tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513236913461668571.post8501054120132232395..comments2024-02-20T03:51:07.321-05:00Comments on Singletude: A Positive Blog for Singles: "Bachelor Portraits": Photographs of Single Men by Justyna BadachClever Elsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16418117983991542947noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513236913461668571.post-34324399946995950902009-10-27T12:39:18.994-04:002009-10-27T12:39:18.994-04:00Singlutionary: I got the same impression, and I do...<b>Singlutionary</b>: I got the same impression, and I <i>do</i> think that's what the photographer was trying to do. But then I ask, "Why?" Why did she want to make this particular (sort of cliched) artistic statement about singles? In other words, why did she choose the more singlist route? Artists are supposed to question the status quo, make us think about how things are <i>Clever Elsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16418117983991542947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513236913461668571.post-64915337193947198882009-10-23T15:29:46.703-04:002009-10-23T15:29:46.703-04:00OH BLAH. I was so excited at the beginning of this...OH BLAH. I was so excited at the beginning of this post, reading that someone had done an introspective on single men! And then of course it turns out to be the same old, same old. Perhaps Badach thought she was being progressive or alternative by not featuring the stereotypical loose-living, womanizing bachelor--but instead she went the *other* way and featured the OTHER stereotype--the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513236913461668571.post-19391690203571972582009-10-23T13:43:39.136-04:002009-10-23T13:43:39.136-04:00I think this is really interesting. The photos are...I think this is really interesting. The photos are sad. But they are art and in that art they do portray something but I think that something has more to do with being eccentric than being single. These are photos of extremely eccentric men who are unable to engage with the world. There are moments when I can relate to that. And there are many people who are single and isolated because they are The Singlutionaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199194725578216599noreply@blogger.com