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Modern Art As Commodity

a: Modern art ~
b: Commodity

What: "Art has become a speculative commodity, where the "value" is determined almost exclusively by the signature. In fact, it's really a currency, not a commodity, just like paper money which has no intrinsic value except the signature." Or maybe,like currency, the value of an art piece is based on the faith and belief of the artist, their patron and perhaps, the purchaser.

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Writer: titou
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Date: Oct 20 2011 10:41 PM


Dna Pizza

a: Exon ~
b: stuff on a pizza that you like

What: "IF YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING, REMEMBER THAT THE EXON IS LIKE THE STUFF ON YOUR PIZZA THAT YOU LIKE AND DON'T PICK OUT!"

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Writer: Jacob Hutchison
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Date: May 7 2013 9:43 AM



a: Adrenaline ~
b: an aphrodisiac in relationship

What: "Adrenaline is like an aphrodisiac in relationships, especially when you've been together for years. It's what infuses some oomph into otherwise ordinary days."

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Writer: Josey Miller
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Date: Oct 17 2013 12:57 PM



a: Plasticity ~
b: snow on a hill in winter

What:

"To some degree a lot of the modern psychotherapy language doesn't talk very much about habits. My gosh it's important...so let's try a metaphor to help explain it. Plasticity is like snow on a hill in winter and when you want to ski down that hill, because the snow is plastic and pliable, you can take many different paths down the hill the first time. "


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Writer: Dr. Norman Doidge
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Date: Dec 16 2014 5:43 PM



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