oliver hazard benson

Painter (artist) Uses oil and acylic mostly.

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@DMattin Is it “meta-textual”? The author’s emotional and cognitive struggle to render his vision into words—that is the essence I love best when reading- it’s more than information, more than idea. It is irreducible LIFE!

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@curtis_yarvin Greece is the word

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@frippofficial i’ve felt a few times with great joy as if the discipline has made of my body a throne for my immortal soul. Yet what you say seems more to the point, more entirely true.

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@RaoulGMI “when you have guns even your enemy becomes a market for your swords”

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@SusaHatchRedux @VillageHeretic @amuse I get it. I really wasn't sure which term to reject. My feeling is that taxation should never be punitive. It should always be restrained and principled- security of property/capital is more important than some extra money for use by government.

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@SusaHatchRedux @VillageHeretic @amuse Fair yes, but to me “equitable” sounds vague. What is “equitable”?

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@SusaHatchRedux @VillageHeretic @amuse i don’t understand, are you looking for an alternative way to take money from rich people?

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@SusaHatchRedux @VillageHeretic @amuse imho graduated rate is not the point. First, the rich would be taxed in this way, and that would seem fair. Then the tax would expand to include upper middle, middle and so on. Then the rate would increase… the use of existing tax dollars is already carried out irresponsibly!

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@VillageHeretic @amuse Not a good idea to tax unrealized gains. This would be like taxing you on the value of your phone or car or anything you own. Pretty soon you would own nothing and… be happy?

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@TheMeteorBlog @GadSaad @TheMeteorBlog, your points fair, sharp and well made but I still find the book a worthy read (1/3 in). People’s minds aren’t changed by strong arguments but by cumulative exposure to better ideas. The value of this book is “long game” stuff.

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@Five_2Bravo @LPNH I’ve wondered about this. Have you seen clear evidence of funding or organizational support in some form? Are the teens being assisted and directed?

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@emubrigadier @romanhelmetguy Interesting. So the point here is that Helen admits to tragically base selfishness instead of sexual misconduct specifically? Fair point. She is like Achilles in that way? And perhaps an opposite to selfless Iphigenia?

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@johnennis Regarding the importance (the centrality) of feeling in human life, this is the clearest statement of contrast I've seen in the AI space. The possibility of AI becoming dominant on the consumer end of the economy still concerns me but we humans do tend to find a way forward.

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@GuitoShow @FoMaHun I suppose this would account for more damage at lower reaches

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@Tom_Rowsell For the same reason that most movies are terrible now- the top-down system infrastructure (political and financial) is prioritized over quality of production. Collapse will result.

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All manifestations of Beauty probably contain an erotic element but the erotic element should not predominate in a work of art…

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@elonmusk @grok Technically astounding- missing something: if images could be weighted with more classical painting and sculpture the taste of its productions would improve. That would make a HUGE difference IMHO

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@BrianRoemmele Nicely explains why Colonial era towns of the northeast are rich with superbly built houses. Further west only the banks, town halls and a few grand houses are built to such high standards of craftsmanship.

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@Tom_Rowsell Important points… Judaism and Christianity are much more products of Hellenistic Greek culture than of Jewish culture. If this were better known the problem addressed here would be easier to resolve.

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A study after a Persian miniature. The style of painting seems (to me at least) to unite Byzantine and Chinese traditions… it’s easy to see a Tibetan and Indian voice as well. In the end, painting is just painting. #persianculture #fineart #painting