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  1. This is an excellent review of Scuton's amazing book, On Beauty and the critique on modern trends in art, film, tv etc. : "“Beauty is vanishing from our world because we live as though it did not matter.” Beauty matters! That is the point to this wonderfully slim introduction to aesthetics, and on that point I stand in complete accordance with Scruton. Although, I didn’t agree with all that he said, and at times I thought his ideas needed a bit of clarification, I thought many of his main points hit home, and I appreciated the mass assortment of references on the subject. When addressing postmodernism’s desire to destroy the sacred so that art becomes less about aesthetics, but more about taking pleasure in the act of destruction it reminds me of Philip Rieff’s “third world culture”. The idea that there are three cultures, first, second, and third world. First and second worlds containing continuity in that they are both based on a sacred order and a higher authority. Third world being characterized by not only it’s divergence from the first two, but of it’s hatred of the sacred and of viewing itself as the higher authority. What Rieff calls an "anti-culture" because it effectively destroys culture through acts that he calls, “deathworks.” These are attempts to tear down the sacred order and wipe out it’s history. A cross pickled in urine for example or explicit pornography as art, etc. According to Scruton these works of art are not beautiful precisely because they lack the sacred and they defile art, in his opinion these are acts of the destruction of art, that give momentary pleasure to the viewer and artist solely in the shock that they produce. A culture like this that looks to destroy it’s ties to the past and destroy any intrinsic meaning in what was previously viewed by the west as sacred and beautiful, cannot be sustained because it stands against itself. It looks to justify it’s actions based on itself alone, but it is actively cutting the roots that tie it to a culture. Thus it is an “anti-culture”. It is self destructive. I think Scruton is getting at a similar idea if not the exact idea. Our modern world looks at beauty through it’s utilitarian lenses of function and profit. They wish to objectify beauty. What is it’s function? Does it satisfy a desire? This causes consumerism in the modern world to masquerade as art. “wanting it for its beauty is not wanting to inspect it: it is wanting to contemplate it—and that is something more than a search for information or an expression of appetite. Here is a want without a goal: a desire that cannot be fulfilled since there is nothing that would count as its fulfilment.” Scruton believes that beauty is much deeper than that. That it does not have a function other than itself. That making it about desire and satiation is stripping it of what it actually is. “Beauty is not the source of disinterested pleasure, but simply the object of a universal interest: the interest that we have in beauty, and in the pleasure that beauty brings.” What shines forth to me in this book is Scruton’s understanding that beauty carries transcendence into the eternal. That beauty feeds man’s soul. That it takes us out of ourselves and our desires and has us reflect on something greater than ourselves. “Nobody who is alert to beauty, therefore, is without the concept of redemption—of a final transcendence of mortal disorder into a ‘kingdom of ends’. In an age of declining faith art bears enduring witness to the spiritual hunger and immortal longings of our species. Hence aesthetic education matters more today than at any previous period in history.” “Art moves us because it is beautiful, and it is beautiful in part because it means something. It can be meaningful without being beautiful; but to be beautiful it must be meaningful.” Beauty: A Very Short Introduction by Roger Scruton | Goodreads
  2. might have to blame her plastic surgeon. She definitely has a nose job lol.
  3. I remember her. She and a few others were the "OG"/original cosplay superstars, before cosplay got mainstream. Olivia Mund was probably the biggest cosplay superstar of the 2000s, and this helped her go to tv show hosting and acting. I think Adrienne also got into acting.
  4. 348 Natalie Roser Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images Natalie Roser - Monica Hansen 2019 - Imgur
  5. This statue is really nice but they really screwed up the face. The face is the only reason why I'm not getting it. @Enrico_sw @SympathysSilhouette does this look like Ciri to you? The figure I bought has two heads, one is normal geralt and the other has the 'hearts of stone' mark on his face. The hair is funky
  6. I couldn't resist and bought the Yennefer statue
  7. Hearts of Stone, the expansion is timeless. To be honest it is so good that I think it could be novelized as well, and made into its own movie. One often neglected thing about the expansion is the Oferi merchant that Geralt meets in the beginning. Quite odd and interesting. You got to see it! Apocalypse Now is one of the greatest American films ever made and work of genius. Its basic concept is inspired by Heart of Darkness but it has tremendous substance. Martin Sheen was awesome, and Marlon Brando's performance is one of the best of all time. For me it is no. 1. I revisited for years and years, and every time I watch it I see more and more. beginning :
  8. @Enrico_sw What classic french and russian literature did you study in school ? I am doing the 3 musketeers now. TBH don't really get the appeal but am still going. I thought Dumas' other classic, Count of Monte Cristo was awesome. I am also considering do Les Miserables and vol. 1 In search of Lost time (Proust) after this.
  9. From what I experienced- for me I am inclined to script everything. I first write down a script, and then convert it to teleprompter format, and then control it with a small remote mouse. If I free-style it with a few points I guess I could do that too but it wouldn't flow so smoothly and I would have to practice, which takes a lot of time. Yea, Arthur gets sick when Downes spits in his face/eyes IIRC. Maybe he doesn't understand the concept of germs, viruses, and bacteria or the developers didn't coordinate his illness with the rest of the game well enough. I have heard that Red Dead 2's open world is still unsurpassed in certain aspects, like the environmental details and animal AI. The Last of US show is quite loyal to the game and had very good production values.
  10. Yeah, I am still working on it and have already developed a strategy for it. I will not publish my work until I finish the first batch of 36 videos. I finished 8 already and am scripting the other 28.
  11. It sucks that there are no decent Ciri statues that aren't rare and over $1000. The biggest issue is that manufacturers seem to have is creating her face. The best one is the $1250 Ciri in a kimono statue. I see even the flawed Dark Horse Series 1 statue being sold for hundreds of dollars. I think all Dark horse needs to do is to find a way to manufacture a good ciri face and just release a series 3 Ciri with the original outfit. It will definitely be popular.

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