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Satirical illustrations by Pawel Kuczynski

One thing that I really don’t like is when people use someone else’s work without giving credit. Today I came across a few images which I really liked, but which were shared without any mention of the author. It took me a few minutes to establish that what I saw were satirical illustrations by a famous Polish artists Pawel Kuczynski.

The fact that I don’t really enjoy this particular drawing style didn’t stop me from enjoying many of the ideas pictured. There are takes on anything – society, war, technology, fashion, environment, and more. Have a look at more of his work. Below are a few of my favorites.

Every being in the Universe knows right from wrong

Here is one of my favorite movie moments and quotes ever.

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The movie is called “K-PAX“. Lead roles are played by Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey. The rest of the movie is as good as the above snippet.

Big picture of same-sex marriage

The latest post in Big Picture blog covers the subject of the same-sex marriage. Being a huge fan of the blog, I feel responsible to share these pictures too. The pictures themselves are beautiful, irrelevant of what you think about the subject. That’s just great photography.

Now on to the subject. There are a few things that I want to make clear, and even if I said them before, I want to emphasize them once again.

I am not against gay marriage. If that’s your thing – knock yourself out.
I am against calling it marriage. Maybe it’s just me, but the word “marriage” has a very precise meaning. The same way I don’t call people who live together and have children together married, unless they went through a specific process, I don’t want to call same-sex unions “marriages”. Just find another word for it. That’s all I’m asking, and I don’t think that’s too much. You can enjoy all the same rights married people do. Just don’t call it “marriage”. Because it’s not.
I consider the argument “Why do you care if it does not involve you?” stupid. Not dumb or silly, but stupid. Gay marriage is not about me or you. It is about the society in which we live. And that does involve both me and you. Asking why I care is similar to asking why I care about the Gulf oil spill or a tsunami in Asia. Those things do not involve me, and do not directly affect my daily life. But they have big impact on the society in which we live. And that’s why I care. Even if I can’t do much about it.

I think that’s all I wanted to say today. But feel free to continue the discussion in the comments.

Crash

Crash (2004) Just a random pick out of a pyle of recently released movies – “Crash“.

Directed by: Paul Haggis
Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Cast: Karina Arroyave, Dato Bakhtadze, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Art Chudabala, Sean Cory, Tony Danza, Keith David, Loretta Devine, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, Ime Etuk, Eddie J. Fernandez, William Fichtner, Howard Fong
IMDB raintg: 8.6
My rating: 10.0 [rate 10.0]

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