A large part of the appeal of art is emotional - some artists want to evoke strong reactions such as awe, anger, disgust, etc.
Knowing that an artist may deliberately evoke an emotional response, take a moment and question your immediate reaction. If a work angers you, ask yourself why it upsets you. If your feelings are happy, ask why the painting makes you feel happy.
a building with a sign on it
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, genre: portrait, style: Realism, gallery name: Private Collection, tags: female-portraits, Lady, Cheek, Nose, completition: 1877.
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Exoskeletal waste
peeled off in sickening
stretches of torn
bone marrow ripping.
T
O
S aside as
S rubbish.
E
D
Rummage through file cabinets of
trials,habits,love
and
all the other trivial things
we can't breath without.
Sticky soul penetrated by a
roaming finger.
Lingering aftertaste.
Smash the case
and open up
my mind
or don't.
Who cares either way?
Pulp sculpted into a car wreck victim's
heart,beating in a soggy pile.
Terrains of orange like the
straining morning trying to invade the horizon again.
Adjust the tint knob.
Life is green.
And always moreso on the other side
of discovery.
Rubbery shrapnel.
Apples to oranges is the equation of my existence.
Armor annihilated and discarded.
Amour,why?These flakes span our parted
ways
my melting
dove.
Technology is making the world smaller and bringing individuals closer together. From the ancient “thou art that” to the contemporary idea of crowdsourcing, these connections drive art, wisdom, commerce, and even a new human understanding around politics and world peace.
Our collective engagement results in a democratization of data, ideas and the very social structure that can exercise power in the interest of all.
Five Action Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a martial arts face-off, a hijacked plane and killer zombies.
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, genre: symbolic painting, style: Surrealism, location: Poland, tags: allegories-and-symbols, flying.
https://uploads1.wikiart.org/images/zdislav-beksinski/untitled-236.jpgIn April 1866, the U.S. Congress passed a law prohibiting currency notes to have a portrait or likeness of any living person, due to some members not agreeing with the five-cent note having the portrait of Spencer Clark.
Till now, U.S. law prohibits any portrait of likeness on its notes of people who are still alive, with even commemorative coins honoring past presidents being issued only after two years of the president's death.
My heart is in your hands. What will you do with it?
I give it freely; I've not had it broken before.
I may not deserve it, but I hope we end together.
We may not make it, but we have to try, right?
How could we sacrifice what we have, something so beautiful.
These are the things dreams are made of, that which we have,
Things sometimes never achieved.
We have.
You tell me you're mine, if I ever want you.
How could you even doubt it?
I never have.
You say you're independent - so am I.
You don't want to be tied down too early.
I'll help you fly.
You say you don't want to spend eternity without me.
What kind of God would do that to us?
Not any God of mine.
Time wasted on meaningless pastimes, without you.
So many things I want you to see, to be with me through.
I can't wait for the day I never leave you, together.
The day we become one, in God's eyes, forever.
Love does not begin to say it all.