Buffalo Bill

buffalo bill : digital painting art by (b)ananartista sbuff

William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917) was an American soldier, bison hunter, and showman.
Showman can have a variety of meanings, usually by context and depending on the country.
The root of the word “meaning” is “mean”, which is the way someone or something is conveyed, interpreted, or represented.
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (/ˈrzm/, from Ancient Greekrhízōma “mass of roots”,[1] from rhizóō “cause to strike root”)[2] is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes.

Canna pensante

canna pensante : fotografia di (b)ananartista sbuff

“L’uomo non è che una canna, la più debole della natura, ma è una canna che pensa. Non serve che l’universo intero si armi per schiacciarlo; un vapore, una goccia d’acqua è sufficiente per ucciderlo. Ma se l’universo lo schiacciasse, l’uomo sarebbe comunque più nobile di ciò che l’uccide perché sa di morire e conosce il potere che l’universo ha su di lui, mentre l’universo non ne sa nulla.
Tutta la nostra dignità consiste dunque nel pensiero. È da qui che bisogna partire, non dallo spazio e dalla durata, che noi non sapremmo riempire.
Impegniamoci quindi a pensare bene: ecco il principio della morale.”
Blaise Pascal

Henry David Thoreau

henry david thoreau: digital painting by (b)ananartista sbuff

“A man receives only what he is ready to receive, whether physically or intellectually or morally, as animals conceive at certain seasons their kind only. We hear and apprehend only what we already half know. If there is something which does not concern me, which is out of my line, which by experience or by genius my attention is not drawn to, however novel and remarkable it may be, if it is spoken, we hear it not, if it is written, we read it not, or if we read it, it does not detain us.”

Simulacra and Simulation

simulacra and simulation: abstract digital minimal artwork by (b)ananartista sbuff

“The media represents world that is more real than reality that we can experience. People lose the ability to distinguish between reality and fantasy. They also begin to engage with the fantasy without realizing what it really is.
They seek happiness and fulfilment through the simulacra of reality, e.g. media and avoid the contact/interaction with the real world.”
― Jean Baudrillard