From before she was Mrs Wizard
I made this!
A painting from a reference pic, the sunset out of the flats where my better half lived 20 years ago, photographed on an old Kodak.
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Invisible Wizard - 10th Level Nerf-herder, Fri 21 Feb 2025, 19:28,
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Yes, I watched one of the courtyard ones before I think.
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Dave Trouser ; the people's choice - 75% agree, Sat 22 Feb 2025, 10:43,
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\o/
Seeing her painting makes me very happy.
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Invisible Wizard - 10th Level Nerf-herder, Sat 22 Feb 2025, 10:54,
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Same feeling for me
What is it about women and art tho? There seems to be a high proportion of females who good at it (which is defo the case in our family), lovely arts btw :)
(, Sat 22 Feb 2025, 15:14, Reply)
But all / most of the famous artists are men
I reckon it's a legacy of victorian manliness, that it's sissy to express yourself so boldly.
And it's a legacy of victorian misogyny, that women's work is by definition trivial, so society doesn't take it seriously.
Hope your daughter smashes the shit out of that bollocks.
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Invisible Wizard - 10th Level Nerf-herder, Sat 22 Feb 2025, 19:16,
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Yes men are also great at this skill
But I meant in my own personal lifetime I've come across a higher proportion of females who can draw (I'm no artist myself btw) and I've only ever come across a handful of young people who happened to be good at it so, that was all I meant also, thank you again for the encouragement, greatly appreciated :)
(, Sat 22 Feb 2025, 22:05, Reply)
Is it more that women are more sensible and men more obsessive?
Women probably think "i'm highly unlikely to make a career out of this..." so sensibly keep it as a hobby whereas men mostly think "I'll be the one that makes it" and have the semi-arrogance/stubborness to keep going, and mostly become penniless artists but a few make it.
Who is saying women's work is by definition trivial?
I think it's a bit easy to say "the patriarchy is the only reason that means women can't do x/y/z" (assuming I've understood what you were saying).
(, Sun 23 Feb 2025, 15:03, Reply)
I'm not advocating any of that stuff
- just suggesting that long held social and cultural biases are more likely than actual biological differences.
Probably needs a proper study - quick, to the SociologyMobile!
It's a 2cv, and it stinks of patchouli.
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Invisible Wizard - 10th Level Nerf-herder, Tue 25 Feb 2025, 17:59,
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