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is celebrating Jackson Pollack's birthday. That's not my favorite style of art.

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tlynn78 wrote:is celebrating Jackson Pollack's birthday. That's not my favorite style of art.

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Pollack's paintings don't reproduce well. In person, when you can see the texture of all the different layers of paint, they are rather fascinating. Besides, since he was born in Cody, Wyo., he was nearly one of your neighbors.

I've golfed with Jackson Pollack

in a tournament back in the '50s

he struggled shot after shot

I told him to "grip it and rip it"

he said the course was like a canvas

and his preferred technique was to

"splatter and drip it"





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Pollack's paintings don't reproduce well. In person, when you can see the texture of all the different layers of paint, they are rather fascinating. Besides, since he was born in Cody, Wyo., he was nearly one of your neighbors.

I have never seen any of his work in person. I'll withhold judgment, esp. since he was a neighbot.

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I won't reserve judgment. Never have liked or understood his "art". You would send your kid to their room for making something that looked like one of his paintings on your floor or wall. And how do you know if it's hung up right side up or upside down, or sideways for that matter?

I don't like all of his stuff but I like the one that Google is showing.

Not because of the technique but because I just like looking at it.

I like it.

I don't get Pollack's art.

I used to say it wasn't art.

peacock2121 wrote:I don't get Pollack's art.

I used to say it wasn't art.

I know what you mean.

There are certain athletic endeavors I am not certain are "sport," though I don't deny the people involved are athletes. A guy at work says if you can drink a beer while you do it, it isn't a sport. So

poker
stock car racing (except maybe road courses)
golf
bowling
spelling bee
billiards/pool

not sports.

ESPN can show whatever they like, as the E stands for Entertainment. But a lot of them are not sports.

Ritterskoop wrote:

peacock2121 wrote:I don't get Pollack's art.

I used to say it wasn't art.

I know what you mean.

There are certain athletic endeavors I am not certain are "sport," though I don't deny the people involved are athletes. A guy at work says if you can drink a beer while you do it, it isn't a sport. So

poker
stock car racing (except maybe road courses)
golf
bowling
spelling bee
billiards/pool

not sports.

ESPN can show whatever they like, as the E stands for Entertainment. But a lot of them are not sports.

You can drink a beer just as easily sitting in a baseball dugout or standing on the sidelines of a football game as you can sitting in a bowling pit or golf cart or standing around holding a pool cue.

WheresFanny wrote:
You can drink a beer just as easily sitting in a baseball dugout or standing on the sidelines of a football game as you can sitting in a bowling pit or golf cart or standing around holding a pool cue.

I think he means holding the can in your hand while you play the game.

Ritterskoop wrote:

peacock2121 wrote:I don't get Pollack's art.

I used to say it wasn't art.

I know what you mean.

There are certain athletic endeavors I am not certain are "sport," though I don't deny the people involved are athletes. A guy at work says if you can drink a beer while you do it, it isn't a sport. So

poker
stock car racing (except maybe road courses)
golf
bowling
spelling bee
billiards/pool

not sports.

ESPN can show whatever they like, as the E stands for Entertainment. But a lot of them are not sports.

This is false. sailing is a sport and drinking is allowed

Ritterskoop wrote:

WheresFanny wrote:
You can drink a beer just as easily sitting in a baseball dugout or standing on the sidelines of a football game as you can sitting in a bowling pit or golf cart or standing around holding a pool cue.

I think he means holding the can in your hand while you play the game.

Hard to hold a beer in your hand while playing golf. You can hold one in between playing much as you note for baseball or football so it must be a sport! Wouldn't hurt my game much if at all if I held a beer when attempting to swing (except I might spill the beer which after all is alcohol abuse) but for most people it would likely prove to be a hindrance.

In bowling it seems to make no difference if I have a beer in hand or not whilst flinging a ball down the lane so I guess that isn't a sport.

That crap looks like it was painted by a rabid squirrel without Ritalin or something.....

andrewjackson wrote:I don't like all of his stuff but I like the one that Google is showing.

Not because of the technique but because I just like looking at it.

A friend sent me this link that enables you to create your own Jackson Pollock style painting. Use your mouse to aim the drip. Left click to change colors.
http://www.jacksonpollock.org/

It would be extremely difficult to hold a beer in one's hand while driving a Stock Car.

At least it would be extremely difficult to do it for very long.

I love the different directions this thread has taken.

silvercamaro wrote:I love the different directions this thread has taken.

What different directions? Everyone knows that, in NASCAR, there are only left turns.

TheCalvinator24 wrote:

silvercamaro wrote:I love the different directions this thread has taken.

What different directions? Everyone knows that, in NASCAR, there are only left turns.

Except for road courses, which were singled out earlier as being more sporting than the speedways.