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Madness!
Wilbur - 31/Mar/06
i love the lighting. the soft tones of the barley white complimenting the delicate textures of the grain and the darkness of the void below. truely inspiring.
catt - 31/Mar/06
I am a little concerned that you have way too few screws fixing that backing board to the wall.
karl walton - 31/Mar/06
I agree - I was contemplating installing an RSJ as a precaution, but the girlfriend wasn't keen.
TRNovice - 31/Mar/06
When I lived with my parents I was cruelly prevented from having just this arrangement,,, parents!
karl walton - 31/Mar/06
I'd never stand in the way of my children installing a finger board :-)
TRNovice - 31/Mar/06
Thanks Dad.
karl walton - 31/Mar/06
S'OK son :-)
TRNovice - 31/Mar/06
i enjoy the clever fusion of wood and paint
mac_climb - 31/Mar/06
I'm glad that you picked up on the effect I was going for - it is quite subtle, so you have great discernment.
TRNovice - 31/Mar/06
I love the way there are so many hard 90 degree angles in the white and then in complete contrast the wood is all curvy.
Awe Inspiring!
Marcus B - 31/Mar/06
Awe Inspiring!
I spent years looking for that perfect image, I'm so pleased that you appreciated it. *group hug*
TRNovice - 31/Mar/06
I love the suggestion of continuity that the open dark doorway suggests, combined with the stark white wall and the warmth of the natural wood. A fine juxtaposition of suggested contradictions.
Chris Fryer - 03/Apr/06
I was trying to make a statement about the fundamental human condition in a deconstructed, post-industrial, post-arboreal nexus counter-pointed by the attenuation of spirit in a neo-classical, yet materially-focussed confluence of realisable future ego-states. Seems like I hit the mark.
TRNovice - 03/Apr/06
I'm mesmerised by the striking religious imagery in this piece. The implied head and outstretched arms of the Christ figure. Note the tremendously subtle and effective shadowed head above the horizontal spar of the Cross itself. The light cleverly juxtaposed with the darkness below, very evocative. Fantastic allegory here, 5/5.
Davie
I am the God of Strathyre - 03/Apr/06
Davie
I did actually have stigmata appear on my palms and feet whilst composing the piece.
TRNovice - 03/Apr/06
A very intimate sense of the cold, restful expressiveness of the training-aid as muse, which ponders and listens patiently in a silence that has been carefuly prepared for the toil of it's owner to penetrate.
Of recent years, we seem to have been conditioned by exposure to contemporary art to mistrust the practical examples somehow. Training art — unless it's a stand-in for sex or death, as it so often is — is not always my cup of tea. This piece, however, provides a thread to tie sex and death to the cartesian principles of dualism, and therefore provides us with structure and soul.
pencilled in - 03/Apr/06
Of recent years, we seem to have been conditioned by exposure to contemporary art to mistrust the practical examples somehow. Training art — unless it's a stand-in for sex or death, as it so often is — is not always my cup of tea. This piece, however, provides a thread to tie sex and death to the cartesian principles of dualism, and therefore provides us with structure and soul.
That sounded almost intelligible - I'm most impressed!
TRNovice - 03/Apr/06
FIVE - although a bit of cropping and alligning the horizon could improve it even more. The interplay of light (on the wood highlights) and shadow (in the door frame - where does it lead???) is delightful.
Smitz - 04/Apr/06
I agree that the image could be polished a little - but I was afraid that it would then lose its raw power and visceral impact.
TRNovice - 04/Apr/06
There are less screws holding it up on the left side than the right - i'd be seriously concerned about the integrity of the structure when in use to be honest ;o)
Mark N - 04/Apr/06
Did you use a no8 with red plugs or go for the 10 with brown plugs? Please don't tell me this is on a stud wall!
SteveD - 04/Apr/06
There are indeed less screws on the left, made more serious by the fact the screws in the middle are in fact off centre - one should not pull too hard on ones left.
Sharket - 04/Apr/06
Viz a viz screws - there are a total of nineteen, three-inch decking screws holding up the mounting board, seven holding up the fingerboard (either four or three inch) and one shared between the two (four inch). Some of the heads have more paint obscuring them than others and are not visible (adding to the already not inconsiderable mystery of the photo). The mounting board screws (including the one that also goes through the fingerboard) are in four columns of five. The left- and right-most ones are symmetrical and aligned with joists at the left- and right-hand extremities of the doorframe. There is a single, wider joist between these, but slightly offset to the right (why it's not in the middle I have no idea); two columns of screws go into this one. Thanks for your concern about my safety, but I am quite fat and needed to have a lot of support!
TRNovice - 04/Apr/06
What a bag of shite!
CENSORED - 04/Apr/06
More of an excremental portmanteau actually ducky.
TRNovice - 04/Apr/06
Il me déplace, d'une manière que je ne peux pas l'expliquer atteint dans mon âme et chatouille les parties cachées les plus profondes de ma motivation. Bloceurs, Falaisistes, tous peuvent identifier la dichotomie ; la lumière, l'obscurité, le bon, le mal. Tourbillonner raye dans le bois, le deliniation dur du portail dessous. Un gardien ? Un signe ? La symétrie des prises, l'asymétrie plus profonde des vis. Touchez-moi, il appelle. Examinez-vous. Respirez. Aspirez.
palomides - 05/Apr/06
It moves me, in a manner that I cannot explain it reached in my heart and tickles the hidden parts major of my motivation. Boulderers, Falaisistes [who?], all can identify the dichotomy; the light, darkness, the good, evil. To whirl raye in wood, the deliniation hard of the gate below. A guard? A sign? The symmetry of the catches, the major asymmetry of the screws. Touch me, it calls. You examine. Breathe. Aspire.
TRNovice - 05/Apr/06
isnt babbel-fish brilliant.
Chris Georg - 05/Apr/06
Mais oiu!
TRNovice - 05/Apr/06
Or "oui" even :-o
TRNovice - 05/Apr/06
Has this been shortlisted for the Turner prize yet?
g taylor - 06/Apr/06
No, but I am confident that it is only a matter of time :-).
TRNovice - 06/Apr/06
Looking at the voting, it would apprear that about 19 people who voted for this picture don't have a sense of humour! ;-)
JDDD - 07/Apr/06
Miserable bastards aren't they (or possibly serious photographers)?
TRNovice - 07/Apr/06
I think the image is quite pervy, which is probably why it has attracted so much attention...
Sami Mandeel - 10/Apr/06
Ever do a Rorshasch test?
TRNovice - 10/Apr/06
Surely you've photoshopped this?
Morgan Woods - 12/Jun/06
Balanced the curves a little to bring out the true power of the image...
TRNovice - 12/Jun/06
This actually has much more chalk on it nowadays than when the photo was taken :-)
TRNovice - 14/Aug/07
And it gets used quite a bit more as per: - http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=280349
TRNovice - 02/Mar/08
New, improved and expanded: http://trnovice.wordpress.com/2008/10/19/twice-the-fun/
TRNovice - 20/Oct/08