SECOND NATURE #6
posted by Carel Brest van Kempen at 11:53 PM
Thursday, August 24, 2006
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- Name: Carel Brest van Kempen
- Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Straddling the uneasy isthmus between art and biology
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10 Comments:
Excellent! And your toon illustrates the particular difficulties which I referred to in my earlier comment regarding why many artists like to use photos as reference materials. (-:
Last year there was a story on the BBC about a photographer who was killed by a tiger in a National Park in India.
Apparently the last picture he took was a spectacular shot of a tiger leaping headlong towards the camera... but, out of respect to his family, they didn't show it.
Bev: This cartoon does seem apropos to my recent post. Probably something going on subconsciously here.
Roger: Last year, the mauled and partially eaten body of a hiker was found not far from here. The film from his camera was developed, and, as in your story, this rather gruesome photo was his very last.
Dang, the Blogger.com software won't let me access that photo. I bet it was a beaut.
But your cartoon -- thanks, I needed that particular laugh. My Joe has a tie with a very similar painting on it, though there seems to be a tree growing out of the rhino's back. Now that he's retired, he doesn't need ties so much. Maybe I should learn to tie a tie and borrow it.
Hmmm. I'm sorry you couldn't access the photo. I could get to it just fine on the library's computer. Does anyone else have trouble getting to it? It's probably a good thing, after all. It's a very traumatizing image.
This seems the biggest hit in the series. I had a good laugh as soon as I saw it.
I have no problem in accessing the gruesome image, but you are right. It's traumatizing. I wish I had not seen it. The horror!
I'm sorry to have done that to you, Filipe. I hope your sleep isn't disturbed for too many nights.
Can't remember how I ended up here the first time ... and I realise I do not stop by often enough: I'll put you in my list of links if it's ok with you. I have several friends who should really see that gruesome picture: they do not know what dangers they are facing each and every day!
Nice one Carel!
Yubi: Ha! Thanks for visiting and for the link.
Roger: Unlike the BBC, I'm afraid I have no respect or scruples.
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