Are you sure this man was the artist? I doubt it -- looking at his hands. But this has nothing to do with the picture. The sculpture, if carved soap can be described as such, is not so great either. But again that's not the point. Or is it? I apologise for these words, but they say what I see.
Don _______________ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery See Extra Pages 'The Cement Company from HELL!' Updated: August 15, 2003 ----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 8:21 PM Subject: Re: PAW #8 - The Soap Carver > Yes, it is disturbing. Homelessnes is one of those issues that is so > complex that I don't know how to deal with it personally. > > This poor fellow obviously was dealing with many issues. Couldn't really > tell if there are/were substance abuse issues, but certainly he was > suffering from a major mental illness. My guess is that the artistic > release of carving is something that he requires. He really liked telling > me about his sculptures, explaining that they were like sculptures "from the > renaissance" over and over. > > Anyway, thanks for taking the time to comment. > > cheers, > frank > > > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > > > > >From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: PAW #8 - The Soap Carver > >Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 11:01:23 -0500 > > > >Frank, > > > >Interesting photograph, but IMO, somewhat disturbing. This appears to be a > >homeless person with a lot of artistic talent. It's a shame to see someone > >with such talent living under such circumstances. > > > >Bill > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 5:49 PM > >Subject: PAW #8 - The Soap Carver > > > > > > > Took this one about a year ago, but I'm just getting it printed up for > >the > > > first time: > > > > > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2251211 > > > > > > This is kind of part one of two - another print from the same session is > > > ready tomorrow. > > > > > > I always like comments, suggestions and critiques. Thanks! > > > > > > cheers, > > > frank > > > > > > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The > >pessimist > > > fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN Premium. Get 2 months FREE* > > > > >http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=ht tp://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Add photos to your e-mail with MSN Premium. Get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines > >
