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  1. Comment on What's your favorite theme to see explored in art? in ~arts

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    There is a psychiatric museum near me that displays the art the residents created during their time at the facility that was turned into the museum. One of my favorite pieces is a television that...

    There is a psychiatric museum near me that displays the art the residents created during their time at the facility that was turned into the museum.

    One of my favorite pieces is a television that a patient/resident would write notes/thoughts/ideas/ramblings on and then slip them into the back of the television. The ‘piece’ is the television with some of the slips of paper pulled out and displayed around he television.

    There is also a piece that is hundreds (thousands) of pieces of metal that were pulled from a patient’s stomach and sewn into a mandala on a piece of fabric. Another piece is a massive cage that is filled with bundled empty packs of cigarettes.

    There are incredible paintings and ceramic sculptures that are fascinating displays of complex emotions and one piece is fabric embroidered with words & phrases of a schizophrenic.

    I love the works because they are compulsive creation. Most artists create because they are compelled and understand that they are performing for the viewer but, these artists were compelled and created because it was one of the few outlets they had to communicate their torment.

    So……my favorite theme is art that is created from compulsion without the expectation of a viewer. Yard art, Outsider art and roadside art fall into this category for me too.

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  2. Comment on What are your best cleaning tips? in ~life.home_improvement

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    Not OP but one thing I can tell you for sure not to use them on is skin. When they first came out my husband and I dyed our hair black and used them to clean up the smudges of dye on our...

    Not OP but one thing I can tell you for sure not to use them on is skin. When they first came out my husband and I dyed our hair black and used them to clean up the smudges of dye on our foreheads, temples, etc. The next morning we woke up with bloody scabs all over our faces. The abrasiveness is so fine you don’t realize you’re sanding away at things with them.

    So… not skin and not anything with a delicate finish.

    7 votes

  3. Comment on A "low-risk" AMA thread for everyone in ~talk

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    I’m checking out Obsidian now. I need something like this to help organize the different things I research for the different aspects of my job. Thanks!

    I’m checking out Obsidian now. I need something like this to help organize the different things I research for the different aspects of my job. Thanks!

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Redditors of Tildes, which subreddits are you missing the most during the blackout? in ~tech

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    This thread is making me sad. I may have to work through the stages of grief. The loss of information feels wrong. The collective knowledge should be protected by some sort of non profit.

    This thread is making me sad. I may have to work through the stages of grief. The loss of information feels wrong. The collective knowledge should be protected by some sort of non profit.

    5 votes

  5. Comment on Redditors of Tildes, which subreddits are you missing the most during the blackout? in ~tech

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    My city’s discord seems to be a handful of people talking about things that don’t relate to the city. I’m admittedly not super into discord as a platform either though.

    My city’s discord seems to be a handful of people talking about things that don’t relate to the city. I’m admittedly not super into discord as a platform either though.

    6 votes