WR Avry Wilson Wrote:
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> Thanos5150 Wrote (good stuff, as usual).
>
> This whole sub-conversation is a rabbit hole you'd
> do better not following. What is John Snape's
> point, anyway?
>
> Has Audrey just posted it by saying, "They had the
> ability to carve that beauty but were not able to
> draw in 3D. I don't get it."
>
> It is being suggested that since the AE were not
> masters of 3D drawings on 2D surfaces, they could
> not have been the ones who created these masterful
> 3D sculptures, thus the AEs didn't do this, some
> other magical heretofore unknown people must have.
> Ridiculous logic.
>
> That's because 3D sculpting is easier than
> rendering 3D onto a 2D surface. In fact, no
> culture the world over became 'masters' of 3D
> rendering on 2D surfaces, but all were capable of
> wondrous 3D sculpting. Has nothing to do with
> comparing one medium with the other ... strawman
> bs. And now the thread is turning into schoolyard
> tit-for-tat over 2D artistic perspectives ... who
> CARES? They can't get their overall point to wash,
> so they go off on these tangents.
>
> This is a distraction from what was being
> discussed and raised in the opening post, which
> sadly in itself is a red herring to begin with.
> Just another rabbit hole to follow.

What was being discussed was the Expertise of Roth. An expertise which apparently carries no weight with some.

But an Art Expert can trump everyone.

including the others being questioned. Experts in Language, Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Ceramics, Elemental Belief systems.

But one Geologist specialising in ancient fossils can trump everyone.

including all the other Geologists.

Then there is the questioning of the professionalism of entire disciplines who have subjugated their dedication to knowledge to the mundane gains of tenure

But a Journalist can trump everyone.

Here's to the self educated cooks, janitors, public servants, retirees, etc who recognise that the only thing wrong with higher education is a lack of it.

Here is to the realists who recognise greatness when they look at it.

AFAIC anyone who doesn't know what I'm banging on about...probably never will.


Warwick