It is indeed - but in my opinion, thatās okay. If people are shocked, they might start to think about why they are shocked and all that, so it might lead to - more thinking. And thatās usually fine 
I like art if it makes me question things, or if I react strongly to it (be it positively or negatively), for it gives me a chance to reflect my reactions and create an opinion to things I didnāt think about beforeā¦
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But this all comes down to āwhat is artā and personally I think that is a very personal question.
Is a hyper realistic painting art? Is a photograph of the same scene? A computer generated image of the same scene? They could all be art.
For me, art is whatever anyone claims is art. But good art makes me think, or inspires a sense of wonder, or an emotional response.
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Is that not a talent? I wish I had that talent.
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Because I am also an anachronist in too many waysā¦
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having gone to art school, Itās 100% art. Not art I like but its art.
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That just makes me think of Shrek. Like the style and the fact that the song is in one of the movies.
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You do 
Itās just that youāre addressing the wrong crowd. But Iād say youāre pretty good at getting people excited enough with your stuff to make them spend their last paycheck on it. Ask most people on this here board. And just like art, implants really, REALLY arenāt first necessity items.
What you need to work on is making implants fashionable for the ultrarich. Iāve dealt with a few of those, and what they want - aside from investment vessels - is to own stuff nobody else owns.
If I were you, Iād pair up with a known artist that makes functional art of some sort - like motorized sculptures or something - to create an artwork that only powers on or does something special when one and only one implant is presented to it. The implant is unique because the artwork that goes with it is paired to it. Nobody but the rightful owner can work it. Thatās bound to provide entertainment at fancy dinner parties. Auction both of them off, you and your artist partner, and see how much they fetchā¦
That wouldnāt take you very much effort and you might get good money and good press out of it Worst case, youāll have made worthless art.
Yeah well, by that token, I make art every morning when I hit the canā¦ At some point, you have to pull back and apply common sense: itās not hard to see the difference between a Monet and a Jackson Pollock.
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I am sure she didnāt use the $2 stuff from a bargin bin, not that it makes it better.
That is a high rating for me. No idea what Stelarc is.
I would argue it is art. Not my type either.
I think the paintings that people commission for $25,000 and have appraised at like $1,000,000 are a tax scam.
Any time! Gonna start a fun fact friday thread.
I am good at the odd questions for trivia nights.
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Speak for yourself. Our amnesia makes an implant quite necessary. For years Iāve been trying to minimise or eliminate our EDC because of all the problems it causes when we forget.
~ Jamie
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Basic necessities are products that are needed to live, such as food, clothing, shelter and clean water. Implants may be important to you and you friends and may improve your quality of life tremendously, but theyāre not a matter of life or death as defined by the UN.
Whatās EDC?
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Every Day Carry?
Maybe a notebook with passwords?
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I did look it up but none of the definitions had anything to do with amnesia. Hence the question.
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Every Day Carry.
For us having amnesia itās kind of a problem when you forget what you were going out to do. Itās a problem if you lose your debit card and suddenly you canāt buy food. Itās a problem when you canāt find your health insurance card, or ID, or any number of other very very critical āidentificationā or āauthorisationā tokens. It may not be quite as necessary for true survival as defined by the UN, but I would argue these things are critical in order to function or participate in a modern society. Itās probably not something that a lot of plural systems talk about publically but it is a huge issue.
~ Jamie
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Okay makes sense.
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I feel like you should be better at Google-fu.
[From here](Plurality Playbook
Plurality (also known as multiplicity ) is the state of having more than one person/consciousness sharing a body. Together, the people who share a body make up a plural system or multiple system , often referred to simply as a system . The size and nature of a system varies greatly, with system size varying from two to well over 100. Some systems are highly co-conscious and as a result have very strong continuity of memory while others have more strongly partitioned memory and often lose time and access to certain skills (ie. ability to code) when they switch to a different headmate/systemmate/insider . The headmate who is currently controlling the body is said to be at front .
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Iām very confused. Is this addressed to me or @Rosco? I tend to think Iām pretty good at Google-fu, personally, and Iām not sure why what I said might be incorrect. Would you be able to clarify?
Thanks for sharing that website and excerpt from it. Thatās a website weāve not seen before - we like morethanone.
~ Jamie
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It was aimed at him.
No problem, the more people know, the better everyone will be.
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Did someone have experience with the combi-cam cam lock?
I swear I remember reading someone using it but I canāt seem to find anything via search
Considering it for a quick and easy pistol safe / locker / tool box projects
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