Think Draw - Picture - DOGS!!! Your Ancestors are Watching You!

Title: DOGS!!! Your Ancestors are Watching You!
created on 13 Oct 11

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1. chelydra wrote: Please note that the inner corner of this eye is supposed to be on your left. Seeing it the other way gives a whole other expression. Based on a wolf eye...
2. chelydra wrote: ... but I didn't feel like figuring out how to get the face to look furry, so if your prefer to see it as an ancient crocodile (some yet-to-be-discovered reptilian ancestor of dogs) that's okay I guess.
3. chelydra wrote: This is one of those pictures that could have used another half hour of fussing and tweaking (e.g. to get rid of that hint of a humanoid nose of your right). But it's already 5 am.
4. chelydra wrote: Earlier tonight I caught a glimpse of a nature show about dog genetics. Very sad stuff. But it was that rebel faction of wolfdom who decided to hook up with humans who allowed it to hapopen.
5. chelydra wrote: Here's a sort-of-poem by the Anglo-Colombia philosopher Nelsy Cristancho called 'Thanks'. The relevant bit comes at the end, but you need the rest for it to make sense... (bear with me)
6. chelydra wrote: Thanks to all the people, alive and deceased, who made this world and caused its endless problems. Without the need to deal with such a world, I would not have found my power.
7. chelydra wrote: In particular I thank my parents for the irresponsibility that made me bitter, sad and angry. Without those negative feelings I could not have begun to understand myself. (NC verse 2)
8. chelydra wrote: Thanks, too, to my abusive and disrespectful partners. Without your perpetual humiliation I would never have known to demand respect (NC verse 3)
9. chelydra wrote: A million thanks to my lovely daughters. Without you I would have never found the healthy side of loving and sharing. (NC verse 4)
10. chelydra wrote: I thank myself for making the effort to believe in me and for keeping me simple, active, and healthy. (NC verse 5)
11. chelydra wrote: And finally, I thank Nature, and animals like our cat Holly and our dog Toby. Without your consistent and unconditional support, I would never have realised that the worldâ€™s great misfortune is to be in the hands of the most angry and fearful of
12. chelydra wrote: ... creatures. Nelsy Cristancho, born c. 1950, grew up in a Bogata slum, got herself educated and became a teacher, then moved to London around 1985 or so.
13. stevedover1965 wrote: This is a very good idea for the showcase Chelydra, are you OK? You can air your thoughts on the Doldrums or Prayer requests if you like some of us can offer good advice if needed of course or just someone to listen. Take care x Steve
14. chelydra wrote: Due to a series of traumas dating back to childhood, she had a total breakdown, was diagnosed as raving mad, but then decided to cure herself by figuring out what was going on...
15. chelydra wrote: ...in her own life and in the world as a whole. The results of her investigations are the subject of lectures she gives in London, and a book to come later.
16. chelydra wrote: The question of wild (free) versus domesticated (enslaved) is central to her thinking, and mine also. (I was her writing teacher for a couple of years).
17. chelydra wrote: In case you got confused, messages 6-11 are all quotations of the sort-of-poem called THANKS by Nelsy Cristancho.
18. chelydra wrote: Of course the real question is whether WE (you and me) are wild or domesticated... wolves or dogs... free or enslaved...
19. chelydra wrote: and whether we have the wisdom to know the difference (prayers for that will be happily accepted thanks steve)
20. 56rosie wrote: Squinting and looking at your pic offers an incredible view through the eye of the anscestor! Well done!!
21. artdillon wrote: the fluidity of the eye and the roughness of the skin make a nice contrast
22. hjjr wrote: ... in most cases we are free to enslave ourselves
23. hjjr wrote: your depiction is wildly domesticated... nicely done
24. chelydra wrote: Thanks. #16 above seems to imply Nelsy got her ideas from me, but she already had all her own ideas when we met. The question of whether humans are domestic or wild as a species I first heard posed by...
25. chelydra wrote: ...Julian Huxley in a radio interview about 50 years ago. It took root in my mind and I wondered why no one else ever discussed it. Then it showed up in the Unabomber manifesto (I glanced at it...
26. chelydra wrote: ...saw this, and immediately stopped reading for fear this jerk was going to have more of my own pet ideas and queries in his diatribe),
27. Qsilv wrote: Jerks can have parallel ideas and still muck up what they do about them. Nelsy, otoh, did something wonderfully responsible. And I like this eye.
28. clorophilla wrote: the #18 question is the core for me too!
29. bluemoon wrote: I like this eye too
30. five wrote: cool
31. Renee355 wrote: Thought-provoking discourse. Since I started dialysis, I definitely feel enslaved to the rigid schedule. Can't roam too far from home.
32. chelydra wrote: Ah but wildness is what's inside you.