Comment on Friday SOTD Thread - October 27, 2023

• gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Thank you!

  It’s a lot harder to get right with straights than with safety razors,

  Yes. Definitely. The photo is about chiaroscuro; a fancy term I learned in art school which I attended after my university years in engineering. Aside from learning fancy terms, I learned how to take abuse from (and appreciate the talent of) real artists.

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  • djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Funny how oxymorons in a foreign language sound fancy 😅

    “this picture is a good example for brightdark” sounds more… pedestrian 😅

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    • gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “this picture is a good example for brightdark” sounds more… pedestrian 😅

      My wife is an artist. This is the kind of comment that gets me “The Look”. “The Look” speaks volumes but it communicates disdain and exasperation. I get this a lot :)

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