"How come I never see that smile?"
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irony, ironic, couple, couples, artist, artists, art, self portrait, portrait, portraits, self-portrait, portraiture, paint, painter, painting, paints, smile, smiling, why do you think, stupid question, ask a stupid question, couples, couple, married life, marriage, fishwife, fish wife, miser, misers, misery, cranky, grumpy, reality, fantasy, expectation, realities, unhappy, unhappy marriage, nag, naggingJack Finds The Giant Grilling At His Giant Grill
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jack, jack and the beanstalk, beanstalk, grill, grilling, men, manly, masculine, masculinity, suburban, suburbia, reality, realities, same same, parallel, parallels, monster, monsters, normal, normal life, everyday, seems normal, nursery rhymes, nursery rhyme, rhyme, rhymes, song, songs, fairy, fairy tale, fairy tales, fairy story, fairy stories, bbq, barbecue, middle america"Of course, by now she'd be around a hundred and eighty years old."
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age, ageing, aged, ages, painting, paint, paints, painter, painters, history, historical, reality, realities, realism, realistic, beauty, beautiful, gorgeous, youth, youthful, youthfulness, canvas, old men, old man, creep, creepy, portrait, portraits, portraiture, art, arts, artistic, artistically, women, woman, muse, muses, ornate, class, upper class, high societyJimmy Mussolini With "Leon""Precious I cannot be. One more allusion to Gilgamesh and I'll trash out. I make mistakes, just like you, every day. This may be one of them. I'll take the money and walk."
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irony, ironic, artist, artists, art, paint, painter, painting, paints, reality, fantasy, expectation, realities, pretentious, pretentiously, pedantic, pedant, incomprehensible, modern, modern art, modern life, modern world, modernist, modernism, gallery, galleries, culture, cultures, cultured, postmodern, postmodernism, deconstruct, deconstruction, pun, puns, play on words, word play, word-play, spoof, spoofed, spoofs, parodies, parodied, parody"Well, if I haven't captured the real you, kindly tell me who I have captured."
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irony, ironic, couple, couples, artist, artists, art, arts, self portrait, portrait, portraits, self-portrait, portraiture, paint, painter, painting, paints, smile, smiling, why do you think, stupid question, ask a stupid question, couples, couple, married life, marriage, fishwife, fish wife, miser, misers, misery, cranky, grumpy, reality, fantasy, expectation, realities, unhappy, unhappy marriage, nag, nagging, canvas, interpretation, artistic flair, artistic license, license, license"Do I look like a wise man to you?"
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fulfilling, fulfilment, pilgrim, pilgrimage, pilgrims, word play, play on words, word, words, enlighten, enlightenment, seeking enlightenment, mountain, mountains, guru, gurus, wisdom, words of wisdom, wise man, wise men, mountain top, mountain, isolated, isolate, prepper, preppers, antigovernment, anti government, cranky, antisocial, anti social, introvert, introverts, introverted, advice, no advice to give, bad guidance, guidance, mentor, mentors, mentorship, bad advice, bad counsel, surprise, not what it seems, reality, realities"You realize, of course, that I'll have to make a big show of having security escort you out."
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devil, devils, demon, demons, satan, satanic, deal with the devil, dealing with the devil, sins, meeting, meetings, human resources, hr, h r, media, big business, business, corporate, political, politics, politically, politically charged, appearances, realities, reality, metaphor, metaphors, executive, executives, management, managers, big business, corporations, corrupt, corruption, corrupted, evil, evilly, evils, money, wealth, wealthy, positive image, public relations, pr, p r, pr management, spin, spin doctor, rhetoric, fake, phony, phonies, lies, fake news, critique, critical, critic"Fred and Ginger, but of course not the Fred and Ginger."
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introductions, introduce, introduced, introduction, astaire, fred, fred and ginger, rogers, ginger rogers, fred astaire, high society, heard that one before, if i had a, dancing, dance, pop culture, culture, cultural reference, classic cinema, cinema, film, films, classics, movie, movies, musical, music, croon, crooners, crooner, entertainment, entertain, socialite, socialise, socialising, not what you expect, expectation, expectations, reality, realities, cocktail, cocktail party, parties, party, dinner party, guest, guests"I used to think he was my imaginary playmate till he stepped on Joey."
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playmate, playmates, imaginary, imagination, imaginary friend, imaginary friends, giant, giants, accident, accidents, squish, squished, squash, squashed, crushed, fatal accident, fatal accidents, friend, friends, friendship, friendships, fall out, falling out, falls out, frenemy, frenemies, fatal, fantasy, reality, realities, fair weather friend, fair weather friendsMary One With "Horror Show" (In Progress)"Placating proponents of, like, a rationalist strategy for postmodern deconstruction runs, like, counter to my recipe for spaghetti con i funghi."
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irony, ironic, artist, artists, art, paint, painter, painting, paints, reality, fantasy, expectation, realities, pretentious, pretentiously, pedantic, pedant, incomprehensible, modern, modern art, modern life, modern world, modernist, modernism, gallery, galleries, culture, cultures, cultured, postmodern, postmodernism, deconstruct, deconstruction, pun, puns, play on words, word play, word-play, spoof, spoofed, spoofs, parodies, parodied, parody"Where does he get all his ideas?"
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visit, visitor, visitors, museum, museums, art, arts, irony, ironic, artist, artists, art, paint, painter, painting, paints, reality, fantasy, expectation, realities, pretentious, pretentiously, pedantic, pedant, incomprehensible, modern, modern art, modern life, modern world, modernist, modernism, gallery, galleries, culture, cultures, cultured, postmodern, postmodernism, deconstruct, deconstruction, pun, puns, play on words, word play, word-play, spoof, spoofed, spoofs, parodies, parodied, parody, avant-gardeAlice Steddemminger With "Stig""Disparate imagery provides the opportunistic appropriationist a surrogate subconscious from which to draw an iconography dripping with that ambiguity thing."
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irony, ironic, artist, artists, art, paint, painter, painting, paints, reality, fantasy, expectation, realities, pretentious, pretentiously, pedantic, pedant, incomprehensible, modern, modern art, modern life, modern world, modernist, modernism, gallery, galleries, culture, cultures, cultured, postmodern, postmodernism, deconstruct, deconstruction, pun, puns, play on words, word play, word-play, spoof, spoofed, spoofs, parodies, parodied, parody, self portrait, portrait, portraiture, vacuous, vapid, vain, vanity, ego, egoism, performative, self-portrait, icon, iconic"I know more about art than you do, so I'll tell you what to like."
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irony, ironic, artist, artists, art, paint, painter, painting, paints, reality, fantasy, expectation, realities, pretentious, pretentiously, pedantic, pedant, incomprehensible, modern, modern art, modern life, modern world, modernist, modernism, gallery, galleries, culture, cultures, cultured, play on words, word play, word-play, kid, kids, child, childhood, explore, exploring, exploration, children, museum, museumsMr. Empirical With "Antarctica""Small is hostile. Rage contributes to shift away from literality. I'm off to True Value Hardware for some more self-reference tools."
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irony, ironic, artist, artists, art, paint, painter, painting, paints, reality, fantasy, expectation, realities, pretentious, pretentiously, pedantic, pedant, incomprehensible, modern, modern art, modern life, modern world, modernist, modernism, gallery, galleries, culture, cultures, cultured, postmodern, postmodernism, deconstruct, deconstruction, pun, puns, play on words, word play, word-play, spoof, spoofed, spoofs, parodies, parodied, parody, self reference, minimal, minimalism, minimalist, empirical, empirically, empiricism"I would like a tube of lemon yellow, cadmium red, cobalt blue, ivory, black, and zinc white, a sixteen-by-twenty canvas, a couple of brushes, and that book 'Painting in Oils'."
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irony, ironic, artist, artists, art, self portrait, portrait, portraits, paint, painter, painting, paints, reality, fantasy, expectation, realities, pretentious, pretentiously, pedantic, pedant, incomprehensible, modern, modern life, modern world, modernist, modernism, gallery, galleries, culture, cultures, cultured, beginner, beginners, supplies, art supply, art supplies, paintbrush, paintbrushes, brushes, color, colors, oil, oil painting, oil paint, oil paints, canvas, canvases, kit, kits, set, sets, specific, specifics, list, lists, access, accessible, brainless, doesn't know what, looking for, under her nose, under his nose, close, nearby, amateur, novice"Are you the angry young artist or the angry young bloodsucking dealer?"
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irony, ironic, artist, artists, art, paint, painter, painting, paints, reality, fantasy, expectation, realities, pretentious, pretentiously, pedantic, pedant, incomprehensible, modern, modern art, modern life, modern world, modernist, modernism, gallery, galleries, culture, cultures, cultured, postmodern, postmodernism, deconstruct, deconstruction, pun, puns, play on words, word play, word-play, spoof, spoofed, spoofs, parodies, parodied, parody, self reference, minimal, minimalism, minimalist, greed, greedy, stereotype, stereotypes, young, youthWolf Danny With "Random""The work must be tantamount to mayhem. Making an insatiable public confused, indifferent, annoyed—this is the premise on which rests my deliberately vacuous oeuvre."
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irony, ironic, artist, artists, art, paint, painter, painting, paints, reality, fantasy, expectation, realities, pretentious, pretentiously, pedantic, pedant, incomprehensible, modern, modern art, modern life, modern world, modernist, modernism, gallery, galleries, culture, cultures, cultured, postmodern, postmodernism, deconstruct, deconstruction, pun, puns, play on words, word play, word-play, spoof, spoofed, spoofs, parodies, parodied, parody, self portrait, portrait, portraiture, vacuous, vapid, vain, vanity, ego, egoism, performative, self-portrait"Good afternoon, Ted. I'm your online presence."
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privacy, privacy policy, privacy policies, policy, policies, private, online, internet, world wide web, website, social, social media, online presence, presence, businessmen, businessman, reality, reality gap, reality check, expectation, expectation versus reality, expectations vs reality, realities, alternate ego, alter ego, alter egos, fake, faker, persona, personas, work life, work life balance, avatar, avatars, introduction, introduce, introduced, introductions, businessmen, professional, professionals, network, networking, networks, modern, modern life, modern world, information age"This is America, choose your reality."
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america, the american dream, american dream, rich person, rich people, the one percent, the 1 percent, wealth divide, wealth gap, free market, the free market, choice, freedom, freedom of choice, reality, realities, capitalism, capitalist, capitalists, ambition, ambitious, ambitions, illusion, illusions, deluded, delusion, delusions, privilege, privileges, privileged"David, you're denying your feelings again, aren't you?"
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deny, denial, defense, defense mechanism, monster, monsters, memory, memories, feel, feelings, emotion, emotions, disavowal, disavow, avoid, avoidance, reality, realities, stress, stressful, anxiety, anxieties, fear, fears, psychology, psychologist, psychiatry, therapy, therapist, psychiatry, psychiatrist, lcsw, social work, social worker, analysis, analyst, psycho analyst, psycho analysis, depression, depressive"It's disgusting how they'll commercialize anything!"
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irony, ironic, artist, artists, art, paint, painter, painting, paints, reality, fantasy, expectation, realities, pretentious, pretentiously, pedantic, pedant, incomprehensible, modern, modern art, modern life, modern world, modernist, modernism, gallery, galleries, culture, cultures, cultured, postmodern, postmodernism, deconstruct, deconstruction, pun, puns, play on words, word play, word-play, spoof, spoofed, spoofs, parodies, parodied, parody, commercial, commercially, commercialize, commercialise"How much news will we be wanting this morning, sire?"
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new, news, morning news, breaking news, watching the news, radio, radios, tv, television, medieval, king, kings, bad news, good news, morning, mornings, early, early mornings, media, media coverage, medieval, medieval times, feudal, feudalism, sire, news, newspaper, newspapers, political, politics, reject, rejection, reality, realities, reality check, resent, resenting, resentful, fragility, fragileREALITY
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mum, mums, mom, moms, mother, mothers, baby, babies, children, toddler, toddlers, trap, traps, trapped, cot, cots, crib, cribs, overrule, overrules, overruled, new parent, new parents, inexperienced, reality, realities, mess, messes, messy, havoc, disaster, trash, trashed, night, nightime, awake, cry, cries, crying"Actually, this isn't a bad time to be out of touch with reality."
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therapist, therapists, therapy, counselor, counselors, counselling, counsellors, counsellors, wellbeing, out of touch, feeling, feelings, feeling out of touch, reality, realities, pandemic, pandemics, lockdwon, lockdowns, time, times, timing, timings, patient, patients, psychology, defect, defects