tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post1295710540030396575..comments2023-08-22T21:11:59.355+12:00Comments on pohanginapete: Portraits from the pastpohanginapetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-61329650599632791642013-04-15T21:50:32.179+12:002013-04-15T21:50:32.179+12:00Hungry pixie, the problem with all portraits is th...Hungry pixie, the problem with all portraits is that it's impossible to know how accurately they convey a sense of the person. People are complex: a portrait that portrays the politician (and even then, perhaps just one or a few aspects) might utterly fail to portray the same person as a mum or dad; a portrait of an old man probably fails completely to portray the person as a young man, and pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-7417085165183660692013-04-14T20:47:01.598+12:002013-04-14T20:47:01.598+12:00Thatcher's era was probably the last, and only...Thatcher's era was probably the last, and only, time that everyday people could name almost the entire cabinet and it's good to see that Healey's eyebrows are still living a life of their own<br /><br />certainly the picture does give an impression of a grey old man, but like the wildly differing opinions of his former boss i do wonder how fair this is (see my post on Thursday 11th Don't Feed The Pixieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380146661526476947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-35396104364820649302013-04-14T17:25:10.177+12:002013-04-14T17:25:10.177+12:00RR, Zhoen: thanks for the encouragement :^)
Migue...RR, Zhoen: thanks for the encouragement :^)<br /><br />Miguel: that certainly alters my perception of Wilson. I had a similar experience quite a few years ago with one of the "grand old men" of NZ science. I needed to ask his opinion for a report I was writing, and had to endure a grilling about my background, credentials, etc before he'd even listen to my questions. I like to pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-61331142369971723472013-04-14T16:56:16.102+12:002013-04-14T16:56:16.102+12:00Had a good laugh at this whole portrayal. I think ...Had a good laugh at this whole portrayal. I think people forget sometimes that the inner dialogue they hold with themselves about who they are doesn't necessarily translate to the physical manifestation their bodies choose instead to reveal. Your description brings alive a remarkably animated face!<br /><br />E. O. Wilson... aye. He was one of my heroes until, while living in Boston and threebutukihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473964455146342069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-240621076149055212013-04-14T00:43:10.250+12:002013-04-14T00:43:10.250+12:00Your description of this photo proves you are as s...Your description of this photo proves you are as skilled with words as with a camera. <br /><br />Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-58400227399482946972013-04-14T00:25:28.760+12:002013-04-14T00:25:28.760+12:00Brilliant! Your word portrait does great justice t...Brilliant! Your word portrait does great justice to the photographic, and the Tuatara to both.<br />What an interesting week is in store for us!Relatively Retiringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648407316162715318noreply@blogger.com