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PreOpTransCentaur t1_j7xgrb5 wrote
Reply to TIL "pruney fingers" are not caused by your skin swelling from absorbing water. They're actually caused by your nervous system constricting the blood vessels in the skin, causing them to shrink and the skin to fold over them. by OverdriverJC
Do people think A) wrinkling is caused by too much water, and B) skin absorbs it externally in great quantities like that?
Traditional-Pick5103 t1_j7xgjg5 wrote
Cariboudjan t1_j7xewif wrote
Reply to comment by interstellar_party in TIL "pruney fingers" are not caused by your skin swelling from absorbing water. They're actually caused by your nervous system constricting the blood vessels in the skin, causing them to shrink and the skin to fold over them. by OverdriverJC
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Sololololololol t1_j7xe17e wrote
Reply to comment by Ankh-Morporknbeans in TIL an abstract painting called "New York City I" has been accidentally displayed upside down since 1980 by Specialist_Check
Np! Also fun fact, the artist Mondrian’s work originally was traditional landscapes and he basically went on a project to increasingly abstract it as narrowly as possible over the years till what he ended up with was essentially lines of basic primary colors. But once he reached that point he sorta painted himself into a corner (heh) and was kinda stuck there making these boring things for the rest of his life.
lntifan t1_j7xdy4p wrote
Reply to comment by lescooterbug in TIL an abstract painting called "New York City I" has been accidentally displayed upside down since 1980 by Specialist_Check
Bonus points, because that was also a Mondrian, as I recall.
zvii t1_j7xbb6y wrote
Reply to comment by LemonCitron47 in TIL "pruney fingers" are not caused by your skin swelling from absorbing water. They're actually caused by your nervous system constricting the blood vessels in the skin, causing them to shrink and the skin to fold over them. by OverdriverJC
Do you need better grip in water when wet?
zvii t1_j7xb8n4 wrote
Reply to comment by StanleyAteMyNewShoes in TIL "pruney fingers" are not caused by your skin swelling from absorbing water. They're actually caused by your nervous system constricting the blood vessels in the skin, causing them to shrink and the skin to fold over them. by OverdriverJC
How has her battle with GBS been? Can't say I have talked to anyone else who was also diagnosed.
SphericalBitch2020 t1_j7xb1w8 wrote
Reply to TIL an abstract painting called "New York City I" has been accidentally displayed upside down since 1980 by Specialist_Check
N A I R D N O M yonna dluow taht
Absorbent_Towel t1_j7xa7rz wrote
Reply to comment by klusterdas in TIL different kinds of tea (black, green, white, oolong) come from the same plant. The only difference is in how the leaves are processed. by wombat-slayer
That's given a generic term called herbal infusion
DaveOJ12 t1_j7xa048 wrote
feral_philosopher t1_j7x9fx3 wrote
Reply to TIL an abstract painting called "New York City I" has been accidentally displayed upside down since 1980 by Specialist_Check
The most eloquent take down of abstract art that anyone could have made.
Ankh-Morporknbeans t1_j7x8qnb wrote
Reply to comment by Sololololololol in TIL an abstract painting called "New York City I" has been accidentally displayed upside down since 1980 by Specialist_Check
No no I appreciate the explaination thank you :)
monkeypox_69 t1_j7x71wo wrote
Reply to TIL an abstract painting called "New York City I" has been accidentally displayed upside down since 1980 by Specialist_Check
To be fair everything is backwards now.
RainManToothpicks t1_j7x4ela wrote
Reply to TIL an abstract painting called "New York City I" has been accidentally displayed upside down since 1980 by Specialist_Check
On par with the sistine chapel
venom259 t1_j7x4crh wrote
Reply to TIL an abstract painting called "New York City I" has been accidentally displayed upside down since 1980 by Specialist_Check
Abstract art is just proof that the art industry is just a scam to launder money.
lescooterbug t1_j7x3zrf wrote
Reply to TIL an abstract painting called "New York City I" has been accidentally displayed upside down since 1980 by Specialist_Check
Where's Binky Barnes when you need him?
LoudTomatoes t1_j7x3tey wrote
Reply to TIL an abstract painting called "New York City I" has been accidentally displayed upside down since 1980 by Specialist_Check
So interesting how it being upside down puts the yellow tape into focus and the right way up, the red tape.
The low-key looks better the right way up.
LemonCitron47 t1_j7x2bzu wrote
Reply to TIL "pruney fingers" are not caused by your skin swelling from absorbing water. They're actually caused by your nervous system constricting the blood vessels in the skin, causing them to shrink and the skin to fold over them. by OverdriverJC
So… is it a good thing? Or no? Mine wrinkle super easily and quickly.
Sololololololol t1_j7x1j7w wrote
Reply to comment by Ankh-Morporknbeans in TIL an abstract painting called "New York City I" has been accidentally displayed upside down since 1980 by Specialist_Check
Okay gotcha, that makes sense. I think most art isn’t in the eye of the beholder as far as the artist is concerned at least, which is why most artwork comes with an artist statement. There are some artists however who do make abstract work that specifically to be highly open to interpretation to the point they tell galleries to just hang it any orientation that feels right and they don’t elaborate further, but even that is still it’s own specific kind of thing.
Abstract work also isn’t always an abstract idea or feeling, sometimes it refers just to visual abstraction. Like technically every painting is abstract no matter how representational or realistic it is, abstraction is more like a sliding scale and most abstract artists started with representational imagery and just slid further and further down the abstraction scale. Anyways that’s more random info than you probably care about.
GR1225HN44KH t1_j7x1c0z wrote
Reply to TIL an abstract painting called "New York City I" has been accidentally displayed upside down since 1980 by Specialist_Check
Ugly and stupid art.
Ankh-Morporknbeans t1_j7wysy3 wrote
Reply to comment by Sololololololol in TIL an abstract painting called "New York City I" has been accidentally displayed upside down since 1980 by Specialist_Check
Abstract? I don't pay enough attention to the labels, but basically unless this guy was just trying to show us their public school gym floor this was more of a feeling the artist is conveying right? So the artist visually describes an abstract concept or feeling, and people can look at that painting and have an entirely different feeling about it.
So my point is this, if the painting was oriented wrong than the artist is expecting their work to be understood as they created it, undermining the idea that art is in the eye of the beholder.
walkingtalkingdread t1_j7wymxo wrote
Reply to comment by Ankh-Morporknbeans in TIL an abstract painting called "New York City I" has been accidentally displayed upside down since 1980 by Specialist_Check
it’s not impressionist though, it’s abstract.
Crazy_Horse4151 t1_j7xhigi wrote
Reply to comment by xnoxgodsx in TIL "pruney fingers" are not caused by your skin swelling from absorbing water. They're actually caused by your nervous system constricting the blood vessels in the skin, causing them to shrink and the skin to fold over them. by OverdriverJC
Due to water