietveld between 1919 and 1922. It was an attempt to make good minimalist furniture available to the masses. It was priced in 1923 at Ζ15 (Β± β¬126 nowadays). Professionally made replicas retail for β¬1500 and up.
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Proportion
I always had problems with measuring; I was never very exact with it. For drawing it meant that likeness required more work and more attention. Even though it doesn’t look like it, the sketch took me over 90 minutes and still it’s all wrong, wrong, wrong!
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.is
Iceland is an altogether unique island state which an active volcano and stunning landscapes, and a surprising temperate climate for its Northern latitude, so close to the arctic circle.
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Occupy
People can take over prominent places for a peacefully protest against the growing embarrassment of riches. Similarly can a cartoon character embarrass an artist by pointing at some rather off-model mugshots, despite many hours of preparatory sketches.
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Jest(est)
When I think of a comedian, Buster Keaton comes to mind. He’s supposed to be the master of physical comedy (slapstick), yet I know so little about him. I’m sure most of his work is in the public domain, so studying it should be easy enough.
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Safety
Most security IRL is based on inconvenience rather than impenetrability. Locks can be picked. A locked door inconveniences more than an unlocked door (since a lock requires a key or knowledge and equipment to pick that lock). More locks inconvenience more, duh!
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Fish
When Jacques-Yves Cousteau wanted to swim with the fishes, he had to invent self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (S.C.U.B.A.). What he saw made him want to protect it, since we humans were (and still are) destroying it with our exploitation of the sea.
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Trend
I can see my (hobbyist) art getting better with each year I practice, yet still have ebbs and flows in both quality and quantity. It’s frustrating to seemingly have crossed a threshold, only to see my enthusiasm wane because of some outside force or event.
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Motivation
The little people don’t need much to make them do what you want them to do. Refined sugar will often do it, hyperactively so.
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Commitment
Romantic involvement often doesn’t lead to immediate engagement or even infatuation, maybe a slight tolerance of being close at best. It’s recipe for disappointment and tragedy as life put its claws into a budding relationship.
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Ritual
It is said all things come in threes. Black in the numbers, black in the thoughts and black (and blue) in the face. Online buyers, beware of all kinds of shenanigans today!
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Retain
How do you keep your employees in your failing social media company? Well, those who aren’t bound with feudal bonds as foreign workers you lock up with strict contracts under NDA, and throw away the key. It seems ye olden days of cruel overlords are back, baby.
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