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hoii t1_j48jdo5 wrote

Reply to comment by callalily742 in Scream by Rainsdrop

No worries, I totally understand, they really need to move away from teaching this way. Meaning is created through the act of observation and context, its not inherent in anything despite what people say the artist 'intended', that meaning only applies to them and the perception of their own creation, once it's out into the world they have no control over its meaning.

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callalily742 t1_j48f83u wrote

Reply to comment by hoii in Scream by Rainsdrop

Man I failed a poetry assignment in high school because I "interpreted it wrong." Thank you for your comment, I've been preaching that for years.

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hoii t1_j47cyzn wrote

Reply to comment by zyygh in Scream by Rainsdrop

iirc, the scream isn't supposed to be coming from the figure in the picture, the scream is from nature, the swirling chaotic vibrant surroundings and the figure (Munch) is experiencing the scream and not themselves screaming. At the same time, see it how you want, all art is polysemic.

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spiderborland t1_j473kr7 wrote

Reply to comment by Zachbnonymous in Scream by Rainsdrop

I joke that all Volvo parts are hand made in Sweden... in the same factories that used to manufacture tanks. See... during the war, all the men went off and served, so the women went into the factories. Once the war ended, they didn't need tanks, and the women enjoyed working... so they switched to Volvo parts. Those same women have been working in the factories ever since... and they're getting older, and there aren't as many as there used to be. So now there's a very small workforce of slow moving factory workers making Volvo parts... hence why they cost so much.

EDIT: This story relies on my version of what Sweden was doing during the War, and I won't change my story regardless of what they were actually doing because the story won't work anymore.

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Zachbnonymous t1_j472bjq wrote

Reply to comment by spiderborland in Scream by Rainsdrop

What a random thing for me to be able to relate to. Had a similar thing happen not 6 months ago on my Volvo. The a/c compressor belt broke, and it flew up into my timing belt. I was lucky to not have any bent valves, and replaced the accessory belts myself. But the timing belt cost nearly 2 grand

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EsuBlack t1_j46ye6a wrote

Reply to comment by Obelix13 in Scream by Rainsdrop

Hhh, I had never heard of this Emu War before😂 -Jack, where's Henry? Jack? Jack! (Jack sobs and looks up) -He's gone Oliver! The Emu's got him...😱

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