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SisstreDaethe In reply to starlight2infinity [2011-09-02 22:30:22 +0000 UTC]
Hmmm... I don't really think that's always true. People like to think artists and authors always create paintings, drawings and books to make or state a certain point. This isn't always true. Sometimes we just want to tell a story, or doodle. That people find morals and values and lessons in those works are purely coincidental. Art is such an ambiguous field that everything is open to interpretation and re-interpretation by its viewers, audience etc.
I was raised in a broken family, with two bickering, married parents, so my malcontent with marriage comes from there. I didn't COME from poverty, but I have experienced it at several times in my life due to recession, or bad economic decisions in the family, or parents losing their jobs etc. I don't really think poverty has anything to do with marital problems. Poor people can be happy together, too. It's the abusive culture and the selfishness and the substance abuse that creates the problem- even among the rich.
& I understand you just fine
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SisstreDaethe In reply to starlight2infinity [2011-09-04 16:15:17 +0000 UTC]
Fairy tales do have meaning to them. I didn't specifically mean fairy tales when I say some artist create just for the point/fun of doing it. I meant in general. We don't over think. And a true artist does not create for the audience, but for themselves. That other people were able to view/hear works from Shakespeare, Picasso, Beethoven is nothing short of a privilege.
I don't trust the whole "institute" of marriage. Not in the contemporary context. Love, to me, is a far more important guarantee than a silly ring. But unfortunately, love is even more rare than marriages, or even marriages that work.
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SisstreDaethe In reply to starlight2infinity [2011-09-11 03:24:53 +0000 UTC]
Even with wars, life was simpler then and people were more honest I think. Also, I think older couples have less expectancies about relationships and therefore tend to be more lenient and tolerant with each other. Our generation demands more.
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SilverWynd [2010-06-13 01:50:41 +0000 UTC]
Stunning work and a very moving and evocative piece.
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