eh, modern art (as is crypto currencies) is just another money laundering scheme
hmm...snake oil ain't that different IMO, really

hmm...snake oil ain't that different IMO, really
cosmetics, skin-care products...Perfume?
I bought a bottle of Obsession cologne in the 90's and it cost me something like $90 for a larger size. I used it for years everyday and the bottle was barely depleted until I dropped it on the floor, broke the bottle and reeked up my place. Cologne often starts with that big solid blob of stuff whales vomit out, people collect them on the beaches and sell it to people that trade in these kind of goods. It is very expensive and beachcombers looking for the stuff are overjoyed when they find some.Perfume?
I was going to add anti-aging creams. Lots of suggestions in the advertising and they make vague claims as well, just like audio snake oil.cosmetics, skin-care products...
It's amazing how much $$$ some women will spend on skin-care products that don't actually do what they claim (and of course none are verified by lab testing -- only that they don't kill rabbits)
This is probably true – and a rather unpleasant character to boot. As was Picasso. But still unquestionably geniuses of unparalleled imagination.DALI was totally nuts and needed serious medication.
I recently almost purchased a small print of Dalí's (for a not unreasonable price - a few hundred dollars). It was so good. He was a draftsman of prodigious skill whatever you think of his art. He really had the chops. However, reason (not to mention poverty) got the better of me more's the pity ...Anyone who bought DALIs junk was questionable in their mental state and probably should be medicated too.
If you really think a five year old can make anything approaching a Picasso or Dalí then you are as delusional as you claim they were.How anyone can pay any money for things a 5 year old can make any day they want
Just like audio, the smell can be rather subjective. My wife loves White Linen... it gives me a headache and makes me want to wretch. Perfume advertising frequently claims to make a person more attractive and using what are widely considered to be beautiful specimens implants the suggestion that the purchaser is also attractive. Furthermore, the margins in perfume are amongst the highest of any product very similar to audio snake oil like cables.Perfume isn't snake oil, it smells however it smells. Its only value proposition is to smell a certain way. It doesn't claim to make you handsomer or smarter. If you think the smell is worth $90 or $200 or whatever, buy it, if not, don't. The reviews tend to be very subjective, but they are genuine attempts to describe a smell (or how they feel when they smell it) which is not at all similar to claiming it's going to change something it has no ability to change.
Pretty much never. I know how difficult it is having studied art and design.How many times have you seen a work of modern art that makes you think “my five year old could do better than that!”
I say I have no idea what people see in paint splotches on canvass. A lot of art I enjoy a lot. But not the stuff I don't understand and it looks like I could paint it. What splotches thrown onto a white background is supposed to mean is beyond me. But, art I like, I enjoy! But I have not been cultured into the ways of the art world. After all I like Bob Ross!This is probably true – and a rather unpleasant character to boot. As was Picasso. But still unquestionably geniuses of unparalleled imagination.
I recently almost purchased a small print of Dalí's (for a not unreasonable price - a few hundred dollars). It was so good. He was a draftsman of prodigious skill whatever you think of his art. He really had the chops. However, reason (not to mention poverty) got the better of me more's the pity ...
If you really think a five year old can make anything approaching a Picasso or Dalí then you are as delusional as you claim they were.
The prices much contemporary art attains is more an indictment of 21st century finance capitalism than it is of the art itself.
Never knew I was an aspiring artist as a kid, and a true creative powerhouse in college. I feel robbed of a future that could have been...
Having seen the alternatives, I would say that this is the lesser of two evils.That is disgusting. She should be sent to bed with no supper!
I was offered a art study in grade 9 for the remainder of my high school studies. I declined. In retrospect it might have been interesting.Never knew I was an aspiring artist as a kid, and a true creative powerhouse in college. I feel robbed of a future that could have been...
You could have been a famous artist and displayed your work at the DALI museum!I was offered a art study in grade 9 for the remainder of my high school studies. I declined. In retrospect it might have been interesting.![]()