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Okavanga In reply to thewolfcreek [2015-06-23 06:04:59 +0000 UTC]

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Okavanga In reply to LindArtz [2015-04-17 10:16:58 +0000 UTC]

Well, Linda, I'm not sure I had a bottomless pit in mind when I made this, but certainly there are elements of a sky because of the stretched out flow of the water mimicking clouds. The other main feature that I was trying to emphasise was the contrast between the jagged grass and the smooth flow.

Many Thanks

David

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LindArtz In reply to Okavanga [2015-04-17 19:04:38 +0000 UTC]

The contrasts certainly stand out!  As to the rest,....I think I am simply starting to see everything around me in terms of photomanipulation; or with them in mind.

I still love the idea of the water being a passage to another universe. Especially since the "sky" can not be seen, in order to reflect,  in this picture. ^^

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Okavanga In reply to LindArtz [2015-04-18 07:02:44 +0000 UTC]

That idea of water transporting to another universe is a very old one, Linda - for example, the basis of being transported across the River Styx to the Land of the Dead. The overall analogy is with time flowing. Lots of scope for imaginative manips!

Cheers

David

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LindArtz In reply to Okavanga [2015-04-18 13:38:38 +0000 UTC]

Yes.  I've had my bubble popped quite a few times in life thinking I had an "original idea".  Pfft. As if!    !!

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Okavanga In reply to LindArtz [2015-04-18 20:09:47 +0000 UTC]

No, no, Linda. You did have an original thought. It is just that others have had it as well. It was original to you when you had it. That is the essence of learning - when you perceive something for yourself, then you have made a leap in understanding, even if others have been there before. You are then on a par with them. You and I are engaged in a Socratic dialog - you and I post images and we comment on those, but maybe I pose a few more questions. You try to understand, and come back to me, and I answer, posing some more ideas. You and I both build up our knowledge. Consider how you now look at the shots I post - you see things differently from a few months ago. For my part, I've got into fairy lore and pointy ears.... Clearly, I need to direct your attention to Socratic dialogs, and to the dialectic argument.

Cheers

David

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LindArtz In reply to Okavanga [2015-04-18 22:01:40 +0000 UTC]

   !!!


Oh no! I heard "argument" and I plugged up my ears!  

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Okavanga In reply to LindArtz [2015-04-19 06:41:46 +0000 UTC]

I was using the word "argument" in one of its old-fashioned senses, Linda - meaning a process of conducting discourse. I hope I did not upset you!  

"A long time ago, in a Galaxy far away"..... there was a civilisation now known as the Ancient Greeks. Amongst a lot of other very important stuff like founding the concept of democracy and developing the beginnings of mathematics, logic, and art, these Greeks were into debating as a means of resolving all sorts of issues. They developed different modes of discourse - ways of debating and dealing with issues - one of which is known as the dialectic. The basis of this is simple: Person A puts forward a point of view, a claim, an idea, an "argument", an assertion..... and Person B puts forward propositions that oppose Person A's argument. This is and was known as Person A putting forward a thesis and Person B putting forward an anti-thesis or antithesis. After discussion of the various merits and demerits of the thesis and antithesis a conclusion would be reached, and this was known as the synthesis. The whole process was known as the dialectic. There was nothing acrimonious about all of this - it was meant to be a civilised way of proceeding. The echoes of this exist to the present day with nations having two political parties, adversarial systems in Court, and so on.

Cheers

David   

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LindArtz In reply to Okavanga [2015-04-19 19:00:53 +0000 UTC]

I understood, David   - tis the reason for the smilies I used....I just, for the most part, like to keep things light hearted on DA. ^^

Ha! I trust the majority of people are not capable of such discussions, now days.  It's as though many are reverting backward.  Alarming, really.  More of this sort of teaching should be asserted very early on in schools. (especially in my country! ) It's the smartest and best thing that can be done for society...I would foresee much less killings and other chaos!

I like to engage in a similar way. (although, I did not realize before those terms for expressing the process!   
Now, when my sister gets all bent out of shape our next such discussion <<< (my way of looking at it, and what I always try to tell her it is, "discussion" )  Maybe she can understand I am not looking to be disagreeable for the sake of disagreement. 
Something tells me though, my sis just likes to get her way. I think she still gets easily angered, although she hides it well! lol (she is a wee bit older than me )

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Okavanga In reply to LindArtz [2015-04-20 06:43:00 +0000 UTC]

Agreed, re teaching and schooling. The basic idea is not that hard to understand, nor the principals that hard to live by.

So, your sister likes a good "discussion" does she? Is she on DA? I could try crossing swords!

Cheers

David

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LindArtz In reply to Okavanga [2015-04-20 23:24:43 +0000 UTC]

LOL My sister, does she like a good discussion?  Noooo.  She calls it "arguing" - in the sense of 'fighting'.  She sees any form of disagreement this way.  When I agree with her, however, she loves it; oh my, it's so obvious. lol  But my having a difference of opinion, that she can't agree with...well...she wants to "Change the subject! My nerves are starting to play up!"
....I can't say a part of me (from childhood) doesn't enjoy this.    But no, I don't do it on purpose.

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Okavanga In reply to LindArtz [2015-04-21 06:15:30 +0000 UTC]

Family dynamics can be very difficult, Linda.

David

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