To answer the question, You-Know-Who: My favorite artist would be the late and great Keith Haring with Henri Matisse coming in a very close second. Although I'm a fan of many others as well, those two would be at the top of my list. Since nobody's reading so much these days anyway I figured I might as well just answer that one right here instead. Usually not big on the pop art thing, I never even cared much for Warhol's stuff. Haring obviously is the exception.
Georgia outlaws microchip implants: "Just imagine having a beeper in your rectum and your beeper numbers displayed on billboards throughout the city."
Well, that bill passed, the one from Georgia "so as to prohibit requiring a person to be implanted with a microchip," Senate Bill 235 . At least it made its way through the House Judiciary Committee, anyway, next stop the House Rules Committee that decides whether it moves on to the full House vote and (fingers crossed) final passage. I'd think it probably should, taking into account the compelling testimony brought up at this last hearing, from some fat lady about why non-consensual chipping should be made against the law. There she described in detail her own personal experience, with being implanted against her druthers: "I'm also one of the people in Georgia who has a microchip," she began. ("Also one?" There's more of them there?) She went on about the specific disadvantages, how it violates one's "right to work without being tortured by co-workers who are activating these microchips by using their cell phones and other electro
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ReplyDeleteThank you. Died too young from the AIDS back in the day, I wish he'd hung around somewhat longer. Thanks, Diane.
ReplyDeleteI just looked his stuff up, it's very interesting. I like the sappy artists like Thomas Kincaid.
ReplyDeleteHey, Rain! No surprise that Kincaid is on your list, I guess. Personally, I'm not a huge fan. But ... you know I like the sap as much as anyone, and even though I chose Haring as my overall favorite, and Matisse runner up, I LOVE LOVE Andrew Wyeth and figure you probably might, too, eh? Particularly the Master Bedroom painting. I actually bought a print of that one a few years ago on eBay. Probably my favorite painting ever.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE his art too. Learned of him when working for Flax Art & Design. Mattisse too. They had lots of goodies by several artists...but of course...It was Flax "Art and Design." (duh) :)
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