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Best Images by gvan42 - Original Psychedelic Art by Gregory Vanderlaan and Northern California Travel Photos!

Text Art Smiley:

The Grateful Dead "Steal Your Face" Logo.

Javascript Pattern by gvan42

Pink Floyd Tribute Art -

Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun -

a Spectacular Laserium Show Song

Rainbow Gathering in California - Main Circle

Link to More Pictures and Stories:

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2019/10/my-journey-to-rainbow-gathering-in.html

What IS the Rainbow Gathering?

To me, it is Woodstock with amateur musicians and I’m in the band…

Thousands of people go backpacking for a couple of weeks… Every year during the end of June and the beginning of July… The location is different every year but it is always in a National Forest… It’s an intentional temporary village…

This is a description about my trip to The Rainbow Gathering in California 2004…

I wrote this to help me remember…

Rainbow Gathering Photograph by Gregory Vanderlaan 2004 California

Thousands of People chant OM. This photo was snapped just before I decided it was time to put away the camera and experience the event… Yes, it’s important to remember to LIVE LIFE instead of DOCUMENTING LIFE.

Ship Traveling thru Time and Space... WINPLOT drawing - gvan42.blogspot.com

Ship Traveling thru Time and Space... a WINPLOT drawing - gvan42.blogspot.com

MORE WINPLOT SHIPS:

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/search?q=winplot

Rainbow Squiral (a spiral made of squares) - geometric art by gvan42

Moonrise over the Misty Mountains - Surrealistic Art by gvan42

Virtual Journey: Eureka, Arcata, Trinidad -

Visit Northern California's Coast.

We Have Our Own Little World Here Behind The Redwood Curtain!

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2022/05/eureka-arcata-trinidad.html

Humboldt Folklife Festival. Bucky Waters playing in Blue Lake, CA, USA

Bucky Waters playing at the Humboldt Folklife Festival in Blue Lake, CA - on Highway 299 Between Arcata and Redding.

Trinidad Pier. Photo taken from Inside the Restaurant. Note the Reflection.

Impossible Objects Floating in Space and dozens of other trippy images by Greg Vanderlaan aka gvan42 - FEEL FREE TO PIRATE ANY IMAGE

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/search?q=psychedelic+art

Free Psychedelic Art by gvan42 - Gregory Vanderlaan

More of My Best Art - Trippy Potatoshop Images - Like Wow, Man.... It's Cosmic - Feel Free to Copy and Paste into Your Own Blog, webpage or social media post!

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2019/12/more-of-my-best-art-trippy-potatoshop_1.html

Psychedelic ART by gvan42 - Gregory Vanderlaan - Magic Mushroom Visions and Eye Candy

Tropical Fish in a Fantasy Reef

Ghost over the Misty Mountains

and then on FaceBorg: SE Said: 
It really makes me feel bad the way people are ripping on Madonna because of her plastic surgery. Yes, it's sad when a celebrity's plastic surgery goes horribly wrong...but the truly sad part is that female celebrities feel pressure to get plastic surgery in the first place. There is such a huge double standard in our society. Male celebrities are allowed to show their age as they get older. People talk about aging male celebrities like a "fine wine": they get better with age. But for some reason, female celebrities are not allowed to age naturally. Female celebrities are expected to go to great lengths to hide the fact that they're getting older. If you think the comments about Madonna's plastic surgery have been harsh, imagine the comments if she DIDN'T get plastic surgery. "She didn't age well." "She's past her prime." "I can't believe she would go out in public looking like that." I've heard comments like this about other aging female celebrities, and it always makes me feel so bad that women are held to a different standard then men. Why are we so hard on women, but we cut men so much slack? The same is true of weight. If a male celebrity puts on weight, it's considered "cute." But if a FEMALE celebrity puts on weight, she's lazy, disgusting, out-of-control. The double standard makes me sick. 

Yes, Madonna's plastic surgery looks awful. She either had a bad surgeon, or she went to the extreme with it, but either way it looks awful. So why are people making fun of her instead of feeling bad for her that she felt the need to do this to herself in order to stay relevant in a world where women are not allowed to age? What other choice did she have? I'm proud of her for being willing to show her face at the Grammys. I'm proud of her for not hiding from the public eye like other female celebrities have done after having bad plastic surgery. Remember Meg Ryan, America's sweetheart? She hardly ever shows her face in public anymore because she would rather avoid the ridicule. Bravo to Madonna for not caring what other people think. 

We have a long way to go before women stop feeling pressured to go to unnatural lengths to look like fake Barbie dolls. I probably won't see that happen in my lifetime, unfortunately. Society has declared a certain thing is considered "beautiful" and that all women must strive for that thing...and if you don't achieve that unnatural standard of beauty, you're just an irrelevant waste of space. Even something as normal and natural as the fact that she is 64 years old doesn't stand in society's way of demanding that she live up to the same standard of beauty as a 30-year-old. I do think we will get there eventually, but it's not going to happen quickly. 

In a similar way, it pisses me off when I hear people criticize Lizzo for being overweight. Like God forbid a female pop star look like anything other than a skinny, fake Barbie doll. Any man who criticizes Lizzo better be an Adonis himself, otherwise he's nothing but a hypocrite. And I'm tired of the hypocrisy. If women have to be unnatural and fake in order to be respected in show biz, the same should apply to men. But why can't people just listen to the music and respect the talent of a female artist without focusing so much energy on what she looks like? I personally hope that Lizzo sets a trend, and that we start seeing more female artists who are willing to stand up against society's ridiculous standards of beauty. Lizzo has shown that it is possible to be recognized for your talent alone, and that's the way it should be. 

As for Madonna, if you really want to make fun of her plastic surgery, knock yourself out. That's what social media is for. But I hope that at least a few people will realize that Madonna did this because society tells her that she can't just age like a normal person. Madonna did this because it's the only way she felt that she could stay relevant at 64 years old, and that's sad. Don't laugh at her. Instead, channel that energy into making changes to our hypocritical society and our unrealistic standards of beauty for WOMEN ONLY. Women shouldn't have to undergo dangerous surgery to try to hide the natural aging process. It's time to put a stop to the hypocrisy.

and I replied: GEE, I did not know that Madonna Had Plastic Surgery.

I don't pay much attention to POP Singers... 

One thing is for certain... Now that I Know, I just don't care...

Pink Clouds in Orangevale near Sacramento, CA

and then SG Said: 

Proud of the work that progressive democrats have done in their freshman years!  What I saw yesterday from the other side embarrassed me because when all is said and done, at a global level, both the left and the right make the government that represents me 

These people are not just conservatives, not even just extreme right republicans, they are flat out imposters…. Unqualified people who are there to fix the formula without understanding even basic arithmetics.  Speaker McArthy looked like a bobble head in a car that is swaying while unable to decide what lane to veer towards; but I did appreciate the standing up and clapping and the respect he gave the proceeding…. Far less respect than it deserves, but far more than what the trump squad wanted to get to… 

Republicans need to fumigate fast or this termite infestation could someday succeed to bring this house down.

And we all know that is what they want… Trump was never a Republican… he wants a government that is not based in democracy… one where the power of the vote is nothing compared to the power of the oligarchs… You may think you have that now, but wait until that becomes official and you will find out just how much worse things can get… 

Javascript Pattern

Color Table Design

and SOG Said: 

Corporate stooges go all the way back to the 1870s!

"Americans had long believed their country was a classless society. But by the end of the 19th Century, that myth had been shattered. In the Gilded Age, a super-rich elite emerged. They spent lavishly on houses, parties, and luxuries, while also investing in education and philanthropy. In this chapter, we’ll discuss this new upper-class, as well as how wealth in the United States became so imbalanced. We’ll explore topics like homesteading, Reconstruction, immigration, political corruption, corporate consolidation, and more."

Medicare for All Costs Less, Works Better... Just Look at Canada... They Pay Less and Live Longer...

Medicare for All Costs Less, Works Better... Just Look at Canada... They Pay Less and Live Longer...

An Alien Waving at You... gvan42

Black and White Squiral...

Paintings On TV - The BEST are The Ones Advertising Happy Pills! (Psych Meds) - They Show the Awful World You Live In NOW and the Wonderful World You Would Live In If You Took Their Pills!

Man, I'd Like to Take Those! They Look GREAT! But... if you Listen to The Sound of this Commercial, They Mention Side Effects of Suicidal Thoughts and Death! FUN!

and after being shown these ads at least ten times a day for months... now the ads are never shown! Maybe Advertising Doesn't Actually Increase Sales? Maybe The Drugs Don't Actually WORK!

Before and After Taking Psych Meds! Latuda... Happy Pills

Before and after Psych Meds - Happy Pills

I'm interested in the Paintings I see on TV... For Example: The ones in people's homes when they do an interview on TV News... Some are so awful that it's difficult to believe that anyone would actually pay money for them... and Even More Amazing is that anyone would Actually Paint them and then show them in Public... "I Did That!"

Bizarre Panda Painting... and Baseball Bat with the Word "Justice" on it... Jan 6th TV News Interview

Bizarre Panda Painting... TV News Interview of a January 6th Witness... and a Baseball Bat with the Word "Justice" on it... and Three Silver THINGS... I Have NO IDEA What they Are!

https://artsology.com/blog/2022/06/theres-a-panda-over-your-shoulder-wall-art-and-january-6-hearings/

Office in the Cartoon TV Show ARCHER - abstract Art

Office in the Cartoon Show ARCHER...

and The Paintings in Advertisements... Those have to be BLAND enough so they don't Distract from the Spokes Model... and What They are Selling... But if They were Missing, People would Wonder Why...

WTF Painting and a Beautiful Woman... Can Anyone Tell What that White Area is? A Seashell?

anyway... here's an art show of MY Art...

Mind Sprout by gvan42 - Black and White image of a Brain

Dream Job as a Kid:

I wanted to be an Underground Comic Book Artist... Like Robert Crumb or Gilbert Sheldon... I drew some comics but... had real trouble with JOKES or a PLOT... and I Had only One Character... so... I became a Draftsman at a Computer Company... and That was Great... all day, every day... I was Drawing... and Some of my Art was Photographed and used to Actually Create Circuit Boards... and that was great until CAD Happened and a person that would work for Half my Salary could do the same quality of work that I did... Computer Automated Drafting put me out of work permanently... So I delivered Pizza for Domino's, Sold Electronic Equipment at Radio Shack, Made Plastic Parts at a Factory and Interviewed People Applying for Welfare...

Cosmic Art by gvan42 - Created using my Javascript Colortable Program and a Potatoshop Clone

and all of these were Generated by a Javascript Program that I Wrote... It Creates a HTML Table and Fills in each <td> with a Calculated Background Color... You can see the Program Running at the VERY BOTTOM of This Blog... Reload for a Different Pattern... Code Provided!

Javascript Color Table Art - Math Calculated Design by gvan42

I found that When I Had Enough Money, I had no Interest in GETTING MORE... Some people Have Compulsive Hoarding of Money Syndrome... but I don't... I Hired a Man to Invest My Money... and another to Pay my Bills and a Third to File Taxes... and Money is no longer a question in my life... There is Enough... and that's Enough!

Compulsive Hoarding of Money Syndrome - meme - by gvan42

Lao Tzu and Confucius lived in China at the Same Time and They Met Each Other. Lao Tzu Says: "Become One with Nature."

National Geographic TV Show about Traveling to China and Visiting the Home of Confucius...
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/intelligent-travel/2015/07/21/shaolin-summer-in-search-of-confucius/

I love travel shows... especially Michael Wood's The Story of China and the Story of India...

How China Got Rich Documentary

In China, A power struggle followed Mao's death in 1976. The Gang of Four were arrested and blamed for the excesses of the Cultural Revolution, marking the end of a turbulent political era in China.

Deng Xiaoping outmaneuvered Mao's anointed successor chairman Hua Guofeng, and gradually emerged as the de facto leader over the next few years.

Deng Xiaoping was the Paramount Leader of China from 1978 to 1992, although he never became the head of the party or state, and his influence within the Party led the country to significant economic reforms. The CCP subsequently loosened governmental control over citizens' personal lives and the communes were disbanded with many peasants receiving multiple land leases, which greatly increased incentives and agricultural production. In addition, there were many free market areas opened. The most successful free market areas was Shenzhen. It is located in Guangdong and the property tax free area still exists today. This turn of events marked China's transition from a planned economy to a mixed economy with an increasingly open market environment, a system termed by some^[67] as "market socialism", and officially by the CCP as "Socialism with Chinese characteristics". The PRC adopted its current constitution on 4 December 1982.

Shell - Psychedelic Art by Gregory Vanderlaan gvan42 gregvan purple64ets

Seashell...

This TV Travel Show reminded me of the Forest Of Redwoods in Northern California...

There is a Fallen Down Log behind our home in Eureka, CA... I sat on that log for over a decade and smoked cigarettes... No smoking in the house, that would be rude... and unhealthy for my roommate who has asthma... So I went out back into the Redwood Forest... I GROK Becoming one with Nature.

I have a tree here in Orangevale... It's smaller and at the moment very thirsty but soon it will rain and the leaves will expand... I look at it every day...

My Tree in Orangevale, CA

http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Philosophy/Taichi/lao.html
Father of Taoism...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius
Chinese Philosopher...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok
Meaning: To Understand Completely...