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Cute

Jarmo Juntunen

Jarmo Juntunen

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Because they are cute? Like these souvenirs ours kids got themselves in Lapland:


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Sam Hames

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Tom dinning said:
Now why would I take a shot like this, being the serious artist I am?
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Do we need a reason? I always got the impression you were trying to sidestep the serious artist thing ;)

I like Jarmo's answer. Though I can't take my eyes off the sticker - it feels like an optical illusion, can't make sense of the scale.
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

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Tom dinning said:
Not sure where to put this. I was looking for a 'Cute' thread.


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Now why would I take a shot like this, being the serious artist I am?
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Tom,

Yes, their cute. Could be used as mascots for the US Presidential election. Notice one, at least, as a price tag. But you would never think of that. Not even Aussies are not that sardonic!

Asher
 
Tom dinning

Tom dinning

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I have an arty farty friend who uses the word in every sentence. It drives me crazy; like a whistle when someone talks or a dripping tap. I wait nervously for the next arty farty to use the word. My grand daughter used the word 'cute' and that's cool with me. So, if the image is juxtaposed or cute might mean the same thing from different intellectual levels.
 
Tom dinning

Tom dinning

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Asher Kelman said:
Tom,

Yes, their cute. Could be used as mascots for the US Presidential election. Notice one, at least, as a price tag. But you would never think of that. Not even Aussies are not that sardonic!

Asher
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I understand what you are saying, Asher, but we Aussies couldn't care less about American politics so I wouldn't have been that astute. But now that you mention it ......
The power of a democracy is based on the principle that you get what you vote for. The right to vote is the thing that comes with the price tag. Has there ever been a bald President?
 
Tom dinning

Tom dinning

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Sam Hames said:
Do we need a reason? I always got the impression you were trying to sidestep the serious artist thing ;)

I like Jarmo's answer. Though I can't take my eyes off the sticker - it feels like an optical illusion, can't make sense of the scale.
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Blundering through more likely, Sam. Is it necessary to be serious and arty farty at the same time? Or is that a juxtaposition?

Sometimes I wish I had an answer. When I get back from a days wanderings I always have a few shots that seem to have little connection the the rest. Bizzare things like this. What I'm finding is an inclination to take more and more of them. 'Pick me' they say. And I do. A casual and incidental shot of a forgotten place. There was something lonely about the two sheep. They needed to talk to someone. We were alone and it was possible for them to find kindship in me. Can you hear them? What are they saying to you? Be a child again and listen.
 
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jake klein

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Tom dinning said:
I have an arty farty friend who uses the word in every sentence. It drives me crazy; like a whistle when someone talks or a dripping tap. I wait nervously for the next arty farty to use the word. My grand daughter used the word 'cute' and that's cool with me. So, if the image is juxtaposed or cute might mean the same thing from different intellectual levels.
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LOL! I only use that word when it fits! Which is rarely, to me! It is cute. Also two of the same which are opposite.
 
Murray Foote

Murray Foote

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I was in the historic town of Kanazawa in Japan. I got up early and spent the morning in the wonderful Kenrokuen Gardens, often in heavy snow. In the afternoon I toured round Kanazawa Castle and as it was starting to get dark, climbed down the hill to the town centre. Kanazawa was not bombed during the war and there are wonderful narrow side streets including an old samurai quarter. I found the pink and white fluffy things in a shop on the main street and couldn't leave there without taking a few pictures.

Since it is such an historic town it seems reasonable that these must have historic associations. There were battles around Kanazawa in the Momoyama or Warring States period at the end of the sixteenth century. Probably the samurai roared into battle in full armour on their war steeds with one of these fluffy objects tied to the top of their war helmets, as a token of their undying love for someone and to strike fear into the hearts of their enemies. Perhaps the winning side adorned themselves thus and that's why you might find them in a shop on the main street centuries later.

I'm not sure whether I've seen one of these machines since the 60s where you put a coin in a slot, lower a mechanical claw in the giant fishtank and try to extract a prize. Perhaps the Valentine's Day association refers to mating practices in Kanazawa. It could mean that there's a special day in spring where the young men of the town get put into a giant fishtank and young women can pay money to see whether they can snare one with a giant mechanical claw. The young men might need to be blindfolded and bound, otherwise, depending on the young woman, they might all by trying to escape from the claw or they might all try to jump onto it, causing the mechanism to break, the claw to fall and the tank to shatter.

I have to admit I didn't try to fish for one of those fluffy pink and white things. And when I posted the image while in Japan I was warned not to bring one home.

Here is another one, perhaps not quite so weird but still quite strange. A bit more anthropomorphic, this time:

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Tom dinning

Tom dinning

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Thanks, Murray, for the background info. The Japanese modern culture is quite garish, don't you think? Like Blackpool in the 60's. Reminds me of a shot Martin Par might have taken.
I think your description of clawing a bloke is how I was jagged by Christine. Maybe not literally but the same cause/effect. She did get a good prize, though, even if I say so myself.
 
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Sam Hames

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Tom dinning said:
Blundering through more likely, Sam. Is it necessary to be serious and arty farty at the same time? Or is that a juxtaposition?

Sometimes I wish I had an answer. When I get back from a days wanderings I always have a few shots that seem to have little connection the the rest. Bizzare things like this. What I'm finding is an inclination to take more and more of them. 'Pick me' they say. And I do. A casual and incidental shot of a forgotten place. There was something lonely about the two sheep. They needed to talk to someone. We were alone and it was possible for them to find kindship in me. Can you hear them? What are they saying to you? Be a child again and listen.
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I'm looking at it trying to hear them talking - I think they're discussing the lack of pricetag for the one on the right and what that might mean.

I'm beginning to like the kind of photo that makes less sense the more you look at it. Or maybe it would be better to say leaves you more questioning and uncertain than when you started looking.
 
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