Kiwi~SPARTA~ Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 This is a sad excuse for a snowman. Just look at the sloppy way it was made.? The pieces of snow aren't even round........ Worst Snowman I have ever seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krambo Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 theres snow in this picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haloelite Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 what snowman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchman~SPARTA~ Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Nice puppies..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halli~SPARTA~ Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 The Snowman looks Cold...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durka-Durka~SPARTA~ Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 For God Sakes! His eyes are popping out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_1 Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 It would seem that this snowman does indeed perform a general liquidation not only of abstraction, but also of everything that goes into it (earnestness, sincerity, lifestyle, palette, the gesture, all-over composition, even snow itself, which in the builders hands takes on an unnatural photographic aura). This is done through a process of negation. By constructing through erasure, they literally and symbolically empties the gesture of its affirmative value and its power to suggest that which cannot be signified (ie, the transcendental). In the place of abstraction, they installs a negative theology. This proceeds by ironically embracing the terms of a given tradition and then turning them inside out or on their head. At its best, this negative theology generates a genuine discursive tension; at its worst, it becomes a superficial strategy in which mere irreverence passes for criticality or real engagement. In some parts of the snowman, the irreverent mode of this theology has become an aesthetic shibboleth, making it an all but compulsory attitude, a mandatory impiety. But what sets this snowman apart from others is that his deployment of irony dissimulates a fundamental, if classical, investment in building snowmen ? as proven by how laboured the snowman actually is ? such that other builders seem to practise what he preaches, while they actually practise it, to a fault. Nice baps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haloelite Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 T1......... that's what we call overkill.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicSN6 Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 It would seem that this snowman does indeed perform a general liquidation not only of abstraction, but also of everything that goes into it (earnestness, sincerity, lifestyle, palette, the gesture, all-over composition, even snow itself, which in the builders hands takes on an unnatural photographic aura). This is done through a process of negation. By constructing through erasure, they literally and symbolically empties the gesture of its affirmative value and its power to suggest that which cannot be signified (ie, the transcendental). In the place of abstraction, they installs a negative theology. This proceeds by ironically embracing the terms of a given tradition and then turning them inside out or on their head. At its best, this negative theology generates a genuine discursive tension; at its worst, it becomes a superficial strategy in which mere irreverence passes for criticality or real engagement. In some parts of the snowman, the irreverent mode of this theology has become an aesthetic shibboleth, making it an all but compulsory attitude, a mandatory impiety. But what sets this snowman apart from others is that his deployment of irony dissimulates a fundamental, if classical, investment in building snowmen ? as proven by how laboured the snowman actually is ? such that other builders seem to practise what he preaches, while they actually practise it, to a fault. Nice baps. I like it. The sad thing is that I understood most of it. For the rest, theres what we like to call a dictionary. Good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inimigo~SPARTA~ Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 For God Sakes! His eyes are popping out! Now THAT's funny. Damnit, just woke up the wife I think. Good one, Durka ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GySgt~SPARTA~ Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Well if that was a snowman he just pee'd himself funny i cant find the puppies just two Big~(.)(.)~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomer~SPARTA~ Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 After carefully studing the large, round and perky..............................................................eyes of the young subject next to the snowman. I move on to the man of snow in question. I appears to me that the snow fellow is wareing a pair of white boxers and something beneath seems to be straining skyware. Or so it appears to me. Of course I could be suffering from a case of transference from myself to Mr. Snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathrus~SPARTA~ Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Floyd!! is that Kiwi?? I can't believe you let her put up that picture!! Although... she is great looking! T1... you must be a lawyer or a politician (or both) to come up with that unique explanation. BTW was there really any need for the snowman in that picture? I think it would be fine without it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durka-Durka~SPARTA~ Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 So that's what the Yeti looks like when it's been skinned.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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