Keris and Rembrandt

kronckew · 17th April 2010, 08:14 PM

a.g., you have most eloquently put into words the intent of my posts. words are also images.

...and sometimes provoke more thought than a graphic ever could. sometimes a word is worth a thousand pictures as it allows your imagination to fill in the gaps...

i remember reading 'the talisman' in my youth, and there was, i believe, a chapter where king richard (the lionheart) meets saladin (Salah-ed-Din Yusef ibn Ayub), richard cuts an iron bar in half with his sword to impress him, and saladin responds by cutting a silk scarf in half by just floating it down onto the stationary edge.

how many pictures of that sword are in our minds now....

and the image in oil paint of the essential keris in sampson's eye will also be engraved somewhere in our hearts evermore...

17th April 2010, 08:14 PM	#30
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,167	a.g., you have most eloquently put into words the intent of my posts. words are also images. ...and sometimes provoke more thought than a graphic ever could. sometimes a word is worth a thousand pictures as it allows your imagination to fill in the gaps... i remember reading 'the talisman' in my youth, and there was, i believe, a chapter where king richard (the lionheart) meets saladin (Salah-ed-Din Yusef ibn Ayub), richard cuts an iron bar in half with his sword to impress him, and saladin responds by cutting a silk scarf in half by just floating it down onto the stationary edge. how many pictures of that sword are in our minds now.... and the image in oil paint of the essential keris in sampson's eye will also be engraved somewhere in our hearts evermore... Last edited by kronckew; 17th April 2010 at 08:30 PM.