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Unboxing 2020
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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Already, barely into the new year, over 2 dozen letters from Stormy. sometimes 4 a day. I've been saving them up for an unboxing video but they soon get overwhelming - the postwoman is most curious as to who is writing me - such entertaining envelopes, hand written, drawn and sealed with duct tape. For a guy who never had enough money for cigarettes he's had more than enough for stamps, I gotta say...
How do you even begin to reply to all this?
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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"Join intellectual phenomenon Dr. Jordan Peterson and his daughter Mikhaila for enlightening discourse that will change the way you think".
On the recommendation of my Brother I gave a few episodes of this a listen and was lightly amused by the content. First of all he has a reputation for being controversial - which he is, not so much in the "Radical Left/Right Wing" sort of way, more in the way of speaking truth and common sense and uncomfortable facts-ish way to favoured and popular liberal left wing darlings that have for considerable time increasingly persuaded us to consider "everyones" point of view at the expense of our own. And Science.
Basically just tenured and plain-speaking thought - refreshing in that it's so seldom anyone speaks that way. But if this passes for "Intellectual Phenomenon" then we are already well back into the dark ages...
Make up you own mind here: https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/Podcast:/
Note - I'm not disagreeing with him - he's entirely correct, and it's what everyone with a modicum of sense generally thinks but is hesitant to speak out loud. He does us the favor, though, of backing up his arguments with science and research. So if you've ever intuitively understood that something is "Wrong" - ... well, he'll give you some facts to substantiate your thinking.
The Swing - Fragonard
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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On the surface, a charming (??) picture of a young lady on a swing. Harmless, and so commonplace that you probably wouldn't even notice. But look at it a little closer and you'll see the devil's in the details, it's a masterpiece of French innuendo and erotic symbolism. Viewers at that time would have recognized the young lady wasn't wearing knickers (they didn't exist yet), and would have understood the young man's enthusiasm for her billowing skirts. The shoe flying off the foot (classically a symbol of virginity, the foot is sexual, think Cinderella, or foot fetishists), the two angels (?? Putti) looking on in the background, one in fascination, the other turned away in (?? Shame), the dog barking, a symbol of constancy or fidelity, the old man (Guardian or Husband?) in the background pulling the swing, the Cherub looking on with a finger to his lips to admonish secrecy...there's a whole lot more than first meets the eye.
The first link a slight breakdown of the symbols and interpretations, history and context of the painting, the second - covers the first - but as well refers to the symbolism of the painting itself - as it appears in later works of art...
Links:
- https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-undressing-erotic-symbolism-the-swing-fragonards-decadent-masterpiece
- https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieDetails/comments/env0o1/in_the_great_gatsby_2013_while_tom_is_cheating_on/
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