Displaying 331 To 360 Of 1,116 Comments Cernynkaya – You’re right; it is. “Confirmation bias” is exactly the right phrase to describe it. Anyone is susceptible to confirmation bias; I suppose that’s why scientists have their Scientific Method: to guard against it. That’s why there is such a thing as critical thinking, and lists of logical fallacies, and the discipline of empirical thought. It’s tough seeing things as they are, and not as one would like them to be. Personally, I find that Art, like Science, is good training for that kind of seeing. It’s like this: Imagine two artists, Artist A and Artist B. They both walk out into a field to draw a tree. Artist A says, “I already know what a tree looks like,” and he spends more time looking down at his drawing (and admiring his own ability and beautiful technique.) But Artist B spends more time looking at the tree, and not the sketchpad. Artist B pretends as though he’s never seen a tree before. That artist will always make the better art. That’s the way I look at it anyway. That’s the secret to good art, good science, and generally seeing things as they really are. » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 24, 2011 @ 10:27 am Why? For the same reason why most people who come from Blue states vote for Democrats. The same reason why people from Catholic areas tend to be Catholic, and the same reason why people who come from Baptist areas tend to be Baptist. Most people go with the flow. Most people look around them and see what others are doing and saying, and they do and say the same thing. If this were not the case, there would be no such thing as demographics. There would be no such thing as trends or fads or typical regional differences. You wouldn’t be able to draw maps and paint large areas one color or another. Most people just want to be “normal,” and not stand out from the crowd. » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 24, 2011 @ 10:06 am Truth – Down here where I am, people tend to vote Republican because they have a steady diet of rightwing media. They don’t vote for Republicans because they’re stupid necessarily; it really is because they don’t know any better. I work with an ex-Marine who is extremely intelligent. He has the know-how to take a helicopter apart and put it back together. He’s easily one of the best metal fabricators I’ve ever met, and he’s sharp as a tack. But he listens to Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck and others like them, and is completely misinformed because of it. There is a big difference between ignorance and stupidity. » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 24, 2011 @ 9:48 am Because they don’t know any better? » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 24, 2011 @ 9:27 am I can’t honestly tell if Beck believes his own BS or not. Maybe he’s like any good salesman: he believes it while he’s talking, and stops believing in it when he’s finished. » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 24, 2011 @ 9:26 am An Immodest (Immoral) Proposal 2CCCP- What a great idea! I love it. It’s like Open Source Education. You’re right; everybody probably DOES have something to offer, something to teach. I like this idea the more I think about it. » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 20, 2011 @ 12:23 pm That’s a very different description of President Theodore Roosevelt than one usually sees. Incredible stuff. Somebody should make a movie. » Posted By Buddy McCue On April 4, 2011 @ 3:40 am Friday Music Thread – Comedy Tonight In ancient times, hundreds of years before the dawn of history, An ancient race of people… The Druids. No one knows who they were…. or what they were doing…
» Posted By Buddy McCue On March 18, 2011 @ 5:14 pm Classic. » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 18, 2011 @ 5:09 pm BDM – That “Cake or Death” bit is incredibly funny. Eddie Izzard may dress funny, but the dude is a true original. Europe: Where History Comes From. » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 18, 2011 @ 5:07 pm Topo19 – It’s easy to do… just copy the URL into your comment, and insert a “v” after the “http,” so that it looks like “https:” It doesn’t hurt anything to try it out, because you can always edit it later! (I love Tom Lehrer too… it was hard to choose between this song and the Masochism Tango.) » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 18, 2011 @ 3:39 pm One of my favorites: Poisoning Pigeons In The Park by Tom Lehrer
Of course, I do not advocate any of the things described in this song. » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 18, 2011 @ 3:27 pm That IS inspiring, particularly her decision to put others concerns ahead of her own. I have to respect and admire her for that. » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 18, 2011 @ 10:21 am PW – Pretty pictures indeed! You’re right; stuff like this would make an EXCELLENT calendar. » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 18, 2011 @ 5:23 pm I like these. » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 18, 2011 @ 12:18 pm Nothing wrong with pretty pictures! I’d like to encourage you to share some of that, if you don’t have anything against the idea. » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 18, 2011 @ 11:53 am Thanks. » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 18, 2011 @ 11:49 am Good quote. I get that. It’s a lifelong process alright. » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 18, 2011 @ 11:48 am PatsyT – Answers: Oil, Photo of the painting, and about 18″x24.” I’m listening to “Love For Three Oranges” now… it’s short! Is that the entire piece? » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 18, 2011 @ 11:45 am jkkFL – Okay, I’ll consider it. Thank you. » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 18, 2011 @ 11:42 am PW – Cool. You should put some of your photographs up in this new Art Section, if you’re willing to risk putting them up on the internet. (I think Photoshop has watermarking tools, to discourage theft of your images, but I’m not sure how that works.) I’ve done darkroom work too, when I worked in the print industry. I’ve been a screenprinter and a film stripper, and I’ve developed plenty of film in that capacity. Kinda stinky work, but I enjoyed it. » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 18, 2011 @ 11:41 am kesmarn – Honestly, no, I can’t say that happens to me. What DOES happen is that I get 95% done with something, and rush the ending of it. I put a “quick finish” on it, and the art is not usually well-served by my impatience. When watching a movie, I can usually tell when the film-makers do that. You’re watching the film, and enjoying the development of the plot and the characters, and either the movie runs out of time, or the scriptwriter runs out of ideas, or whatever the reason is… and the movie just stops. They put a “quick finish” on it, and roll the credits. As far as my painting goes, I recognize that this is a bad habit that I need to work on losing. » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 18, 2011 @ 11:34 am Oh, okay! I stand corrected. Not paisley. The only other time I’ve seen a mention of acanthus leaves is in reading about Greek columns. Acanthus leaves are used in the Corinthian design, as I remember. But now I’ve learned something about fabric. Thanks for the info. » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 18, 2011 @ 11:27 am PW – I think it is, but I didn’t always. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve become more open-minded. But when I was a teenager, I had a terrible chip on my shoulder about that. I said that photography was NOT art! I would rail on about it, saying that the camera would NEVER replace the painter, because no soulless hunk of plastic and glass could EVER do the same work as the artists’ eye! And so on. But I had a lot of growing up to do. I’ve known several photographers since then, and have come to respect what they do. So now I say, “Yes. It is art.” » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 18, 2011 @ 11:23 am Truth – That IS nice! I’m not completely against abstract art, especially not when it looks like this. The colors are harmonious; I like that. The composition shows perfect balance too, but its not so stable that my eyes only rest in one place. Maybe I’m not seeing it right, but to me, this painting looks representational too. It ALSO looks like a rising moon! » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 18, 2011 @ 11:13 am kesmarn – I’m glad you reminded me! A co-worker told me about the “super moon” earlier this week, and I listened to what that was, and totally forgot about it. (Honestly, I didn’t know whether he was pulling my leg, so I said I’d look it up and see.) Good time to go and take some pictures of the moon. I won’t let the opportunity go to waste. Your comments about being an artist are spot-on, by the way. It really IS a private occupation, like you say. It’s not like making music, where you can get together and jam with people. It takes a lot of solitary time. You have to be really comfortable being alone for long periods of time. » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 18, 2011 @ 11:07 am Thanks AdLib. » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 18, 2011 @ 10:43 am Neato! After reading some of the reviews of that film, I’m definitely going to have to see it. What a good idea for a movie. Sounds exactly like the sort of thing I’d enjoy. ____Update____ » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 18, 2011 @ 10:42 am I liked this one too, even if the colors are somewhat exaggerated. This painting was rejected by an art show in my county; it didn’t even qualify to be entered in the competition. Not modern enough, I guess. Some of the things that DID get in were abstracts and primitive-looking stuff. It’s all up to the personal preferences of the judges, after all. I looked up the names of these judges on the internet, and found that one of them painted this horrible kind of “cabana art,” the kind that one finds on cheap hotel walls. I shouldn’t have let any of this get to me, but I got really angry and ended up giving this painting away to a stranger I met at a guitar jam that night. Oh well. Thanks, Truth, for saying such nice things about my work. » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 18, 2011 @ 10:29 am Chernynkaya – The answer is obvious… write yourself another Post-it reminding yourself to read the first Post-its! » Posted By Buddy McCue On March 18, 2011 @ 3:24 pmComments Posted By Buddy McCue
Found it. It turns out that it’s available on Netflix, so I ordered that and moved it up to the top of my list. Thanks for the recommendation. I look forward to watching this one.
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