Mid-Morning Art Thread

Hope
George Frederic Watts

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 First of the morning to you all.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at November 10, 2026 09:30 AM (w9Wax)

2 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 10, 2026 09:30 AM (Ta4DE)

3 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 10, 2026 09:31 AM (gsBYv)

4 We could use a little hope these days.

Posted by: Tuna at November 10, 2026 09:31 AM (lJ0H4)

5 So tomorrow art will be "Change"?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 10, 2026 09:31 AM (gsBYv)

6 Hope ? Looks like despair to me...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 10, 2026 09:31 AM (+gK6I)

7 "I hope I can brush out this knot in my hair."

Before or after coffee?

Posted by: Tonypete at November 10, 2026 09:31 AM (6D7dZ)

8 He is hoping this odd hair-loss treatment will work.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at November 10, 2026 09:31 AM (w9Wax)

9 Little bit of a creep factor here.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 10, 2026 09:32 AM (Ta4DE)

10 Looks nothing like Bob.

Is it Lange?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at November 10, 2026 09:33 AM (gsBYv)

11 No boobs. No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 10, 2026 09:33 AM (uWNFF)

12 Per Wiki:
"George Frederic Watts (23 February 1817 – 1 July 1904) was a British painter and sculptor associated with the Symbolist movement. Watts became famous in his lifetime for his allegorical works, such as Hope and Love and Life. These paintings were intended to form part of an epic symbolic cycle called the "House of Life", in which the emotions and aspirations of life would all be represented in a universal symbolic language."

Posted by: Tuna at November 10, 2026 09:33 AM (lJ0H4)

13 Hope? After last week we need some of that

Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2026 09:33 AM (sKqQm)

14 Doesn't seem very hopeful. More downtrodden.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at November 10, 2026 09:34 AM (CU8o1)

15 Why does hope only have two fingers on its right hand?

Posted by: dantesed at November 10, 2026 09:34 AM (Oy/m2)

16 Hope is tangled up in the washing board again?

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 10, 2026 09:34 AM (wVcYX)

17 Wiki-
Blindfolded Woman: Represents the inability to see the future clearly, yet still striving for optimism.

Lyre with One String: Symbolizes the fragility of hope; despite the damage, the remaining string suggests that there is still potential for beauty and music in life.

Globe: Indicates the vastness of the world and the weight of despair that can accompany it.

Posted by: redridinghood at November 10, 2026 09:34 AM (wzaBj)

18 All hope was lost that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at November 10, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)

19 From the classic story of pandora's box (jar) there is an argument that hope was merely yet another catastrophe unleashed on mankind since everything else in it was evil why would there be a good thing at the bottom?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2026 09:35 AM (sKqQm)

20 These paintings were intended to form part of an epic symbolic cycle called the "House of Gladiator Movies"

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at November 10, 2026 09:35 AM (uWNFF)

21 she's a lyre.

Posted by: cmeat at November 10, 2026 09:35 AM (Bep7s)

22 Hey guys this is not an accurate painting at all, you can't even seen the woman's butthole

Posted by: Hope Solo, artiste at November 10, 2026 09:36 AM (sKqQm)

23 Nope.

Posted by: PabloD at November 10, 2026 09:36 AM (mXZsC)

24 Some normal lyre > Some normal liar > Any democrat

Posted by: 18-1 at November 10, 2026 09:37 AM (sKqQm)

25 15 hoping no one would reset the breaker.

Posted by: cmeat at November 10, 2026 09:37 AM (Bep7s)

26 This looks like the start of a good scene...and what is that wooden thing behind her?

Posted by: Christian Grey at November 10, 2026 09:37 AM (sKqQm)

27 Well, this certainly fits my mood today.

Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

28 Our hope is on Jupiter? Blindfolded? Chained to an old washboard?

Posted by: red speck at November 10, 2026 09:38 AM (Ve/HL)

29 I hope I emptied the dishwasher....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at November 10, 2026 09:39 AM (RORbl)

30 Hope looks... despondent.

Posted by: red speck at November 10, 2026 09:39 AM (Ve/HL)

31 So you are going to blind fold me?

Yes

And I just...sit there?

Yes

And you aren't at any point going to try and tune in Tokyo?

Uh...

What?!?

Totally not, we haven't even invented radios yet!

Posted by: George Frederic Watts and his model at November 10, 2026 09:39 AM (sKqQm)

32 Watts needs to amp it up.

Posted by: Oh, no... at November 10, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

33 Our hope is on Jupiter? Blindfolded? Chained to an old washboard?

If she was on a solid part of Jupiter she'd be crushed by the atmospheric pressure...

Posted by: 18-1 being pedantic at November 10, 2026 09:39 AM (sKqQm)

34 26 that's a dubl handi washboard

Posted by: cmeat at November 10, 2026 09:40 AM (Bep7s)

35 See she's oppressed.

And they didn't even give her a red robe!

Posted by: Your average AWFL at November 10, 2026 09:41 AM (sKqQm)

36
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 10, 2026 09:41 AM (eRlcH)

37 The only hope I felt when I saw this was I hope she got out alive. What I heard was "It rubs the lotion..."

Posted by: AlecK at November 10, 2026 09:41 AM (cMlC1)

38
Faith and Charity are in even worse shape.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 10, 2026 09:42 AM (eRlcH)

39 Hope... Less...

Posted by: It's me donna at November 10, 2026 09:42 AM (+gK6I)

40 Hope...

Have you ever heard of a wish sandwich? A wish sandwich is the kind of a sandwich where you have two slices of bread and you, hee hee hee, wish you had some meat...

What da ya want for nothing? ... a rubber biscuit?

Posted by: red speck at November 10, 2026 09:43 AM (Ve/HL)

41 If that's hope I'll stick to the mundane
Don't think I'd hang this one, too depressing.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at November 10, 2026 09:43 AM (FroOw)

42 Feet! It's art.

Posted by: Rexx Ryan at November 10, 2026 09:43 AM (2Drhq)

43 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. If hope springs eternal, she's got a long way to go.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 10, 2026 09:44 AM (2WIwB)

44 Nope. Doesn't remind me of home. No trailer park.

Posted by: BJ Clinton at November 10, 2026 09:44 AM (2Ez/1)

45 I would hang this in the teacher's lounge.

Posted by: Babylon sister at November 10, 2026 09:44 AM (1nCtN)

46 Hope...

Have you ever heard of a wish sandwich? A wish sandwich is the kind of a sandwich where you have two slices of bread and you, hee hee hee, wish you had some meat...

What da ya want for nothing? ... a rubber biscuit?
Posted by: red speck

That's a jam sammich.
You take two slices of bread, and you jam them together.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 10, 2026 09:44 AM (Io8px)

47
The Sixth Symphony of Sir Charles Villiers Stanford is subtitled, "In memoriam G. F. Watts". You wouldn't know that if your musical tastes stop at 1795.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 10, 2026 09:45 AM (eRlcH)

48 Hope

When your dealer gets locked up.

Posted by: rickb223 at November 10, 2026 09:45 AM (Io8px)

49 Hope was warned to duck, as she is blind.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at November 10, 2026 09:45 AM (w9Wax)

50 She looks tall

Posted by: Oglebay at November 10, 2026 09:45 AM (2ap+5)

51 32 Watts needs to amp it up.
Posted by: Oh, no... at November 10, 2026 09:39 AM

There may be resistance.

Posted by: Groan... at November 10, 2026 09:45 AM (2Ez/1)

52 51 32 Watts needs to amp it up.
Posted by: Oh, no... at November 10, 2026 09:39 AM

There may be resistance.

Ohm my God.

Posted by: Delurker at November 10, 2026 09:46 AM (2Drhq)

53
There may be resistance.

Ohm my God.
Posted by: Delurker at November 10, 2026 09:46 AM (2Drhq)

__________

I don't keep current with art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 10, 2026 09:47 AM (eRlcH)

54 Watts needs to amp it up.

Ohm my, not another series of electrical puns....

Posted by: PabloD at November 10, 2026 09:47 AM (mXZsC)

55
Ohm my, not another series of electrical puns....
Posted by: PabloD at November 10, 2026 09:47 AM (mXZsC)

___________

A whole battery of them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 10, 2026 09:48 AM (eRlcH)

56 There may be resistance.
Posted by: Groan... at November 10, 2026 09:45 AM (2Ez/1)

Maybe some stray voltage.

Posted by: dantesed at November 10, 2026 09:49 AM (Oy/m2)

57 Ohm my, not another series of electrical puns....
Posted by: PabloD at November 10, 2026 09:47 AM

We'll have to switch them off.

Posted by: Arrgh... at November 10, 2026 09:49 AM (2Ez/1)

58 Watts needs to amp it up.
Posted by: Oh, no... at November 10, 2026 09:39 AM

There may be resistance.

Ohm my God.
Posted by: Delurker

Watts has crossed the Whitfield Bridge.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at November 10, 2026 09:49 AM (w9Wax)

59 It’s Tummy Rub Tuesday!

Get em while they’re sleepy! Rub rub rub those fuzzy furry bellies!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 10, 2026 09:49 AM (hpzqB)

60 She looks kind of like I feel this morning after staying up way too late watching Monday Night sportsball.

Posted by: Delurker at November 10, 2026 09:49 AM (2Drhq)

61 i just could not resistor.

Posted by: cmeat at November 10, 2026 09:50 AM (Bep7s)

62 she's conducting herself appropriately.

Posted by: cmeat at November 10, 2026 09:51 AM (Bep7s)

63 49 Hope was warned to duck, as she is blind.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks

L I. B!

M. R ducks!

C. M. Wangs?

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 10, 2026 09:51 AM (hpzqB)

64 Speaking of Hope. Today is the final Geezer Golf Tuesday. I just hope it stops raining.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 10, 2026 09:52 AM (2WIwB)

65 We'll just have to solder on.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 10, 2026 09:52 AM (wVcYX)

66 You wouldn't know that if your musical tastes stop at 1795.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 10, 2026 09:45 AM (eRlcH)

Get off my lawn!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 10, 2026 09:52 AM (k5CNB)

67
Think we've done the circuit of electrical puns.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 10, 2026 09:53 AM (eRlcH)

68 Good luck with golf today, Diogenes.

It’s raining on the bay.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 10, 2026 09:53 AM (hpzqB)

69 62 she's conducting herself appropriately.

Perhaps she's in flux.

Posted by: Make it stop! at November 10, 2026 09:53 AM (2Ez/1)

70 Watts has crossed the Whitfield Bridge.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at November 10, 2026 09:49 AM (w9Wax)

Or the Wheatstone Bridge!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 10, 2026 09:54 AM (k5CNB)

71 Think we've done the circuit of electrical puns.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 10, 2026 09:53 AM (eRlcH)

We can fuse a few more together.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 10, 2026 09:54 AM (wVcYX)

72 Who has the capacity to stop these electrical puns?

Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2026 09:55 AM (77rzZ)

73 Or the Wheatstone Bridge!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Good one.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 10, 2026 09:55 AM (Ta4DE)

74 62 she's conducting herself appropriately.

And she appears to be well grounded.

Posted by: According to code at November 10, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

75 Elton John sang a Lady Di Ode.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at November 10, 2026 09:56 AM (w9Wax)

76 Break her.

Posted by: SWIDT? at November 10, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)

77 Well. Hope need not despair. Today is the birthday of the United States Marine Corps and the Marines bring hope wherever they go.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 10, 2026 09:58 AM (2WIwB)

78 Hope looks pretty depressing.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at November 10, 2026 09:58 AM (M0I1r)

79 Justice is blind. But chained to a chair.

Posted by: NCKate at November 10, 2026 09:59 AM (enNUy)

80 Today is the birthday of the United States Marine Corps and the Marines bring hope wherever they go.
Posted by: Diogenes

The hope that they don't eat all the crayons.

Posted by: Bulg at November 10, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

81 the Marines bring hope wherever they go.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 10, 2026 09:58 AM (2WIwB)

And crayons!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 10, 2026 10:00 AM (k5CNB)

82 Good one.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 10, 2026 09:55 AM (Ta4DE)

I knew Physics classes would come in handy!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 10, 2026 10:01 AM (k5CNB)

83 It’s Tummy Rub Tuesday!

Get em while they’re sleepy! Rub rub rub those fuzzy furry bellies!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 10, 2026 09:49 AM (hpzqB)
----
Penny is snoozing on my desk right next to me.

She's getting her furry tummy rubbed right now!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 10, 2026 10:01 AM (s2iZv)

84 Elton John sang a Lady Di Ode.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at November 10, 2026 09:56 AM (w9Wax)

The horde does not disappoint. I knew someone would work in a diode, somehow.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at November 10, 2026 10:04 AM (zafwz)

85 grunglebluugbleek

Posted by: Paul, who enjoys the sexual affections of dogs at November 10, 2026 10:05 AM (6/6pD)

86 Can't wait to see how 85 gets 86'd

Posted by: OneEyedJack at November 10, 2026 10:06 AM (zafwz)

87 Get em while they’re sleepy! Rub rub rub those fuzzy furry bellies!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 10, 2026 09:49 AM (hpzqB)

I DO NOT have a fuzzy furry belly.

Posted by: RI Red at November 10, 2026 10:08 AM (BXl9F)

88 I knew someone would work in a diode, somehow.
Posted by: OneEyedJack

There is only one way to do it.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at November 10, 2026 10:09 AM (w9Wax)

89 81 the Marines bring hope wherever they go.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 10, 2026 09:58 AM (2WIwB)

And crayons!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 10, 2026 10:00 AM (k5CNB)

Indeed! Can't fight on an empty stomach.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 10, 2026 10:09 AM (2WIwB)

90 This painting is one of the most poignant I've seen. The young woman, frail, sylph-like, clings to her lyre which has only one string intact. Her posture is almost crumbled but not defeated. She is blind or blindfolded, in either case misfortune has happed to her. She is still trying to play or live. She hasn't given up. The one point of brightness is on her face. Everything else in the painting is softer, earthier, and flows from that point.

The universal themes in this are subtle but clear and have been used throughout literature. This could be Alfred the Great and his meeting with the Virgin Mary when on the brink of annihilation from invaders. It could be Samwise in Mordor seeing the one distant star untouched by darkness and despair. It could be anyone who has prayed at the bed of a loved one in peril.

An alternate title could be Faith.

Posted by: JTB at November 10, 2026 10:11 AM (yTvNw)

91 I knew someone would work in a diode, somehow.
Posted by: OneEyedJack

There is only one way to do it.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks
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How is that germanium?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 10, 2026 10:12 AM (XeU6L)

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