Baht Simpson

I just had an ad on my phone that said it's perfectly o.k. to have sex at 82. That's great 'cos I live at number 74, so it's not a long way to go home.

You're sounding very much like Jordan Peterson and you make the same mistakes. I'm guessing you're a fan.

No, he himself said "Do you not know that chaste women stay fresh much more than those who are not chaste? How much more in the case of the Virgin, who had never experienced the least lascivious desire that might change her body?"

If you mean copyright I've no idea. What's that got to do with the price of fish?

It's not my interpretation, it's a fact as stated by the official tourist service for Saint Peter's Basilica's "Everything you need to know about Michelangelo Buonarroti's Pietà" . But you know best.

At the time The Pieta challenged the norm of the Madonna being an older woman by characterising her as seemngly the same age as her son. Michaelangelo explained it as her appearing young due to her chastity and incorruptibility. He also put rude symbols in some of his paintings.

This is nothing new though. Degas complained about young artists willing to starve for their art but not willing to learn how to draw properly.

Untrue. Art has been challenging the establishment for hundreds of years.

My God. Nakedness! Won't someone think of the children? 555

Yeah, Cabaret is a classic musical. Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂

The whole idea of good art is to challenge. Great art happens when artists challenge the accepted norms. This is particularly true of visual art.

The Greeks had the Olympics in the nude. Hitler had depictions of Aryan youths holding the Olympic flame. These people are well clothed, even in relation to current Olympic swimmers and divers. Ridiculous outrage over precious little.

Same with Yves Klein.

Bacchanalian women weren't waif-like. They were rather above the middle size.

Yes, it was literally the feast of the Olympian god Dionysus. The Olympians were the twelve gods of Greek mythology. Hence the depiction.

So appalled that children might see it you posted it on a public forum, with a helpful arrow to show where the <deleted> are.

What the hell are you talking about? Lol

https://www.rfi.fr/en/olympic-games/20240728-paris-olympic-opening-creator-defiant-over-controversial-show Much ado about nothing.

Seems he hadn't invented paragraph alignment either. 🙂

All your posts are pollocks. 🙂

Jeez. I'm off to bed, Yellowtail. Good night.

You should attribute, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/06/prageru-climate-change-denier-republican-donors Read how Prager thinks slavery isn't a problem.

Yes, but you can listen to a song on the radio whilst your doing the washing and think, "that's good." Then when you sit down with your headphones and listen to the same song carefully you may get a fuller appreciation. Even more so if you read and understand the lyrics. By careful appreciation you may even think a bad song is actually good or vice versa. Of course there's no need to do this if you don't want to. I understand what Ellington meant; just enjoy the songs if you want to but I'm sure that he would be flattered if you displayed a deeper understanding of his work. Mingus certainly would.

Not Groucho though.

noun: irony the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.