Login
Forgot Password?

OR

Login with Google Login with Twitter Login with Facebook
  • Join
  • Profiles
  • Groups
  • SuicideGirls
  • Photos
  • Videos
  • Shop
Vital Stats

johnsonboy

the alley

Member Since 2004

Followers 13 Following 41

  • Everything
  • Photos
  • Video
  • Blogs
  • Groups
  • From Others

Monday Mar 14, 2005

Mar 14, 2005
0
  • Facebook
  • Tweet
  • Email
Sincere. Proof that when there's a need, there's a word.
It's from the Latin sin-cera :without wax.
Apparently people would embellish stone and marble sculptures with wax and pass off the embellished statuary as a higher grade. It's possible to add fine detail to wax much easier than to stone. You can make things look better.
But it's insincere. Superficial.
It's a word that wouldnt have been invented unless there was a general need for it. Pound reported that the practice was known to continue until his day. Thus the continued necessity for the term.
And of course we see it in all the arts.
Which makes the comparittively rare appearance of sincere art that much more noteworthy.
Even a sincere statement is a kind of art.
Insincere academicians, theologists, engineers and politicians, as well as business people create false treasures which distract us from what we're supposed to be doing. Whatever that is.
Good luck steering clear of them.
VIEW 3 of 3 COMMENTS
aeryn:
That's really good and so true..and I'm being sincere.
Mar 14, 2005
lolablu:
It's impossible to steer clear of insincere people in my line o' work.
Mar 14, 2005

More Blogs

  • 09.20.05
    1

    Tuesday Sep 20, 2005

    I added a folder of pictures from my first nude photography experienc…
  • 09.18.05
    2

    Sunday Sep 18, 2005

    <a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img261.image…
  • 09.15.05
    1

    Thursday Sep 15, 2005

    I'm about to go down to the old Globe building, in the tough part of …
  • 09.12.05
    1

    Monday Sep 12, 2005

    everything but the smell
  • 09.11.05
    1

    Sunday Sep 11, 2005

    Take a Number It's amazing how much things can change in a short p…
  • 09.10.05
    2

    Saturday Sep 10, 2005

    <img src="http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/1562/lefty20ma.jpg" alt="…
  • 05.22.05
    0

    Sunday May 22, 2005

    Everything has changed in the past few weeks. Banana Slug The d…
  • 05.18.05
    1

    Wednesday May 18, 2005

    Things have become ever more amusing in my little corner of the cave.…
  • 05.17.05
    1

    Tuesday May 17, 2005

    Fit To Be Impaled I want you all over the place in all kinds of …
  • 05.13.05
    2

    Friday May 13, 2005

    Drunk All kidding aside, my dear, even more serious than usual t…

We at SuicideGirls have been celebrating alternative pin-up girls for:

23
years
8
months
25
days
  • 5,509,826 fans
  • 41,393 fans
  • 10,327,617 followers
  • 4,593 SuicideGirls
  • 1,123,960 followers
  • 14,912,794 photos
  • 321,315 followers
  • 61,373,207 comments
  • Join
  • Profiles
  • Groups
  • Photos
  • Videos
  • Shop
  • Help
  • About
  • Press
  • LIVE

Legal/Tos | DMCA | Privacy Policy | 18 U.S.C. 2257 Record-Keeping Requirements Compliance Statement | Contact Us | Vendo Payment Support
©SuicideGirls 2001-2025

Press enter to search
Fast Hi-res

Click here to join & see it all...

Crop your photo