Saturday, 25 August 2012
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93. blunders and other things
I dont like what i said about the beliefs of certain people the other day and i want to correct my blunder. I dont think that religious people are retarded or crazy i just dont understand them. I should try to choose my words and avoid being arrogant and tactless.///What i want to say is not easy. It happened to me a while ago...I am walking on the street with a child having just bought a print of two magnificient birds intertwined. A person passes by and ask me to show the frame i carry, so i comply and the person looks at it and says, oh it's cute and leaves. I dont know for what reason it makes me upset. I dont know who to turn to and ask, but i take a chance and ask the five years old child if the picture is cute or what..The child answers, the picture is nice. But i question the child further and ask why it is nice and not cute. I dont remember the words of the child but it was satisfying. The child knew the difference between cute and nice. It puzzles me how adults dont know the difference between certain things that are not even subtle in themselves.//Another time a women wanted to buy one of my drawings and told me that if i have had a cute nude she would have bought it. On the spot i dont know what to say or think, but really how could a nude be cute. It does not make sense. If we tied these people on a chair with a rope and a light bulb over their head until they explain what they mean by cute would they find an answer..maybe they would start crying, then we would release them..
It is close to the end of summer, enjoy the cute weather.....
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We, as a society, have list the talent of communication it seems. We are so used to television and radio delivering ads and news in short bursts more suited to the attention span of a four year old. We have been indoctrinated into the mindset that just use some cursory abbreviation and somehow the other person will make it all turn out correctly. Art is no longer appreciated, every one wants the "Big Mac" version that will make the room look cool when it is hung over the sofa. It's sad. Same thing for writing, really. The internet, soap operas, and tawdry romance novels carry more currency than a classic novel. Society tends to cheapen itself, often at the cost of it's integrity and it's cultural values.
I see some repeated motiffs in your art. Continuity is nice. Yes sometimes we stumble on words but that should force us to work harder on how we communicate. It is easy to start humble but sometimes pride makes us make mistakes.
@JadeMaster2 - Truly, it must have been the same as you describe 2000 years ago. We humans take a long time to learn..
@PPhilip - Yes pride or vanity...Your words are wise nd tactful. I sense i must make an effort to make myself clearer.
My verbal communication is quite poor, so cute answers for everything from an attractive lady to a puppy. A lot of people don't expect elaborate answers. People receiving the answer like something which, in some way, confirms what they think, so if you weren't such a discerning individual, cute might pass as acceptable. Is it cheap like the first guy says? In a way, yeah. We've sacrificed knowledge of the arts and flowery language for skills and their associated jargon. It's a shift in priorities rather than a shift toward stupidity or accommodating lowering attention spans.
@loner_writer - I think what your'e saying is that we can't always give elaborate answer to all questions asked. It would boring among other reasons. Explaining every details would be tedious and would take too long in real life. That is why people write books, so they explain things that they dont have the chance to say in their everyday lifes. Just like doing a post that i know dont really make sense..but i just play...but i still make sense here and there...
I can't imagine anyone accusing your art of being "cute" or "nice." Those two words don't say anything and don't belong in any description of your exquisite work.
Really this is word perception, despite dictionary definitions people percieve words in different ways and use them accordingly.
Great, Super, Wow, Like it, can all render the same amount of appreciation in the various 'utterers' minds. We as a listener then put our interpretation on the response we heard.
People who can describe in grand terms the flavor of wine put my, "It tastes good," to shame. I suppose it's a gift to be able to speak with visuals and fragrances to the point of igniting the senses in others. You do that with your drawings (sketches? paintings? art.).
"Enjoy the cute weather" LOL. I know what you mean. People speak in almost constant hyperboles at times, and it makes things which are worth emphasizing lose their deserved meanings. It would be much more convenient if more individuals said what they meant.
@PrisonerxOfxLove - You are beyond being cute, you are the cutest of all the cutes..
@mkchippy - Very often it is the tone of voice that carries the message more than the words themselves. I agree that perception often beats the dictionary definition.
@sleekpunk - I like the wine as an example. A while ago i had a problem with my sense of taste and went for long periods without tasting. If i went for supper somewhere and was asked if i liked the food i would say that i liked it to avoid explaining my situation. It would have been pointless and out of place, also people would not have understood. So also like the women who told me that these magnificient birds were "cute" could have had a vision problem and all she wanted really was a human contact for a moment.
@DrummingMediocrity - Sometimes i use flowery words and after, i realize it comes out confusing. You are right, we should say what we mean so the message has more chance to come out clear. Above all let's try to avoid hyperboles, they are bowls that are too hyper for our own good.
@locomotiv - Did you just say something "nice" to me?
@locomotiv - or simply uncomfortable in the silence.
@PrisonerxOfxLove - yes, 48 minutes ago..sorry...
@sleekpunk - that's another way to see it..imagine the silence if we only talk to make sense..
@locomotiv - and we listen for the sense and stave off the frustration of not being able to hear or be heard.
@sleekpunk - I just heard you and i hope understood you...
Everything was cute in high school and college. I kept saying "that's cute" to every single thing, until my brother sat me down and explained the difference. I know where you are coming from.
@ZSA_MD - I so remember the days when everything was cute. Your brother sounds like a special person to care for such differences..
This is like saying the Grand Canyon is "cute".
I am a collector of old books... any and all old books no matter the subject. I recently found one that I will use quite a bit this winter to work with my granddaughter who is almost seven and in first grade.The name of the book is "In Other Words". It is a beginner thesaurus published in 1968. The authors approach to word usage is delightfully humorous and should appeal to most young students.
@veroniquemariquita - That is a grand analogy..