Trust me, just like you I "pray" to see a day in my life from where we live without a single religion and where each one of us are aware of ourselves, our world and our uniqueness. Because this world can live without religion and in fact, it will be great without. Coming to that conclusion simply means you see the world with a different set of eyes than the religious do.
Defending one's viewpoint however, comes from a feeling that the viewpoint can be harmed or altered by other opinions. If you're really confident and sure of your beliefs, it's infinitely strong and it cannot be harmed. If you also respect your own opinions and yourself for that matter, you are also given the opportunity to respect others and let them have their viewpoint.
I see that many of you are simply discussing theories and are playing with philosophy, which indeed is interesting. However, most posts contain (passive or offensive) defenses of people's viewpoint with none of the intended effect whatsoever, which is where I sigh.
So I do take back my statement "this thread is pointless" but I still say that the majority of the posts in this thread are pointless.
Well, the art existed in its form, therefor it's art. And every single piece of his art is immortalized by taking photos of them. The fact that it disappears on the canvas car is irrelevant to him.
Anyone defending their own spiritual conviction to those that think otherwise, are inconfident of it and are trying to justify the reason why they have chosen so.
I personally see my view as my own reality and am as sure about it as a human being can be, and that's what it should be; personal.
If you are truly happy and convinced with yourself and your opinions, you don't see a need to change others.
Not to forget the fact that Google has made thousands and thousands more photos than any of the alternative services combined. So it concerns a whole lot more properties and persons.
Loved that one, brilliant take on the ancient boy meets girl story, definitely one of my favorites. The dancing sequence at the end completely ruined it though... hahaha.
To prove my superhuman abilities, I foretell you all that this thread will turn into a furious debate of multiple pages and end up locked by a moderator.
You should get a 10" ring w/ handle, a bucket of bubble liquid and a leafblower and take it all up the top of a mountain. Then fill the sky with a gazillion 10" bubbles. That should make a nice postcard!
I'm working on that now, I've replied to one of those business opportunities with an anonymous Gmail account. I'm waiting for his reply so I can take the piss out of him. If it's funny enough I'll post it here.