thanx for the boredom

But if he leaves RAF loses major comic relief. This kind of talent doesn't come along every day, even in this group.

Maybe you could buy Ralph Mayer's book rather than look to a usenet group for technical information?

>And of course somebody hawking their idiotic t-shirts with cartoons.

I don't know who this L0zer is but they could have spent that time writing poems about Mani, 'humor' like the Expensivist movement post, or regurgitations of artspeak about 'similar, playful curves' appearing in a dead artist's abstract painting rather than set up a humble site for those that enjoy hir *ink drawings* as an inexpensive alternative to buying an original, labor intensive oil painting or pencil drawing.

Where's your art, by the way? I'm sure I'm not the only one who is absolutely convulsed to see them at this point. I'm sure you think that I would be really petty about it even if it were great but I would eat my words and elevate you to a new level of respect if it had any redeeming quality at all. As of now, well, you connect the dots.

Jane

You must mean the neurotic crank whose only purpose in coming onto this line is to invent unsupportable attacks on painters. You recall of course that he thought saying the Cezanne's career was just a failed attempt to imitate Poussin. Is this what you call an admirable character.

Whether you are convulsed or not (and that is, whether you know it or not, a very apt term coming from you) would not change the truth value

to see them at this point. I'm sure you think that I

Unfortunately we have already done that in your case, and it makes a very small circle indeed.

You mean by belittling this schlock artist Nechita is belittling you!

Be sure to cast your vote.

I don't enjoy these kinds of games, Dil. Here's your quote. Notice the noun in which your hostility was directed (the noun being the word 'Threads':

'Threads on complete crap artists like nechita and frazetta going strong.'

You did not belittle the this 'schlock artist Nechita,' you belittled the post (aka 'thread' which I introduced to the newsgroup.

Instead of again (twice in one thread) choosing to contribute to the newsgroup with something concrete, productive, or even informational, you simply posted another predictable comment which in your perspective, relieves you of any kind of responsibility.

My mother taught me that if I had nothing nice to say, then go draw a picture.

I recommend you do the same. And when you have something of value to contribute, join in the games again. Until then, perhaps you can keep your 'schlock' comments to yourself.

I say this respectfully.

Buy my T shirts. http://www.cafeshops.com/mothgod Dilettante hates them (tm)

Then you might start with the works of Malthus, although when you finish you may wind up hating Malthus, pre-pubescent girls, and yourself.

Snigger. Can you believe that this person teaches? Or claims to teach?

Jane

Hard to believe, isn't it? Confusing Malthus with Balthus is a new one for me. Students probably think they wandered into the wrong class.

K

Wrong again, my neotenously immature and lamentably predisposed one. What it indicates, on the contrary, is that I so rarely think of, or refer to, Balthus's paintings that I forget, offhand, his name, which, depending on your moral quality, is arguably a virtue.