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30 Sarcastic ‘Texts From Your Existentialist’ That Might Make You Laugh, Then Cry (New Pics)
This Instagram account with over 500k followers named “Texts From Your Existentialist” mashes up classical art and modern-day quotes depicting various sarcastic and even downright ridiculous scenarios. The main idea behind the account is to insert 21st-century text messages into classical paintings, movie stills, and retro art.
April Eileen Henry is a poet who lives in Los Angeles. She created this project back in 2014, and Bored Panda reached out to her to find out a little bit more.
"One day I didn't get a text back and started texting myself things I'd say to them. My art history background informed my muses. All the French existential thinkers sitting at Cafe de Flore in Paris inspired me."
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The page first started out with a Tumblr page and then grew and shifted into an Instagram page as well. As of now, the "Texts From Your Existentialist" has a racking number of half a million followers with an average post reaching over 10k likes and more. The page's owner April also has a website too.
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"Texts From Your Existentialist" often depicts sarcastic and demotivational texts on classical art and movie stills. You can even find juxtaposed pieces of famous artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Hilma af Klint, and even movie scenes that include the old Hollywood actresses such as Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, and many others.
"Texts From Your Existentialist" also sells merchandise, the most popular thing being prints. Because who wouldn't want a hilarious, yet sad quote that they could proudly put on their desk or on a wall? Talk about having something weird but equally artistic and unique in your house. Although, having such prints hanging in your house might leave some of the guests with more questions rather than answers.
If you had your fill of demotivational texts we suggest that you might leave the page, Pandas. But... if you are looking for more, well good news for you! It's not the first time "Texts From Your Existentialist" had appeared on Bored Panda, therefore if you are really interested and want a few more photos to save in your phone gallery to share with friends later, then just click here for part 1.
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German Gargicevich 5 years ago
Growing up in Argentina in the '50s, the term "throwing the slipper" referenced women with a free-thinking lifestyle. As a kid, I couldn't figure why, and my mom refused to answer that kind of question, adding a slap in the head to make sure I got it. Eventually, an older cousin explained it to me, but I didn't saw this picture until I was a teenager.
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Earl Grey 5 years ago
I recently read the definitive 2006 biography of Willem “Bill” de Kooning (“de Kooning: An American Master” by Stevens and Swan). OK, I already know you don’t care, but please let me finish… in that book the authors cite a strange, dismissive quotation from de Kooning critical of Edward Hopper: “He makes his people look like furniture, and his furniture look like people.” Well, that bugged me because I admire Hopper. So I started to pore over my Hopper books and I cannot for the life of me see that in Hopper’s works. Any art experts or students out there who can enlighten me on this?
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El muerto 5 years ago
why are we censuring peoples body parts? is getting ridiculous...nudity is not about sex if that is the worry
Xenon 5 years ago
Not to mention paintings or drawings of body parts. Sheesh.
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Ray Martin 5 years ago
I've had it with the absurd censorship on this site. If you're only going to cater to prudes and people with an emotional intelligence of a six year old, then you need to produce your own inane content, instead of appropriating it from everywhere else and censoring the life out of it. I'm done.
El muerto 5 years ago
why are we censuring peoples body parts? is getting ridiculous...nudity is not about sex if that is the worry
Xenon 5 years ago
Not to mention paintings or drawings of body parts. Sheesh.
Load More Replies... Ray Martin 5 years ago
I've had it with the absurd censorship on this site. If you're only going to cater to prudes and people with an emotional intelligence of a six year old, then you need to produce your own inane content, instead of appropriating it from everywhere else and censoring the life out of it. I'm done.
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