When I put a moon in a story, I always double-check to ensure its phase aligns with the time of the day, season and whatnot. I've always wondered whether any readers thought of this.
It's interesting to think that these types of incorrect 'chunks' of information have probably been a relatively benign sociological artifact for most of history -- until the present age of instant networked communication.
If you were part of some well defined group or community before the era of global inter-subjectivity, and your group had some incorrect chunks, you'd probably eventually come across another group that had different and conflicting chunks. Then you would at least have a jarring moment of coming to terms with that conflict. But now we're all apart of the same global shared consciousness, with all the inconsistencies and strangeness that entails.
I came to read this because of your year end post and because I’m interested in video games. And it was a great post, the cacti and camels, snowy trees and rising crescent moons are very interesting. What I’ll really remember though is the sentence about tree rings showing growing seasons and waiting seasons. I think that if people had rings, we’d see the same thing. There’s a lot that I want to consider about that idea, and thank you!
Jan 28, 2023·edited Jan 28, 2023Liked by Étienne Fortier-Dubois
Very insightful, thanks for incorporating Shishkin's paintings into your post. One of my favorites is Morning in a Pine Forest (sometimes also called Bears in the Woods and found on the famous-in-Russia chocolate candy wrappers), although the bears themselves were painted over by another artist, Savitsky (oft uncredited). This was a rare collaboration between two artists -- that most people likely don't know about -- whose painting resulted in one of the most popular works of art.
When I put a moon in a story, I always double-check to ensure its phase aligns with the time of the day, season and whatnot. I've always wondered whether any readers thought of this.
This was such an enlightening post. I look forward to many more!
I was waiting for pedantism but got only really interesting information.
I just started playing Banjo-Kazooie again. For the first time in, what, 25 years? This time with my kids. Fun to see an image of it pop up.
Anyawy, I like these types of posts, fresh and original topic & perspective. Thank you!
It's interesting to think that these types of incorrect 'chunks' of information have probably been a relatively benign sociological artifact for most of history -- until the present age of instant networked communication.
If you were part of some well defined group or community before the era of global inter-subjectivity, and your group had some incorrect chunks, you'd probably eventually come across another group that had different and conflicting chunks. Then you would at least have a jarring moment of coming to terms with that conflict. But now we're all apart of the same global shared consciousness, with all the inconsistencies and strangeness that entails.
I came to read this because of your year end post and because I’m interested in video games. And it was a great post, the cacti and camels, snowy trees and rising crescent moons are very interesting. What I’ll really remember though is the sentence about tree rings showing growing seasons and waiting seasons. I think that if people had rings, we’d see the same thing. There’s a lot that I want to consider about that idea, and thank you!
Very insightful, thanks for incorporating Shishkin's paintings into your post. One of my favorites is Morning in a Pine Forest (sometimes also called Bears in the Woods and found on the famous-in-Russia chocolate candy wrappers), although the bears themselves were painted over by another artist, Savitsky (oft uncredited). This was a rare collaboration between two artists -- that most people likely don't know about -- whose painting resulted in one of the most popular works of art.
More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_in_a_Pine_Forest
And yes to undoing clichés!
This was such an enlightening post. I look forward to many more!