>>>> On Jul 15, 6:51 pm, "Laurie G."
winternet.com> wrote:>>>>> E. Liddell wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:50:32 -0700, spam wrote:
>>>>>>> On Jul 14, 10:09 am, "E. Liddell" wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:04:00 -0700, spam wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Jul 13, 8:06 am, "E. Liddell"
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>
>
>>> It always annoyed me that there was never a Muse of painting. Maybe the
>>> ancient Greeks considered painting as "craft", not as "art"? *fooey*
>
>> I think it's largely because the Muses are associated as a whole with
>> *poetic* art--even Terp while generally considered the muse of dance
>> also is associated with choral song. All of them have some association
>> with verbal/musical expression in some way (although Urania is a bit
>> of an outlier).
>
>> And they would all ultimately be associated with Apollo, god of music
>> and poetry.
>
> Didn't Apollo create the Muses, or have them as his assistants, or
> something? I am not remembering that part of my Greek mythology.
The Muses served under him, basically, IIRC. And I'm sure different
Greek tribes believed different things, so it depends on your source.
>> The other fine arts, the more physical ones like sculpting, weaving,
>> etc. would be associated with Athena. (And the more practical crafts
>> with Hephaistos).
>
> Athena certainly was portrayed as a mistress of weaving,
Also pottery. And she invented the aulos (flute). She's often
described as goddess of handicraft.
> and of course
> Hephaestus was the God of Smithcraft. After learning more about
> traditional hand-smithing, I can see why it would be considered magical,
> and why the activity would get its very own deity in *many* mythos.
Yeah. Not exactly easy.
A lot of making and engineering was nearly arcane. Architecture was
also apparently a complex art... so much so, that in their efforts to
rebuild the Parthenon, they've discovered the builders and architects
had some crazily complicated mathemetical design influences, and that
some of their tools were effectively better than a lot of tools used
in modern masonry today.
>>>> I briefly found similar inspiration when I just wanted clean off my
>>>> hard drive of old stuff and was opening things to remember what they
>>>> were.
>>> Oh yeah. "What does *this* file name possibly mean?"
>
>> *lol* Exactly.
>
>> Or three almost similar ones, like "Anthy-Mikage Thing," "Anthy Mikage
>> Other Thing", "Anthy Mikage and the Kitchen Sink."
>
>> (And no, none of those are romances involving Anthy and Mikage. They
>> were just significant characters in the plot.)
>
> If that kitchen sink is a significant character then it must be the one
> in Nemuro Memorial Hall, and go along with the haunted basement and
> sentient elevator.
Now *there's* a fanfic that needs writing. ^_^
> I've been able to successfully edit your fic file with my commentary,
> and I don't believe its altered the format since it was in the proper
> format to start with. Of course the true test will come when I send it
> back to you and we'll see if you can open it.
I look forward to reading your comments when you're ready (and we'll
have fun with formatting if and when need be).
>>>
>
>>>>>> (I'm currently in the middle of experimenting with the current season's
>>>>>> new anime offerings. Finally, another season of Slayers!)
>>>> Yes! I am excited about that. Of course, the old question rears its
>>>> head: will Amelia and Naga ever appear on screen at the same time? :)
>>> I think these episodes have arrived at our house
>
>> Wait, is the new Slayers series actually OUT? *runs to look*
>
> Probably not. My memory was probably just mixing up looking at previews
> with thinking that we'd actually received disks. My bad.
I caught some eps on Youtube. Looks like fun. Will definitely pick up
when it comes to the U.S.
> I'll warn you about "Mokke" then. It seemed to use many of the same
> themes as "Kamichu". But I ended up really disliking it because I
> couldn't stand the characters. I found them either utter idiots or
> really irritating--they had the kind of traits that I find irritating in
> people in real life.
Noted!
> But I became fond of all the characters in "Kamichu".
I think that's why it's so endearing. It's not exactly a fast paced
anime or anything. Very "slice of life" in fact. But with good
characters, that can be extremely enjoyable. I can't think of a
character I dislike in Kamichu, and that's a rare thing. I think the
older sister (Matsuri?) is a little grating, but I think she's
supposed to be, and she has enough depth than to be just another
"overbearing snot" archetype.
>> And all of this is more than you probably wanted to know, but there we
>> are.
>
> Nah, this is exactly the kind of stuff I want to know before buying. I
> thought it'd be a simple matter of finding time to pick up the games and
> install. But I think I'll do some reading at the forums first, now, and
> see where the patch situation is at.
Well, you should be able to safely get the software up through
"Seasons." It's just BV and after that have the SecuROM on there.
FreeTime is patched, and I think if you have trouble, there's an exe
you can download from SecuROM that makes the game run properly.
DQ
