jasper1 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Perhaps the remaining 20%. Doubt it. If he's not there we sure need to invent him. Anyone one out there? Holy Moses, please help, situation dire extinction imminent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summitar Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Be very worried. The US is heading toward the dark ages under the current administration, as it panders to the religious right fundamentalists, aka the American taliban. Great group of guys, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, etc. They are the descendents of the redneck democrats of 40+ years ago, who have to have someone to hate with Old Testament fury. A thread like this may be verboten in a few years when 1984 dawns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy_santos Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 That argument is about as old as 1984. Lighten up and take a walk on the sunny side of the street. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper1 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Lighten up and take a walk on the sunny side of the street. As millions die of hunger and preventable disease. Lets walk on the sunny side as global warming visites our children. That's the way the cookie is crumbling dudes but we can always dream on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper1 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 As long as i'm alright i guess it does not matter.Life is tough we need to look after ourselves and ours. The human condition. So ended the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy_santos Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 So are we now blaming the Sunny Side of the Street for global warming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper1 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Lighten up I would just love to hold your head over a 3 year child so you coud slowly watch him die of hunger. The real world we live in.If other lifeforms exist they could only shed tears for humanity and say goodbye. Sorry to introduce you all to reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper1 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Randy Santos , mar 11, 2006; 07:20 p.m. So are we now blaming the Sunny Side of the Street for global warming Don't talk with your mouth full of burger it's bad manners. I can see right past your rotting teeth into your bulging gut. Not a pretty sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy_santos Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Wow! Guess I won't be seeing you on the Sunny Side of the Street. Now if you'll excuse me I better hurry up and finish this pudding so I can meet up with the Mothership on the other side of the comet before it's to late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben conover Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Michael and Randy, 1984 was a very good book, I recomend it. Big brother is here and now, he killed an innocent Brazillian guy. Big brother's 7 pigs shot him at point blank seven times, and actually missed once..... All that in front of a subway car full of onlookers? That is madness, not creativity. I think a creative response to that situation would have been to have captured the scene on a camera phone, since big brother wasn't watching........his surveillance cameras were 'turned off'. Does big brother get stoned? you bet, he sells truck loads or gear and stamps passports at $300 a go. Anyhow, lighten up, or light up. I'm going for a swim.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsc1 Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 I read all the posts. I do not have a good clue. Creativity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icuneko Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 <80% of people believe in 'God'> I think this refers to a survey in the US. However, belief is one thing;experience another! Never the twain shall meet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
summitar Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Aha! So it comes down to this. Can we evolve to be more creative photographers, and does it take a miraculous influsion of genious by some intelligent designer? I don't think you can learn to a genious, although I am a Darwinist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben conover Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 S. Linke, correct and actually it was 84% as published by National Geographic.....if you 'believe' them. A photo of ''African hunters with elephant tusks as trophies from the day's hunting'' was posted in the magazine. A very observant reader wrote in saying that in fact the shot was a pose, not real. The tusks had serial numbers from the museum they had been borrowed from.... Kerry, I think Darwin is a little outa date but still he was 'right' and I guess you and I are the 'other' 14% as cited by National Geo. Picasso could draw and paint without trying, but he was a darn good seller.... Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy_santos Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 An interesting tidbit- in studying the cave paintings in France scientists realized that most of them, the hunt and animal scenes, are actually painted with exact correct perspective. Something that did not occur in the "modern" art world until the mid 1600's (?). Just thought that was interesting. we haven't really changed that much at all in the past 10,000 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vic_. Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 I'm surprised that in a thread this long, with people from that era, no one has mentioned Carlos Castaneda or some other eminent figure from the 1960's. The purpose of hallucinogenics was to reach higher states of consciousness. Dosage may vary by body type, so it is a risky proposition. <p>The Mozarts of the world lived in a state of higher consciousness, thus were able to tap into the genius that exists in everyone. The rest of us wallow in the mundane world, catching fleeting glimpses of what can be attained. Spiritual awakenings have the same effect. <p>I don't know if "stoners" reached any level of consciousness except in getting some Dutch courage, the same as someone on a beer binge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug herr Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 I spent quite a few years focussing my creative energy on raising my children and during those years photography was a much lower priority. FWIW & YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben conover Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Douglas, my American father spent most of his creative energy getting stoned and was absent in my life. As a result I decided to take care of myself and let responsible people from stable families have the kids. Seems to work better that way. I think that ''creative drive'' is not stimulated by isolation, drugs, or money, it is stimulated by COMUNICATION, of various sorts. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve w Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Mannnnnnnn i could go for some roast pork rice noodle rolls at sam wo's right now.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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