Man looking for fighting dwarf duo? Really?!

So here I am perusing craigslist tonight after a long day at work and what do I find in the help needed section:

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/dmg/802731209.html

What is this world coming to?

| the next artistic movement? |

| sucking life out of art |

there’s a kind of exploitation of art that creates a false representation of quality. i started thinking about this whilst washing my hands in the office today. the ‘da vinci’ soap dispenser is a daily utility that i have used without really thinking about it. what would da vinci say if he knew his identity was reduced to a mounted plastic vessel for public bathrooms? …look…he’s frowning!

Simulacrum: a slight, unreal, or superficial likeness or semblance.

Verisimilitude: something, as an assertion, having merely the appearance of truth.

so, here we have two versions of the Mona Lisa that are presented with a commercial flair.  what we don’t realize, is that the existence of mass replication actually diminishes the value of the original artifact. these images are a simulacrum of the real thing. when you can see multiple interpretations of an image at any given time, you lose the respect and feeling of awe you get from the real artifact.

Lego and Starbucks should get their own creative inspiration!

| Agent_Em |

Breakdown in Communication between Mothers and Daughters?

http://www.straight.com/article-157260/truth-or-trash-communication-breakdowns-between-mothers-and-daughers

Get your Chubby on

 

    I have for the past 6 months wanted, craved, lusted after an authentic Cruiser bike.  It all started with a rare sunny day that inspired a bike ride around Stanley park in Vancouver.  My little aqua bike gave me such a permanent grin that I just had to have a bicycle of my own and that lead me to Chubby Cruisers.   

These bikes are just plain cool.  I bought mine yesterday and during my short victory ride I got no less than 4 unsolicited compliments.  

Gerty, as I have affectionately named her and she is bright orange with 

a shiny white seat and a basket, perfect for a sunny day ride.  Chubby’s does ship anywhere and has a great selection that is not going to break the bank.  Gerty ran me about $200 and that includes the bells and streamers.

So if you’re on the look out for a new ride that is not only sweet but will give you, GASP, some exercise checkthese guys out and start putting together your own Chubby.  

 

Love Lynda