InspectorFadGadget

InspectorFadGadget t1_j8y2imm wrote

One of the most defining moments of my life was going into Canyonlands for the first time, up to the Grand Viewpoint, just after sunrise, after it had snowed all night, blanketing the upper altitudes of the mesa. I don't know if it was because it was so early in the morning, or if other people were scared the roads would be too bad to get up there, but our group was the only human presence up there for hours.

When people say pictures and video don't do things like that justice, it's something you hear so often that you write off as somewhat of a cliche. It's not. It affects your other senses and spatial perception in a way that is very hard to describe.

I felt like I could literally hear the "ohm" of the universe. And it was LOUD. Alongside the ambient sounds of quietly trickling water from all the snow slightly melting and draining down the rocks and cliffs.

I never thought it would have affected me in such a way. I don't think I was able to even say any words to my group for quite some time, that shit straight blasted my ass

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InspectorFadGadget t1_iyt7rud wrote

Art is art and everything is subjective, of course you're entitled to your opinion on what would improve the piece for you.

However, the definition of hooligan is not subjective. And everyone here knows that you are originally, a member of a South London gang of young street rowdies said to have been led by one named Hooligan, who indulged in boisterous horseplay and breaches of the peace; hence, any street ruffian, especially one who is a member of an organized gang; a ‘hoodlum.’

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InspectorFadGadget t1_iyt5kb5 wrote

Yes. The rest of the world is full of straight lines. The moon is the brightest object in the piece, by a lot. And circular. Breaking up what would be a solid bright pink circle by easing into it by emulating the "liney" makeup of the rest of the world makes it not blast you with pink moon-ness, and allows you to naturally want to look at the rest of the world, and cat.

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