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Hekate

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30. Well-spotted, that

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Fri May 8, 2015, 11:59 PM

May 2015

I don't even have words for what a good pun that is.

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The Treachery of Images: This is Not a Pipe by Rene Magritte [View all] CTyankee May 2015 OP

Ceci n'est pas un pape gratuitous May 2015 #1

Good one! CTyankee May 2015 #2

You know how tough it is to find the right context for that gag? gratuitous May 2015 #3

I know you worked hard on it...LOL... CTyankee May 2015 #7

Ceci n'est pas une pipe nucléaire tridim May 2015 #4

Magritte would have loved the irony of that one! CTyankee May 2015 #5

THAT is a highbrow gag. hifiguy May 2015 #9

sometimes I think we're all surrealists here on DU... CTyankee May 2015 #10

Well-spotted, that Hekate May 2015 #30

The real world might only be explained by surreal art. Octafish May 2015 #6

You can see a real progression of this concept when you look at Pop Art retrospectively... CTyankee May 2015 #8

Absolutely. Octafish May 2015 #11

Wow. I have had a very strange thing happen to me with one of Van Gogh's Crows in wheat fields... CTyankee May 2015 #15

That is the Feeling. Octafish May 2015 #41

I am still, albeit only partially, Borges. ananda May 2015 #20

Sea of Joy. Octafish May 2015 #40

Isn't photoreal produced using high resolution projection technology? RadiationTherapy May 2015 #14

I have no idea on the technology employed. I am more concerned with the esthetics... CTyankee May 2015 #16

Reality is stranger than art seveneyes May 2015 #12

I love Escher! CaliforniaPeggy May 2015 #28

Ceci n'est pas une prophet. RadiationTherapy May 2015 #13

Kind of a cop out... CTyankee May 2015 #17

Hell, yeah. RadiationTherapy May 2015 #18

I wonder if Magritte would say we have become the media represenation of what we CTyankee May 2015 #19

I don't know about Magritte, but that is a fascinating concept. RadiationTherapy May 2015 #22

The Human Condition I ananda May 2015 #23

A beautiful comment and an intriguing image. RadiationTherapy May 2015 #24

My pleasure. ananda May 2015 #25

Runner-up in reason.com's 2010 Draw Mohammad contest was: muriel_volestrangler May 2015 #35

Hahaha. i love it. That is really clever. RadiationTherapy May 2015 #42

I am looking. pangaia May 2015 #21

well, I am researching Warhol now for an upcoming essay and hopefully will soon get CTyankee May 2015 #32

I definitely look forward to reading your thoughts on Warhol. pangaia May 2015 #36

I guess they are, "with a twist." CTyankee May 2015 #37

Now that is a true Escher scenario. pangaia May 2015 #39

Oh good awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #44

This painting is especially meaningful to me CrawlingChaos May 2015 #26

Magritte is Dobbs Approved! blogslut May 2015 #27

Like the Subgeniuses say hifiguy May 2015 #46

Ah! This one I know fairly well. longship May 2015 #29

That was a great book. Changed my way of thinking. CBGLuthier May 2015 #33

Once again, a lovely diversion. Thank you. Hekate May 2015 #31

Aw, man...How can you not like Dali? Warren DeMontague May 2015 #34

I think it was his exposure when I was a kid. He was always on TV and seemed to be CTyankee May 2015 #38

"if the lobster phone rings, don't answer it: I'm not here!" Warren DeMontague May 2015 #45

or reprobates who did very bad things...Bernini sent his assistant to slash the face of his CTyankee May 2015 #47

I like Dali a lot, and recently came across Kay Sage, who I think petronius May 2015 #43

I see Dali, I think "Bosch did it better." malthaussen May 2015 #48

I like Bosch, too. Warren DeMontague May 2015 #50

some Magritte works echo Bosch to me... CTyankee May 2015 #51

Magritte was great, very iconic. Warren DeMontague May 2015 #54

I like that right off the bat...intriguing concept...I like the replication of the arches... CTyankee May 2015 #56

k&r Liberal_in_LA May 2015 #49

The Four Stages of Enlightenment malthaussen May 2015 #52

excellent! CTyankee May 2015 #53

It's sort of an echo of Samuel Johnson, malthaussen May 2015 #55

Ha! "I say it's spinach and I say the hell with it!" (New Yorker cartoon)... CTyankee May 2015 #57

I remember it! malthaussen May 2015 #58

That makes us pretty old... CTyankee May 2015 #59

K & R Coventina May 2015 #60

I like Dali's paints, but not very the artist... syringis Apr 2018 #61

I never cared for Dali's surrealist works...Magritte was more my cup of tea... CTyankee Apr 2018 #62