It's worse than that. Some folks actually reject the idea that those poorer than them should have nice things, or even OK things. This is why there are voucher programs, why so much social housing (when it was built) are ugly, plain boxes showcasing the worst of brutalism.
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To add some evidence (from a basic internet search, skimmed but not read in detail):
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/science-blog/evidence-behind-putting-money-directly-pockets-poor
My point on art is that it can create an experience when perceived, rather than requiring you go there. If you listen to music, it will move you or it won't, but you can't choose (though you can lie). You can plug your ears but I don't think you can sit there and just choose to feel nothing.
Calling someone a liberal when they are leftist is pretty insulting, even fighting words in some company. Though probably not in the way he intended. Many leftists consider liberals to be at best, placing their personal comfort over the need to take action, and at worst as complicit in and defensive of the structures as any fascist. An 'I cant believe it's not facisim' kind of margarine.
Being called a leftist is only an insult if you base your politics on cruelty and hatred. And for such people the idea that you might think about someone else just doesn't compute.
I'm sorry you are having to go through this, it is hard when we realise that our parents are not good people. Especially if they generally treat you well. And often these are the same people who first taught us the basic principles that matured into leftism. To share. To act kindly and be considerate. To tell the truth. To do what is right, not what everyone else is doing.
I'd like to say here is a step by step guide to help your father, but if there is one I don't know anyone who has seen it.
At the risk of getting too mystic, creativity is the ability to explore the inner world, communication is the ability to path and map that world. Art is the ability to push someone into that world, potentially forcefully and against their will. All of this is quite separate from 'value' or 'worth'.
That said, capital is willing to pay for this because it has no connection to the inner world (interesting considering how it spawns some of the most foul and evil egregors out there.) They pay for solutions where necessary, but mostly they want it to be decoration within their egregors, defined only in those terms. You see this whenever anything gets committeed or focus-grouped out of their art-as-product.
Limits are imposed by culture and language, but those can be broken through, it's just hard. But the inner world is infinite and contains all possibilities there to be found and pathed.
It's going to depend a lot on the design of the pen. If it has interchangable nibs then yeah, should be able to just get a new feed.
If that isn't an option you might be able to get some milage out of super glue just make sure to not over-apply and to use tweezers or pliers so as to not get finger grease up in there. If you do that you will probably want to stick to water-based inks.
If she is she isn't a very good one. You can generally tell when a writer has a solid grasp of the occult and magic and she just doesn't display any of that. She is a fantasist, and not great at that either. Or maybe she is an excellent occultist and just doesn't do any of it in her writing. She exhibits very static, very materialist thinking though so I don't think so.
I'm not familiar with Liungman's dictionary, and going by those quotes I don't think I am missing out. He seems to just list all the meanings he has heard or imagined. Maybe it's of use to an academic who wants to know what a certain mark could mean but I don't think it has much use to the practitioner. Analysing a sigil this way is entirely useless.
Probably because we don't have any democracies, by that definition anyway.
[Edit] to add, I don't think there is much desire for democracy either.
'No one is above the law' is a bold statement for a US attorney. I hope her king didn't hear her say that.
The best ones are when you scroll down the page and the video comes too. I wish suffering on no one but were I to meet that particular 'innovator'.
This is also known as the 'nice' rule.
As ever, the best bit is the comment section.