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John Kay

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I can't remember exactly but I thought that at one time comments made on our individual paintings once appeared with the name of the person commenting and also appeared under the large picture the remark referred to. Am I right in this or did I imagine it? I know I thought I used to look up the person making the comment, to thank them and say something encouraging about their work or perhaps this is just old age creeping in. :-)
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Alan Green

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The name of the person making the comment shows on your e-mail notifications. I've not been here long so I don't know if you're imagining things.
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Robert Jones, Napa

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The name of the person commenting does show - it may not be possible to link to it directly, but I don't think it ever was (my memory isn't all it might be, either).

Derek Snowdon

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Syd, I think somewhere on your gallery page or your preferences page there will be "Email Notification" button.
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'An artist interprets (ie uses his imagination) - an artist who doesn't interpret is a craftsman'. Saw this (or something like it) somewhere but can't remember where - anyway thought I'd quote it here just to set the hounds running.
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Michael Edwards

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Ah but where does the difference lie? You're definitely an artist Syd. Yes a cabinet maker is generally accepted as being a craftsman - but what if the cabinet maker incorporates a carving of an elaborate hunting scene, for example, using great 'artistic skill' ?
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Michael Edwards

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There is one of his sayings (Confucious that is) which, I know from experience, we should never question: 'Swinging chain denotes warm seat' I have a sketch book crammed with minimalist line drawings (I have titled it 'Simplifying Form) in which, on the opening page, I have the following qouatations: Tolstoy: There is no Greatness where there is no Simplicity and my favourite, which gets us back to the discussion above, is by Christopher Zeeman: Technical Skill is the Mastery of Complexity - Creativity is the Mastery of Simplicity.
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Michael Edwards

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Embroiled we wi bickering brattle!
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Michael Edwards

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Hey Syd, blimey mate , you don' arf look dapper in your new george raft with yer bow and dickie
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Michael Edwards

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Just catching up Syd - yes Dickie Dirt = shirt - as for a George Raft this is usually cockney rhyming slang for draught but is also used for photograph, I guess it makes sense as cockneys (are there any left - have they all moved to Essex?) usually leave off the last letter, ie George Rarf = photograrf . Ge' it? Sorry mate - I left London a long time ago.
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Why do they do it? Well I guess it's a bit of fun and means they can converse in their own language which others can't understand but I wouldn't say it makes them stupid they're not alone in this respect anyway. oh well, whit’s fur ye’ll no go past ye . No I was born in Southgate which is some way away from Bow in the East End - I was in the East End late last year and it's unrecognisable now - went on a local bus and I was the only white person aboard and not a cockney accent to be heard.

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Hey Ruth - just been looking at the stats and according to them you have made no posts with no visits daily. Are you a ghost?
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