Picasso's bull

Subject: Picasso's bull Mon May 11, 2009 12:08 am

I guess that this was intended to be a lesson in economy for drawing, but also a lesson in writing for busy readers:

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Subject: Re: Picasso's bull Mon May 11, 2009 4:39 am

Well, there are several differing opinions. The one I find most compelling is that this series of lithographs are a work of defiance of Darwin.

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Subject: Re: Picasso's bull Mon May 11, 2009 5:27 am

It reminds me of Hemingway's description of how he'd sit half the day in a French Coffee shop, whittling a page of scribbles down to 2 sentences.

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Subject: Re: Picasso's bull Mon May 11, 2009 5:37 am

And when I"m asked the inane question about who are the people I would like to have dinner with, I always answer anywhere where Hemingway is a guest.

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Subject: Re: Picasso's bull Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:48 am

Quote:

economy

Picasso's bicycle-saddle-and-handlebars bull sculpture is quite funny.

Subject: Re: Picasso's bull Tue Sep 22, 2009 7:39 am

And here it is.

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Subject: Re: Picasso's bull Wed Sep 23, 2009 3:04 am

pinhedz wrote:

It reminds me of Hemingway's description of how he'd sit half the day in a French Coffee shop, whittling a page of scribbles down to 2 sentences.

But it took Maxwell Perkins to bring the last page of "A Farewell to Arms" from its original chapter length down to "When it was over, he walked back to the hotel in the rain." A good editor deserves credit.

Subject: Re: Picasso's bull Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:43 am

John McLaughlin wrote:

pinhedz wrote:

It reminds me of Hemingway's description of how he'd sit half the day in a French Coffee shop, whittling a page of scribbles down to 2 sentences.

But it took Maxwell Perkins to bring the last page of "A Farewell to Arms" from its original chapter length down to "When it was over, he walked back to the hotel in the rain." A good editor deserves credit.

Many authors are good a making it to bull #4, which is admirable--the most important lines are hi-lited, and the detail is largely preserved as well.

But the serious slashing often has to be done by an editor. It's hard to use a butcher knife on yourself.

Favorite quote:

"Put all the details in the appendices. Then, before you send it to me, pull off the appendices and throw them away."

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Subject: Re: Picasso's bull Sat Sep 26, 2009 2:37 pm

Excellent advice. Who's it from?

Subject: Re: Picasso's bull Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:08 am

A senior US gub'mint official.

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Subject: Re: Picasso's bull Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:14 am

The kind whose fantasy is a clean desk with one sheet of paper squarely in the middle of its polished surface each morning?

Subject: Re: Picasso's bull Sun Oct 04, 2009 4:25 am

Isn't that everyone's dream?

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Subject: Re: Picasso's bull Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:57 pm

Not all of us have armies of secretaries at our command, whittling down the piles before we arrive. Then again, I sorta like my piles of papers.

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I do not think that this is good drawing really. But I do like many of his otter paintings.

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other! see above