On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 at 18:37:00 +0200 David Kastrup <d...@gnu.org> wrote:
>The overall more convex shape of women lends itself better for smooth >light gradients lending plasticity to a two-dimensional rendition. When >aiming for a more abstract rather than an anatomical impression of >beauty, the fair sex offers definite advantages. > >One can further enhance visual plasticity by working with large brushes >and graduations of powder makeup. That does not work well with the >knotted landscape of a "handsome man". David shows uncharacteristically loose thinking here in ascribing the effect simply to "convex shape". There are some other unspoken factors that are nonetheless essential to take into account. For example, I myself am decidedly "convex" to the tune of some tens of kilos, and I don't have much in the way of a "knotted landscape". The word "plasticity" would be a less apt word to use in connection with my anatomical features than, say, "doughiness". Any large brushes and powder used to enhance my image would be more akin to those used in a bakery to glaze pies and flour-dust loaves of bread. But as convex as I am, using my semi-naked image on a website would be likely to attract criminal sanctions -- not from me, but from the poor victims who felt aggrieved, if not visually assaulted, by the effect my image had on their psyches. So there's more to it than just convexity, I suspect. Whatever the missing parameters are, I am personally lacking in them. Not that I'm suggesting a more serious analysis would be all that productive. >Anyway, I did once beat a dead horse for a while (I tried getting it to >stand up again, as the first thought after it had collapsed with a >sudden aorta rupture on the riding ground was a severe colic attack). A >rather traumatic experience I would not wish on anybody. Now, here David's touch is more readily apparent: I didn't immediately know whether it was easier to believe him or not to. So I'll just have to wait to see whether in future posts he starts mentioning sleeping dogs that he has let lie, dead cats that he's swung by the tail, and so on. Anyway, my convex body was shaken by a good belly laugh when I read it. And yes, I admit that am prepared to take the horse story at face value, and I did feel sorry for the horse and it's rider, even while I was momentarily convulsed with laughter. Cheers, Philip _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user