Oddly. These three boys attend a Quaker run school. I had hiked them to this rather steep and quick ascent and then began shooting. If you heard what I was saying to them it was the opposite of what they did which egged them on. "Throw kisses!" Of course they exhibited not that.Instead a got a "foul and pestulant congregation of vapors" (quoting hamlet).
shannon --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah. I'm pretty much a pacifist - but let's be honest: which of us, > standing on a mountaintop, hasn't secretly pretended to be > Christopher Lambert in Highlander, spinning round and round, wielding > a massive 2000 year old japanese longsword and trying to cut off Sean > Connery's head? > > Rupert > http://www.fatgirlinohio.org > http://www.crowdabout.us/fatgirlinohio/myshow/ > > On 12 Mar 2007, at 17:08, Harold Johnson wrote: > > One thing's for certain: That was another Noble post. I hope you'll be > posting during Videoblogging Week 2007, Shannon (April 1-7). > > Anyway, I can understand Ron's point, though I don't really agree > with it. > I mean, I can see wanting the video to be more balanced, presenting a > counteraction to the "violence" presented. But this is all nonsense; > this > is a simple, sweet video of the soccerkids being soccerkids. If any > of us > are experiencing violence, maybe it's because we're smokin' the > blunt, and > feelin' peaceful... > > See, but I'm only on caffeine, and the kicks and punches and flips > suit my > mood right now. > > Sincerely, > Harold > http://videoharold.com > > On 11 Mar 2007 23:03:48 -0700, Bill Cammack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > I find it interesting that you saw the punches and kicks as violent, > > but not "giving the finger". > > > > I think the whole thing is indicative of how so many people these > days > > feel absolutely nothing at all, yet attempt to act as if they do feel > > something. There's a lot of weird behavior in videos that has no > > connection to anything at all. I'm talking about grown-ups. These > > were just kids hamming it up for the camera, and you kind of expect > > them to "do anything" when it's their turn to 'perform'. > > > > It's always interesting to get other people's perspectives on > > things..... like how some people think squirrels are food. > > > > -- > > Bill C. > > http://ReelSolid.TV <http://reelsolid.tv/> > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging% > 40yahoogroups.com>, > > Ron Watson <k9disc@> wrote: > > > > > > I kind of figured that I was going to get the namby pamby label > with > > > the analysis. It is soft > > > > > > You can call them 'power moves' and all, but they were punches and > > > kicks, and punches and kicks are gestures of violence. > > > > > > I think they are emulating what they see on TV: punchy, kicky > > > violence, some irreverence, and thankfully they did something > that is > > > out of character on TV, and that is to speak for peace. > > > > > > I also really liked it when the camera stopped on the one boy > when he > > > was giving the finger. He looked as if he had just gotten caught. > > > > > > It was an interesting video. > > > > > > Ron Watson > > > > > > On the Web: > > > http://pawsitivevybe.com > > > http://k9disc.com > > > http://k9disc.blip.tv > > > > > > > > > On Mar 12, 2007, at 12:21 AM, Markus Sandy wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 11, 2007, at 8:53 PM, Ron Watson wrote: > > > > > > > > > I also didn't care too much for the burst of violence. I > guess this > > > > > is just the hippy in me, but I really wish that were not > part of > > > > > their physical vocabulary so easily expressed and mimicked > on film, > > > > > and it was contagious. > > > > > > > > ron, why do you see this as violent? > > > > > > > > some people might just call them "power moves" > > > > > > > > is every sudden gesture or move an expression of violence? > > > > > > > > on the other hand, aren't they emulating what you might see on > MTV? > > > > > > > > good to see you posting shannon > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > Markus Sandy > > > > http://feeds.feedburner.com/havemoneywillvlog > > > > http://feeds.feedburner.com/apperceptions > > > > http://feeds.feedburner.com/digitaldojo > > > > http://feeds.feedburner.com/spinflow > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
