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dave mead photography by: dave mead | buy one Assignment: Lowbrow Art / Pop Surrealism ***Your next art assignment is to create a piece of “Lowbrow” art (a. k. a. Pop Surrealism). First, however, you are going to do some research on the web. (Note: you will be receive a handout for this assignment with the specific requirements.) Todd Schorr FOR TODAY... First, take a look at what Wikipedia has to say about Lowbrow-- it's a pretty good description. Also, I have made a previous post about Lowbrow on this blog; take a look at that as well. Then, look at some artwork. The website for Juxtapoz Magazine is worth looking at as well. High Fructose is another magazine that has a website you might want to look at. Mark Ryden Post links to at least FIVE pieces of Lowbrow or Pop Surrealism that you like, by making a "comment" below. Robert Williams

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The 8 world’s most prominent hyper-realist sculptors « Blog of Francesco Mugnai Super Bowl Series: Mini Spinach Pockets Super Bowl Series: Mini Spinach Pockets by Rebecca Jan 18th, 2011 // Appetizers, Holiday, Recipes, Snacks, Veggie Friendly Do you remember the Deep Dish Spinach Pie recipe? The one we made for the Baby Daddy Birthday Dinner? We cannot get enough of it. There are so many kid-friendly parts to this recipe. He also got to scoop the filling, close up the pockets and then press a fork onto the edges. My kid ate 2 of these for breakfast 3 for lunch and 4 for dinner. Spinach Pockets Recipe Prep Time: 15 mins Cooking Time: 20 to 25 mins Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Sprinkle the counter with flour. You might also like...

Tetrapharmakos The Tetrapharmakos (τετραφάρμακος) "four-part remedy" is a summary of the first four of the Κύριαι Δόξαι (Kuriai Doxai, the forty Epicurean Principal Doctrines given by Diogenes Laërtius in his Life of Epicurus) in Epicureanism, a recipe for leading the happiest possible life. They are recommendations to avoid anxiety or existential dread.[1] The four-part cure[edit] As expressed by Philodemos, and preserved in a Herculaneum Papyrus (1005, 5.9–14), the tetrapharmakos reads:[4] This is a summary of the first four of the forty Epicurean Principal Doctrines (Sovran Maxims) given by Diogenes Laërtius, which in the translation by Robert Drew Hicks (1925) read as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4. Don't fear god[edit] In Hellenistic religion, the gods were conceived as hypothetical beings in a perpetual state of bliss, indestructible entities that are completely invulnerable. Don't worry about death[edit] As D. What is good is easy to get[edit] What is terrible is easy to endure[edit] References and notes[edit]

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Does the Harlequin Romance Unicorn Vengeance boast the worst sentence ever published in English? Mayhap! - Kansas City News - Plog ​Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Unicorn Vengeance Author: Claire Delacroix Date: 1995 Publisher: Harlequin Historical, because unicorns are historical Discovered at: Salvation Army The Cover Promises: "The Stirring Conclusion to the Unicorn Trilogy." Representative Quotes: "Aye, this night Wolfram would know the fullness of mating." "This then was what lovemaking was about? Before we get to what just might be the single worst sentence in any published, novel, let's take a moment to consider how it might have come to be. First, imagine that you're an author hellbent on knocking out a Harlequin Historical romance. Step One: Find an old-timey synonym for pants: "Her tiny fingers caressed him there and he thought he might burst his chausses." And from the second sex scene: And just a page and a half later: "Nay! Shocking Detail:

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