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We seek out symmetry; we like to look at objects with visible lines or planes of symmetry. If you show someone a scene, they'll first look for human faces, then for motion, then for symmetry. This man was sitting alone on the edge of a fountain outside the Louvre, and had positioned himself right between two tall cans of beer. If you look carefully, you can see tabs sticking up above the rims of both cans; both are open. I wonder if he was careful to drink them at the same rate, such that similar amounts of beer remained in each can at any given time.
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This man was wearing a shirt with the phrase "I Love Men" corrected to "I Love Me." In my mind, this is equivalent to wearing a shirt with the phrase "I Am Homosexual" with the word "Homosexual" crossed out and replaced with "Narcissistic." This seems fairly offensive, insofar as it could be seen as carrying the message "Gay men are narcissistic." Quite bizarre.
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Peas Out. Enjoy 2012. I've the impression that 2011 was rough--not on me in particular, but for most people I know. I'm a bit of a h8r, but still I don't enjoy watching my generation be robbed.
-L
1 comments:
I think the second one is bleaker. The first guy looks sad, but like it is only because his friend has gone for a bit.
The second guy looks like he's about to cry, as if he's just seen someone show an extreme amount of kindness towards a loved one and he thinks, "the only person who has ever or will ever fell that way towards me was my mother and she is dead."
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