I tripped across this on Ebay. I must say I wouldn’t know where to begin. The obvious copyright questions, the bad/abstract-surrealism art devoid of form, or what else.
My first reaction was “Wow, that’s Ragnar Dajeskold if I’ve ever seen him.” <tounge is firmly in cheek> I would love to hear how his
a moving story of one man’s struggle for creativity
came out to this technicolor kids book cover.
As Tommy Chong used to say: “FAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR out, man!”
Wow, that is oficially the weirdest thing I can think of right now. It looks like a candy wrapper designed on one of those spin-art machines at county fairs. This is the most random connection to Atlas Shrugged I have ever seen someone make. Very, very strange.
I suspect this is a joke…
Is this legal? Can they title their painting ‘a portrait’ of a character they do not own?
I dont think that character names get copyrighted as part of a work, but I could be wrong.
A few days ago, someone sold a “time machine” on ebay. GoldenCasino (who previously bought the grilled cheese toast with Mary’s likeness, and some other wierd stuff), paid over $2000 for the time-machine.
I dont think that character names get copyrighted as part of a work, but I could be wrong.
They can be registered trademarks (and are not, from what I can see), but according to the Official Government Circular on Copyrighting Names they can’t be copyrighted. I can’t really say why they feel that “Atlas Shrugged” isn’t covered by the copyright on the book, but it’s probably based on the semi-circular reasoning “because the courts have not recognised such protection”.
A few weeks ago, someone tried to auction off my boss – the bidding got up to $100,000,000 befroe Ebay pulled the plug.
A few weeks ago, someone tried to auction off my boss – the bidding got up to $100,000,000 befroe Ebay pulled the plug.
lol… That’s good stuff.
A friend of mine told me an even funnier story.
He asked a girl he knew if she had ever read Atlas Shrugged. She told him:
“Oh, yeah! Isn’t that the one where they kill a goat?”
Apparently she did read it. Because they do kill a goat in Atlas Shurgged. My appreciation to anyone who can remember in what scene.
It was the scene where they demonstrate “Project X.”
A friend of mine told me an even funnier story.
He asked a girl he knew if she had ever read Atlas Shrugged. She told him:
“Oh, yeah! Isn’t that the one where they kill a goat?”
Apparently she did read it. Because they do kill a goat in Atlas Shurgged. My appreciation to anyone who can remember in what scene.
Yeah, of the things to remember in that book, that would be one of the weirder ones.
I actually saw this listing a few days ago and it had me scratching my head. I recently asked the seller a question to inquire if her listing was a joke. She responded politely, though her response has done absolutely nothing to make any more sense of the bewilderingly inappropriate title (see the listing).
Apparently she did read it. Because they do kill a goat in Atlas Shurgged. My appreciation to anyone who can remember in what scene.
And tell you, I presume. Part 3, Ch. 3, “Anti-greed”. demonstrating the consequences of the Thompson Harmonizer.
… Atlas Shrugged. She told him: “Oh, yeah! Isn’t that the one where they kill a goat?”
“I’ve read it too. Its the one where the Scandanavian is stopping ships, the Argentinian is stopping clocks, and the American is stopping motors.”
I wonder if she has even read Ayn Rand? This is obvioulsy just another example of a sad person who wants to be an artist and yet doesn’t have an ounce of Artistic ability in them, so they must go the route of the “Mondernist” artist.
I tripped across this on Ebay. I must say I wouldn’t know where to begin. The obvious copyright questions, the bad/abstract-surrealism art devoid of form, or what else.
My first reaction was “Wow, that’s Ragnar Dajeskold if I’ve ever seen him.” <tounge is firmly in cheek> I would love to hear how his
came out to this technicolor kids book cover.
Did anyone read the “comment” made and replied to, about this “item” (I can’t
bring myself to call it art):
Questions from other buyers for this listing:
Q: Exactly which squiggly is intended to represent “John Galt”? Is this a joke? If
so it is in bad taste. John Galt was created by Ayn Rand to represent her concept
of the perfect man, is this truly your perception of such? [Answered on Mar-16-05]
A: Dear “betthefarm”: Thank you for your interest in my painting, “Ayn Rand”.
What I tried to “capture” in this gouache, is the inter-relatedness of Rand’s
philosophy with the beauty of our “everyday” life as lived as closely to “being and
becoming” ourselves as is possible. Or, to look for the joy in life through her
fiction and non-fiction. Again, thank you for you interest. Linda
Wow…
I’m seriously not impressed.
If this “Linda” person makes any money off this thing, we’ll have proof that
irrationality exists.
But we knew that,.. so this “artwork”, and the fact that some moron would buy it,
serve no purpose whatsoever.
Well, dang,… I was hoping to learn SOMETHING from this, but apparently it’s just
another exercise in making clever remarks about “morons in commerce”.
Well,.. that’s something then. 
I don’t feel QUITE so used.
-Iakeo
[*] A: Dear “betthefarm”: Thank you for your interest in my painting, “Ayn Rand”.
What I tried to “capture” in this gouache, is the inter-relatedness of Rand’s
philosophy with the beauty of our “everyday” life as lived as closely to "being and
becoming" ourselves as is possible. Or, to look for the joy in life through her
fiction and non-fiction. Again, thank you for you interest. Linda
Man, that is one of the biggest loads of total crap I’ve seen in a very long time. This woman has a real future in the Modern Art field.
What “confuses” me is why she puts “everything” in “quotes” as if “it” has some “unique” meaning.
inter-relatedness of Rand’s philosophy
Inter-who-edness? She apparently likes making up some words, and “giving up” on other concepts entirely…
We should all bid on it till it gets into the millions of dollars just to mess with her. And then eventually tell her that our bids represent how much we appreciate her work of "art in the same way as her work of “art” in any way represesnts John Galt. Now that would be funny. 