tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post7278667330762590394..comments2024-03-28T05:04:06.624-04:00Comments on ILLUSTRATION ART: ART, FLOWERS AND DINOSAURSDavid Apatoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-76713048215495252192010-01-13T00:32:26.637-05:002010-01-13T00:32:26.637-05:00A very interesting theory. The images you select a...A very interesting theory. The images you select are always excellent and often leave me wondering " Greatly admire your work. Thanks for sharing here..Term papershttp://www.ghostpapers.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-46362925234031988162008-03-16T08:42:00.000-04:002008-03-16T08:42:00.000-04:00Thanks for interesting article, i enjoyed it.Thanks for interesting article, i enjoyed it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-46229056224781981072007-11-13T12:07:00.000-05:002007-11-13T12:07:00.000-05:00Thanks very much, Bubs-- one of the best things ab...Thanks very much, Bubs-- one of the best things about this blog is that it gives me an excuse to put aside real work and return to pictures I know and love.David Apatoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-48870307668374807522007-11-12T13:36:00.000-05:002007-11-12T13:36:00.000-05:00I look forward to your posts every week David. The...I look forward to your posts every week David. The images you select are always excellent and often leave me wondering "Just where in the hell does he find all this amazing stuff?" and your writing is always very insightful, leaving me with plenty to ponder in the coming week. <BR/><BR/>Thanks Alot,<BR/>BubsBubs McCallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823720652014663644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-90187846378386195722007-11-10T10:53:00.000-05:002007-11-10T10:53:00.000-05:00Well now... who says women who are bad for you are...Well now... who says women who are bad for you aren't good for you? :)<BR/><BR/>And of course you are right... one of the things that happens with commerce is the false front... the gilding of the turd... and thus we are warned, quite rightly, *not* to judge a book by its cover, even though it is our natural instinct to do so. Because we expect the beautiful to be useful. Like a fertile gal, or a ripe orange (not to be too Cro-Magnon about it).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-33434554188937740192007-11-10T07:37:00.000-05:002007-11-10T07:37:00.000-05:00A very interesting theory, Kev, although there are...A very interesting theory, Kev, although there are some very attractive butterscotch sundaes and women out there that I am sure you would agree are no good for you at all.David Apatoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-84853385083146354522007-11-09T22:30:00.000-05:002007-11-09T22:30:00.000-05:00When you spoke of old-blooded creatures with low m...When you spoke of old-blooded creatures with low metabolic rates and small brains driven only by the instinct for the hunt, I thought you were talking about political pundits who appear on television. <BR/><BR/>Well, this flower theory is interesting. Makes one ponder those theories that say, what is good for us, we naturally evolve to find beautiful. Maybe the beauty we find in flowers is just some visual metaphor... a game our brains play... to get us to appreciate their inner value and acquire them. Maybe if dirt and sticks were as good for us, they would look like flowers to our minds. Or Oranges. Or Bananas.<BR/><BR/>Or maybe strong color just means life intrinsically. Maybe a shapely female body just means sensual pleasure and child bearing and welcoming-ness intrinsically. There is no difference in the pure and natural thing between its function and its look. It is what it does.<BR/><BR/>And Art in someway corresponds to the decorating of the thing to reflect its inner value... in an echo of nature's de facto packaging. <BR/><BR/>A girl adorns herself to express her true nature in the moment. A man puts on one battle suit or another. A book gets an appropriate cover. A car looks like it can bolt like lightning. An artist makes a recording of himself that may speak to his qualities in a way that he is otherwise unable. A projected packaging. A marker that says this is what I am inside. <BR/><BR/>Is this to sell him off the vine to the nearby monkeys?<BR/><BR/>Or does an artist surround himself with himself to sell himself to himself?<BR/><BR/>Some questions are as old as flowers.<BR/><BR/>kevAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-32750005737487943682007-11-08T23:22:00.000-05:002007-11-08T23:22:00.000-05:00Ummm, anonymous, those are certainly all attribute...Ummm, anonymous, those are certainly all attributes of the great Loren Eiseley, and I would urge everyone to read his books. I, of course, am a little closer to the roach-gnawing nocturnal insectivore side of the spectrum. But thanks for your enthusiasm.David Apatoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-12688016346704649522007-11-08T18:55:00.000-05:002007-11-08T18:55:00.000-05:00Wow. Romantic, thoughtful, philosophical, historic...Wow. Romantic, thoughtful, philosophical, historical, anthropological... and brains too! What characteristics don't you have?<BR/><BR/>Nice missive! thanks, cpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com