PotterdayArt · @Potterday
49 followers · 126 posts · Server mstdn.social

It was a brothel scene that birthed modern art. In 1865, the crowds went berserk in front of Manet’s painting of a courtesan— sobbing, shouting, getting into scuffles. Now, "the bored prostitute in her unmade bed is making its way to New York as a focal point of “Manet/Degas,” MOMA’s fall exhibition of "two city boys & the modern capital they painted." nytimes.com/2023/09/09/arts/de

#impressionism #realist #modernist #potterdayart #arthistory #artgallery #artmuseum #modernart

Last updated 1 year ago

Rev. GothAlice · @alice
533 followers · 4727 posts · Server marrow.haus

@Insidevoice I'd go for . Or the twofer of . I owned my PPE years and years prior to the pandemic because I knew—KNEW—that something like this was only a matter of time; it was inevitable. The scope of the loss of life and scope of our failure was not.

We didn't learn from influenza, SARS, norovirus, … the Penny Arcade Expo the year after I went invented the term " plague", because *everyone* became ill. The first superspreader event in my memory.

#intelligentrealist #pragmatic #realist #pax

Last updated 1 year ago

Working Men,Unite! · @zhenguoli
49 followers · 686 posts · Server chinanews.social

It is not enough that thought should strive to become reality; reality itself should strive to Orient thought. Thought often has a certain height, whether it is to make the thought into reality or reality itself toward thought, there is a certain difficulty. But they have one thing in common: they all need a group of people, a group of thinking people, a group of people who pay attention to reality.

#cpc #maxism #socialist #capitalist #china #usa #max #communism #realist

Last updated 1 year ago

Jan Mankes · @DutchArt
5 followers · 316 posts · Server mastodon.ozioso.online
Wild Rover · @wildrover
57 followers · 75 posts · Server digitalcourage.social

Der sieht einen dunklen Tunnel. Der sieht Licht im Tunnel. Der sieht, dass das Licht von einem Zug kommt und der sieht drei Idioten im Gleis.

#lokfuhrer #realist #optimist #pessimist

Last updated 1 year ago

Jan Mankes · @DutchArt
5 followers · 305 posts · Server mastodon.ozioso.online
Jan Mankes · @DutchArt
5 followers · 238 posts · Server mastodon.ozioso.online
WACOCA · @wacoca
32 followers · 7698 posts · Server mastodon.cloud
Cory Doctorow's linkblog · @pluralistic
40667 followers · 39410 posts · Server mamot.fr

Y'know how "" became a synonym for "?" As in, "I'm not a racist, I'm just a ?" That "realism" is also used to discredit the idea of democracy, among a group of self-styled "," who claim that social science proves that democracy doesn't work - and can't work.

-

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read/share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

pluralistic.net/2023/05/04/ana

1/

#realist #asshole #racerealist #libertarianelitists

Last updated 2 years ago

LizGridley · @LizGridley
480 followers · 318 posts · Server mastodon.art

❤️ "Looking at the Woman in the Red Dress (after Van Dyck, Rachel de Ruvigny)” 2023

Jordan Raskopoulos
Oil on aluminium
1.8m X 1m

My first piece ever of an esteemed Australian, Jordan Raskopoulos, a powerhouse in comedy, an amazing entertainer to watch across digital streaming spaces. Her wit, charm and relatability fosters a strong and loving digital and international community.

More info on my insta

#trans #MastoArt #portraitartist #adhd #realist #painting #art

Last updated 2 years ago

G K Chesterton Quotes · @GKCDaily
12 followers · 70 posts · Server mstdn.party

Having figured as ruthless realists sweeping all spiritual visions like cobwebs out of the sky, they then suddenly became extravagant sentimentalists over some of the common or garden flowers they found growing naturally out of the earth.
-- G. K. Chesterton
2/3

Source: All Is Grist (1931)

#rational #realist #spiritual #thinking #feeling #ruthless #sentimental #modern #chesterton #dante #quotes

Last updated 2 years ago

Boston HarborBot · @bostonharbor
22 followers · 400 posts · Server airwaves.social
Boston HarborBot · @bostonharbor
20 followers · 407 posts · Server airwaves.social
PotterdayArt · @Potterday
38 followers · 74 posts · Server mstdn.social

He created realism built of cold structures and isolated people. Hopper twisted the cityscape into a constructed landscape with elevated views, horizontal plains, and private, impenetrable lives. The Whitney exhibition is near-encyclopedic. hyperallergic.com/801406/edwar

#realist #artcollector #potterdayart #realism #socialrealism #arthistory #museum #modernart

Last updated 2 years ago

Janice Selbie · @JaniceSelbie
1230 followers · 789 posts · Server mas.to

Guess who is the most offended when you talk about ? Those who are still religious - followed by those who aren’t but who have no understanding of it. Religion is not benign.

#activist #criticalthinking #secular #realist #nullifidian #atheist #ReligiousTrauma

Last updated 2 years ago

Sandy Johnson · @SandyJohnson
7 followers · 59 posts · Server mastodon.lol


Difference among pessimist, optimist and realist.

#realist #pessimist #optimist

Last updated 2 years ago

Janice Selbie · @JaniceSelbie
1212 followers · 757 posts · Server mas.to

It took me years to get from Divorcing Religion to accepting the likelihood of no gods & no afterlife. Indoctrinated from birth, I was a devout Believer, earnestly thinking I heard from God. Examining & rejecting those beliefs came at great cost. Eventually, I rebuilt my life - this time including & an understanding of how beliefs form & why evolved. If you’re your religious beliefs: WAY TO GROW! It gets better

#deconstructing #religions #criticalthinkingskills #realist #nullifidian #exchristian

Last updated 2 years ago

Eplejuice · @eplejuice
6 followers · 12 posts · Server expressional.social

My exam today had a question where I was asked to explain why some American realists blamed policy failure for the war in . I tried to argue that in a world where distribution of determines behaviour, power imbalance following expansion led to a security dilemma which in the end sparked Russian action.
The dominant narrative in Europe is "Putin's war" in Ukraine, but doesn't this lead us to rejecting an important debate our own behaviour and plcy?

#us #ukraine #realist #power #state #nato

Last updated 2 years ago

Janice Selbie · @JaniceSelbie
884 followers · 465 posts · Server mas.to
Janice Selbie · @JaniceSelbie
1049 followers · 564 posts · Server mas.to