Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jesus George, I do need a stress pill now. Is Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment about spelling? It all comes down to communication. BD is a communicator. Draw your own conclusions but don't jump rapidly when they start to approach. Walt Lottermoser George wrote: > I think we're having semantic problems here. > How can 'images' (good or bad) not be about 'appearances?' > appear |??pi(?)r| |??p?(?)r| |??p??| > verb [ intrans. ] > 1 come into sight; become visible or noticeable, typically without > visible agent or apparent cause : smoke appeared on the horizon. > ? come into existence or use : the major life forms appeared on earth. > ? (of a book) be published : the paperback edition didn't appear for > another two years. > ? feature or be shown : the symbol appears in many paintings of the > period. > ? perform publicly in a movie, play, etc. : he appeared on Broadway. > ? (of an accused person, witness, or lawyer) make an official > appearance in a court of law : he appeared on six charges of theft. > ? informal arrive at a place : by ten o'clock Bill still hadn't > appeared. > 2 seem; give the impression of being : [with infinitive ] she > appeared not to know what was happening | [with clause ] it appears > unlikely that interest rates will fall | [with complement ] he > appeared unaware of the rebuke. > appearance |??pi(?)r?ns| |??p?r?ns| |??p??r(?)ns| > noun > 1 the way that someone or something looks : I like the appearance of > stripped antique pine | they are similar in appearance. > ? an impression given by someone or something, although this may be > misleading : she read it with every appearance of interest. > 2 an act of performing or participating in a public event : he is > well-known for his television appearances. > 3 [usu. in sing. ] an act of becoming visible or noticeable; an > arrival : the sudden appearance of her daughter startled her. > ? a process of coming into existence or use : the appearance of the > railroad. > image |?imij| |??m?d?| |??m?d?| > noun > a representation of the external form of a person or thing in > sculpture, painting, etc. See note at emblem . > ? a visible impression obtained by a camera, telescope, microscope, > or other device, or displayed on a video screen. > ? an optical appearance or counterpart produced by light or other > radiation from an object reflected in a mirror or refracted through a > lens. > ? Mathematics a point or set formed by mapping from another point or > set. > ? a mental representation or idea : he had an image of Uncle Walter > throwing his crutches away. > ? a simile or metaphor : he uses the image of a hole to describe > emotional emptiness. > ? the general impression that a person, organization, or product > presents to the public : she strives to project an image of youth. > ? [in sing. ] a person or thing that closely resembles another : he's > the image of his father. > ? [in sing. ] semblance or likeness : we are made in the image of God. > ? (in biblical use) an idol. > verb [ trans. ] > make a representation of the external form of : artworks that imaged > women's bodies. > ? (usu. be imaged) make a visual representation of (something) by > scanning it with a detector or electromagnetic beam : every point on > the Earth's surface was imaged by the satellite | [as n. ] ( imaging) > medical imaging. > ? form a mental picture or idea of : it is possible for us to image a > society in which no one committed crime. > > If an image does not appear - what do we see? > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george@imagist.com > > > > On Mar 30, 2006, at 2:59 PM, Walt Johnson wrote: > >> good image making is not about appearances. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >