15 Feb 07
Originally posted by NordlysSo you're saying if Jesus decided to come down from the hangin around with Keith Moon and John Bonham, no one would be able to recognize him?
That's actually quite interesting - nobody knows what he looked like, and yet most people recognise him easily on pictures. Of course the cross he usually hangs on may help a little.
15 Feb 07
Originally posted by asromacalcioI love the way you define Jocky Wilson as very famous but then admit that no one knows who the hell he is!
I do an activity with my students sometimes, I show them pictures of the most famous people in history and ask them if they know who they are.
We're talking very famous here, Marilyn Monroe, JFK, Bruce Lee, John Lennon, Charlie Chaplin, Jocky Wilson.
They all seem to know them, although occasionally there's one who doesn't recognise John Lennon or ...[text shortened]... rld.
I have to say, from my experience so far, it would seem to be Bruce Lee.
Really!
15 Feb 07
Originally posted by NordlysIf you saw Jesus tommorow, walking around the block all garnished up with adornments, what would you think? Would you think it's jesus or some guy on speed? I'm talking actually here, all joking aside.
Well, it depends. If he still wears a crown of thorns and has a halo, people will probably still recognise him.
15 Feb 07
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Originally posted by LanndonKaneTrue, I would think it's some guy on speed. Well, not necessarily on speed. But I sure wouldn't think it's Jesus. I would have to rule out all more likely possibilities before starting to believe it might be him.
If you saw Jesus tommorow, walking around the block all garnished up with adornments, what would you think? Would you think it's jesus or some guy on speed? I'm talking actually here, all joking aside.
Edit: But I would probably be able to recognise that the person tries to impersonate Jesus. On the other hand, if he were the real Jesus, he'd probably look so different from anything artists have made of him that nobody would recognise him.
15 Feb 07
Probably Che Guavara, purely because his image is the most replicated in the world. Jesus doesn't count because his image is fictional and it's only the interpretive accoutrements that maintain his identity (cross, white robes, halo, surreounding contextual backgrounds etc.).
After that Hitler, I guess.
I hear Morrissey is very big in Puerto Rico though, so who knows?
15 Feb 07
Originally posted by LanndonKaneThe image of Jesus most people recognize was created by artists in the Middle Ages and almost certainly bears no resemblance to the historical Jesus (if there was one).
If you saw Jesus tommorow, walking around the block all garnished up with adornments, what would you think? Would you think it's jesus or some guy on speed? I'm talking actually here, all joking aside.
15 Feb 07
Originally posted by asromacalcioThe most iconic image that people will think of in three years time will be that of me, Rene Pogel. Nobody even knows me now, but in three years time my new theory explaining consciousness will have burst upon the world. Suddenly everyone will want to look like me because when they understand whats going on in their minds they will realise that outward appearances mean nothing.
I do an activity with my students sometimes, I show them pictures of the most famous people in history and ask them if they know who they are.
We're talking very famous here, Marilyn Monroe, JFK, Bruce Lee, John Lennon, Charlie Chaplin, Jocky Wilson.
They all seem to know them, although occasionally there's one who doesn't recognise John Lennon or ...[text shortened]... rld.
I have to say, from my experience so far, it would seem to be Bruce Lee.
Really!
Models walking down cat walks will be chosen for the size of their hunchbacks, because they will want to emulate the most intelligent man in the universe. Squints and stutters will be 'a la mode'. Hamlet will say
"Is this a da da da da ger I see before me", never mind Macbeth.
And the President of the United States will be chosen on the basis of physical uglieness, as now, but without the emphasis on money.
16 Feb 07
Originally posted by Seitse...che guevara had a life goal of an atomic war between the great powers...he was not fantastic...he wanted mass death for much of humankind...he was an egoist who head and hands were cut off by american special forces on the bolivian plateau none to soon...
Jesus Christ and Che Guevara.
The two most fantastic revolutionaries in the history of humankind.
Who's Jocky Wilson? 😕
