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The Started Colt: Horsemanship as an Art
At a certain point in my life I became fed up with the Equine industry, I didn't like the way people treated horses, I didn't like the way people talked about horses and I didn't like the way people looked at horses.
In despair and heart broke over the loss of my first love I gradually came to see horses in a new and different light, they became a canvas for me, there movement a form of art and the work I put in a practice of art, an expression of self.
This book strives to be a clinical discussion of art and art theory in the same vein as it's name sake, the classic treaties by Xenophon.
I do not expect the reader to finish this book and start up a career as a colt starter, yet I hope the reader finishes this book and and finds themselves compelled to study the lines of there horse, drawn to observe the movement of the eye and ear, staggered by the dimensional depth of each foot fall.
Were I to wake and find myself in some strange land that had no horses I would first find myself a pen and pencil and draw myself a horse to look at.
In despair and heart broke over the loss of my first love I gradually came to see horses in a new and different light, they became a canvas for me, there movement a form of art and the work I put in a practice of art, an expression of self.
This book strives to be a clinical discussion of art and art theory in the same vein as it's name sake, the classic treaties by Xenophon.
I do not expect the reader to finish this book and start up a career as a colt starter, yet I hope the reader finishes this book and and finds themselves compelled to study the lines of there horse, drawn to observe the movement of the eye and ear, staggered by the dimensional depth of each foot fall.
Were I to wake and find myself in some strange land that had no horses I would first find myself a pen and pencil and draw myself a horse to look at.
150 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 26, 2022
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October 26, 2024
Just as starting a young horse is a journey of having them learn how to learn, this book is not one of instruction in starting. It is not about techniques, though it touches on some to a small degree in its final chapters.
Instead it is about the mindset of the horseman.
It is about the development of one’s appreciation for both the horse and the role the horseman plays.
It is about art, the artist, and his canvas.
Overall, a very good book to have on hand, and one I’m glad to have read so early in my own journey.
Instead it is about the mindset of the horseman.
It is about the development of one’s appreciation for both the horse and the role the horseman plays.
It is about art, the artist, and his canvas.
Overall, a very good book to have on hand, and one I’m glad to have read so early in my own journey.
November 26, 2022
An amazing and deep book on the true reasons for real and good horsemanship....i cannot wait to read the next 2 other tomes! great great book!
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