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Moogtron III 
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 Posted: November 18 2009 at 02:27 |
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A true artists lives on a cold attic, eating crusts of bread. He despises money: too bourgeois.
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Vompatti
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Posted: November 17 2009 at 18:43 |
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^ I'm sorry, but right now I'm much too busy to do one. I might consider it if someone gave me a lot of money though.
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crimhead
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Posted: November 15 2009 at 17:17 |
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I was hoping that there would be one done for the PA Christmas card this year.
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Vompatti
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Posted: November 15 2009 at 15:00 |
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^ No, that was the very last one.
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Posted: November 15 2009 at 12:36 |
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Any more Christmas themed works?
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el dingo
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Posted: November 08 2009 at 13:28 |
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I'm still not convinced it would be right if I painted a picture representing or even symbolizing Winona. But here's the BSWD Christmas dinner thing:
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That, in my most subjective opinion, is indeed your best work yet. The BSWD is at the heart of the scene, the Christmas tree centre background establishing the joy of the occasion, and the BSWD is clearly enjoying gorging on something that had at one point been on the table. But was it turkey, was it beef, was it Wal*Mart veggieburgers? The artist asks the question: where is the BSWD's family? are they waiting their turn at table? But, wait, are they anywhere in view... or are they, no, it cannot be so. Surely, not even the BSWD could.... at Christmas 
No, the answer must be that the BSWD has no family and is just slaughtering those not related to him, which is quite acceptable, of course. In Atlantis.
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It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough.
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The Sleepwalker
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Posted: November 08 2009 at 11:59 |
One of your most emotional so far, great job! 
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Vompatti
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Posted: November 08 2009 at 11:20 |
I'm still not convinced it would be right if I painted a picture representing or even symbolizing Winona. But here's the BSWD Christmas dinner thing:
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el dingo
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Posted: November 06 2009 at 00:24 |
I still don't get why you do Fripp but flatly refuse to do Winona. Couldn't you copy the school of painters who thought Christ was too divine to represent and just do her as a sunburst coming out of a cloud or something?
Or failing that, I'd like to see the BSWD sitting at home with his family tucking in to his Christmas dinner (whatever that might consist of).
On reflection, stuff Winona - I wanna see that Demon  |
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It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough.
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Moogtron III
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Posted: November 05 2009 at 17:02 |
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This means, then, that we only see Fripp in it because we want to see him? And that what we actually see is a wombat in front of floating trees, moon and stars? Maybe on the original Court Of The Crimson King our perception was actually wrong as well. Maybe Greg Lake sang "wombat" instead of "moonchild".
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Vompatti
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Posted: November 05 2009 at 15:41 |
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Haven't you heard that all great portraits are representations of the artist?
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The Sleepwalker
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Posted: November 05 2009 at 15:36 |
Vompatti... I think we forgot about a major thing when letting you create this Frippalisa...
What if Fripp's going to sue you for using him in aone of your creations!? You didn't have his permission, right? He's going to take care of your creation like a plain bootleg!  |
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The Runaway
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Posted: November 05 2009 at 15:29 |
"She's a float tree, flying in the shadows, of the moonstars. She's a float tree, floating in the space of, Mona lisa."
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Moogtron III
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Posted: November 05 2009 at 11:29 |
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Despite the guitar it doesn't really look like him, but it doesn't look like Mona Lisa either, so I suppose it has a universal subject. 
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Wow! I'm flabbergasted, lost for words! I think we should call the Louvre in Paris and insist in taking away those boring overrated Da Vinci's from the walls and replace it with genuine Vompatti's! Dan Brown should write a book called The Vompatti Code. In other words: I'm impressed! It is Robert alright! there's some wildly maniacal, but also decisive in his eyes. He touches the guitar with the Alexander Technique which he obsessively teached in his Guitar Craft courses, I'm sure. I've forgotten all about old Mona. She's old news. I love the flying trees in the background and the moon... reminds me of moon child. There's a sense of mystery on it. It should have been nice as a cover of Islands. And all of this with a few lines... A round of  and a handful of  , maestro!
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Vompatti
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Posted: November 05 2009 at 11:15 |
Despite the guitar it doesn't really look like him, but it doesn't look like Mona Lisa either, so I suppose it has a universal subject.
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Moogtron III
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Posted: November 05 2009 at 09:11 |
It certainly would take art to a next level. Okay, I'm with you. Vompatti, we have a nice little challenge for you 
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The Sleepwalker
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Posted: November 05 2009 at 08:58 |
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Moogtron III
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Posted: November 05 2009 at 08:51 |
floydispink wrote:
Then why not do a Mona Lisa painting with a grimy Robert Fripp? |
Oh no! Lisa should take Robert up, Robert shouldn't drag her down Lisa, hold on to your smile! 
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Moogtron III
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Posted: November 05 2009 at 08:48 |
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I guess I won't have to do it then. 
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Well, you may if you feel like it. An artist should always follow his muse. Don't let me stop you! If Roberta Fripp is your muse, weaving you in a web of sweet frippertronics, then express yourself, Wombatti da Vinci! If not, any artist is entitled to a day off, I suppose ? 
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The Sleepwalker
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Posted: November 05 2009 at 08:37 |
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Then why not do a Mona Lisa painting with a grimy Robert Fripp?
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