tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65224121744490823742012-02-16T00:44:56.987-08:00nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00489857450116241258noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522412174449082374.post-9868837110391309972007-05-10T06:07:00.000-07:002007-05-10T07:01:27.952-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_kmgs5ySEjIY/RkMh0M5-x-I/AAAAAAAAAA0/Swxt2rnEJUE/s1600-h/BellPou.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_kmgs5ySEjIY/RkMh0M5-x-I/AAAAAAAAAA0/Swxt2rnEJUE/s320/BellPou.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062927586795898850" border="0" /></a>Tonight I find myself writing an essay on Surrealism. I am thoroughly enjoying everything that I am learning tonight, so I thought I would share a few of my favourite images with my Blog. Hopefully this makes my blog page look even prettier.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_kmgs5ySEjIY/RkMgHs5-x9I/AAAAAAAAAAs/E56KY9rcG-w/s1600-h/Dali-Elephants.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_kmgs5ySEjIY/RkMgHs5-x9I/AAAAAAAAAAs/E56KY9rcG-w/s320/Dali-Elephants.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062925722780092370" border="0" /></a><br />Afterall, a blog with pictures is far more interesting than a blog with words.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_kmgs5ySEjIY/RkMiVM5-x_I/AAAAAAAAAA8/vtQgDek-_1s/s1600-h/fig4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_kmgs5ySEjIY/RkMiVM5-x_I/AAAAAAAAAA8/vtQgDek-_1s/s320/fig4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062928153731581938" border="0" /></a><br />Still, just to give these images a little context I will share a few notes from my essay:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_kmgs5ySEjIY/RkMedc5-x7I/AAAAAAAAAAc/YmRa6tJMIQI/s1600-h/the_burning_giraffe.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_kmgs5ySEjIY/RkMedc5-x7I/AAAAAAAAAAc/YmRa6tJMIQI/s320/the_burning_giraffe.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062923897418991538" border="0" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="">Surrealism is an impatient interrogation of reality, an endeavor to change life by disputing all recieved ideas about the world, by discrediting the so-called 'reality' structured by an incomplete consciousness.<br /><br /></span></p> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_kmgs5ySEjIY/RkMZWs5-x6I/AAAAAAAAAAU/OqkMSsICbS8/s1600-h/man_ray.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_kmgs5ySEjIY/RkMZWs5-x6I/AAAAAAAAAAU/OqkMSsICbS8/s320/man_ray.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062918283896735650" border="0" /></a><span style="">The Surrealist artists aims to make man aware of his inner self, his internal ‘desire’ which has been suppressed by his social environment and personal inhibitions, and to realise his true self through the process of passing unconscious thoughts and feelings to a conscious awareness.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_kmgs5ySEjIY/RkMj685-yAI/AAAAAAAAABE/ohRtwl63Wj0/s1600-h/dali50.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_kmgs5ySEjIY/RkMj685-yAI/AAAAAAAAABE/ohRtwl63Wj0/s320/dali50.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062929901783271426" border="0" /></a><br />'When will we have sleeping logicians, sleeping philosophers? I would like to sleep, in order to surrender myself to the dreamers.' - Manifesto of Surrealism<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_kmgs5ySEjIY/RkMlAs5-yBI/AAAAAAAAABM/4uWBhjhu0C8/s1600-h/Surrealism--.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_kmgs5ySEjIY/RkMlAs5-yBI/AAAAAAAAABM/4uWBhjhu0C8/s320/Surrealism--.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062931100079147026" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6522412174449082374-986883711039130997?l=nickvc.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00489857450116241258noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522412174449082374.post-60175527468712410442007-05-07T09:14:00.000-07:002007-05-07T09:26:16.158-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_kmgs5ySEjIY/Rj9QhM5-x5I/AAAAAAAAAAM/BShfjQDzfJI/s1600-h/red-tree2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_kmgs5ySEjIY/Rj9QhM5-x5I/AAAAAAAAAAM/BShfjQDzfJI/s400/red-tree2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061853037518047122" border="0" /></a>This piece is titled <span style="font-style: italic;">"Nobody Understands"</span>, by australian artist Shaun Tan. My blog title "<span style="font-style: italic;">the lost thing</span>" is borrowed from one of his picture books, and as such, I thought it would be a fitting first post to share with you one of my favourite Shaun Tan drawings. <br /><br />Hope you like it as much as I do.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6522412174449082374-6017552746871241044?l=nickvc.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00489857450116241258noreply@blogger.com4