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~PolarBear-Papa:iconPolarBear-Papa:

Polar Bear aka CokeBear  

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  • Experimental Photographer
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  • Deviant since Feb 8, 2005, 4:50 AM
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Just Too Much Uncertainty

Journal Entry: Sun Oct 14, 2007, 9:10 PM
  • Mood: Angsty
  • Listening to: My Stomach Growling
  • Reading: Some Photography Book
  • Watching: Paint Dry
  • Drinking: Coke
Well, I have gone over it a few times, pondered it again and again, started, stopped and started again... but I have finally done it.

I joined another site for photography. You can find me there at PolarBear on Eyefetch.com.

I am also trying to finally get my own site up and running although it is coming slowly: CarpeLumen.ca.

I have some concerns about the Terms of Service on this site, and about the things which have happened in the last couple of years. Often, we find user agreements online which are designed to take our rights away or to force us to submit to making our art/photos/etc. public domain in order to use the site, but most people look at these situations and consider the odds of that being a problem to be so small it doesn't matter. Even if the user Terms of Service on a site claim that the site has the legal right to somehow override your copyright, you usually believe that most operators would not do anything outrageous or morally repugnant because, after all, they are people and have consciences.

When it comes to DeviantART and what went on in 2005 (and since), I cannot naively allow myself to believe anyone here at the highest level has anyones best interest at heart but their own. They aren't artists driven by the values shared by artists, they are bean counters and spin artists out to figure out any way they can to milk something else out of this site while covering their own asses. Starting from the point where you doubt they would act with integrity, it doesn't take raving paranoia to reach a point where you believe they'd do anything to screw you and make a dime for themselves.

I adopted a wait and see attitude before, posted a few more images, checked in every few weeks and decided - its not worth it. I have little or no control of my own images here. There is no benefit in paying money to access a prints system which is so astonishingly unbalanced in favour of the agent, placing them far above the artist. Other than a few friends - the majority of which seem to have also moved on - there is nothing to keep me here.

°jark asked back in January if dA was still relevant. I really wasn't sure then.

I am now.

It isn't.

Devious Information

  • Current Age: Old Enough to Know Better
  • Current Residence: Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada
  • Interests: 1% over prime preferred, but usually Guido wants 50% + kneecaps
  • Favourite movie: Batman Begins, The Incredibles, Dead Again, ST:TWOK
  • Favourite poet or writer: ee cummings (just saying that 'cause it sounds dirty)
  • Favourite photographer: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ansel Adams (wish I could photograph what he saw)
  • Shell of choice: Conch, but I'd accept Ramshorn as well
  • Favourite gaming platform: PC or Kitchen Table (Trivial Pursuit Board)
  • Favourite cartoon character: Elastigirl, the hottie aka Helen Parr
  • Tools of the Trade: Digital Rebel XTi/ Wacom Tablet / Photoshop / Reciprocating Saw

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Devious Comments

~LopiX:iconLopiX: Aug 19, 2005, 10:51:05 AM
Thanx for the :+devwatch: :D

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I'm not angry... I'm just focused...
No human opinion is higher than the truth
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~ProsePetals:iconProsePetals: Aug 18, 2005, 12:17:35 AM
For [link] .... and for the fact that your favorite poet is ee cummings (a dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste, y'know...)

:+devwatch:

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"...I can be cruel, but let me be gentle with you..."

~~Be careful...it's dumb out there.
~ColdWire:iconColdWire: Aug 14, 2005, 7:23:41 PM
thansk for the watch
~Simply-Being:iconSimply-Being: Aug 13, 2005, 2:27:27 AM
Hey man, Help Pimp my contest?
It's for LLAMAS. :devilish:

You might like this also [link]

Let me know,

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^arachnid15:iconarachnid15: Aug 10, 2005, 9:35:08 PM
Thanks for the :+devwatch:. :)

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Steven Perry
Gallery Director, Artistic Nudes
stevenmperry@gmail.com

Steven Perry Photography
~Jambalaya:iconJambalaya: Jul 1, 2005, 2:12:19 PM
Thanks for the fav! :D
~Laurion:iconLaurion: Jun 29, 2005, 12:09:49 PM
Thanks so much for the devwatch! :)
*amelo14:iconamelo14: Jun 29, 2005, 5:46:56 AM
Polar Bear, thanks for adding me to your friends list and for the favorite for "Giants". Muchas gracias. :-)

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“if ... I say that this happens to be the greatest good for a human being, (that) the unexamined life is not worth living for a human being ---you will believe me still less. But it is so, though to persuade of it is not easy.” Socrates
~asior:iconasior: Jun 28, 2005, 7:06:24 AM
Thanks so much for the :+fav: l life and death

Asior :)

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Please look in my gallery [link] :)
~dipitymoon:icondipitymoon: Jun 27, 2005, 4:42:15 PM
Thanks for adding me to your watch list :D

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Some acts are so inhumane they could only be commited by a human
~soosiep:iconsoosiep: Jun 27, 2005, 6:50:27 AM
Lovely photography skills and thnkayou for stopping by my da.

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"Oh my patient prisoner you have waited for this day
and finally you are free! You are free! You are freezing."
~PolarBear-Papa:iconPolarBear-Papa: Jun 26, 2005, 11:11:10 PM
Greetings! I don't know how but I keep stumbling back to your page. Thanks for stopping by mine :)

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For what it's worth - I support °jark - You should too!
:jarklarge:

Yes, in case there was any doubt after what I just said... I am a smart ass. :devilish:

You aren't going to change me. So, don't try.

:flagcanada:
*GiZi:iconGiZi: Jun 24, 2005, 4:13:16 AM
Thanks so much for the :+fav: on Waterfall! Really appreciate it! :hug:

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:giggle:Check out my gallery! [link]:evillaugh:

:heart: Michael Schumacher fan by heart :heart:

Proud member of *Formula-One, [link] and *motorsports [link]
~nathalieG:iconnathalieG: Jun 23, 2005, 2:53:53 PM
Hii
Thank you so much for the :+davwatch:
:glomp: :hug: :smooch:
:wave: Nathalie

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My manip acount: [link]

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MacroPhoto [link]
~crisvsv:iconcrisvsv: Jun 23, 2005, 2:39:08 PM
Thank you for the watch!

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>>View my gallery : [link] <<

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~PolarBear-Papa:iconPolarBear-Papa: Jun 23, 2005, 2:16:38 PM
How could I not? Its a riot.

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For what it's worth - I support °jark - You should too!
:jarklarge:

Yes, in case there was any doubt after what I just said... I am a smart ass. :devilish:

You aren't going to change me. So, don't try.

:flagcanada:
~starchild6891:iconstarchild6891: Jun 23, 2005, 1:43:10 PM
Thanks for the :+fav: on "Obi-Wan is a Prick"

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Quoth the bovine, "Nevermoo."
~PolarBear-Papa:iconPolarBear-Papa: Jun 23, 2005, 12:18:37 PM
Its aggravating, at least slime is a sign of something alive. So many people want the water crystal clear but they don't understand that that means that it is a dead body of water.

Slime is a sign of bad things happening, out of balance ecology & pollution leading soon to serious problems with the food chain. Wouldn't it be nice if rather than having to MAKE artificial marshes, wetlands and waterfront plantings and such like they have in Port Perry and Pickering, they could have just left it alone in the FIRST place?

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For what it's worth - I support °jark - You should too!
:jarklarge:

Yes, in case there was any doubt after what I just said... I am a smart ass. :devilish:

You aren't going to change me. So, don't try.

:flagcanada:
~PolarBear-Papa:iconPolarBear-Papa: Jun 23, 2005, 11:52:27 AM
You always have Canada Day to do it. :)

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For what it's worth - I support °jark - You should too!
:jarklarge:

Yes, in case there was any doubt after what I just said... I am a smart ass. :devilish:

You aren't going to change me. So, don't try.

:flagcanada:
~Zarquon3:iconZarquon3: Jun 22, 2005, 12:12:55 PM
Thanks for the :+fav:'s on Dandelion and Movers and Shakers!
Like those P.P. shots too. I grew up near there (Nestleton) and I've always found that area really nice. Even take my own little half-pint to the lake side park there. Just wish the water wasn't such slime most of the time.

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:flagcanada: Photographer
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Life is like a barrel of fish.
Cold ... wet ... and full of fish.
~PolarBear-Papa:iconPolarBear-Papa: Jun 22, 2005, 12:17:36 AM
Happens to the worst of us.

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For what it's worth - I support °jark - You should too!
:jarklarge:

Yes, in case there was any doubt after what I just said... I am a smart ass. :devilish:

You aren't going to change me. So, don't try.

:flagcanada:
*CaptBogart:iconCaptBogart: Jun 21, 2005, 7:03:45 AM
Me too, oh wait........ damn, I'm turning into a smartass by association, lol.

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Until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore, you will not know the terror of being forever lost at sea. :ahoy:
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