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Submitted: November 3, 2008
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Primarily a typography study, but there is meaning behind this.

This piece is really a play on words. The word "understand" is referring to sorting out the meaning of post modernism. But at the same time the word is read as "under stand", as in "under the stand." It refers to the oppression a view on life that depicts no purpose for living can have. A view that has no purpose eats and burns away its captives, leaving nothing behind except smoke.


Based on Abduzeedo's smoke tutorial
Smoke brushes by falln-brushes
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awesome:lol: .. love it!

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"We use music as our medium..." :stereo:
The image becomes a lot more powerful when you understand it's meaning! You chose a brilliant theme with the "Under the stand" idea! x

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"Strange, It Is A Huge Nothing We Fear" - Seamus Heaney

Rest In Peace Anna </3 You Are The Rose That Grew From The Pavement ... Determined And Beautiful :heart:

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Wow, all your deviations have such depth behind them that's awe inspiring!! I really like this one.^^ <3 The colors are perfect and set the mood quite nicely.

It is very purdyfull. XD


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"those who live by the sword get shot by those who don't"
so, you think the authors of the english language intended your literal definition, or that they blindly stuck two words together, not realizing the destruction they had caused?

are you, getting all this inspiration from school? I'm thoroughly impressed, your definetly a role model for me

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I'll ROOT for you, with a BEE-BEE gun~
Very cool.
I love that it is also ambiguous enough to be open to interpretation.
I saw it as UNDERSTAND people! Smoking is bad! Lol.

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I merely wish to become better. Be kind in your criticism please.


Chaaaaaaarlie! We're exploring the depth of the ocean blue!
Oh no! here comes a poisonous school of Fugu fish!
FUGU!



(>^_^)> <(^__^)> <(^_^< )
Lol, that is pretty funny. I didn't even think of it as a smoking reference
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Well the English language has taken a long time to develop and many people have been part of its development. So they probably didn't mean the same thing that I'm trying to say.

Here is a really good article with some information on the word's development before the 12th century "Middle English, from Old English understandan, from under + standan to stand"
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Looking at this though, it sounds more like the two words are referring to standing under something and being enlightened. Being a latin scholar would probably help a lot on this (which I'm not sadly).

Inspiration has primarily been from school and reflecting on the extremely large number of books I've consumed as of late. Which would be something like 8 books alone for the past two and a half months...

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Thanks, it all kind of ended up being a successful accident actually :)

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