Word: paintings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...very true. Deckard is a product of his society, and it is a society with which we can readily identify. Director Ridley Scott presents a very bleak landscape for his depiction of Los Angeles in the 21 St century. The stark buildings, neon signs, and dismal rain paint the picture of a world without any connection to human emotion or morality. It is a world which could easily be ours...
...Hampshire last summer, appeared, strangers began calling up Gaines and his friends to ask where they could play. After some early problems with insurance ("You want liability coverage for what?), they began selling kits at $145 each, consisting of the Nel-Spot, a holster, a supply of CO2 and paint pellets, a set of rules and nofog protective goggles...
...pellet on his shirt. Feeling quick and clever, I ran on in a crouch. In a stand of small trees, too skinny for good cover, a red player and I caught sight of each other and began to shoot. The pistols made phutt, phutt noises. I could see the paint pellets spin past me, although they were too fast to duck away from. My fourth or fifth shot hit the red player, who said "Aaaargh!"the way comic-book villains used to do when they got bopped by Captain Marvel, whom I now felt myself to resemble...
...Sidon. It is hard to tell ancient ruins from modern ruins. The historian, Eli, does not mind seeing damaged stones: "Children, yes." Dan, an artist in civilian life, says that he could never paint any of this. His hair is totally gray, but he looks younger than Eli. He rarely speaks. In the dust beside a crushed house, a 1-mil coin marked PALESTINE and dated 1942 is found. When it was used as currency, the whole world was at war. One wonders who preserved the coin in Sidon...
...withal, he also had the arrogance of genius. And when he really set out to paint the Toledo of his own mindscape, the result was one of the most magical landscapes of all time. Toledo is brown. He painted it green, its buildings outlined in phosphorescent light and displaced to suit his pictorial purposes. When he wanted something enough, he could do it-and did. -By A. T. Baker