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Fun for the whole family!<\/p>\n<p>Which reminds me of one of my favorite Picasso anecdotes:<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">The story is told of Picasso that a stranger in a railway carriage accosted him with the challenge, &#8220;Why don&#8217;t you paint things as they really are.&#8221;<br \/>\nPicasso demurred, saying that he did not quite understand what the gentleman meant, and the stranger then produced from his wallet a photograph of his wife.  &#8220;I mean,&#8221; he said, &#8220;like that.  That&#8217;s how she <i>is.&#8221;<\/i><br \/>\nPicasso coughed hesitantly and said, &#8220;She is rather small, isn&#8217;t she.  And somewhat flat?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; <i>Angels Fear<\/i>, by Gregory and Mary Catherine Bateson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, look! It&#8217;s Mr. Picassohead! Yes, you, too, can make your own Picasso right at the comfort of your own keyboard. Fun for the whole family! 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Pablo Picasso&#8217;s Wee-wee!","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 14-Aug-07 8:30am","format":false,"excerpt":"Heard an article this morning on NPR on the Gordon Lee case in Georgia -- where a comic book store retailer is on trial for \"distributing harmful materials to a...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Comics &amp; Comic Books&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Comics &amp; Comic Books","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/media-comics"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9868,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/10\/17\/oops_3.html","url_meta":{"origin":6139,"position":4},"title":"Oops","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 17-Oct-06 7:01pm","format":false,"excerpt":"See the rich man. See the rich man owning extremely valuable Picasso painting, \"Le R\u00eave.\" See the rich man sell it for a huge bundle of money. 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