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- shosterman, on 10/24/2007, -11/+386It's painted on a canvas of human skin!
- JWallsID6999, on 10/12/2007, -18/+220The painter was deaf, or afraid of becoming deaf.
Look at the pic - nothing is making noise. The horses' hooves weren't touching the ground, the ground is covered in a sound-muting blanket of snow, and it's night-time (which is usually attributed to tranquility).
The professor said, "Think of what the place would look like with all the objects removed".
That would leave an expanse of snow. Being deaf has been aptly described as "white noise", and many compare it to snow.
Being or becoming deaf also affects one's ability to sense motion and direction, as it creates problems with the inner ear. Many deaf people experience vertigo, or the feeling that they've lost their balance and are falling. That would explain the general spiral motion of the picture. - Arbus, on 10/12/2007, -5/+122They're working the late shift at Walmart.
- najdorf, on 11/05/2007, -5/+112Oh my gawd! There are 9 horses 12 people riding and 1 baby carriage!
12-1=11!
9,11=9/11!
OMG, this guy depicted 9/11!! - JavertHolmes, on 10/12/2007, -4/+97I'm willing to bet that the painter is the professor, the disorder is "a cruel sense of humor," and the lesson is that students should be careful when diagnosing people as insane when, in fact, nothing is actually wrong with them.
The students come up with hundreds of disorders and the professor says "I have none of those disorders."
Do I get a free psychology degree if I'm right? - kingfoot, on 10/12/2007, -9/+102wait i have it, NOTHING IS ALONE! not a single thing is standing alone, hes afraid of being alone...
well maybe not, im just thinking this because of the clues the professor gave. - Ansomatica, on 10/12/2007, -1/+93I whipped up these quick'n'dirty `shops to help out anyone with the vague 'imagine what it would be like without ze objects' clue. See if this helps.
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/9106/nohorsesqr6.jpg
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7973/nopeoplemu5.jpg
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/2595/nowindowsvp8.jpg
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/8229/nowindowsledgespa3.jpg
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/4500/nonothinek8.jpg - cocacolaclassic, on 10/12/2007, -12/+103Tell me the ***** answer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- whisk3rs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+79Found him: http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/6305/00001ykpbm6.jpg
Oh, wait... - Stonedonkey, on 10/12/2007, -3/+74"Look at the pic - nothing is making noise."
I don't know about that. There are two people obviously talking off to the right, and the horses are all kicking up snow. There's a passenger on the right playing an accordion, and the two people at the baby carriage don't convey silence. - a3r0, on 10/12/2007, -4/+72But aren't there 4 people per sled?
By the way, heres a larger version (from the comments):
http://pics.livejournal.com/shaltai_baltai/pic/00001ykp
Edit: Beaten by ton0485. I should refresh before replying - ahknight, on 10/12/2007, -1/+68... in bed.
- Roger, on 10/12/2007, -1/+62How the hell can a painting show that someone's insane? And what does that say about M. C. Escher?
- vulcanius, on 10/12/2007, -2/+64Now if only one person has discovered it in 15 years, don't you think it'd be a bit more difficult than something to do with the number 3? Come on, use some common sense.
- fluidfoundation, on 10/12/2007, -1/+61I heard if you figure it out, your phone rings and in seven days you die.
- bogomill, on 10/12/2007, -4/+64It's one of those "fold-ins" from Mad Magazine?
- MrStabby, on 10/12/2007, -2/+61If you see four heads, YOU'RE the insane one...
- guybrush, on 10/12/2007, -0/+59This could be anything, really. And now I'm obsessed with it.
Are you sure the painting didn't MAKE people insane? - deadzebra, on 10/12/2007, -6/+62easy, the entire thing is painted with the artists own body fluids.
- Silentshadow900, on 10/12/2007, -1/+53This man is clearly afraid of naked people.
- monstermunch, on 10/12/2007, -8/+60I'm going to go out on a limb here and claim that YOU CANNOT DIAGNOSE INSANITY BY LOOKING AT A PAINTING. People can paint anything; it isn't always going to be a reflection of their mental problems.
- OsakaWilson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+49The mind power being exerted on this in amazing. There should be a problem solving digg where peoeple pose problems and we all rack our brains until we find a solution.
- postitnote, on 10/12/2007, -20/+66There are no ghosts. He's scared of ghosts.
- Dugg2Death, on 10/12/2007, -0/+44normal =)
- Roger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+43Also giraffes.
- Schug, on 10/12/2007, -1/+45It’s the inside of a snowglobe.
- Nougat, on 10/12/2007, -5/+47Sorry to hijack - Some digging through various things - that painting is a loose reproduction of this:
http://www.veryrussian.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/maslenica.jpg
The replica was painted by the insane guy, of the above original. - theholycow, on 10/12/2007, -2/+44"TO the idea that it is four one of the hourse has 4 legs"
Care to translate that into something coherent? - tsundae, on 10/12/2007, -7/+49That middle window pane is actually a classic representation of the golden ratio... the window is the large rectangle broken up by the golden ratio by the top pane, which is then broken up again and again... and if you draw a spiral going from the center to the edges of the rectangles, it will draw a perfect spiral.
- MelvinSchlubman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+42How many surrealists does it take to change a light bulb?
Six. Two to hold the giraffe, and one to fill the bathtub with brightly-colored machine tools. - evilelf2407, on 10/12/2007, -1/+41wake me up when the professor stops being a dick and tells us what the answer is
- av4rice, on 10/12/2007, -2/+41"oh what fun it is to ride in a ONE HORSE OPEN SLEIGH"
Never heard that song? - MusicalGenius, on 10/12/2007, -4/+43I apologize for posting this high, but I noticed one thing. It's making us all insane.
I started looking at this and there were 300+ comments now there are almost 499. Hasn't anyone noticed that the first comment is only an hour old!! It's spreading!! The painting is making us all MAD!! (P.S. Awesome Theories!) - bogomill, on 10/12/2007, -3/+41Well it was painted by a Russian. And we all know in Soviet Russia, painting looks at you.
- cliffzdude, on 10/12/2007, -5/+42The middle sled has a rocket booster...
Too many things in "3's" - Nougat, on 10/12/2007, -9/+43I'd hit it.
- ICSU, on 10/12/2007, -0/+34Yup, if people weren't told that information, nobody would find some signs creepy or strange. Go to a gallery and almost every painter will seem insane to you.
- jtrost, on 10/12/2007, -0/+32A Russian friend of mine translated the original Livejournal posting (http://shaltai-baltai.livejournal.com/3953.html) that provides a bit more insight about the person's illness:
The poster is a student in a university. Their professor taught them Freud and showed a bunch of paintings. Then he showed them this one. It was painted by a person who did not see anything around him. All he saw were his fantasies and wishes. One detail in that picture shows that he has a severe mental illness. He also says that if you try to imagine yourself in the picture, you would never feel at ease because the depicted world is a manifestation of a sick person's fantasy. - elnerdo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+32My guess is that the professor's just full of crap.
- spartan018, on 10/12/2007, -13/+44there are no doors. period.
and if i'm right, no, i didnt cheat. - KniteWulf, on 10/12/2007, -1/+30he has a fear of breasts? he really IS insane!
- towca, on 10/12/2007, -4/+34dude, you need to learn to recognize a palm tree!
- B4L1STA, on 10/12/2007, -2/+30It says on the site that the fold is just because it was scanned from a book, nothing more.
- chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -0/+28The painting is starting to creep me out.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+31yeah, the missle sled is and early model of Jet Propulsion ( driven by lighting the methane farts of the small children)
- DeusMachinae, on 10/12/2007, -2/+30You're all wrong. Here are clues taken from the original site:
"The professor who promised to come yesterday didn’t. They say he’s coming tomorrow, though.
One more clue. Someone made this guess. The painting depicts the Maslenitsa (Shrovetide, the feast on the last day before the Lent — the Brazilian carnival is the same holiday). It’s one of the holidays with pagan roots, and the celebration involves burning a strawman — symbolising, if I remember correctly, the ending winter. Now, could it be that you’re the burning strawman?
To which the professor allegedly replied, “not a strawman — but close”.
Also, he said the keywords are water and air. (Now that I think of it — could it be painted from the perspective of a falling, and possibly melting, snowflake? Was the phobia a fear of falling?)
" - jmacdonagh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+28From the comments on the link:
This painting was an attempt at reproducing this original postcard:
http://duggmirror.com/health/What_is_the_insane_secret_of_this_painting/83893261d0304d210cfbfa2467c88202_Maslenica.jpg - hazexp, on 10/12/2007, -2/+29Wouldn't it be funny if it were a MAD fold-in?
- MrStabby, on 10/12/2007, -3/+29Where are all of the doors?
And is that guy on the sled playing an accordian?
That's pretty damn insane... - kingfoot, on 10/12/2007, -10/+36the middle house, the middle window, is weird
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