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Should Not the Shepherds Feed the Sheep
”Is Christianity and banking compatible? Yes,” said John Varley, chief executive of Barclays PLC. “And is Christianity and fair reward compatible? Yes.”… Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., told the Sunday Times of London he is “doing God’s … Continue reading
Art of Cognitive Incoherence
”An experience, in short, that violates all logic and expectation. The philosopher Soren Kierkegaard wrote that such anomalies produced a profound ‘sensation of the absurd,’ and he wasn’t the only one who took them seriously. Freud, in an essay called “The … Continue reading
Environmental Art of a Different Nature
”Ive explored plastics and nature in a sort of adulterated, Andy Goldsworthy-way, I suppose, but I think modern man makes his mark in the forests by the plastics he leaves behind. I spent a lot of time hiking in the … Continue reading
Irrationally Metaphysical
Giorgio De Chirico ( 1888-1978 ) played with the conventions of painting to unsettling effect, intending to create enigmatic images that bridged the chasm between rationality and metaphysics. Perspective was one of his primary tools for this, and he would … Continue reading
Hiding in an iPhone Out Of Fear
If there is one emotion that impacts upon men more than any other it is fear. Fear of being seen as feminine or womanly, fear of intimacy, fear of being vulnerable, fear of not being powerful enough, fear of not being … Continue reading
Fast Food Fantasy
Arby’s commercial where the fast food outlet plays a central role in a husband/wife roleplay fantasy. She dresses as an employee to serve her husband an Arby’s meal. The ad does satire men and their fantasies though there is something unsettling … Continue reading
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Tagged Arby's, Arby's Birthday commercial, Ashley Bishop, Mark Jenkins, Merkley & Partners
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Kermit & Coffee
Early Jim Henson from the late 1950’s early 1960’s featuring a primitive version of muppet Kermit The Frog as spokesman for Wilkins Coffee. The expressions and speech synchronizations are well articulated, and insulate the impact of the slapstick violence. An … Continue reading
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Tagged Jim Henson, Kermit The Frog, Mark Jenkins, Muppets, Wilkins Coffee
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Lederhosen in Stride
Watching violence on television can impair a person’s ability to remember what is being advertised during the commercials.”The anger incurred after watching the violent videotapes did seem to have a lot to do with impairing their memory for the commercials … Continue reading