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Saturday, December 31, 2016

Trump's Odd New Year Tweet


Pardon the Interruption

As a registered Texas Republican, I have no words on how I feel after reading President-elect Trump's tweet, this morning.


I mean, why couldn't he just say "Happy New Year to all" -- short, sweet, presidential, and unifying.

Instead, the President-elect continued... "including to my many enemies and those who have fought me and lost so badly they just don't know what to do." Narcissistic, one would think, right? I mean, the definition is extreme selfishness, with a grandiose view of one's own talents and a craving for admiration.

If we were to psychoanalyze this tweet, further, [and by no means am I a psychologist or psychiatrist] Trump acknowledges he has "many enemies..." But he also seeks sympathy from his supporters, "and those who have fought me..." And the sentence ends with self-indulgence, "and lost so badly they just don't know what to do." Trump ends his tweet oddly, though, with "Love!"

Is the sentence "Love!," part of the whole tweet message, or is it more associated with the second half of his tweet, "...including to my many enemies and those who have fought me and lost so badly they just don't know what to do." I mean, it would have been the perfect genuine tweet had he just said, "Happy New Year to all. Love!"

Instead, we are left wondering if this is a message to those who defy him -- a threat to those who are vocal against him and question his actions.


#histionicpersonalitydisorder
#narcissisticpersonalitydisorder
#HPD

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

R.I.P. Princess


While many nerds preferred the Princess Leia in the Alderaan gown and the iconic hair buns, I preferred the slave ensemble--have fun psychoanalyzing that, guys.

Princess Leia epitomized everything us geeks and nerds fantasized in a heroine--petite, strong, beautiful, feisty, and determined. She was a badass. And she was played by a woman who was the badass.

via das-sporking

Today indeed is a very sad day. I didn't want to believe it, at first. I thought it was just rumor. Then it slowly set in. Carrie Fisher passed away at age 60.

My heart aches with grief, because she to me and many fellow geeks and nerds was our Princess.

R.I.P. Princess.

Andreas Feininger


Photography Appreciation

Born on December 27, 1906, American photographer Andreas Feininger was known for his black and white scenes of Manhattan architectural structures.

Feininger was educated as an architect in Germany, but gave it up to focus on photography. He immigrated to the United States in 1936 and established himself as a freelance photographer. He joined Life magazine in 1943.

You can see more of his work HERE.


"The Photojournalist" (1951) via canoniani


The Bowery under the shadows of the Third Avenue
el, circa 1940s via liquidnight

Kungsgatan, View from Malmskillnadsgatan,
Stockholm, 1933-39 via wonderfulambiguity


Sources:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Feininger
http://www.canoniani.it/public/users/Dennis%20Stock%20211.jpg
http://www.faciepopuli.com/search/Feininger
http://liquidnight.tumblr.com/post/3865450058/andreas-feininger-the-bowery-under-the-shadows-of
http://wonderfulambiguity.tumblr.com/post/8968276560/andreas-feininger-kungsgatan-view-from

Monday, December 26, 2016

My tweets with the highest engagement rate for 2016


JANUARY

G C @PhotoWritingMor – Jan 15
Sam Shaw …http://photographyandartaficionado.blogspot.com/2016/01/sam-shaw.html?spref=tw … #photographer #photojournalist #MarilynMonroe #flyingskirt #photography

FEBRUARY

G C @PhotoWritingMor – Feb 21
Spotting a Sasquatch at the Gym http://goo.gl/MVRfsH  #gymdweeb #workingout #averageguygymlife #spottingsasquatch

MARCH

G C @PhotoWritingMor – Mar 10
Vern C Gorst: Fresh Catch …http://photographyandartaficionado.blogspot.com/2011/03/fresh-catch.html … #photography #nudegirl

APRIL

G C @PhotoWritingMor – Apr 6
PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART AFICIONADO: Cosplay... Is An Art: C2E2 …http://photographyandartaficionado.blogspot.com/2016/04/cosplay-is-art-c2e2.html?spref=tw

MAY

G C @PhotoWritingMor – May 28
"I forgot my headphones" http://goo.gl/SeM9oK #gymdweeb #workingout #averageguygymlife

JUNE

G C @PhotoWritingMor – Jun 12
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick deletes tweet that drew ire in wake of Orlando attack via @dallasnews http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2016/06/lt-gov-dan-patrick-condemned-for-scheduled-tweet-following-orlando-attack.html

JULY

G C @PhotoWritingMor – Jul 26
PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART AFICIONADO: Cosplay... Is An Art: South Texas Comic Con 2016 … http://photographyandartaficionado.blogspot.com/2016/07/cosplay-is-art-south-texas-comic-con.html?spref=tw

AUGUST

G C @PhotoWritingMor – Aug 23
17 flowers that look like something else http://goo.gl/Q2c2ML #monkeys #DarthVader #nakedmen #humanlips #humanskulls #flyingducks #angels

SEPTEMBER

G C @PhotoWritingMor – Sep 22
"That Looks Like A Bad Dude Too." … http://photographyandartaficionado.blogspot.com/2016/09/that-looks-like-bad-dude-too.html?spref=tw  #racerelations #politics #CharlotteRiots #TerrenceCrutcher

OCTOBER

G C @PhotoWritingMor – Oct 31
Helmut Newton …http://photographyandartaficionado.blogspot.com/2015/01/helmut-newton.html  … #photography #fashionphotography

NOVEMBER

G C @PhotoWritingMor – Nov 9
Cosplay... Is An Art: Long Beach Comic Con 2016 … http://photographyandartaficionado.blogspot.com/2016/11/cosplay-is-art-long-beach-comic-con-2016.html?spref=tw … #cosplaying #comiccon #dcuniverse #dcnation

DECEMBER

G C @PhotoWritingMor – Dec 17

#FavTweets 2016 Politics … http://photographyandartaficionado.blogspot.com/2016/12/favtweets-2016-politics.html?spref=tw  … #DonaldTrump #HillaryClinton #USConstitution #ElectoralVote #Unpresidented #TheResistance

Saturday, December 24, 2016

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)


Film Appreciation

Based on the novel written by Jules Verne in 1870, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea became the first silent film to be filmed underwater.

The film, which was directed by Stuart Paton, starred Allen Holubar as Captain Nemo and Matt Moore as Lieutenant Bond. It was released on December 24, 1916 by Universal Film Manufacturing Company (now Universal Pictures).




Friday, December 23, 2016

Marc Lagrange


Photography Appreciation

On Christmas Day 2015, fine arts photographer Marc Lagrange was killed in a golf cart accident in Tenerife, Spain's Canary Islands.

Born in Kinshasa, Congo in 1957, Lagrange was known for his photographs that explored intimacy and eroticism. He is known for his large Polaroids that provides the viewer a sense of intimacy to the model.



Aphrodite via photographyoffice

1/3 Diamonds & Pearls via productionparadise

Rollei via productionparadise.com


Sources:

http://www.marclagrange.com/
http://www.photographyoffice.com/blog/marc-lagrange-photographer
http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/Culture/1.2532385
http://www.productionparadise.com/blog/2015/12/29/remembering-marc-lagrange/
http://500photographers.blogspot.com/2010/04/photographer-013-marc-lagrange.html
http://utopic.me/page/91630899_/fotogartistica.blogspot.com/2011/10/marc-lagrange-fashion-photography.html
http://www.maxim.com/entertainment/marc-lagrange-diamonds-pearls-2016-12
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/erotic-photographer-famous-nude-portraits-7077837
http://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2012/11/marc-lagrange-sex-sepia-and-polaroid-photography/

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

#FavTweets 2016 Photography

























































Monday, December 19, 2016

#FavTweets 2016 Comedy






























































Sunday, December 18, 2016

#FavTweets 2016 Paintings, Drawings and Digital Art



















































Saturday, December 17, 2016

#FavTweets 2016 Politics