GREETINGS !
THOUGHT I'D SAY THAT RUNNING AROUND IN HERE PAID OFF IN A GREAT HIDDEN INTEREST OF MINE.
THANKS FOR THAT QUESTION, THE POINTING TO, AND TOM BATTERSBY'S SITE FOR THE OLD BOOK TO READ THROUGH !I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY A BOYS ARM WAS USED, AND IN THAT PARTICULAR GESTURE, FOR THE 'VENUS' HE RESTORED, HOWEVER. EVEN IN THE FAR AWAY PHOTO, IT LOOKS LIKE A YOUNG MALE KARATE STRIKE, BEING MUCH 'STIFFER' IN FEEL THAN THE REST OF THE SCULPTED BODY OF THE FEMALE, INCLUDING THE OTHER HAND. IN OTHER WORDS, IT LOOKS 'NAKED' WHILE THE REST OF VENUS LOOKS GRACEFULLY NUDE. SOOOOO MANY WOMEN WOULD HAVE GLADLY POSED FOR THE ARM AND HAND, AND INSTINCTUALLY, AFTER HAVING PAUSED A WHILE WITH THE SCULPTURE ITSELF, WOULD HAVE GIVEN PERFECTION. THERE! I SAID IT.
THE REST OF HIS WORK WAS INSPIRING, AND WELL CRAFTED.
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT WHEN HE LOOKED AT 'VENUS' UP CLOSE AND SAW ALL THE GRAFFITTTTTI HIS REACTION WAS DISGUSTED, AS MINE WOULD BE, AND THIS COULD HAVE REMAINED WITH HIM, IN THE WAY; BITTERNESS AND DISAPPOINTMENT DO THAT TO ART .
WHICH LEADS THE THOUGHTS TO 'MAKING MONEY AT ART' DESPERATIONS UNTIL ... 'IT'S A GOOD FULFILLING HOBBY' AND THEN.. 'A FOND MEMORY'.
FOLLOWING THAT THERE IS A GRAND POSTURING OF HAVING ACCEPTED PRACTICALITY, MATURITY OF SOUND DECISION-MAKING, AND CLOTHES FOR THE KIDS. WHICH LEADS DIRECTLY TO RUSH LIMBAUGH FOR BREAKFAST WHICH ALLOWS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF ANYTHING LIKE TORTURE AND GREED BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE DOES.
AND, OF COURSE, EVERYONE IS TOO INFORMED TO VOTE. OR, FINALLY, ARE EVEN TOO HELPLESS TO THINK.
WELL, THIS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO WAKE THE DEAD..
MAYBE NOT.
HAPPY TRAILS =====
