Painting (was Rebuttal Man was was Re: Love and sex)

[Marianne]

At 05:38 PM 3/26/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>>
>>>Rob, watching these words dry as we speak.
>>>
>>
>>Which is why I paint in Acrylics. I'm too impatient to wait for the paint to
>>dry before I can have another go at it.
>>
>>Marianne, the quickie painter
>>
>>Tis true, but acrylic lacks many advantages that are apparent with oil, I
>too was of the same mind. Since my first couple works in oil, I have not
>since touched acrylic. If you have not used oil much, try a couple works in
>it. Once you have gotten the hang of it, and the techniques, I am sure you
>would never go back. It's vividness is worth the price, its texture is worth
>the clean up, and I prefer the long drying time. If you have to take a
>break, you can come back the next day and pick up where you left off. If
>anyone really cares, thats my opinion anyway.
>
>Rob
>

I have to confess I'm a little ignorant about painting in oils. I guess
what has kept me away from it is that it seems more cumbersome to me -
turpentine and all that. What I like about Acrylics is that if you don't
like something you can paint over it right away... but the blends aren't as
nice.

Marianne

[Rob Slack]

>Try it once, you will hate it. Try it twice, you will start to like it. Try
it three times you will through your acrylics in a snowbank. No offence
meant, but once you see what you have been missing, you will ever turn back.

Rob

[Marianne]

I'll make a trip to the local art store this weekend! No offence taken,
I've been thinking of switching as I have been having troubles getting the
desired effect when I paint and thought a switch to oil might make the
difference.

Marianne, feeling the creative urge coming on

[Rob Slack]

>It will madam, it certainly will. I hope you enjoy it. The mess is half the
fun.

Rob

[Robert Stubblefield]

>>Marianne, feeling the creative urge coming on
>>
>>It will madam, it certainly will. I hope you enjoy it. The mess is half the
>fun.
>
>Rob
>

>uh oh, Carboy. looks like the pearl necklace thread is re-emerging....

bobby

[Verdant]

now what makes you say that, rebuttal boy?

Verdant

[Sean Yeomans]

as the only fitting place to hang anything i paint is on the refrigerator
door (what do you mean a helicopter? it's a vase of tulips!) i'm not really
qualified to comment, but that's never stopped me before. oils are
wonderfully expressive. i'd rather you blindfold me and let me feel an oil
painting than let me look but not touch. the picture is what the artists
thinks she is telling us but the texture is about the feelings and passions
she has put into her work.

sean, uneducated but appreciative

[Robert Stubblefield]

>why do you ask?

[Rob Slack]

>Or him

[Rob Slack]

>>>Marianne, feeling the creative urge coming on
>>>
>>>It will madam, it certainly will. I hope you enjoy it. The mess is half the
>>fun.
>>
>>Rob
>>
>>uh oh, Carboy. looks like the pearl necklace thread is re-emerging....
>
>bobby
>

>If ya make perverted comments like that you would turn any conversation in
that direction.

You pervert

[Robert Stubblefield]

At 09:59 AM 3/29/97 +1200, you wrote:
>>At 06:38 PM 3/28/97 +1200, you wrote:

>>>>>>Marianne, feeling the creative urge coming on
>>>>>>
>>>>>>It will madam, it certainly will. I hope you enjoy it. The mess is half
>>the
>>>>>fun.
>>>>>
>>>>>Rob
>>>>>
>>>>>uh oh, Carboy. looks like the pearl necklace thread is re-emerging....
>>>>
>>>>bobby
>>>>

>>>now what makes you say that, rebuttal boy?
>>>
>>>Verdant
>>>
>>>why do you ask?
>>
>>

>Stop! NO! Please! Rebuttal Man has fully transformed into Woodpecker and
>there will be no peace, no solitude, no quarter safe from his endless
>pecking. I call upon the entire AFTRLife to work together to put an end to
>these endeavours destined to drive us into the muck and mire of meaningless
>questions. He hasn't even asked the meaningful one, the one so obvious and
>pure and real... tsk tsk woodpecker, you're falling down on the job...
>
>Verdant
>
>what question is that?

[Verdant]

[Robert Stubblefield]

At 01:21 PM 3/30/97 +1200, you wrote:
>>At 09:59 AM 3/29/97 +1200, you wrote:

>>>what question is that?
>>
>>
>come here, let me whisper it in your ear. I don't want anyone else to hear.
>Come on, get closer. closer. ssshhh... HOW DO YOU MAKE LOVE STAY???
>
>Verdant
>
>why would you want to?

[Jim LaPierre]

How could you not want to ?

[Robert Stubblefield]

>isn't it obvious?

[Verdant]

[Verdant]

>At 01:21 PM 3/30/97 +1200, you wrote:

>>why would you want to?
>
>

ah Rebuttal Man, shouldn't the question have been why WOULDN'T you want to?

Verdant

[B Karman]

Teehee V-- he gotcha!

barbed

[B Karman]

>ah Rebuttal Man, shouldn't the question have been why WOULDN'T you want to?
>
>Verdant

Actually no. Either could be considered correct;Rebuttal Man's is phrased
in an active voice. . .where Ve's reversal is passive-voiced.

So it's a question of immediacy versus distance.

To be or Not To be.

The rules ain't what they used to be:)

Cheekily barbed(who loves to egg Rebuttal Man on to greater Glory)

Oops. Gotta go. The Easter Bunny just arrived.

Happy Spring everyone.

[Robert Stubblefield]

>Teehee V-- he gotcha!
>
>barbed
>

>did i?

[Robert Stubblefield]

>ah Rebuttal Man, shouldn't the question have been why WOULDN'T you want to?
>
>Verdant
>

>do you presume to speak for Rebuttal Man, foolish mortal?

Rebuttal Man

[Debbie Rogers]

In a message dated 3/29/97 8:08:56 PM, you wrote:

<<HOW DO YOU MAKE LOVE STAY???
> >
> >Verdant
> >
> >why would you want to?

How could you not want to ?
>>

Whether you could or would......depends on who the love is with?

[Robert Stubblefield]

>how so?

[Jim LaPierre]

Debbie Rogers wrote:
>
> In a message dated 3/29/97 8:08:56 PM, you wrote:
>
> <<HOW DO YOU MAKE LOVE STAY???
> > >
> > >Verdant
> > >
> > >why would you want to?
>
> How could you not want to ?
> >>
>
> Whether you could or would......depends on who the love is with?

No,if you grow weary of the person
let them go
but let the Love stay
It doesn't have to be a verb
nor always a noun
it should be a work in progress
but it helps to let it go
it doesn't have to be between people places or things
It needs to be embraced
but it helps to let it go
It can't be forced
but it doesn't come easily
You can study it all you like
and you'll still be a fool
Like me

Jim

[+]

Hi Jim,

All your messages lately have been formatted like free verse. This one
deserves to be. Tres nice.

Dale

[Jim LaPierre]

> >>Come on, get closer. closer. ssshhh... HOW DO YOU MAKE LOVE STAY???

> >>
> >>Verdant
> >>
> >>why would you want to?
> >
> >

> ah Rebuttal Man, shouldn't the question have been why WOULDN'T you want to?
>
> Verdant

What would be Rebuttal Man's "kryptonite" ?
Perhaps irrefutable statements?
Or unanswerable questions?
Hey Rebuttal Man,
What happens when an irresistable force meets an immovable object?

Rebuttal Boy

[Verdant]

>>do you presume to speak for Rebuttal Man, foolish mortal?
>
>Rebuttal Man
>

foolish rebuttal man, you have met your match... mortal indeed...

Verdant

[Debbie Rogers]

In a message dated 3/30/97 3:16:11 PM, you wrote:

<<> Whether you could or would......depends on who the love is with?

No,if you grow weary of the person
let them go
but let the Love stay
It doesn't have to be a verb
nor always a noun
it should be a work in progress
but it helps to let it go
it doesn't have to be between people places or things
It needs to be embraced
but it helps to let it go
It can't be forced
but it doesn't come easily
You can study it all you like
and you'll still be a fool
Like me

Jim
>>

WOW Jim!! What a lovely interpretation of the many aspects of love!! I
disagree with one part though.......you're definitely not a fool.

Debbie, lover of sonnets & prose