{"id":9569,"date":"2014-12-23T18:47:56","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T02:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tule-lake.com\/artfeats\/?page_id=9569"},"modified":"2014-12-29T12:03:47","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T20:03:47","slug":"in-search-of-majorities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/2014-2\/october-2014\/in-search-of-majorities\/","title":{"rendered":"In Search of Majorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In Search of Majorities<\/strong>  &#8230;   completed 10-29-14.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_9582\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9582\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities.jpg\" alt=\"in search of majorities, painting by anders tomlinson, 24 x 48 inches, acrylics-masonite. photo by anders tomlinson.\" width=\"500\" height=\"249\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-300x149.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Organized disruptions are thicker than blood, 36 x 48 inches, acrylics-masonite.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Search of Majorities<\/strong> &#8211; detail  &#8230;   completed 10-29-14.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_9593\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9593\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d01.jpg\" alt=\"First rays of moonrise are just that moment, no more, or less, than a gasp.  \" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d01.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d01-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9593\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First rays of moonrise are just that moment, no more, or less, than a gasp.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Search of Majorities<\/strong> &#8211; detail  &#8230;   completed 10-29-14.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_9594\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9594\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d02.jpg\" alt=\"There was little respect for humans burning dead stuff to populate and consume.\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d02.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d02-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There was little respect for humans burning dead stuff to populate and consume.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Search of Majorities<\/strong> &#8211; detail  &#8230;   completed 10-29-14.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_9595\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9595\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d03.jpg\" alt=\"Why did they need a god , or gods, to accept, or feel better about their fortunes?\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d03.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d03-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Why did they need a god , or gods, to accept, or feel better about their fortunes?<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Search of Majorities<\/strong> &#8211; detail  &#8230;   completed 10-29-14.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_9596\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9596\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d04.jpg\" alt=\"It was as if they needed permission to kill, steal, ransack develop.\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d04.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d04-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It was as if they needed permission to kill, steal, ransack develop.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Search of Majorities<\/strong> &#8211; detail  &#8230;   completed 10-29-14.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_9597\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9597\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d06.jpg\" alt=\"And it helped to believe that these gods would protect and approve their actions.\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d06.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d06-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And it helped to believe that these gods would protect and approve their actions.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Search of Majorities<\/strong> &#8211; detail  &#8230;   completed 10-29-14.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_9599\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9599\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d09.jpg\" alt=\"And all was in their gods&#039; control, personal responsibility  was not binding.\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d09.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d09-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And all was in their gods&#8217; control, personal responsibility  was not binding.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Search of Majorities<\/strong> &#8211; detail  &#8230;   completed 10-29-14.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_9600\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9600\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d10.jpg\" alt=\"Self-confidence, or lack of, marketed a symbolic fruit as  forbidden and the market bite.\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d10.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d10-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9600\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Self-confidence, or lack of, marketed a symbolic fruit as  forbidden and the market bite.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Search of Majorities<\/strong> &#8211; detail  &#8230;   completed 10-29-14.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_9601\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9601\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d08.jpg\" alt=\"Later, followers would accept encompassing rubble as a resource stream.\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d08.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d08-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Later, followers would accept encompassing rubble as a resource stream.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Search of Majorities<\/strong> &#8211; detail  &#8230;   completed 10-29-14.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_9602\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9602\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d07.jpg\" alt=\"As understanding grew of time and place still gods were sought and bought.\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d07.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d07-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As understanding grew of time and place still gods were sought and bought.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>In Search of Majorities<\/strong> &#8211; detail  &#8230;   completed 10-29-14.<br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_9603\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d05a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9603\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/in-search-of-a-majorities-d05a.jpg\" alt=\"issues developed when opposing  forces prayed to the same god to kill the enemy.\" width=\"500\" height=\"442\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9603\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9603\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Issues developed when opposing  forces prayed to the same god to kill their enemy.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/words\/picture-poems-icon\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4829\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/picture-poems-icon.jpg\" alt=\"picture poems with reasoning icon\" title=\"picture-poems-icon\" width=\"437\" height=\"30\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4829\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/2014-2\/june-2014\/colony-personality-disorder\/\"><strong>Colony Personality Disorder<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/2014-2\/july-2014\/five-stages-and-counting\/\"><strong>Five Stages and Counting<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/2014-2\/transparent-dispute\/ \"><strong>Transparent Dispute<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/?p=9542\"><strong>Less Than An Innocent Bystander<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/?p=9572\"><strong>Separated at Birth<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/?p=9644\"><strong>Of Internal Motivations<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/?p=9569\"><strong>In Search of Majorities<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/?p=9562\"><strong>Running Short of Diversity Space<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/artfeats\/?p=9566\"><strong>It Isn&#8217;t As Easy As it Looked<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a92014 Anders Tomlinson, all rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Search of Majorities &#8230; 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