Maybe he was trying to do a logo for TeamLiquid, with horses and water.
His phobia was that Manifesto could ban him, so he was very communist while making the picture and thats why everything is well balanced 3 children, 3 windows, 3 horses etc.

topic over

oneofthem

Cayman Islands24199 Posts

December 03 2006 09:12 GMT

#145

ok, so this is bullshit. the prof didn't know what he was talking about, since he didn't know that the guy merely produced a copy. A bit of russian cultural knowledge is required to get the "right answer" anyways.

SolaR-

United States2685 Posts

December 03 2006 09:13 GMT

#146

anyone notice the consistancy in the color yellow?

the yellow houses, the yellow light in the windows, the yellow baby carriage, and the man riding the far right horse is wearing a yellow jacket while the other 2 are wearing black jackets.

ZaplinG

United States3818 Posts

December 03 2006 09:14 GMT

#147

Just because you think you are a snowman does not make you crazy...

heck, i'm sure every one of us has had that thought too at least once in their lives

miNi

Korea (South)2010 Posts

December 03 2006 09:14 GMT

#148

On December 03 2006 18:13 CultureMisfits wrote:
anyone notice the consistancy in the color yellow?

the yellow houses, the yellow light in the windows, the yellow baby carriage, and the man riding the far right horse is wearing a yellow jacket while the other 2 are wearing black jackets.

Fear of.. piss?

SolaR-

United States2685 Posts

December 03 2006 09:16 GMT

#149

maybe fear of the sun?

Hollow

Canada2180 Posts

December 03 2006 09:18 GMT

#150

the snowman theory is pure bullshit
what the fuck? seriously there are limits to being insane
you can't make a painting if you think you're a snowman

mel_ee

2448 Posts

December 03 2006 09:20 GMT

#151

On December 03 2006 18:14 miNi wrote:

Show nested quote +

Fear of.. piss?

fear of a good zerg player.

Eatme

Switzerland3919 Posts

December 03 2006 09:22 GMT

#152

The answer should be in the difference of the original from the copy. There are no shadows in the original. The red cloth (rocket booster) are now in the back of the top sledge. More houses. Painters perspective further back from the houses but still close to the horses. Number 3 is even more significant in the original since there are 3 skiiers hanging out talking. In insane version the skiiers seem to have the same color of their clothes (I migt be colorblinde here) for some reason. Still that would be a minor detail and not significant. The childrens faces are probably drawn like that due to lack of skill as a painter.

Well I got nothing so I'll quit now. But I'm still sure the solution is in comparing the pictures as one painter was not insane. Regardless wheter the professor knew about the original or not.

EDIT: If he was afraid of water, I doubt that he would be able to make that other painting of a storm.

EDIT2: http://www.veryrussian.net/2006/the-final-meltdown-probably.html

Sadist

United States7298 Posts

December 03 2006 09:26 GMT

#153

lol @ the completely random snowman bullshit

I definately think its a hoax and this is all bullshit trying to get peopl eto think or whatever.

However though, in that weird water painting the guy looks white getting out of the water, maybe thats the snowman =o

z7-TranCe

Canada3158 Posts

December 03 2006 09:31 GMT

#154

he has a fear of being viewed as having a severe mental disorder,and once again,his fantasies are manifesting themselves.

we are his insanity.

zrucrem

Afghanistan425 Posts

December 03 2006 09:38 GMT

#155

i am a snowman, beware snowmanphobias

Hollow

Canada2180 Posts

December 03 2006 09:40 GMT

#156

On December 03 2006 18:26 Sadist wrote:
lol @ the completely random snowman bullshit

I definately think its a hoax and this is all bullshit trying to get peopl eto think or whatever.

However though, in that weird water painting the guy looks white getting out of the water, maybe thats the snowman =o

or maybe its just ice and his phobia is to be frozen along with drowning?

seriously those guys who came up with the snowman theory made me surrender

Refrain[FriZ]

Canada4337 Posts

December 03 2006 09:47 GMT

#157

On December 03 2006 18:26 Sadist wrote:

I definately think its a hoax and this is all bullshit trying to get peopl eto think or whatever.

Maybe so, but what's the bad side of making a group of people critically analyze something together in a civilized discussion?

Leath

Canada1724 Posts

December 03 2006 09:50 GMT

#158

And made one of the funniest threads I ever read haha.

z7-Trance wrote:
he has a fear of being viewed as having a severe mental disorder,and once again,his fantasies are manifesting themselves.

we are his insanity.

IdrA

United States11541 Posts

December 03 2006 09:50 GMT

#159

fear of ice? or maybe falling through ice. the answer should be something thats different between the original and the insane person's version, and its pretty clear that the horses are running on an icey surface in the reproduction, in the original it was just snow. original had clouds of snow being kicked up behind the sleds, reproduction doesnt. reproduction also has that streak of blue which is probably the edge of the frozen over body of water. also in the original the horse's hooves are digging into the snow, as are the runners of the sled. in the reproduction everything is resting cleanly on the surface, that could just be the painter's skill but he copies fairly minute details in other areas. the fact that the sled riders look depressed, or at the least definetly not as joyous as in the original, suggests that they are upset now that they are on the ice, while they were happy when they were on the ground.

the shadows seem like they should be significant, the fact that none of the images in the foreground have one, but its the same in the original, the insane person was just copying that detail.

the fear of the sun idea is interesting because everything in the background is astoundingly yellow and everything is so dark. fear of light might make more sense, as he may be able to focus on yellow without it triggering the phobia, since yellow would be related to the sun/source of light, but not actually being the light itself. fear of the sun or anything directly related to yellow and he wouldnt able to stand so much yellow in the painting itself.

its not a fear of empty space, he removes space-filling details that were in the original, the bushes and stuff.

ReV)ReVil

Slovakia8 Posts

December 03 2006 09:54 GMT

#160

its night and there is no electric wires no source of electricity.fear of horses perhaps ? fear of people stering at him couse he is stering at the picture in a way of fear from it he is teriffaid of the picture so he is totaly in front of it and does not wont to look at it can it be that he has fobia from faces people watching him its like stihomania combined with schizofrenia
hmm there are so many teories in this picture.