adam_y

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[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 18 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I do find it interesting that folk think Renaissance art is realistic.

I'm being a little glib, but the truth is that we are still looking at hyper-idealised bodies.

The main difference,I suspect, is the use of perspective rather than drawing on a flat plane. In a way it took a leap of imagination to make things look more "realistic" whilst sculpture was merely (again, said with a certain smirk) just mimicking what the artist could see and feel in the real world.

That is to say that sculpture is reproduction whilst drawing is representation, and with representation you need to be able to take some pretty big leaps for both the artist and the viewer to work these things out.

[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

I don't think that's true. There's a great video here that highlights the fact that even a lot of modern slang is far older than you think.

https://youtu.be/BFgg-Gy0E2g?si=4qXv92KZaMN0odKO

[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Mate, the thing about gen x is that they dont care. This is boomer energy being projected.

Which is cool, I guess, whatever.

[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Is the Tarot Deck above or below the Holodeck?

[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

This is so on form for UCLAN.

[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago

Pretty sure we had Halloween before the US even existed.

Admittedly we had to carve turnips.

Some still do.

[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Nice. A double exposure, no?

[–] adam_y@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It replaces workers with robots so it would probably save money too.

And now the workers cannot afford bread.

Next move?

[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I'm interested to hear what everyone uses as an alternative.

[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

At this point the rancid odor is one of his more endearing qualities.

[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Someone once pointed out to me that what I consider small talk might be someone else's important.

Sure it might seem like gossip or chat about the weather just for the sake of talking but it can equally be someone trying to say that they are lonely and need reassurance.

I think about that a lot and I've become a lot more tolerant. Besides, you can segue into some pretty big chat from such humble starts.

 

When I use the internet to learn, I don't want to have to spend 2 minutes watching an advert, then try to decipher an accent I can barely understand whilst a 15 year old speed runs the task whilst seemingly skipping crucial steps in a video.

I want the steps written down. Maybe with diagrams.

I'm old. Learning is hard enough.

 
 
 
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Ok, not technically a pie, better puns are welcomed.

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Barbican (lemmy.world)
 

a black and white photograph of the Barbican/South Bank

A 35mm black and white photograph of this beauty in London.

 
 

Sometimes it is best to look up.

 

Hello, long time listener, first time caller...

I just wanted to say hi. I'm very much interested in the grain, the unplanned and the documentary when it comes to analogue photography.

This one was shot on fomapan 400 and an Optima 335 that I've had in my jacket pocket for a while.

 

Long time listener, first time caller.

My first post to Lemmy is a piece of modernist music I've made for three synthesizers.

In this case, I used a Behringer Pro-1, an Uno Synth, and a Volca Keys.

I'm very much interested in repetition and emergent rhythms. Feel free to share some of your own work if you think I'd be into it.

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