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pilvikki
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how to give a finn a coronary

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went over to the neighbours and eventually got talking furniture. gord is sitting in a chair they paid £5 for. they saw it on line offered for £1250. jugend, 1930 or so. cool.
anyway, chitchat and chitchat and 'see this table?' indicating the coffee table 'it had a nasty cigarette burn in it, so i painted the top black. i also cut the legs so it works as a coffee table.'
more chitchat.
'say, ever heard of alvar aalto, one of the world's most renown furniture designers? so much copied that now you think school, ikea or hospital when you see any of his furniture.'
really? so robert hits the net and then points to a table: 'see, that's what it looked like, with the dovetail corners and that stamp on the bottom.'
you... you... painted an aalto table... and... and... cut the legs....

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Some see Alvar Aalto furniture as ... just furniture. The more enlightened among us see it as artwork. It makes one wonder who has the truest picture.

It's not all about quality; I can make dove-tailed joints too. It is sacrilegious to apply paint to most wooden furniture, but even there exceptions are possible. Altering an artist's creation may be the epitome of insults, but neighbor Robert was looking for a coffee table, not a sculpture. Clever, not? :thud:
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personally I find a lot of aalto super boring... in a utilitarian way.
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They say there is some kind of message behind truly great art. I don't get most of it. Maybe it's because I'm hard of hearing.
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:lol:

well, there are SO many variations of the theme. I love some, hate some. even so, I can appreciate the skill it takes to produce those huuuge canvasses they have loitering in art galleries, although i'd rather not stare at them all day long.

looking for a piece to demonstrate, I see this:

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Image
  • Is this art, or is this a joke?
Actually, it's ammunition used by the CIA during the Cold War. Talk about hidden messages.
https://allstaractivist.com/2014/11/22/ ... ia-weapon/
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Is that Pollock?
It's a load of Pollocks!
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