tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post113946314732050339..comments2023-10-24T05:49:04.269-04:00Comments on The Chaliceblog: Thoughts one has looking through a book of Renoir paintings in the waiting room of a hospice as a close friend gets her morphine drip changedChalicechickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1139486342220377462006-02-09T06:59:00.000-05:002006-02-09T06:59:00.000-05:00I know, Indrax. That was the point.CCI know, Indrax. That was the point.<BR/><BR/>CCChalicechickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-1139482080359468892006-02-09T05:48:00.000-05:002006-02-09T05:48:00.000-05:00Don't be too hard on Renoir.There is a psychologic...Don't be too hard on Renoir.<BR/><BR/>There is a <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thematic_Apperception_Test" REL="nofollow">psychological test</A> in which you are shown ambiguous images, and asked to invent stories about them.<BR/>So you get a picture of a woman sitting on the floor resting her head on her knees. You might say she's had a really bad day, or you might say she's playing hide-and-seek. The stories provide information about the attitudes of the subject.<BR/>So if you're sitting in a hospital in the middle of the night with a friend who needs a morphine drip, and you see a painting that lacks it's own psychological depth, it doesn't surprise me that you'd see corpses and empty eyes.<BR/><BR/>I dunno, try kittens or something.<BR/>http://cuteoverload.com/indraxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05077014748902924745noreply@blogger.com