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They're literally trying to create the Thought Police in the USA.

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"It is the treating of the commonplace with the feeling of the sublime that gives to art its true power." Jean-Francois Millet Hugh Cameron was a Scottish painter who, like Millet, specialized in painting the beauty of the commonplace. "The Careful Sister " #artsky #art #painting #artists

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Back after a multiple week absence assisting my sister through chemo. Glad to be back. And Fuck cancer!

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In honor of the election of Pope Leo IV today I present what is widely considered the greatest works of art depicting a Pope. Fittingly, that is Raphael's portrait of Pope Leo X, painted between 1518 & 1520. #artsky #art #artists #painting

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When photographing wildlife, I love to capture the more artistic and subtle aspects: Soft afternoon light graces an elephant's beautifully textured face in Namibia's Etosha National Park. #photography #adventure #wildlife #nature #bluesky #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #sunset #travel

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"Paintings are not primarily there to be explained, but to be looked at. And there are paintings where trying to explain makes no sense because the meaning of the painting is different from that expressed by language." Wolfgang Lettl #artsky #art #artists #painting

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“Nothing matters in this world to the painter, but a good picture. And it must be a mighty good one to compete with those already done." Gari Melchers "The Unpretentious Garden " #artsky #art #artista #painting

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@profdfhesq.bsky.social Hi there. I'm not a lawyer, but isn't the reason that SCOTUS allows deportation without full due process like a criminal trial because they ruled it a civil procedure that doesn't deprive them of life liberty or property? And weren't these deportees all deprived of liberty?

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3 images through to final shortlist of the Scottish Nature Photography Awards this year - The second in The Natural Abstract category www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #fineart #Scotland #nature

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The village woods. I love Spring.

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Fresh snow and clear air in the Caledonian forest. This Scots pine branch was really glowing in the early morning sun. #scotland #landscapephotography #photography #nature #scotspine

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I've been absent of late due to "life". But I did get some good news recently! 3 images through to final shortlist of the Scottish Nature Photography Awards this year - The first in The Landscape category www.AndyMacD.co.uk #landscape #photography #LandscapePhotography #fineart #Scotland #nature

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Dark Matter series nominated as finalist in the Nature category of the Fine Art Photography Awards 2025. See link to winners’ gallery. #photography #fineart #bnw fineartphotoawards.com/winners-gall...

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"The sound of colors is so definite that it would be hard to find anyone who would express bright yellow with base notes, or dark lake with the treble." Wassily Kandinsky "Light Picture" #artsky #art #paintings #painters

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Colbert Report drug company Prescott Pharmaceuticals Side effect of the day Vaxachub, 'the only virility drug made entirely of powdered mice'. Potential side effect: Testicular Cranberrying. #Tariffs #pharmaceuticals #USalternatives

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“Atmosphere in a painting is achieved through bathing the canvas in a single scale of colors. Thus one achieves an état d’âme (state of being) exteriorized in luminous form.” František Kupka "Synthesis" #artsky #art #paintings #painters

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"Prescott Pharmaceuticals: Malpractice makes Malperfect" From the Colbert Report archives it's the Prescott Pharmaceuticals side effect of the day. Today's side effect: Hungry Hungry Hipbones

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A remarkable female painter whose work was forgotten after her death for 250 years. She was far ahead of her time, painting portraits & nude figures in an era when women were not allowed to study live models when painting. Michaelina Wautier #artsky #art #paintings #painters

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"Romantic River Scene" Horace Wolcott Robbins #artsky #art #paintings #painters

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All the news about tariffs on pharmaceuticals got me thinking about Prescott Pharmaceuticals and their drugs. Stephen Colbert's drug company is affordable, but there may be side effects. I thought I'd do a PP side effect of the day. First up: "Involuntary Blowhole" #tariffs #Sideeffctsinclude

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The landscape in Florida is often more waterscape. #Scape #EastCoastKin #photography #Landscapephotography

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Golden hour at global headquarters in Copenhagen. #photosky #photography #art

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Between - Dream Atlas series Photography, 100x70cm andrzejwojciechowskiart.manifo.com #photography #surrealism #Experimentalphotography #Fineartphotography #blackandwhite

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"Resistance is in each of us. We resist by exercising our creativity. That is true poetry…to resist is to be a poet and to live an uninterrupted metaphor." Roberto Matta "A Grave Situation" #artsky #art #paintings #painters

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"I am interested only in the unknown and I work for my own astonishment." Roberto Matta "Star Travel" #artsky #art #paintings #painters

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"Usually I throw away what I don't get right the first time." Kenneth Noland "Bravo Costa Brava " #artsky #art #paintings #painters

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All cruelty springs from weakness. Lucius Annaeus Seneca In these times it's important to remember these words from 2000 years ago. If politicians are trying to scare you, they usually have something cruel planned.

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"Desert Animals" William Baziotes #artsky #art #paintings #painters

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"As for the subject matter in my painting.. ..it is very often an incidental thing in the background, elusive and unclear, that really stirred me." William Baziotes #artsky #art #painting #painters

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"Painting is by nature a luminous language." Robert Delaunay "La Tour Rouge" #artsky #art #artists #paintings

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“[Beal's work depicts]the eternal pleasures of work and leisure, the casual enjoyable incidents which add so much to life’s richness.” Barry Faulkner "The Fish Bucket" - Gifford Beal #artsky #art #artists #paintings

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A Swiss painter and chemist who developed new techniques for fixing pigments in pastels, Luigi Chialiva was known for his idealized rural scenes, almost always including livestock. #artsky #art #artists #paintings

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More Paul Klee "Mosaic Like" #artsky #art #painting #abstractart

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A Brazilian Artist living and working in Italy with an account definitely worthy of your attention. Check out some of his beautiful work. Adriano Ribeiro #art #artsky #painting #

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"I am obsessed with beauty. I want everything to be perfect, and of course it isn't. And that's a tough place to be because you're never satisfied." "Lindsay Key" Robert Mapplethorpe #artsky #art #artists #photography #RobertMapplethorpe

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"The search for a picturesque or readymade landscape, comprising ideal color, composition, and subject matter often actually results in an unexciting dull picture." Henry Martin Gasser "Shanty Town" #artsky #art #painting #HenryMartinGasser

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