Why the China man won't spend

SunTzu said: If the enemy is weak because he overspent, don't overspend or you'll become weak too. Said it but didn't write it.

SunTzu then said and wrote: "All warfare is based on deception...If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles"

The world hopes the Chinese and the other Asians will spend the West out of recession. Ok, here is why if you read SunTzu you know this will never happen.

The Chinese know themselves. They like to save. They look at the West and they see that it overspent and is in trouble. What's the lesson they get?

Stick to saving. Don't do what your rival did and got him in trouble. Just give the appearance you might in the form of big government spending plans.

How deception works. The government announces big spending plans and the world thinks the Chinese man will suddenly start spending. But the Chinese man will not do that because he knows it will get him into same trouble as the Western man.

He remembers Sun Tzu and decides to save a big portion of the money in order to buy the enemy later and win the battle without a fight.

Sun Tzu said: He who hearkens to my counsel and acts upon it, will conquer.

Time to read Sun Tzu from the Chinese man's point of view!

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Opera Geishas

I would be interested to see famous operas like Madama Butterfly performed by real geishas trained in opera. When a story centers around the life of a geisha why not have real ones perform it? Geishas are supposed to be trained in all the arts. I read that they are in decline in Japan so demand for a new genre of opera-trained geishas could help revive the tradition!

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Untitled = Default Title

Generally, an untitled work is the result of a conscious choice by the artist or creator not to apply a title. If the artist is sincere about the choice of leaving the work without a title, then the title should be left blank. Filling it up with the word 'Untitled' makes it titled. If you leave it blank, can't I see there is no title? Why do you have to explain it to me? Just a thought!

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Cemetery parks

Allow artists to draw paintings on graves' white surfaces. The deceased or their families can (pre)commission individual artists. Artists can also volunteer to draw interesting themes that reflect how people lived. As more people will visit cemeteries to appreciate the artwork, more tribute will be paid to those that passed away even from people outside the family circle. Cemeteries will become more lively spaces. I don't consider it an offensive idea to people who passed away.

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Negative Space business

Do you think it's total fantasy to start a business selling the negative space of objects rather than the objects themselves? Negative space can be anything, for example the hole in the middle of a doughnut. The business will not sell the doughnut, only the hole. If the business is online and negative space cheap to buy there is good chance people will buy. Art collectors pay lots of money to buy, among other things, some of the most imaginatively abstract paintings that can exist. After all, what can be more abstract than negative space itself? :)

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How weird shocking and absurd can art be?

Artists make all sorts of shocking things they call art in which no one can see the purpose of it or the fun of it. I don't know what purpose this crazy thought would serve but I found it amusing when it flashed in my mind so I am sharing it here.

I imagined an artist who creates paintings that display properly only if you are looking at them upside-down. The gallery that will house them will use hanging ropes in which visitors will be tied and hang upside down. Visualize bungee jumping and you get the idea. Visitors move from one painting to the next via pulling trolleys using a remote control which they hold in their hands. Totally absurd, right?

Then I thought, not many people would be able to hang like that for long and look into paintings. So not many would do it. But the idea that something like that exists and some crazy enough people do it will shock people who will visit the art gallery refusing to be hung upside down. If the purpose of the artist would be to shock and surprise, it's certainly one way to do it.

Imagine walking in the gallery and seeing people hanging upside down looking at the paintings.

Wouldn't it feel odd, weird and shocking?

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