The people especially the young, fall for the propaganda: I would like to see more discussion of how propaganda works. In the case of dislike of Jews, I think studying deep, even prehistoric, information can reveal how a love/hate entanglement between christians and jews evolved. But I have not seen much discussion of how propaganda, or mind control, works otherwise.

I'm not going to blame myself, nor whine to whoever disappointed me either. I. find it necessary to believe in somebody, in a nuanced way. Putin sometimes disappoints me but deepens my understanding so much I am in awe of him and probably always will be.

It is not easy to see what you say to look for. ICH is one place. But I did not know that US bases now encircle China, for one example. One indirect way, I used to read Mad magazine and reverse the Mad story to figure out the truth.
No Mad around to help me out now.

Nice to hear a president of a country speak directly to us in the US, and in effect, defiantly of our "dear" leader.

I go to ICH to read real facts and I get them here. I also like to read what I consider the distorted thinking of a few contributors, because it is interesting to analyze it, and sometimes I find a few real facts there as well. Plus there is an element of "know your enemy" .

ICH is for people who THINK. So I THINK that reading this article gives me much to think about, just because it is ignorant and selfish. So thank you to Tom.

Maybe not.

Doublespeak like any politician. I may vote for her given the incredible alternatives.

thank you for your comment. the first thing that occurred to me as I read it was that, when I taught one class, I actually did say look for the movement. And this came naturally because the class was for painting with an oriental brush to catch a moment in time if the subject needed that, such as a bird or other animal that is never really still even asleep. The several moments in time may be part of the fact that the oriental brush strokes are movements in time, used to catch one moment. Or maybe it is just because they are very lively. Practicing the various kinds of strokes is basic, and they are rather beautiful in themselves.

In any case, here BELOW is the note I send out to anyone when sumi painting comes up in case you are interested.

And the more you draw the more you learn to see. The classic is "the Natural Way to Draw" by Nicolaides.

Thank you for your thoughtful reply.

BELOW:
Each teacher probably has a slightly different approach. I use a brush sold at Flax on Market in SF. A good brush makes a big difference. Yasutomo/Haboku-Stroke 6060M is the exact info, if you get it there or on-line. I use that with a wonderful book, still in print or available on Amazon, "Chinese Calligraphy" by Chiang Yee. How to hold the brush, etc,. is shown in great detail. This brush cost a lot the last I heard. The book is a classic so may be in a library.

There are many, many books on learning the basic Chinese images of bamboo, etc. I prefer to first learn just the calligraphy strokes because they are the basis of the Chinese images.

(In addition, I have found knowing how to use this brush, especially using the "boneless" technique with it, has greatly improved my general drawing ability.)

maybe she has shafted her political career, entirely.