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A cute toy inside a light bulb. The toy is a bear dressed up as a rabbit.

Kawaii means cute, but also refers to the sub-culture of people preoccupied with cuteness associated with manga and other Japanese sub-groups.

I wanted to look at obsession and sub-cultures. I do not want to give a value to these thing either positive or negative, only raise discussion.

I also see this as a part of absurdist art. I mean it's a cute bear dressed as a bunny...

My series of Ideas is a social commentary on societies “throw away culture”.
The Edison light globe is a dead technology but one that had a massive impact on the world, with most of the evidence of this invention being simply trashed and replaced.
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~bibbles Dec 1, 2011
he he adorable!! :love:
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*Caen-N Dec 1, 2011
thanks :)
and thanks for the Fave :)
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~bibbles Dec 1, 2011
my pleasure ;)
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~Karisean Dec 1, 2011
I suppose this photo and the description could bring up discussion, but I feel the picture isn't too attention-grabbing and kind of plain. If you wanted to promote a message or encourage discussion, it should be more exciting.
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*Caen-N Dec 1, 2011
you may be right... but then you just began a discussion... and proved yourself wrong lol
And yes this particular image is less exciting than some of the others, yet the artwork is not the image you see; it is a 3dimetional object created to be experienced in real life and not as a 2D picture seen on a computer screen. Furthermore, excitement is not a necessary condition of something being art. But you're right if my intention is to promote discussion on the matter... so sure i could easily make the image itself more attention grabbing.
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~Karisean Dec 1, 2011
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lolol
I see what I did there.
What I meant to say that it could promote discussion, but it's also kind of plain.
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~JJRRS Nov 28, 2011
Nice, Well done.
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*Caen-N Nov 28, 2011
thanx :)
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~jonhrey Nov 28, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
whoa!how did it get into it? photo manipulation?
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*Caen-N Nov 28, 2011
Nope not photo manipulation. Its really in there :)
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