My half of an exchange with Organics Glass for a pair of stellar hand-blown gauges.

"What do you think an artist is?
An imbecile who has only eyes, if he is a painter - or ears if he is a musician - or a lyre in every chamber of his heart if he is a poet - or even, if he is a boxer, just his muscles?
Far from it: at the same time, he is also a political being - constantly aware of the heartbreaking, passionate, or delightful things that can happen in the world - shaping himself completely in their image.
How could it be possible to feel no interest in other people, and with a cool indifference to detach yourself from the very life which they bring to you so abundantly?
No, painting is not done to decorate an apartment.
It is an instrument of war."
- Pablo Picasso.

Just a bunch of pictures I found to be nifty.

You might find them weird or taboo or what-have-you, but I enjoyed them.
So either stfu or enjoy them as well.