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A century or something ago I posted this meme in which people could ask me to blog about something I don't usually blog about.

Now, as my new job has disastrous consequences on my leisure time and I don't get round to checking my private e-mail anymore, my journaling activities are at an all time low. But that doesn't mean I don't try to keep in the loop, and I do attempt to do something with all those hours I spend on the train. As I have no means to be on the Net while on the move, the best thing I can think of is to draw. The circumstances are not ideal, but I do manage more or less. In any case: the next entry in the meme blogging series is a picture, drawn on the train.

ellecain asked, "What d'you think would happen if Oscar Wilde and Severus Snape met accidentally on the street?"


Well... Actually I would have a hard time thinking of two men who are more unlike. Wilde was by all accounts a charming (if pretentious) man, a very talkative man also, who liked to laugh out loud at his own jokes. He loved life, he loved art; he was whimsical, promiscuous and absolutely artistic. Of course he could be deeply serious also, and he had great learning.
Now, Snape... Frankly, I have never bought any of those stories in which Snape is cultivated or artistic, much less both. In fact I am inclined to believe that Snape would despise most of the things Wilde stood for. Oh, and I do think it likely he's homophobic, despite all the slashing that goes on in fandom. So here is what I make of that chance encounter:





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Comments

[protowilson.livejournal.com]

Ah, I've been lecturing my students about perspective techniques so if you want me to forward some stuff to you, please let me know. Can you access Powerpoint files? Otherwise I can cut and paste into a word doc. The techniques are really handy!

[sigune.livejournal.com]

I am seriously perspectively challenged, I have to say. A friend told me that's only logical in view of my total lack of insight in mathematics. Maybe she's right. In any case, I bought John Raynes' Complete Guide to Perspective in the hopes of finally getting to understand how perspective works, but though I do understand what Raynes is saying, I am absolutely incapable of putting the theory into practice. I don't even know how to start - where to place the horizon line, where to place objects in relation to the horizon line in order to get the view I want. In fact I can't create space or measure distance AT ALL. It has convinced me that I am a complete idiot.

...If you can explain perspective in a way that I can understand and *work with*, I am very tempted to promise you my first-born child.

Powerpoint is no problem.

[protowilson.livejournal.com]

Augh! I've misplaced your e-mail address! Can you drop me a line? amdpoptastic(at)hotmail.com and I'll send that perspective info to you.
BTW, I don't think being challenged at maths has anything to do with perspective going awry. There're really easy methods that you just need to consciously apply until it becomes second nature. Trust me!