tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37222179.post116693216267690764..comments2023-06-20T07:19:44.412-04:00Comments on The Four Mass'keteers: Dutch Renaissance?David Nybakkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13172189118334371454noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37222179.post-1167050290845506512006-12-25T08:38:00.000-04:002006-12-25T08:38:00.000-04:00The only thing convincing about that "proof" was t...The only thing convincing about that "proof" was the hidden profile at the end. But now I can't look at the painting without seeing the profile. The jerk.Porthoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15068816321548529889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37222179.post-1166987254343394672006-12-24T15:07:00.000-04:002006-12-24T15:07:00.000-04:00All the lines, angles, diagrams ... woohoo ... I b...All the lines, angles, diagrams ... woohoo ... I be dizzy, Porthos! <BR/><BR/>There must be a bumper crop of people with squirrels in their heads. Is this the far end of gnosticism, or what?Athoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09158421880497827083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37222179.post-1166974699618271502006-12-24T11:38:00.000-04:002006-12-24T11:38:00.000-04:00Get ready for this, Massketeers . . . The . . . V...Get ready for this, Massketeers . . . <BR/><BR/>The . . . <A HREF="http://www.vermeersriddlerevealed.com/the_little_street.shtml" REL="nofollow">Vermeer Code!!!!!</A>Porthoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15068816321548529889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37222179.post-1166970056656942962006-12-24T10:20:00.000-04:002006-12-24T10:20:00.000-04:00I think I was in Amsterdam at almost the same time...I think I was in Amsterdam at almost the same time (like, around Watergate)!? I was with my parents and brother, and didn't do anything bad at that particular time, except embarass myself at a restaurant in front of family friends. I think we also nudged and giggled through part of the red light district.<BR/><BR/>And then hit the airport once, just in transit, in 99. I unavoidably noticed an astonishingly large selection of porn in the magazine shop. Hoo boy.<BR/><BR/>Ah, the tolerant Netherlands. May she rise from the ashes.Porthoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15068816321548529889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37222179.post-1166959000777356522006-12-24T07:16:00.000-04:002006-12-24T07:16:00.000-04:00Nice, Porthos. What light Vermeer could portray. ...Nice, Porthos. What light Vermeer could portray. One can tell a cloud has gone in front of the nearly midday sun, but only for a moment.<BR/><BR/>I visited the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam (way) back in '72; the city was hippie heaven. I think the birds flew strangely overhead due to the billows of smoke from heavy concentrations of a, er, hemplike substance being burned in such large quantities. <BR/><BR/>But I was old enough to be blown away by the art.Athoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09158421880497827083noreply@blogger.com