tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91798683382754703772024-03-12T21:07:05.656-07:00No Cure For The Medieval MindRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00211217172747626509noreply@blogger.comBlogger1213125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179868338275470377.post-37496870084233216362016-06-15T11:50:00.003-07:002016-06-15T11:50:32.026-07:00The Captain's Sculpture, parts 268 - 271
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">267. Why was I being so mean to my instructor, what do you
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;">260. Although
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;">261. After I said all that, surprising even to myself in
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;">263. Did I temper my comments; did I offer any qualifying
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">248. I don’t know, I just do not know what possessed me to
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what about this?” I said, pointing to a poster on the wall of the sculpture
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">238. My husband does not understand the difference between a
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">239. He thinks the idea that there is something one needs to
know about writing poetry is just as absurd as needing to know things in
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;">223. He said that her artwork was pointless, stupid and a
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">208. His wife came to his rescue saying that it was a
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">209. I think that Agnes suspected that I was not comfortable
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">211. There was some project he was involved in that required
of Agnes that she do a series of drawings to “explicate the refinements of echo
technology, especially in the shadow areas.” I think that is what she said, but
I’m not certain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;">204. I asked if it was a pencil drawing, or a charcoal
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;">205. I asked the question of the Doctor simply because I
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;">206. I was positive he purchased the drawing, not to look at
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;">207. He did not answer my question, but an expression passed
across his face like someone who has been asked an innocent question the answer
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that got on my nerves to such an extent, that one time I asked him a question
about it. It was a seemingly innocent question, so I do not think he noticed my
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made was a part of my being a child, and if I had had my way I would have put chalk
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">199. At the time I was in my third year of taking sculpture
classes at our museum, and so I was in the habit of attending all the various
openings every month. Mrs. Festini was always there with her husband, and so it
was almost always necessary to say something to them each time. For this reason
my wife, who always came with me, knew my teacher quite well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">192. I managed to get my piece of sidewalk down from the
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">193. I would like to make a note here to others about my
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">194. I managed to get the job done, but I hardly survived
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">195. In the museum I delivered my ‘Object,’ which was neither
a painting nor a sculpture, but the staff there was very impressed with it, and
handled it like it was King Tut’s sarcophagus I think they were just being
polite however, and would have acted the same no matter what I gave them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> 188. I said, “How much sand?” He answered, “you can add half
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">189. I made some experiments, and I cast a few small things
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;">184. I got lost in Detroit. I expected the trip to take
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;">186. Most of my sculpture that I made in plaster was very
light, but I had become annoyed with the lightness of my things. I thought, “If
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 16.0pt;">177. Even if a picture was rejected one still had to pay the
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