Posts Tagged ‘Stupid’

A clip from the movie – The age of Stupid. It talks about present age and that we are stupid. Polls show that 70-80% British are in favour of wind energy but when it comes to installing wind turbines in areas nearby, there is a big protest. There are all sorts of reason about being absolutely surrounded by high masts (as if they are ghosts), spoiling view (as if they all look only towards turbines and no other direction), etc. Some may be jealous of neighbours making money by selling their farm for wind turbines. One lady even makes a fool of herself with is worth watching. She says she is very concerned about global warming and is in favour of renewable energy but immediately realizes that she made a blunder by admitting it. A minute ago, she was happy that council disapproved wind farm and it was a great victory for her. People need to be educated that fossil fuel is running out and the UK would not be able to survive prosperously unless considerable changes are made to the present system.
Video Rating: 5 / 5

Question by Sim- plexity: Could I have artists’ opinions? Would this look stupid?
My question is not about the life in the aquarium, but about a random aesthetic/art question.

Background Info:
I am planning to get large fish tank soon. I am positive that I want live plants.
My past experience with aquariums is of the tacky variety (manufactured colorful gravel, manufactured plants etc) and I found that no matter how nice the fish were, it didn’t have the peaceful look and feel that an aquarium should. I would love for my aquarium to give the feeling that these do: http://www.hemmy.net/2007/08/06/aquarium-art-by-takashi-amano/ (not gonna happen :P)

On the other hand, I am a big believer in balance/ duality and for that reason I think the super super clean, natural, and beautiful tank is a little dishonest. I would like for there to be a message that man is destroying nature, but also symbolism of rebirth, and beauty born from something ugly and foul. I enjoy symbolism of the phoenix and the lotus flower.

A clip from the movie – The age of Stupid. It talks about present age and that we are stupid. Polls show that 70-80% British are in favour of wind energy but when it comes to installing wind turbines in areas nearby, there is a big protest. There are all sorts of reason about being absolutely surrounded by high masts (as if they are ghosts), spoiling view (as if they all look only towards turbines and no other direction), etc. Some may be jealous of neighbours making money by selling their farm for wind turbines. One lady even makes a fool of herself with is worth watching. She says she is very concerned about global warming and is in favour of renewable energy but immediately realizes that she made a blunder by admitting it. A minute ago, she was happy that council disapproved wind farm and it was a great victory for her. People need to be educated that fossil fuel is running out and the UK would not be able to survive prosperously unless considerable changes are made to the present system.
Video Rating: 5 / 5