Well, as long as we have are roles straight...
Wade:
Perhaps I have come off a bit harsh, but I am too old to be bothered by
mystical bullshit any more. It has had its thousand years of attempting
to make its point. It has failed.
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So I guess the human race ought to get over this mystical crap before
you die of old age, no? ;-)
Wade:
Dali's embrace of technology and the effects of media should be more
than enough to convince you.
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Wade, in your model of the world, there would be no Dali. He would be
redundant. (in more ways than one)
In any case-- you are a fantastic scientist and who knows, maybe you can
cook or fix a car really well too, but you get a D minus in "Arts". I'm
surprised that you treat your favourite artist with such contempt. To
look at the complexity of the relationships between styles-- the
treatment of mystical material in his Crucifiction, Last Supper and
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln and his dialogue with Romanticism-- and draw
one single little text out of it??? Mysticism is a bag of shit???
That's worse than a fundamentalist christian's reaction to an unclothed
statue of David.
Wade, old man. Before your 80th birthday, you should get a flask of
scotch and really *sit* with Dali. (or more accurately, the Dalis)
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