tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981609828734332286.post2393206936228773501..comments2023-05-17T14:48:44.098+01:00Comments on That Elusive Line: St-Pair-sur-MerThomas Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12987047131104943571noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981609828734332286.post-56582661498641867072010-01-20T22:36:30.198+00:002010-01-20T22:36:30.198+00:00Yes, that be the one - though I cannot watch/liste...Yes, that be the one - though I cannot watch/listen to him! I have to imagine a totally different person as the writer else I get annoyed!<br /><br />I think your artist's eye can bring your prose many advantages! When you write, are your images static or fluid?Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981609828734332286.post-40279058182969696902010-01-20T08:46:06.859+00:002010-01-20T08:46:06.859+00:00We do construct a great deal when we observe, Thom...We do construct a great deal when we observe, Thomas. I once completed one of those memory competitions. You observe a scene for a few minutes and then without the benefit of the scene, you answer a series of true and false questions about it. <br /><br />I thought I had a good memory, especially in the short term. How wrong I was. <br /><br />Thanks for this terrific sketch and for your thoughts about the seeing eye.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981609828734332286.post-30678018958483591802010-01-19T22:22:51.275+00:002010-01-19T22:22:51.275+00:00Everything we observe is a lie.Everything we observe is a lie.catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981609828734332286.post-13135247824634979102010-01-19T21:00:56.631+00:002010-01-19T21:00:56.631+00:00Many thanks for those thoughts, Rachel. Would that...Many thanks for those thoughts, Rachel. Would that be Berger of <i>Ways of Seeing</i> fame? I was hit over the head with him quite a lot as a student.<br /><br />Yes, a snapshot or half truth can be as misleading as a lie. And the camera always lies. Sometimes it takes a sketch to reveal that.Thomas Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987047131104943571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981609828734332286.post-76725731620922186782010-01-19T20:30:20.388+00:002010-01-19T20:30:20.388+00:00What struck me about the sketches was how the acco...What struck me about the sketches was how the accordionist appears to get younger from the first to the final sketch! All just through the thickness of an eyebrow! Very expressive drawings - I particularly like the movement in the second full shot of the accordion.Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981609828734332286.post-36282706684573374292010-01-19T20:28:07.607+00:002010-01-19T20:28:07.607+00:00You might be interested in some of Berger's id...You might be interested in some of Berger's ideas (if you haven't already read him), particularly Another Way of Telling, all about photography but it's fascinating how the "framing" of an image can suggest mistruth about the situation being photographed...I really love anything like this and play with these sorts of ideas a lot - Haven't thought to do it with sketches though so, great idea, I'm sold! Moving back to writing from imagery for a second...someone once told me that, with text, you must read what isn't there as much as what is - why has what's missing been omitted?...All stuff that makes for great mysterious elements and intriguing plot in any story!Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981609828734332286.post-30644942008322230222010-01-19T16:19:19.770+00:002010-01-19T16:19:19.770+00:00Thanks, Terry. I've fixed the click thing now....Thanks, Terry. I've fixed the click thing now.Thomas Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987047131104943571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981609828734332286.post-84532098062990978412010-01-19T13:36:18.772+00:002010-01-19T13:36:18.772+00:00Nice detail on those sketches, Thomas. It wouldn&#...Nice detail on those sketches, Thomas. It wouldn't enlarge for me, though. Probably me.<br /><br />I see what you mean about trusting the eye. That's a great idea for a murder mystery too! An especially good one for an artist to write.Terry Stonecrophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03726985400500572770noreply@blogger.com