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Rene Magritte - Crazy ass Belgian surrealist

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Jeffrey D Johnson

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Dec 21, 2000, 10:32:43 PM12/21/00
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I'm going to have nightmares all night because of this, but I thought I'd
share.

http://sunsite.dk/cgfa/magritte/p-magritte21.htm - The Great War, 1964
http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Magritp.html - The Rape
http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Magrit3.html - The Lovers II

Jeffrey D Johnson

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"I'm breathing so I guess I'm still alive,
Even if signs seem to tell me otherwise"
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bc90021

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Dec 21, 2000, 10:40:55 PM12/21/00
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> I'm going to have nightmares all night because of this, but I thought I'd
> share.
>
> http://sunsite.dk/cgfa/magritte/p-magritte21.htm - The Great War, 1964
> http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Magritp.html - The Rape
> http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Magrit3.html - The Lovers II
>
> Jeffrey D Johnson

Wow. I love surrealism.

bc90021

- How many surrealists does it take to change a lightbulb? Pink bike on an
elephant.


Kitznegari and the Infinite Sadness

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Dec 22, 2000, 12:57:09 AM12/22/00
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>> I'm going to have nightmares all night because of this, but I thought I'd
>> share.
>>
>> http://sunsite.dk/cgfa/magritte/p-magritte21.htm - The Great War

Well, I looked at them in reverse order and the very first one you listed gave
me the willies the worst. I did not like it at all. This man should be
stopped. Is he still alive? I say he should be imprisoned for creeping me
out.

All people should have faces.

:::shudder:::

(btw, I'm completely serious here, :::shudder:::)

- k i t z -
you know i'm not dead
i'm just the tears inside your head...

http://home.talkcity.com/OceanBlvd/kitznegari

James Archer

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Dec 22, 2000, 4:07:22 AM12/22/00
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"Jeffrey D Johnson" <ashe...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> I'm going to have nightmares all night because of this, but I thought I'd
> share.
>
> http://sunsite.dk/cgfa/magritte/p-magritte21.htm - The Great War, 1964
> http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Magritp.html - The Rape
> http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Magrit3.html - The Lovers II

Woo-hoo! Magritte is a stud!

James


J.S. Cunningham

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Dec 22, 2000, 4:38:35 AM12/22/00
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Jeffrey D Johnson wrote in message ...

>I'm going to have nightmares all night because of this, but I thought I'd
>share.
>
>http://sunsite.dk/cgfa/magritte/p-magritte21.htm - The Great War, 1964
>http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Magritp.html - The Rape
>http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Magrit3.html - The Lovers II

Now *these* I like!!!!

J.S.Cunningham - Hardware-geek-in-training
Contributing to the delinquency of squirrels everywhere.


Jeffrey D Johnson

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Dec 22, 2000, 2:57:36 PM12/22/00
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kitzn...@aol.comm (Kitznegari and the Infinite Sadness) wrote in
<20001222005709...@ng-ce1.aol.com>:
>Well, I looked at them in reverse order and the very first one you
>listed gave me the willies the worst. I did not like it at all. This
>man should be stopped. Is he still alive? I say he should be
>imprisoned for creeping me out.
You should see the original version of The Great War. The woman is
replaced by a man in a boler(sp?) hat, and the flower blossom is replaced
by an apple. It literally scares the crap out of me. This guy is a nut,
and when you get into some of his other stuff, it brings up the whole
matter of the philosophy and psychology of language and that's pretty damn
scary, too, as it makes you realize the thin thread all our human
communications are resting on. "This is not a pipe." Frightening,
frightening, frightening.

Kitznegari and the Infinite Sadness

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Dec 22, 2000, 3:44:20 PM12/22/00
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Jeff said:

>You should see the original version of The Great War. The woman is
>replaced by a man in a boler(sp?) hat, and the flower blossom is replaced
>by an apple. It literally scares the crap out of me.

How is it that something so mild is so creepy? Isn't that weird? There's
nothing creepy about it and yet it's creepy!

:::doesn't like it:::

J.S. Cunningham

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Dec 22, 2000, 11:24:06 PM12/22/00
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Jeffrey D Johnson wrote in message ...
>kitzn...@aol.comm (Kitznegari and the Infinite Sadness) wrote in
><20001222005709...@ng-ce1.aol.com>:
>>Well, I looked at them in reverse order and the very first one you
>>listed gave me the willies the worst. I did not like it at all. This
>>man should be stopped. Is he still alive? I say he should be
>>imprisoned for creeping me out.
>You should see the original version of The Great War. The woman is
>replaced by a man in a boler(sp?) hat, and the flower blossom is replaced
>by an apple. It literally scares the crap out of me. This guy is a nut,
>and when you get into some of his other stuff, it brings up the whole
>matter of the philosophy and psychology of language and that's pretty damn
>scary, too, as it makes you realize the thin thread all our human
>communications are resting on. "This is not a pipe." Frightening,
>frightening, frightening.

Oh, I've seen that one. I liked it too. Got any more links to this kind of
stuff?

J.S.Cunningham - Hardware-geek-in-training
Contributing to the delinquency of squirrels everywhere.

BTW, IIRC it's spelled "bowler".


bc90021

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Dec 23, 2000, 1:51:19 AM12/23/00
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> Oh, I've seen that one. I liked it too. Got any more links to this kind
of
> stuff?

Yeah! Send 'em this way, too!

> J.S.Cunningham - Hardware-geek-in-training
> Contributing to the delinquency of squirrels everywhere.
>
> BTW, IIRC it's spelled "bowler".

YRC.

bc90021


J.S. Cunningham

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Dec 23, 2000, 4:11:05 AM12/23/00
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bc90021 wrote in message ...

::grins proudly::

Crystal Raymond Edwards

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Dec 24, 2000, 12:59:27 AM12/24/00
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Jeffrey D Johnson wrote:

> http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Magritp.html - The Rape

I actually liked this one quite a lot, and it gave me something to think on
for a while. I'm not sure if it's just me, or if it's a gal thing. Huhn.

> http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Magrit3.html - The Lovers II

I'd seen this one before; in fact, I've been in that relationship. I don't
see it as disturbing now, having survived some four years of emotional abuse.
I see it more as a landmark, a representation of where I've been. That piece
holds special significance to me because of my experiences. I didn't love
what I went through, but I can see it more objectively now and that picture
(and others like it) serve as a reminder that I can overcome anything and
benefit somehow.

Yeah yeah, go read some self-help. ;)

--CRRE


J.S. Cunningham

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Dec 24, 2000, 2:38:22 AM12/24/00
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Crystal Raymond Edwards wrote in message
<9243jo$1d2$1...@slb6.atl.mindspring.net>...

>Yeah yeah, go read some self-help. ;)

I'm a ex-bookseller and one of the women I used to work with called it the
self-deception section. I thought it was kinda funny. :)

Lord[INH], God of the 'Any' Key

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Dec 24, 2000, 1:29:40 PM12/24/00
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Kitznegari and the Infinite Sadness wrote:
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> >> I'm going to have nightmares all night because of this, but I thought I'd
> >> share.
> >>
> >> http://sunsite.dk/cgfa/magritte/p-magritte21.htm - The Great War
>
> Well, I looked at them in reverse order and the very first one you listed gave
> me the willies the worst. I did not like it at all. This man should be
> stopped. Is he still alive? I say he should be imprisoned for creeping me
> out.
>
> All people should have faces.
>
> :::shudder:::
>
> (btw, I'm completely serious here, :::shudder:::)

It's more Freudian stuff, which is why it weirds you out. I think the
symbolism in the first picture is pretty clear.

--
Lord [INSERT NAME HERE]
"Read a book about the self / Said I should get expensive help / Go fix
my head / Create some wealth / Put my neuroses on the shelf / But I
don't care for myself / I don't care for myself / I don't care."--
Placebo, Blue American

This has been an emergent property of the System. Goodnight.

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