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Frida Dreams Mug

Frida Dreams Mug

The Unemployed Philosopher's Guild

$28.30 CAD
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The Frida Dreams Mug is perfect for admirers of the realist and the dreamer alike, featuring her famous quote in both English ("I never painted my dreams, I only painted my own reality") and Spanish ("Nunca pinté mis sueños, sólo pinté mi propia realidad").
  • Dishwasher safe
  • Microwave safe
  • Comes in an illustrated gift box

Product Details
  • Product type: Mug
  • Capacity: 12.0 US fl. oz (354.8 mL)
  • Shipping Weight: 1.19 lb (19.0 oz; 539 g)
  • SKU: SKU010011707
  • Part No.: 4747

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    Frida Kahlo in 1932

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    Frida Kahlo

    Frida Kahlo (1907 — 1954) was a Mexican painter best known for her uncompromising and brilliantly colored self-portraits that deal with such themes as identity, the human body, and death. Although she denied the connection, she is often identified as a Surrealist. In addition to her work, Kahlo was known for her tumultuous relationship with muralist Diego Rivera (married 1929, divorced 1939, remarried 1940).

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    The Unemployed Philosopher's Guild

    About the Brand

    The Unemployed Philosopher's Guild

    The origins of the Unemployed Philosophers Guild are shrouded in mystery. Some accounts trace the Guild's birth to Athens in the latter half of the 4th century BCE. Allegedly, several lesser philosophers grew weary of the endless Socratic dialogue endemic in their trade and turned to crafting household implements and playthings. (Hence the assertions that Socrates quaffed his hemlock poison from a Guild-designed chalice, though vigorous debate surrounds the question of whether it was a "disappearing" chalice.)

    Others argue that the UPG dates from the High Middle Ages, when the Philosophers Guild entered the world of commerce by selling bawdy pamphlets to pilgrims facing long lines for the restroom. Business boomed until 1211 when Pope Innocent III condemned the publications. Not surprisingly, this led to increased sales, even as half our membership was burned at the stake.

    More recently, revisionist historians have pinpointed the birth of the Guild to the time it was still cool to live in New York City's Lower East Side. Two brothers turned their inner creativity and love of paying rent towards fulfilling the people's needs for finger puppets, warm slippers, coffee cups, and cracking up at stuff.

    Most of the proceeds go to unemployed philosophers (and their associates). A portion also goes to some groups working on profound causes.

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