Comments on: On the George Washington Blimp Project: Special Fish Edition http://thegayrecluse.com/2008/07/21/on-the-george-washington-blimp-project-special-fish-edition/ The Gay Recluse: Observation, philosophy and other notes on the beauty and dissonance of life in the city Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:57:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: c. http://thegayrecluse.com/2008/07/21/on-the-george-washington-blimp-project-special-fish-edition/#comment-1243 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:20:00 +0000 http://thegayrecluse.wordpress.com/?p=1717#comment-1243 Yes, yes, I knew what you meant! I know you understand the thirsts of the soul!

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On the other hand, Nike’s new campaign (7/22/08 entry) provides us with a wonderfully tailor-made example of the truly “useless”: adolescent bad taste and a lack of creative talent; the celebration of the small-minded; wasted resources. How unlike your blimp/fish in a twilit sky is the space that will be taken up by these 100% unredeeming ads, and the regressive, non-thinking they’ll inspire.

]]> By: The Gay Recluse http://thegayrecluse.com/2008/07/21/on-the-george-washington-blimp-project-special-fish-edition/#comment-1227 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:22:49 +0000 http://thegayrecluse.wordpress.com/?p=1717#comment-1227 Yes, exactly, C! When I say “useless,” I mean it in more of the functional sense of the word….(which isn’t to say that functional can never be artistic, of course….)

]]> By: c. http://thegayrecluse.com/2008/07/21/on-the-george-washington-blimp-project-special-fish-edition/#comment-1223 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:15:55 +0000 http://thegayrecluse.wordpress.com/?p=1717#comment-1223 Very nice analogy. Isn’t it so often the “useless” — like decoration or painting — that we love? I venture that certain useless things, like blimps or hot-air balloons, are indeed useful, to the soul.

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