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Techta In reply to hannz0rz [2010-07-12 01:54:58 +0000 UTC]

oh ty!

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Techta In reply to misterkenye [2010-07-09 21:09:35 +0000 UTC]

Yeah.. Adams is my hero <3
I mostly did this picture for my TJ-loving best friend.

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Techta In reply to JoeVigs [2010-07-07 21:59:38 +0000 UTC]

if you say so. ^.^

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JoeVigs In reply to Techta [2010-07-07 22:05:43 +0000 UTC]

I really do think it's wonderful. Oil pastels can be quite tough. But you did well! And Thomas Jefferson is amazing in his own right. I take it you're a fan?

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Techta In reply to JoeVigs [2010-07-07 22:15:51 +0000 UTC]

well sorta. My heart belongs to Adams <3
but my best friend is a Jefferson fan, so I drew him for her. I did a sketch of Adams. This one and the Adams sketch are based of the HBO series cuz there arent very many good references out there for the real guys haha.

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JoeVigs In reply to Techta [2010-07-08 07:43:35 +0000 UTC]

Awesome So let me ask: is there any reason in particular why you prefer Mr. Adams to Mr. Jefferson? (I'm a huge fan of both.)

And what'd you think of the HBO miniseries?

And you're right. Until the advent of photography, portraits varied in degrees according to the artist. There were paintings of Washington his family and friends said barely resembled him. Not necessarily good references lol

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Techta In reply to JoeVigs [2010-07-08 20:33:30 +0000 UTC]

Well, I'm loud, opinionated, kind of a "bulldozer" if you know what I mean. I kind of step on people's toes a lot. So I relate more to Adams. I went to Boston this summer to see Adams Nat Park and other things, and it was really amazing learning about his life. As great and well known as so many others are, I kinda like the underdog, y'know? He was so /human/ compared to how history paints great men; so flawed and fallible. But he was such a wonderful person. idk, something about that is what I love about him. Jefferson is my second favorite tho. My best friend is a lot like him, so it's all very ironic. Opposites attract I guess! (We even went through a long bad spell in out friendship too wah)

The HBO series, I love it! I mean I understand that there are some historical inaccuracies, but w/e. It seems pretty good to me. The actors were awesome, and for the most part, really looked like the real people. I hope to be in the film industry in the future, so what caught my eye most was the excellent cinematography and post-editing, filters, etc. It was very gritty haha.

I found two Adams pictures that look almost identical, so I'm just gonna go with those as accurate heehee.

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JoeVigs In reply to Techta [2010-07-09 14:12:09 +0000 UTC]

Adams certainly had no reservations about letting people know what he thought. He, and his son John Quincy, were incredibly erudite individuals. And his wife was nothing short of brilliant, either.

So what was at Adams National Historical Park? Was it his house or farm or what? One day, I want to get up there to see the library he kept. And his son's library, too.

I think that was the perfect thing about our Founding Fathers: they all knew how imperfect they were. We think of them as great because of the things they created -like our Constitution, and our nation. But they were great because they recognized they were human -and that everyone who followed in their footsteps would be human as well. They were definitely a God-blessed generation of men.

And you're right: when you realize that these men had personal, human lives, they become so much more easy to relate to. They aren't names and dates. They're people. For example, when you learn about how Jefferson struggled with his emotions and his intelligence; or how deeply Madison believed in God; or how Washington knew God saved his life in war; or how Adams, for all his intelligence, was also proud and wanted to be understood; or how Franklin struggled with his relationship with his son. It goes on.

Have you heard about the story behind why Adams and Jefferson began speaking again?

And you're right- there are some historical inaccuracies. But that always seems to happen, sometimes not with cruel intent though.

So what would you do in the film industry?

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Techta In reply to JoeVigs [2010-07-09 18:09:24 +0000 UTC]

At the park we went on a little trolley tour. So first they took us to John Adams' birthplace which was literally maybe 50 feet from John Quincy's birthplace. We did a tour of both houses with a guide. Then we took the trolley over to Peacefield and did a rather extensive tour of that house. We went into John Q's library, which was probably my favorite sight on the tour. It was SO COLD in there, but it made it kind of eerie -- like we were actually stepping back in time in some sort of ghostlike fashion. I think we were supposed to take the trolley over to the church the Adamses went to, but I think we were short on time or something. So, my family and best friend's family (we all went together), walked over and saw the church and their tomb. We were the only ones there at the time so we got a cool private tour. There was a statue of him and Abigail across the street from each other, but they are both looking directly at each other. It was so cool. I definitely recommend going to Boston. You could spend days just walking around the city itself.

We also walked most of the "Freedom Trail" which took us through significant locations and memorials around Boston, such as the Old North Church and Breed's Hill. We took a ferry across the harbour to tour the USS Constitution, and also drove a few hours to see the Mayflower re-creation and up Cape Cod to have lunch on the beach. I wish we could have had one more day to spend at the beach, it was so beautiful. The food around Boston was A+ and it was very safe; i.e. not like the Marta in Atlanta where I live haha. There's no way in heck I'd wander around there at night!

Despite the expensive cost of living up there, Boston University is number 2 on my list for desirable colleges. I'm not a fan of the cold, but I'd withstand it to go to college in New England.

I wish we could have stayed longer, but my mom and my friend's mom had to go back to Georgia for work, and my dad took my best friend and me to Washington, DC. My dad goes there all the time so he knows several people (if ya know what I mean). We almost got a meeting with the president, but he wasn't in town the day we were there. We did a tour of the Capitol though and I cried. Nothing had touched me so much as the story out tour guide told us, and being surround by so much history.

I still feel like one can't be a true US citizen until they've felt that kind of admiration of their country. Even though it was a brief week I was on "vacation," it was a lifetime experience I'll never forget.

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I have heard a little about why they started talking again. Something about Benjamin Rush I think >.> I think Adams was the one who wrote to Jefferson first.

I hope to, eventually, work somewhere in either the art department (like in concept art and character design. Not actually making anything, just coming up the designs for them, like costumes, makeup, creatures, etc.), or in camerawork. I particularly find cinematography fascinating -- how it impacts the feel of a film so heavily. Actors are obviously important, but even a film with horrible actors that is, however, filmed artistically and cleverly can be quite enjoyable. Maybe someday, when/if I have the funds and support, I'll be able to direct some of my own movies. I have so many ideas, but I highly doubt I'll be as lucky as Neill Blomkamp for example.

Sorry, text wall.

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JoeVigs In reply to Techta [2010-07-10 12:57:46 +0000 UTC]

The one thing that really captured my attention in the first paragraph of your reply (it was beautiful) was how you talked about the statues of John and Abigail looking at one another across the street. It sounds like you had an absolutely amazing trip, and New England does sound absolutely beautiful. I don't think I could ever live there, but I definitely intend to visit one day, to see the same kinds of things you did.

I think if more people made an effort to learn about our history, from our settling to our founding, to all of our history, they'd have a deeper appreciation for what they find themselves a part of. There is nothing like us in the world today, or in the history of the world.

What is the Marta in Atlanta you talk about? I live in Maryland, but I'm not a Marylander by birth (I'm originally from Long Island, New York), so a lot of southern things I'm very unfamiliar with lol

What are your choices for college? And what do you want to study?

Whether you agree or disagree with any sitting president, it would always be an honor to meet one. That would have been quite exciting if you'd been able to meet with him.

I know this is going to sound incredibly silly, maybe; but I'm sure you've seen the National Treasure films? Or the movie "Amistad"?

I love all history, but I really love American History -specifically the Founding and the Civil War. I live twenty minutes away from Gettysburg National Military Park, and I'm up there all the time. It is such an amazing, beautiful, haunting place -and I want to live somewhere like that one day -somewhere that means something, something integral, to our nation.

I didn't know the full story behind Rush getting Adams and Jefferson to converse with one another again until recently. It turns out that Rush had a dream, and in this dream, God told Rush that Jefferson and Adams had to speak to one another again- that it was important for the nation. And so Rush set about the task. That generation was absolutely amazing.

In historical films, everything matters -and exactly like you said, it can come down to cinematography or the way a costume is designed. I have no doubt that when -not if- but when you end up doing that kind of work, you'll do it wonderfully.

Text wall? Look at my text wall lol No need to be sorry

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