If the artist as a person is the primary cause of the work of art, the material means of creating is the secondary cause. As all that appears in the work derives from the artist's personality, so all must be done through the physical process of creation. Above we referred to the Christian life as a relevant theological category; here the doctrine of creation must be considered. Properly speaking, only God creates. He spoke and the world was made immediately without means external to himself. In the same way he spoke and life began. To man, on the other hand, was given authority to name, care for, and arrange the world of things. It is in this sphere that his creativity must be exercised. He does not create in the sense of the original creation, since he must always begin with the physical world. Between man tilling and tending the earth and man painting and forming there may be a differnet in quality but there is none of function. It is all part of a single office of man: dominion. This office is not, however, unrelated to the original creation. Though different kind and starting point, Adam's task of naming the animals continued in an important sense the creation God had begun. He confirmed and determined its order. All of man's creativity is precisely of this sort: arranging, ordering and naming the original creation. That which is novel is always relative to the material conditions in which art must be located. Absolute novelty belongs to God alone.

I have created you, beloved vermin, in my thrice sacred resemblance, and you have responded by betraying me. Thus I have punished myself. It was not enough that you resembled me. I, the Impassible, felt a great desire to make myself like you, so that you would become my equals. Therefore I have made myself vermin in your image.

But there is no doubt that the modern artist, feeling himself no longer in any vital contact with society, performing no necessary or positive function in the life of the community, retreats upon himself and gives expression to his own states of subjectivity, limiting himself to this expression, and not caring wheter expression is also communication.

Herbert Read

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/R/roualt.html

Wow, I had an unforgettable saturday... So I'm writing about it in here so I won't forget it. :P

Ok, Isabel went to work at 9 on saturday, she works at the uni and uni had Open Day. When I woke up in the time of the sane people (later than her), I went shopping to get stuff I needed - normal. I came home and started working on my course work - we had assesment on Monday so I needed to sort out my work into folders and stuff. I was doing that when Isabel called around 3. "Where are you?" "Home, why?" "I was just wondering, would you mind coming over here to help me carry stuff home." "Ok, I'll come." I went to the city for the second time that day, and to the uni-building she works in. The stuff that needed to be carried home was food. There hadn't been as much people coming over as was expected so there was loads of excess food. We brought home a box full of finger foods, three trays of sandwiches (of which we gave one tray to the homeless guy in the underway) a plastic bag full of different sorts of crisps and a 2-litre cartong of orange juice. So when we got home, I returned to my work and Isabel started to sort out the food, what goes into the freezer, what needs to be eaten today, and then she sorted the crisps. Around 6 I noticed that I need to get stuff printed, so for the third time that day I went out to the uni-building with printer access. (It is about half an hour walk from my house to town and I did it on saturday 6 times, 3 times there, 3 times back). I printed what I needed, and as I was about to leave, I met my friend Rajat. He came to my house with me. I pestered Isabel to stop using the net and play Uno with us. She did and we played, but then she wanted to use the net again. I was inclined that she shouldn't, so she took a more sly approach. She taught us a new game: sticks. It is simple. You drop this bunch of sticks of the floor on a pile and then you have to remove them one at a time without moving any other stick than the one you are trying to take. Isabel played with us two games and then she said she just wants to watch. And we didn't mind, we were too taken in by the game. She got to go to the net (because me and Rajat we paying attention to the game only). The music was playing on the laptop, we had loads of food and the game so... we played all night. Isabel went to bed around 2 but our response to that was only to put the music down a little. I doubt that she got any sleep, really. We played and talked about everything. Amazing. That if something is bonding for you... He went home at 10.30 on sunday morning because I wanted to go to church (after having not slept all day? Is that wise? but I wasn't sleepy really). After church I lied down on my bed and got up around 4 pm. Well, I got up around 2 pm when the girl downstairs came asking if we could do something with our heater; it was being noisy to her. She is a confusing individual, really. But I guess she heard the heater better that day because the heater had been off during the night (it just refused to go on) and then it was on again... Or maybe she was being bitchy, she must have heard us that night, talking and laughing, and she knew that I was sleeping during the day so she wanted to bother me... who knows. Anyway, I went back to sleep after she was satisfied with her heater problem. Around 5 I picked up my work again to sort it all out for monday and I got it done before 9 pm. Then I went to bed and slept solid til 9 am when Isabel went to work again.

Bowie:
-Heathen-levy:
Everyone says 'hi'
-Valkonen kokoelma:
Aladdin sane
Life on Mars?

Chris DeBurgh:
-Beautiful Dreams -levy
Carry Me (like a fire in your heart)
Snows of New York
Shine on
Always on my mind
Say goodbye to it all
One More mile to go

Jesus Christ Superstar
Heaven on their minds
Hosanna
I don't know how to love him
The last supper
Getshemane
King Herod's song

RHCP
-Californication-levy
Californication
Scar Tissue
Saviour

http://www.vatican.va/
http://www.opusdei.org.uk/index.php?w=20

Something little interesting for you people...


Here's the most engrossing thing since The Sims.
Go to www.arecont.com and click the "Log In" button. The usernaame is "BURGERKING" and the password is "guest". Then click on BK 10867. Click on one of the cameras, download the application, and begin watching. If it doesn't work you'll probably have to use IE.

Since I am now greatly annoyed by Nationstates.net -forums and their idiotic discussions (euhm, why do you go there again? -.-) this time about 'how many continents are there' and their idiotic picking on small things, failing ot see the big picture, I am forced to conclude that there is one continent:
Eurmericafriasiaustrantica.
And who contradicts me gets to be on my idiots list: not for having a different opinion but for annoying me.

Beds, By Groucho Marx. ©1930 by Julius H. Marx
Many Happy Returns!, By Groucho Marx. ©1942 by Groucho Marx.
Groucho and Me, By Groucho Marx. ©1959 by Groucho Marx
Harpo Speaks!, By Harpo Marx with Rowland Barber. ©?1960?
Memoirs of a Mangy Lover, By Groucho Marx. ©1963 by GrouchoMarx.
The Groucho Letters, By Groucho Marx. ©1967 by Groucho Marx.
The Secret Word is Groucho, By Groucho Marx with Hector Arce. ©1976 by Groucho Marx.
The Groucho Phile; An Illustrated Life, By Groucho Marx. ©1976by Groucho Marx.

http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/artdeco/home.asp?p=4
free screensaver?

Wildlife artists:

Richard Friese
Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert
Martin S. Garretson
Carl Clemens Moritz Rungius
Bob Kuhn
Rien Poortvliet
Simon Combes
Carl Brenders

http://www.funnyjunk.com/pages/world.htm

-Love at first sight?: I'd want to believe, but wouldn't that be rather lust than love. Ah, I suppose there is a situation that would be "love at first sight", but it hasn't happened to me, I've learned to love the one I love in a romantical sense.
-Believe it's possible to remain faithful forever? Deffinately. There is no way you would love someone and then hurt them by being unfaithful. It isn't love if you cheat.
-Believe there's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?: Yes. I have seen it with my own two eyes, no bullshit.
-Do you wish on stars?: What?? You mean like ah, a wishing star, yes, and all the other stuff too when you are granted a wish (if you find an unbent note and you get to bend it first you get a wish, if you find your eyelash on your cheek you get to wish) so yes, I do that everytime.
-Did you get frightened or uncomfortable seeing that as a section title?: (this thingie was in a list of thingies and this section title was beliefs) Why would I be? I'm strong with my beliefs.
-Do you remember your first love?: I'm not sure. i'm not sure wether Gautam is my first love or was Sakari... but I'm dating the person who I said "I love you" to first time, and since that other guy is dead and I never did anything about my feelings for him for them to grow to be real love, then yes, Gautam is granted the title of my first real love and well, then obviously I do remember him.
-Still love him?: Duh. Of course.
-Do you consider love a mistake: Deffinately not! How could it be!
-What do you find romantic?: Being a little insane for love... ^_^
-Turn-on?: Mmmmm.... eh? I drifted in my dreams here. ^_^;; Well, small blunders, admitting that he is a human being, and those little mistakes that humans have.
-Turn-off?: Constantly trying to keep the cool, trying to be the bleedin' Calvin Klein-perfect man... -.-
-Do you base your judgement on looks alone: I don't think anyone in the world does that...
-If someone you had no interest in dating, expressed interest in dating you, how would you feel?: I'd think to myself "Again? Why can't they go have their crushes on someone else" and then I'd start avoiding that person because I would feel so uncomfortable around him and end up hating him because he's making my life difficult by making me have to avoid him.
-Do you prefer knowing someone before dating him or going on a date: Hmm, knowing like from school/work/hobby/where ever? Hmm, nope, I'd prefer just going on a date, because then if it didn't work out I'd have to stop going to the same places where he goes. But I don't have this problem at the moment, so... But I most like to be "pulled" in a bar or so, you know, so it's not a date nor someone you know from somewhere...
-Have you ever wished it was more "socially acceptable" for a girl to ask a guy out?: It is socially acceptable. This is a bullshit question and sides this "section" isn't about belief, but about dating! What a load of crap and a waste of time, which I will waste because I'm bored.
-Have you ever been romantically attracted to someone physically unattractive?: No. I haven't been attracted to someone I found unattractive. I don't fall for my friends, and if someone is being my friend and I get to know them as friends I'd never be romatically attracted to them.
-Do you think the opposite sex finds you good looking?: Yes, I do. They have indicated it many times and I hate it when they do that, I don't want to hear it.
-What is best about the opposite sex?: Another bullshit question... -.-
-What is the worst thing about the opposite sex?: Guy-stuff... -.-
-What's the last present someone gave you?: A poster and a little silvery anchor I wear in my earring.
-Are you in love?: Yes.
-Do you consider your significant other hot?: Sexy? Yes. And also hot as in spicy, interestingly enough...
-What would you do if you were walking down the street and saw some hot guy standing on the sidewalk?: Give a glance and think "he's pretty" and then walk on.

http://www.maa.org/reviews/golden.html

Keep in mind, young padawan... ((where the heck did the SW-thing come from??))

http://img55.exs.cx/img55/7229/jacksketch250copy7hi.jpg

British pole dancer Donna Cleeve has been forced to quit her job because she’s allergic to the metal pole. The 20-year-old from Portsmouth developed a red rash after each show before she realised nickel used in the poles was to blame. “It’s hard to look sexy when your legs and body are inflamed. I tried to ignore it, but in the end it wasn’t worth the pain,” she told London’s Sun. She’s now given up her dancing and taken a job in sales.

you just can't make this stuff up. XD

http://somethingtobedesired.com/

A tv-show without the tv. So it's only accesible online. How cool is that?

Max Barry, Jennifer Government
Philip Baruth, The X President
Greg Bear, Darwin's Children
Mike Brotherton, Star Dragon
Michael Flynn, The Wreck of the River of Stars
Kay Kenyon, The Braided World
James Lovegrove, Untied Kingdom
Jack McDevitt, Omega
Syne Mitchell, The Changeling Plague
Linda Nagata, Memory
Robert Reed, Sister Alice
Justina Robson, Natural History
Sheri S. Tepper, The Companions
Amy Thomson, Storyteller
John Varley, Red Thunder
Steven Barnes, Lion's Blood
Greg Bear, Vitals
David Brin, Kiln People
Nancy Kress, Probability Space
Christopher Priest, The Separation
Robert J. Sawyer, Hominids
Brian Stableford, Dark Ararat
Michael Swanwick, Bones of the Earth
Shari Tepper, The Visitor
John C. Wright, The Golden Age

1. Is it good if a vacuum really sucks?
2. Why is the third hand on the watch called the second hand?
3. If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know?
4. If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?
5. Why do we say something is out of whack? What is a whack?
6. Why does "slow down" and "slow up" mean the same thing?
7. Why does "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?
8. Why do "tug" boats push their barges?
9. Why do we sing "Take me out to the ball game" when we are already there?
10. Why are they called "stands" when they are made for sitting?
11. Why is it called "after dark" when it really is "after light"?
12. Doesn't "expecting the unexpected" make the unexpected expected?
13. Why are a "wise man" and a "wise guy" opposites! ?
14. Why do "overlook" & "oversee" mean opposite things?
15. Why is "phonics" not spelled the way it sounds?
16. If work is so terrific, why do they have to pay you to do it?
17. If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?
18. If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
19. If you are cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you read all right?
20. Why is bra singular and panties plural?
21. Why do you press harder on the buttons of a remote control when you know the batteries are dead?
22. Why do we put suits in garment bags and garments in a suitcase?
23. How come abbreviated is such a long word?
24. Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them?
25. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
26. Why do they call it a TV set when you only have one?
27. Christmas is weird. What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of your socks

28. If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?
29. If a deaf person swears, does his mother wash his hands with soap?
30. If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?
31. Is there another word for synonym?
32. Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all?"
33. What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?
34. Would a fly without wings be called a walk?
35. If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?
36. If the police arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent?
37. If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest drown, too?
38. If you ate both pasta and antipasto, would you still be hungry?
39. If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?
40. Whose cruel idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have "S" in it?
41. Why are hemorrhoids called "hemorrhoids" instead of "assteroids"?
42. Why is it called tourist season if we can't shoot at them?
43. Why is there an expiration date on sour cream?