Random thoughts

[Jolly Joker]

Artistic? In which way?

[theLuckyDragon]

I like calligraphy. Or at least I like to think that my writing looks nice
(I guess one could count that as some form of art... Maybe I should buy myself one of those quills and learn how to do those ornamental fonts... Might be interesting.)

[Veldrynus]

We could each have a run of 60 metres and tape it, send the results here. Have some video freak match the tapes and have them run simultaneously on split-screen. I bet I'm slow off the starting grid and catches him after 50 metres.

Hm... interesting idea. How about 50 meters?

[Ethric]

Artistic? In which way?

You know, "artistic", eh, wink wink, nudge nudge, saynomore.

[Jolly Joker]

Nah, I don't. Is being artistic the same as being an artist? Or is being artistic doing artistic things sometimes?

[theLuckyDragon]

Second option.

[Ethric]

It's true what they say about germans

[Jolly Joker]

Ah, truth is just as elusive as "they".

[Ethric]

Indeed. They hold all the facts about truth, beauty, justice, honour aaand happiness

[Elvin]

I am good at drawing and making miniature landscapes but have not tried either for a long time. Art attack had some interesting ideas to follow

[Jolly Joker]

Indeed. They hold all the facts about truth, beauty, justice, honour aaand happiness

Not to mention art.

I'm artistic as well.

[Veldrynus]

Well, some say I'm artistic too. I study films, used to draw, paint, write, compose music, and so on. I even tried poetry once... Not proud of that, but I had my weaker periods too.

[Elvin]

Films and music is art. Never tried poems, I'm afraid of the results

[Banedon]

Fact: I'm not interested in romance. Someone fell in love with me once, but I was (still am) just not interested, and rejected her. I cannot see this changing in the foreseeable future.

So - some random thoughts...

1. Why do I exist? If I'm not interested in romance, neither would I be interested in procreation. If I'm not interested in procreation, I would not have children. If I do not have children, I ought to have been eliminated by Natural Selection long ago. But I'm still here. Why? Am I a mutation, or will my disinterest with romance fade in the future?

2. If I'm not interested in romance, neither would I be interested in procreation. Hence my genes will not pass down into the future. However - don't mean to sound arrogant here, please don't mistake me - I'm an intelligent student and near the top of my class, and humankind needs people like me to drive technology, politics, everything (which is why education is so important). Should I somehow find another highly intelligent woman and have some children? Should I even care, decide that eugenics is immoral and live my life without such thoughts? Or should I think that intelligence is not a trait to be selected for at all, and so I should humble myself and think myself not worthy of selection?

This post is likely somewhat controversial, but I do wonder over these two issues from time to time.

[Elvin]

The first question makes no sense, who told you that you have to have a reason to exist or you'd be killed by natural selection? Also existing can have meaning beyond just reproduction, you can affect your environment for the better. Finally I don't even know why I bothered to answer, change of interests and mood is in our nature. You are talking as if you are destined to be like that or something.

About the second one I can only say one thing. Thinking too much is for the worse It's your life whether you feel you have a debt to mankind or you want to do what you wish. Either way your offspring can be dumb or brilliant, saviours or destroyers, destined for something or average people.

[Milla aka. the Slayer]

Second option.

Exactly. I like to draw, I've made hundreds of paintings, I make clothes, I've been sculpting in clay and I'm a photographer....anything else? Hmm...can't remember
I was just wondering whether we ever had a thread for it and if people would be interested in posting some pics of their creations. Or if people are too shy about their art?

[Jolly Joker]

Please explain "not interested in romance". I mean, if someone falls in love with you, that doesn't mean you have to fall in love with said someone as well. Rejecting advances is not THAT uncommon.

[Veldrynus]

Fact: I'm not interested in romance. Someone fell in love with me once, but I was (still am) just not interested, and rejected her.

That happens, I'm also not romantically interested in the majority of girls I meet. Romance has nothing to do with procreation. You can have sex, simply for FUN! If you don't enjoy that, somethings is indeed wrong.

[Pol]

Second option.

Exactly. I like to draw, I've made hundreds of paintings, I make clothes, I've been sculpting in clay and I'm a photographer....anything else? Hmm...can't remember

Of course that I'm creative, here's something from me -->

(not much, but you can imagine him being a Vel running out after some of his talks.. and they say, description is half of the whole art!)

[Milla aka. the Slayer]

Nice and subtle
Have we ever had a thread with homemade art here?