Why aren't there are any Art threads in the Lounge right now?

[Longgrain]

Poll question: Why aren't there are any Art threads in the Lounge right now?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. why are you obsessed with art

:evilgrin:

[Longgrain]

2. Because I'm an artist....

and i just assumed other DUers would be interested in art as well...:shrug:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. I love art...really

[Longgrain]

6. Then head down to the Artists Group

and check some of our work out...

[RagingInMiami]

4. I'm too busy obsessing about music

[Longgrain]

5. LOL

:P

(Or perhaps you've developed a taste of fruity gelatinous tummys...)

[RagingInMiami]

7. you know what they say about that thin line

[Longgrain]

10. Go for it!

[jellybelly]

12. what the hell?

"fruity gelatinous tummys"
Is that what you think about me?:cry:

[Longgrain]

14. Don't cry Baby Jelly....

I think highly of you...:-)

I wish I could be more like you...:)

[jellybelly]

16. more jellylike?

:cry: :cry:

you calling me fat?:grr: :cry:

and :hurts: just because I never use that smiley...

[Longgrain]

19. I'm not calling you fat!

I don't even have to see you...

I'm already in love with you...us artists need all the muses we can get...

If you saw my last muse, you'd never call yourself fat again!

[jellybelly]

23. Everybody loves me because I cast spells on them...

if that's the only way, so be it:shrug:
I'm not fat, well...I'm not obese...hmmmm, I'm not as big as a house...yeah, that's the one

was the painting of the nude woman your last muse?

[Longgrain]

26. Since you asked...

The nude wome we're merely models hired by the art school I attended, I have no idea who they are...

Here's a painting of my last muse...

[jellybelly]

27. nice painting

I would make a WAY.....WAY better muse. My eyes are freakin' sexy...well...they are:grr:

[RagingInMiami]

28. Sexier than Shakira's eyes?

[jellybelly]

29. honestly, with make-up on...YES

[RagingInMiami]

30. Then show us

And let LG do a painting of those fruity gelatinous eyes.

[jellybelly]

33. My eyes don't photograph too well...red-eye,

sometimes they're closed...I have a couple but my eyes appear average. You have to see me face-to-face...

Girls tell me my eyes change whenever I see a man. They get sexier. It's weird because they ask me out I do it:shrug:

[RagingInMiami]

34. My ex GF was like that

a natural flirt

[jellybelly]

35. is that why she's your ex?

I only flirt with men that I like. I can't flirt with all of them. I hate when men stare at me. I want to kick their asses.

[RagingInMiami]

36. That's one reason

I needed a change. I left her in Arizona. Still talk to her.

[jellybelly]

37. Are you still in love with her?

"I left her in Arizona"...it sounds funny, as if you ran away from her.

[RagingInMiami]

38. sounds like a country song, don't it

[PartyPooper]

8. You need to start painting more, and posting less!

We all know you are very talented. Just start painting and selling your work.

If you don't, SKITTLES will kick your ass. And, I will too!

:D

:hi:

[Longgrain]

9. I keep telling everyone

I can't afford paint...It's a luxury I don't deserve.

Send SKITTLES at me...I don't care...

I don't know how to sell my artwork...I never made it up to that class...:-(

[Lone_Star_Dem]

15. I don't know where you live

But, do you have starving artist shows there? I've seen you work, it would sell!

[Longgrain]

22. North Central Massachusetts...

Very rural/ post-industrial area...

Not much appreciation for the arts where I come from...:(

[Lone_Star_Dem]

31. Have you considered putting a few pieces on consignment?

A day or weekend trip to your nearest city is in order here. Check out the art consignment shops, ask around for new artist shows, etc.

I'm not talking about a formal showing, those usually come later. Just making some cash for now to keep you fed and in supplies. :)

All the artist I know do this to help keep things moving. It also gets you exposure which is a VERY good thing.

I'm not trying to tell you what to do, just offering advice. :)

[RagingInMiami]

21. You need a muse who will double as your agent

someone with biz sense

[Longgrain]

24. I KNOW I KNOW!!!

:stands back and whimpers:

Any volunteers?

[PartyPooper]

32. Sorry, I'm several thousand miles away.

Otherwise, I would volunteer!

:D

:hi:

[Longgrain]

11. Kick

for ant artist that might be out there...:hi:

[Nicole]

13. ant artist?

Is there really such a thing? :evilgrin:

[Longgrain]

17. I'm not even sure anymore myself...

Since art is dead in America...:(

[Rocinante]

18. Never been much of an artist

however I'm in the middle of photographing the drawings and paintings I did while in school. I'm going to post them in the Artist Group, and then get promptly laughed out of there.

[Longgrain]

20. Hey Rocinante

I haven't crossed paths with you in while...

I know already you're an awesome photographer...

Post your paintings in the Artists Group please...We only have about four or five others besides me who even know it exists...

[Rocinante]

25. Thanks

Hopefully I can post some stuff there by this weekend. :)

[Longgrain]

39. I'm sorry, the only reason I posted this

Is because I miss conversing with a dear friend...

And I'm not very 'good looking' or talented as I let you all on...

And I'm not very good at Sex Threads"...

Hope that explains a thing or two...

[jellybelly]

40. you miss Fluff?

:hug: Jelly-like people are fun too

[Longgrain]

41. Dearly

Give me one of your famous hugs.

[jellybelly]

42. my hugs are famous for the jelly substances

:hug: :hug:

How are you and Fluff doing? You talk to her, right?

[Longgrain]

43. Not as much recenty it seems....

:(

[jellybelly]

44. Why?

Is she not on DU that often? She doesn't avoid you, right? I'll kick her cute ass if you want.:P

[Longgrain]

46. I'm not sure why...

I think she's just sick of my vainity posts...

Or I'm just not as good looking or talennted as other DU guys?

[jellybelly]

48. Some women like variety...

I like talking to a lot of different men at the same time (on DU and in life) Yes, I'm a slut.

Maybe you need something to talk about. Don't just stick to one conversation. Ask her a lot of questions about meaningless crap, women like crap.:D

[Longgrain]

49. Ferget it....

I'm too much of a "one woman" sort of guy...

I just haven't been recieving pms from her even...

[jellybelly]

53. at least keep her interested in you...entertain her...

:shrug:

[Longgrain]

58. I try as much as possible

I'm just not as good at flirting as the rest of you seem to be...

See our thread last night...I couldn't get a word in edge wise...

[jellybelly]

60. But that's what I like about you...

It would be boring if the Lounge was filled with sex crazed maniacs. You don't need to flirt to keep Fluff interested. She seems to have great sense of humor...make her laugh.

[Longgrain]

61. Thanks hon...

BIG *SMOOTCH*

It's just that... I've shared a lot of personal info with her...


I just feel so damned inferiour amongst every one else around here...

She's really the only one who's knows a little something about the things I've been going through...

[jellybelly]

62. how on earth can you feel like that?

the people on DU are all stupid babies who should get their asses kicked by skittles.

maybe she isn't all that interested in you because you keep putting yourself down. Be confident, or at least don't talk about your insecurities...Tell Fluff, "I'm a man and I'm one sexy bitch." She'll never leave you alone after that..

(I'm great, mixing the funny with the serious:-) )

[Longgrain]

63. She already knows etiher way...

Wasn't this thread supposed to be about art...ah...can we talk about that?

[jellybelly]

65. hey, you started it!

:mad:

But okay, I'm not into art:shrug: That's all folks.

[msgadget]

45. I don't know if I belong there

as an art quilter.

[Longgrain]

47. I'm an art quiter...

So I don't think I belong there either... :)

[msgadget]

50. Are you an art quiTTer or art quiLter?

are you makin' funna me?? :cry:

Edit because now I'm REALLY insecure...and crying.

[jellybelly]

51. LOL!

I thought you said art quiter too! :D

[Longgrain]

54. I meant art quiter...

cause that's what I am...

[msgadget]

55. It's this damned lisssp of mine!

[Longgrain]

52. I'm making fun of myself

I QUIT trying to make art years ago...

However, I do think quilting is an art on it's own...so no grudge there... :)

[msgadget]

57. Oh, so maybe I'll wander over.

since I'm not trying for anything either.

Uh, wait, you still call yourself an artist though...right?

STOP messin' with my head, man!! :spank:

[hickman1937]

59. Are you really?

I envy you. I've seen some amazing quilts in the last few years. I know nothing about the art, but (and I know this is going to sound stupid) but do you do traditional things or more abstract?

[msgadget]

64. More abstract,

don't have the attention span for traditional stuff! And, I don't know much about art either. I just know what I like and think that's enough (for me, anyway!).

[hickman1937]

66. Again, I know very little about quilters

but isn't there a long tradition of people, with zero training in art who have produced some of the best folk art in this country?

[msgadget]

67. Yep, from most regions.

What kind of art moves you Hickman?

[hickman1937]

68. I don't know

The only artist that ever "grabbed me" at a gut level was Breugel. the elder. Other than that its been pretty much cherry picking. About 10 years ago I saw a quilt, made up of about 2 inch pieces that was like a waterfall of blues, whites, purples. Started at the left corner, and just flowed down through the whole blanket. Thats what I like. Things that have a pragmatic use, but then just....fly. As I said, I'm a dufus when it comes to art. I don't know anything about "dynamic bla bla bla" I just know when it feels..... harmonious?

[hickman1937]

69. BTW, the only way I know that he's the Elder

is because I googled him. I'm guessing there was a younger, but who knows.

[msgadget]

70. Interesting choice,

Hickman. I LOVE artists who move the eye and soul with color and especially those quilt artists who meticulously find and use commercial fabric to achieve the affect. In relatively recent years dying one's own fabric has become common place so anyone who has that eye for using commercial fabric has my respect because there's as much to see up close as there is from afar.

I'm not that orderly a person, Hickman.

And, don't call yourself a dufus. Longgrain, appears to have enough training and experience to school us all in the finer points of art appreciation! :)

[jdots]

56. youse ottists are old hat

There ain't no celebrity artists,so who gives a doody ?Even the funists aren't fun anymore and Da-Da is so early 20th.century.
sincerly Nigel P. Earthworm curator to the stars.

[Longgrain]

71. I know...I gave my hat away....

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

72. Other: there are. I consider software to be a form of art.

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