> Occam's Razor be damned, the painter, like any other artist, has the > right to paint however he or she sees fit, interpreting an original > literally and exactly or not. >
I can't agree more, that it's the artist's privilege. It's his medium after all. My lingering doubt arises because, if the "Bette Davis Speaks" version of the picture is the true depiction with no smoke, then why on earth would the stamp artist depict, from his creative mind, a hand that looks to be holding a deleted cigarette? Why create conspiracy where it doesn't exist? Occam's Razor needs an answer. My belief, in case you missed it, is that the biography picture was radically altered by the book publisher or Davis's agency. I also believe that the stamp follows the earliest version of the picture that can't be found on the web, but which the artist had a copy of. BTW, Bette Davis also wore a fur coat which was changed into some generic fuzzy fabric, I suppose to appease PETA. It's just a painting. It's also the image the Postal Service wants to present. It doesn't matter too much to me. It's interesting and I have time to discuss it. "We the Sheeple" get lied to all the time, all around the world ;-) Regards, Anthony > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Mark Roberts > Sent: Saturday, 18 October 2008 10:09 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT - Govt Agency doctors photograph to sanitize history > > John Sessoms wrote: > > > Occam's Razor sez the painter "moved" the hand so it'd fit on the stamp. > > Occam's Razor be damned, the painter, like any other artist, has the > right to paint however he or she sees fit, interpreting an original > literally and exactly or not. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
