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Matthew Elliot
is 26% done
Oooh. So the format of the image (JPEG, GIF etc) decides how sharable it is and how it circulates like the secret ideas and patterns etc in a picture and the story it tells, hence the history of the story about the man who was always chasing his shadow and how it changes through history.
— Mar 29, 2025 02:14PM
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Matthew Elliot
is 50% done
Woo! Half way there, this book is fantastic but definitely not for everyone. Definitely for me, though.
— Mar 31, 2025 12:49AM
Matthew Elliot
is 32% done
There's lots of anthropological words that not everyone is going to understand so it's not a book for everyone. Thankfully, I grew up reading these sort of books and even though I don't use them myself, reading them comes naturally. But not everyone has the ability to understand what they're reading without having to look it up. I feel like quite a few people would give up and leave it unread. Just a thought, really.
— Mar 29, 2025 02:34PM
Matthew Elliot
is 27% done
Oh. It just got deeper, this rabbit hole is amazing.
— Mar 29, 2025 02:15PM
Matthew Elliot
is 21% done
The discussion of shadows and Peter Schlemihl is really interesting, it started with a talk about Pliny saying that the first painting (of the new world, rather than in prehistory) was that of a traced shadow of a lover. And it made me think of Peter Pan and I wonder if that's where the idea came from, it's not exactly a common idea back then.
— Mar 29, 2025 01:50PM
Matthew Elliot
is 14% done
Finally got to the first chapter that was a pretty dense intro.
— Mar 29, 2025 01:10PM
