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Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea which at Twenty Meters becomes a Portrait of Abraham Lincoln By Dali.

This probably my favorite painting by Dali It was actually a little hard to find a good image of this to link too. (Meaning it wasn't on Wikipedia!) If you are not familiar with this painting, it's really worth it to try and view it from far away and appreciate the full effect. (Ohai Lincoln!)

One of the things Dali really loved to do was paint things that looked like other things.
The title of this one really spells it out for you so there is no surprise.
Still, I think it would be very cool if I were to see this from far away and think "Oh, it's just another Lincoln." and wander closer for a better look, and then think "Oh it's Gala!" (Just in case you didn't know, Gala was his wife/muse. This is a popular pose of her, although he also painted her balancing two lamb chops on her shoulder. Seriously!)

I really like the two little tiles at about leg level on the left side, showing the two images that the painting combines.

Now being the person I am, when I contemplate Gala's figure I don't admire Dali's skills. I wonder if her bum was actually ever that nice or if he added some enhancements. (Well, he was painting from memory after all )

Now if someone painted this today, I wouldn't be very impressed because of, you know, computers, which would make it very easy to do this sort of thing (planning and testing the concept I mean) but this was done in 1976, So I'm pretty impressed.

Dali would have made one heck of a pixel artist.

This doesn't actually hurt my brain very much. I'll get to the ones that actually do at some point in the future.....

Commentary on art that hurts the brain- Dali

Can art hurt your brain?
You betcha! Can it ever.
And I'm not talking about BAD art either I'm talking about Good art!
Like classic stuff.

Specifically I'm talking about "The Temptation Of st. Anthony" Dali's version,
(because it's been painted more than once naturally)
This is the one with St. Anthony about to get stomped by the white horse with wicked hooves, but wait, perhaps he won't get stomped after all because for some reason the horses forelegs are far far far shorter than his hind legs. Unless they are just, like, just about to grow as long as the back ones. That's one messed up horse! And right behind him are some messed up elephants. Well, they seem normal except for the legs.
But those legs on those elephants! Yikes! How are they even able to stand? Let alone hold up that heavy breast house? Well, I guess that's the devils work for ya!
To be honest I don't really find the caravan that temping but St. Anthony seems to think it's pretty bad, you can tell by the way he's fallen to his knees, and how he's holding up a cross to ward the "temptations" away. You can practically hear him "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
And just who does that skull belong to anyways?
I don't actually even find this one that brain painful.

You can find stuff to hurt your brian in the real world too.

I recently went to the zoo.
Lots of cool animals to see there.
Also some animals that will make your brain hurt if you think about them for too long.

An anagram email fwd fwd fwd fwd I got (You probably seen it already)

Nothing has hurt my brain since February 19? I don't believe that!
Got this in an e-mail.
My most favorite is definitely "The Morse code"
Those wacky anagrams!

DORMITORY: When you rearrange the letters: DIRTY ROOM PRESBYTERIAN: When you rearrange the letters: BEST IN PRAYER ASTRONOMER: When you rearrange the letters: MOON STARER DESPERATION: When you rearrange the letters: A ROPE ENDS IT THE EYES: ! When you rearrange the letters: THEY SEE GEORGE BUSH: When you rearrange the letters: HE BUGS GORE THE MORSE CODE : When you rearrange the letters: HERE COME DOTS SLOT MACHINES: When you rearrange the letters: CASH LOST IN ME ANIMOSITY: When you rearrange the letters: IS NO AMITY ELECTION RESULTS: When you rearrange the letters: LIES - LET'S RECOUNT SNOOZE ALARMS: When you rearrange the letters: ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S A DECIMAL POINT: When you rearrange the letters: IM A DOT IN PLACE THE EARTHQUAKES: When you rearrange the letters: THAT QUEER SHAKE ELEVEN PLUS TWO: When you rearrange the letters: TWELVE PLUS ONE AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE: MOTHER-IN-LAW: When you rearrange the letters: WOMAN HITLER

I have no words.....

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But in case you do, you can find out here.
Good luck.
And remember, cheating defeats the purpose.
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(I will post mine, if at least one other person does.)

Amazing Photographer!

Carl Warner hurts my brain because he is so awesomely amazing.
This is just one example of his amazing work.
That's all food people, FOOD!