Not all modern conceptual art is bad, only 99.9%, here's the good part:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT-pkJcwZUk

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Smoking will keep you thin...












crystal meth that is.

Re. FNB "why does everyone else have to be well dressed for you to be? Isnt that reward enough?" Bingo! Making an informed attempt at being well dressed should be the last checkpoint of a balanced cogent man as he ventures out of his (presumably sane) home into the confused world outside.

Re. NJS "Wren's churches are wonderful and so are the work of Gainsborough, Reynolds, Turner, Whistler, Stubbs" IMHO Turner doesn't fit with the rest of your grouping. He was totally different in inspiration, technique and execution.
I may be stupid and ignorant in art matters, but I group him more with Bacon as both Rebels who ended up being icons of the establishment. The difference being Turner ended up being the ethereal angel, Bacon the unsettling devil. The more I spend time with a Turner with his depictions of war, implied death and destruction, victory and defeat, the more hopeful I become. Edified, if you will. I could live with a Turner in my living room. A Bacon is the evil twin. Initially attractive in a formal way it inexorably brings up everything that is dark and hopeless. I still like to look at and am fascinated by Bacons, but it's like looking at an accident scene. Humanity as a failure.

I have a friend that became very interested in clothes for a time.  He'd ask me about a shirt or pants, and I'd let him know about the article in question.  He was dressing quite nice for about a year, wearing some wool pants and decent shirts, he bought some nice venetians.  Now he looks like a complete slob and wears a rotation of maybe 2 pairs of pants and 3 shirts.  His hair is unkempt and he goes without shaving for weeks.  Not sure what happened.  His outward appearance is that he truly doesn't give a crap.  He did get into a steady relationship, so maybe that's the problem.  He doesn't seem depressed or anything.  He's a fickle one in many aspects of life though.

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