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JacksonPollock.org - Today's Time Waster

Always dreamed of being an abstract expressionist painter, but hate the idea of getting all that messy paint all over yourself? Well, fret no more! Now, thanks to JacksonPollock.org, you can be a Flash-based abstract expressionist painter! Don't you think if Jackson Pollock were alive today, he'd take advantage of the technology available to him?

Admittedly, JacksonPollock.org is a bit disconcerting at first. The site loads as a blank window, so you're confused to begin with. (Although you won't be, dear readers, since I've given you the heads up.) When you move your cursor anywhere within the browser window, a streak of "paint" is splashed across your virtual canvas. Each time you click, the paint changes color. And you don't have the luxury of picking up your "brush" and deciding where to place it next; oh no, that wouldn't be abstract enough.

Potentially, this can provide hours of amusement and artistic exploration. Just look at the masterpiece I created:
JacksonPollock.org
Worth about $2,000,000, wouldn't you say?

(Thanks, Niki!)
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