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Subject: PS Re: [Leica] Forget A couple of shots...
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Thu Mar 30 14:55:12 2006
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Jesus George,

I do need a stress pill now. Is Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment about 
spelling? It all comes down to  communication. BD is a communicator. 
Draw your own conclusions but don't jump rapidly when they start to 
approach.



Walt

Lottermoser George wrote:

> I think we're having semantic problems here.
> How can 'images' (good or bad) not be about 'appearances?'
> appear |??pi(?)r| |??p?(?)r| |??p??|
> verb [ intrans. ]
> 1 come into sight; become visible or noticeable, typically without  
> visible agent or apparent cause : smoke appeared on the horizon.
> ? come into existence or use : the major life forms appeared on earth.
> ? (of a book) be published : the paperback edition didn't appear for  
> another two years.
> ? feature or be shown : the symbol appears in many paintings of the  
> period.
> ? perform publicly in a movie, play, etc. : he appeared on Broadway.
> ? (of an accused person, witness, or lawyer) make an official  
> appearance in a court of law : he appeared on six charges of theft.
> ? informal arrive at a place : by ten o'clock Bill still hadn't  
> appeared.
> 2 seem; give the impression of being : [with infinitive ] she  
> appeared not to know what was happening | [with clause ] it appears  
> unlikely that interest rates will fall | [with complement ] he  
> appeared unaware of the rebuke.
> appearance |??pi(?)r?ns| |??p?r?ns| |??p??r(?)ns|
> noun
> 1 the way that someone or something looks : I like the appearance of  
> stripped antique pine | they are similar in appearance.
> ? an impression given by someone or something, although this may be  
> misleading : she read it with every appearance of interest.
> 2 an act of performing or participating in a public event : he is  
> well-known for his television appearances.
> 3 [usu. in sing. ] an act of becoming visible or noticeable; an  
> arrival : the sudden appearance of her daughter startled her.
> ? a process of coming into existence or use : the appearance of the  
> railroad.
> image |?imij| |??m?d?| |??m?d?|
> noun
> a representation of the external form of a person or thing in  
> sculpture, painting, etc. See note at emblem .
> ? a visible impression obtained by a camera, telescope, microscope,  
> or other device, or displayed on a video screen.
> ? an optical appearance or counterpart produced by light or other  
> radiation from an object reflected in a mirror or refracted through a  
> lens.
> ? Mathematics a point or set formed by mapping from another point or  
> set.
> ? a mental representation or idea : he had an image of Uncle Walter  
> throwing his crutches away.
> ? a simile or metaphor : he uses the image of a hole to describe  
> emotional emptiness.
> ? the general impression that a person, organization, or product  
> presents to the public : she strives to project an image of youth.
> ? [in sing. ] a person or thing that closely resembles another :  he's 
> the image of his father.
> ? [in sing. ] semblance or likeness : we are made in the image of God.
> ? (in biblical use) an idol.
> verb [ trans. ]
> make a representation of the external form of : artworks that imaged  
> women's bodies.
> ? (usu. be imaged) make a visual representation of (something) by  
> scanning it with a detector or electromagnetic beam : every point on  
> the Earth's surface was imaged by the satellite | [as n. ] ( imaging)  
> medical imaging.
> ? form a mental picture or idea of : it is possible for us to image  a 
> society in which no one committed crime.
>
> If an image does not appear - what do we see?
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george@imagist.com   
>
>
>
> On Mar 30, 2006, at 2:59 PM, Walt Johnson wrote:
>
>> good image making is not about appearances.
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from telyt at earthlink.net (Douglas Herr) (PS Re: [Leica] Forget A couple of shots...)
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Message from walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson) (PS Re: [Leica] Forget A couple of shots...)
Message from imagist3 at mac.com (Lottermoser George) (PS Re: [Leica] Forget A couple of shots...)