Clint, thanks so much for the beautiful celebratory vintage montage. We appreciate your hanging in there as we are behind you 1000%. Undoubtedly you remain, as always, —- the best. —- Bruce
Much appreciated, Bruce. It’s been an interesting week. One I’m glad is over—more or less. Here’s to better days ahead! At least the videos have been good…for me anyway. :-p
I so agree with you-especially about Youtube. Facebook is also nuts. So...I'll try to not write a novel...I'm a nudist and I belong to several nudist groups on Facebook. You can generally post photos but genitals of both sexes (and they consider women's breasts genitals?? whole other rant) must be covered. You can usually show all the ass you want. On Youtube you can find videos with full frontal male nudity! I've kind of made it a hobby to find them. Be creative with your search, but even by typing in "nude men" you can find videos showing the dreaded penis! They are almost always "artsy" videos, but hey, I'll take 'em! Why their bot would reject your videos is a mystery, and a stupid one. On another note, I'm a professional artist. Tying in with my love of being naked, last near I painted a 3/4 full frontal nude self-portrait. It's in your face (and 24x36 inches big-the canvas, that is). I am fed up with artists being able to make and show nude women but not men. In some of my art groups, feamale nudes seem to be ok for exhibition, but not male. I've entered it in shows in which a female nude is present but my work is rejected. Just so you know..I'm a respected, award winning artist with works in international collections, so it ain't an incompetent painting. Yes, a penis is there in my portrait, but I've seen in person the painting "L'Origine du monde" hanging in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, which shows a woman's vagina with her legs spread eagled, showing it all. It's by Gusave Courbet circa 1866. No head, or arms, just the vag with legs wide open (and no shaving or trimming back then). It is universally called a masterpiece! I'll soon be trying my portrait in anothern show. We'll see what happens. The venue may reject it for fear of children being turned gay by seeing my dick. What a shame! If you want to see it my website is www.tomsmithfineart.com under the "Studio" tab.
Beautifully expressive and accomplished work, Tom. As for Meta--and all its various platforms--I have a saying: Less Meta is mo' betta. I also call the company Metastatic because I think it's cancerous to society. I've been active on all three of its main social media platforms--FB then IG and finally Threads--and left because of their rampant fuckery and hypocrisy. If you haven't tried Bluesky yet, it's promising. Like old-school Twitter without all the vitriol. They ban people who troll there...QUICK. :-)
Thanks, Doug. The bots got my full wrath yesterday. Maybe a human too. Hard to tell. They're all do-nothing drones over at YT. I've got my pompoms out for their eventual fall from grace. Only Meta rivals them for title of tech assholes of the world. Elon's bad too but not nearly as popular. Except in his imagination.
Clint, thanks so much for the beautiful celebratory vintage montage. We appreciate your hanging in there as we are behind you 1000%. Undoubtedly you remain, as always, —- the best. —- Bruce
Much appreciated, Bruce. It’s been an interesting week. One I’m glad is over—more or less. Here’s to better days ahead! At least the videos have been good…for me anyway. :-p
I so agree with you-especially about Youtube. Facebook is also nuts. So...I'll try to not write a novel...I'm a nudist and I belong to several nudist groups on Facebook. You can generally post photos but genitals of both sexes (and they consider women's breasts genitals?? whole other rant) must be covered. You can usually show all the ass you want. On Youtube you can find videos with full frontal male nudity! I've kind of made it a hobby to find them. Be creative with your search, but even by typing in "nude men" you can find videos showing the dreaded penis! They are almost always "artsy" videos, but hey, I'll take 'em! Why their bot would reject your videos is a mystery, and a stupid one. On another note, I'm a professional artist. Tying in with my love of being naked, last near I painted a 3/4 full frontal nude self-portrait. It's in your face (and 24x36 inches big-the canvas, that is). I am fed up with artists being able to make and show nude women but not men. In some of my art groups, feamale nudes seem to be ok for exhibition, but not male. I've entered it in shows in which a female nude is present but my work is rejected. Just so you know..I'm a respected, award winning artist with works in international collections, so it ain't an incompetent painting. Yes, a penis is there in my portrait, but I've seen in person the painting "L'Origine du monde" hanging in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, which shows a woman's vagina with her legs spread eagled, showing it all. It's by Gusave Courbet circa 1866. No head, or arms, just the vag with legs wide open (and no shaving or trimming back then). It is universally called a masterpiece! I'll soon be trying my portrait in anothern show. We'll see what happens. The venue may reject it for fear of children being turned gay by seeing my dick. What a shame! If you want to see it my website is www.tomsmithfineart.com under the "Studio" tab.
Beautifully expressive and accomplished work, Tom. As for Meta--and all its various platforms--I have a saying: Less Meta is mo' betta. I also call the company Metastatic because I think it's cancerous to society. I've been active on all three of its main social media platforms--FB then IG and finally Threads--and left because of their rampant fuckery and hypocrisy. If you haven't tried Bluesky yet, it's promising. Like old-school Twitter without all the vitriol. They ban people who troll there...QUICK. :-)
P.S. Thanks for sharing your art, Mr. Smith!
I feel your frustrations Clint, just hang on in there 🫂🫂🫂 Cheers your Cheery/cheeky DougT 🇫🇴
Thanks, Doug. The bots got my full wrath yesterday. Maybe a human too. Hard to tell. They're all do-nothing drones over at YT. I've got my pompoms out for their eventual fall from grace. Only Meta rivals them for title of tech assholes of the world. Elon's bad too but not nearly as popular. Except in his imagination.