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Venkatesh Rao
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RIP guy who invented paint-by-numbers. I aspire to invent something like this.
Mr. Robbins by the numbers.
nytimes.com
Dan Robbins, Who Made Painting as Easy as 1-2-3 (and 4-5-6), Dies at 93 (Published 2019)
But was it art? No, Mr. Robbins said, but paint-by-numbers kits — all the rage among young baby boomers — gave the inartistic the “experience” of art.
6:29 AM · Apr 6, 2019
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john verdon @johnverdon@mastodon.social
@johnverdon
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Apr 6, 2019
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@vgr
Really - you aspire to inspiring pseudo-creativity for the masses? Bob Ross did more than this guy.
Frank Scholten
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Apr 6, 2019
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Refactor-by-numbers