Bob H wrote:

> 
> You said fresnel before so I wanted to clarify I wasn't suggesting it; only 
> that the old keyword reflection_exponent was exchanged with the shortened 
> keyword exponent and isn't related to fresnel, directly anyhow AFAIK. At 
> least, it (the old keyword) existed before fresnel did, IIRC. Keyword 
> falloff in the reflection block might be something similar yet still not the 
> same thing.
> 
> Didn't want people reading here to get confused about this, hopefully not 
> anyhow.
> 
Well I am the one who created the confusion.  I was blathering as usual.

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"Jim Charter" <jrc### [at] msncom> schreef in bericht
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> Thomas de Groot wrote:
> > My goodness! This is the very thing now!
> > Very much a Grail object (just been reading Robert Holdstock lately
:-) )
> >
> Thanks Thomas, I'll give Holdstock a look, I am not currently familiar.
>   Actually someone in my household took "Stonehenge" (Bernard Cornwell)
> out of the library and I read a bit yesterday, while letting others use
> the computer.  Historical fiction, but fun, and I guess it suits my mood
> somehow given I am picturing religious artifacts lately, lol.  Actually
> the whole humble-cup/ornate-relinquary concept is kinda weird when you
> think about it.
>

Ah! Cornwell, yes indeed. Did you read "the Winter King"? Arthurian legend
in an archeologically sound environment.
Holdstock is another matter. My mental associations often make big jumps!
Holdstock explores the myth-generation process of the mind and builds some
extremely fascinating stories around that concept, usually drawing
inspiration from the Mabinogion and the Arthur legend embedded there.

Thomas

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Jim Charter <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote:
> Well I have put most of my energies in life into things
> that don't make money.  And presto, I don't
> have much money! It's a serious joke, my friend.

thankfully, the purpose of life has nothing to do with making money.  Money
is great for buying you food, nothing more...

> It may seem counter-intuitive to others but
> realists or mimeticists can be genuinely surprised at the outcome of a
> painting or image.

I believe this is true for most artists:  to begin from scratch, with a few
sketches and look how far you can get by just throwing mud... :)

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Jim Charter wrote:

Impressive. Do you ever spend the money to print these object studies?

  -Shay

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none wrote:
> Jim Charter wrote:
> 
> Impressive. 

Thanks Shay


Do you ever spend the money to print these object studies?
> 


Nah.  Actaully I did a lot of printing of all sorts of things when I was
demoing printers in stores and printed out my works as well as that of 
some others here.  The results were interesting but really never 
rivalled a photograph for intrinsic interest.  The one I like best was a 
print of the Boli figure.

But there are better machines to print with than the little consumer 
printers I was demoing obviously.

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