Unique Forms of Continuity in Threads

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>The sun makes light patches on the dirty window panes as though it were falling on semi-opaque cloth that is blowing in the wind - wind that touches each and every one of us: we share it, yet we don't know where it has been, what greatness it has inspired on its eternal journey around this celestial sphere.</p>

<p>Four beautiful things: the sun setting on the ocean; the shade of a tree that is seemingly older than time itself; the clouds in the sky at once menacing and stormy and docile and fluffy as though painted by the hand of Vermeer, Ruisdael, Constable, or Veronese; and the words of the past that come just to us and have force although they are nothing - that change our worlds without ever having a life for themselves.</p>

<p>The voices of the past are silent as I call out to them. I can hear them, they can never reply to my entreaties. John Milton, even if you must say noli me tangere come and tell me which way I must go.</p>

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<p>-snort- You have 69 posts. Okay, you can ignore me now.</p>

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<p>I never understand your threads. This isn’t a compliment</p>

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<p>^ is it only mildly negative in nature? :b</p>

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<p>what</p>

<p>tan char</p>

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<p><em>Attempts to think of an intelligent response and fails due to lack of understanding of OP</em></p>

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<p>Ah. Of course.</p>

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<p>Riveting tale, chap.</p>

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<p>Okay, I came up with a response to this while I was getting a haircut, but that was six hours ago, so I don’t remember what I wanted to say. It was very literary in nature too.</p>

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<p>What the eff?</p>

<p>You have a liking for Umberto Boccioni, too? His masterpiece is disappointingly short in real life.</p>

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<p>they should make a copy of it that is storeys tall, as they should also with Bird in Space, so that I can see it’s amazing contours</p>

<p>That said, the Bird in Space type thing I saw was only about 18" or so in height, and wasn’t too disappointing.</p>

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<p>^Bird in Space should definitely have another copy made - I wonder what the reaction at customs would be this time. When I saw it, I was only impressed because it was mounted on a high pedestal. For some godforsaken reason, the Boccioni was on a pathetic 1.5 foot platform. >_></p>

<p>Ugh.</p>

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<p>They’re both absolutely marvellous. I personally prefer Bran</p>

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<p>Should I feel bad about the fact that I have absolutely no idea what you guys are talking about?</p>

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<p>Nope :b</p>

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<p>^^We’re too cool to understand them.</p>

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They’re both absolutely marvellous. I personally prefer Bran</p>

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<p>haha they are indeed similar in that I prefer them both to Rodin :b</p>

<p>I think my deal with Rodin is that there is no motion in his work (as with Houdon, which is why I infinitely prefer Canova), or at least the majority of it, which I think is what makes Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss, Bird in Space, and Unique Forms of Continuity in Space more interesting to me (not to say Rodin’s work is stiff, but I’ve heard him described as the greatest sculptor since Michelangelo, and since that includes Bernini and Canova, I was quite enraged :b ).
That said, I’ve never seen any Rodin sculptures (or any sculptures by any generally acknowledged masters besides Calder, Moore, and this Bran</p>