Comment on life is flesh by clijoco
You're right,indeed it is.
What little skill I sometimes display came from watching painters work, and asking questions. 'Oh, so that's how they do it!' Never was schooled in art and never wanted to be, but was keen about standing over the shoulders of painters whose work I admired. It's all eye to hand to brush or knife and back to eye...a simple loop learned only through repetition. I think that makes sense...
That's it.I think it's also about throwing yourself fearlessly into something that the best results are earned and learned.
Or, in my case, throwing myself into something with a sense of trepidation but unable to do otherwise. What's good about painting or writing is it's not always witnessed..I can talk quite fluently to myself or my cat, but a group of human beings is likely to hear something like a quasi- literate babble issue from my mouth.
I'm qute like that myself.
I've not got animals here,though we've always had cats and dogs,and still do,where my parents live.We were brought up with them and I have a lot of respect and have a great love for them.They're great companions.As they say, language can be expressed not always by words but by deeds.
I've not got animals here,though we've always had cats and dogs,and still do,where my parents live.We were brought up with them and I have a lot of respect and have a great love for them.They're great companions.As they say, language can be expressed not always by words but by deeds.
And snarls, barks, yips, hisses, and a variety of meows. Which are deeds as much as words. Food for thought. Darwin wrote a book called "The expression of the emotions in man and animals."
The one thing I remember from it is he asserted that to stare at another animal for more than five seconds was a sign of aggressive intent. Reminds me of a Rolling Stones lyric "Don't you know that it's rude to stare? I always think of that when males of the bipedal species crane their necks out of a car window and stare at attractive or not so attractive females of their species. And now that I think of it, there is surely something aggressive in that stare.
The one thing I remember from it is he asserted that to stare at another animal for more than five seconds was a sign of aggressive intent. Reminds me of a Rolling Stones lyric "Don't you know that it's rude to stare? I always think of that when males of the bipedal species crane their necks out of a car window and stare at attractive or not so attractive females of their species. And now that I think of it, there is surely something aggressive in that stare.
Yes,there is! But we do it all the time in an inadvertent way ,whether we like to think we do or not..some with more menace than others,of course.I personally like to keep my eyes skyward,much is lost from looking down all the time.
Possibly one of the drawbacks in the setting of a predators eyes, binocular and focused vision. Maybe another pair on the sides of our heads like a prey animal would be useful. Whichever way we look we miss something.
In the States, looking at your feet all the time seems to be a function of large northern cities. At least in the south people will tend to return a nod and look you in the eye as they do so. Whether wise or foolish, they seem less afraid of what you might be.
In the States, looking at your feet all the time seems to be a function of large northern cities. At least in the south people will tend to return a nod and look you in the eye as they do so. Whether wise or foolish, they seem less afraid of what you might be.
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