tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565179530147649549.post7902140619494256557..comments2024-03-27T06:29:45.627-04:00Comments on Art By-Products: Luna Park on the MoonPyracanthahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08889551823810311793noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565179530147649549.post-11359063065292398092009-08-28T02:48:21.088-04:002009-08-28T02:48:21.088-04:00Thanks Mary and Emikk. I am an unapologetic Rand f...Thanks Mary and Emikk. I am an unapologetic Rand fan though like Mary I think that Rand is a science fiction writer who created an alternative universe for her philosophy. <br />I have often wanted to illustrate Rand and I may have discovered a way to put it into a black and white graphic novel style that I can experiment with, though not for publication due to copyright restrictions.Pyracanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889551823810311793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565179530147649549.post-91820869399278918312009-08-27T15:09:33.269-04:002009-08-27T15:09:33.269-04:00An empyreal scene for sure.An empyreal scene for sure.emikkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01995855960754932743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565179530147649549.post-31660559558174927992009-08-27T13:26:26.519-04:002009-08-27T13:26:26.519-04:00This is infinitely awesome.
I was an Ayn Rand fan...This is infinitely awesome.<br /><br />I was an Ayn Rand fan when I was about 16 (and am still embarrassed about it.) Getting a glimpse of my aunt's work as a nurse cured me of it -- "altruism is a terrible thing" "everyone should be self supporting" are fine ideas until you need someone to clean you up afer you soiled yourself, and we all get sick and or old eventually -- I still find it a very appealing fantasy world. If only the universe really did work the way it does in Ayn Rand novels, it would be wonderful! And in such a universe, where weakness is always a choice and no one who is willing to work hard ever needs to worry about being unable to work at all... In such a universe, Ayn Rand's ethical system would certainly be the best one.<br /><br />Anyway, though, I love amusement parks and I love the moon and I love it when I am reminded that many of the banal pleasures of daily life -- getting off an airplane, shopping in a supermarket, exercising our free speech on the internet -- actually rest on towering human achievements. An amusement park on the moon evokes all of that perfectly...Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090852893009703643noreply@blogger.com