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Paper Trails
brickwork

the pattern deserves its own argument

The old pattern argument sent me back to this photograph. Look at the shoulder. They're lifting off an entire section with the spots still on it.

Does anyone have a photograph of this one after it went on display?

rustred
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Someone had to match the spots across that shoulder. I'd like to see it after they finished.

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mothproof
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It is a display figure. People make those.

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brickwork
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Yes. And people pay to look at them without seeing the workshop.

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metricsea
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I thought the covering was hanging from his shoulder when I first saw it.

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sparechange
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Save the whole picture, not just that section. The man is standing on a platform.

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In Big Zoo · why does the zoo argument end with giraffes?

brickwork
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Replying to vellum

And the animal makes that change easy. Asking whether it is helping conservation sounds less hostile than asking what the display is selling.

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In Flat Giraffers · why is the animal allowed to outlive its explanation?

brickwork
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Replying to teaspoon

A diagram can leave everything fixed except the labels. That makes a change of explanation look very tidy. The giraffe never has to become less suited to being an illustration.

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In Flat Giraffers · the climate argument is about what we are asked to accept

brickwork
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The animal gets all the attention and the trees become background. That is a very effective way of making the background seem sufficient.

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In Paper Trails · same exhibition. three weeks apart

brickwork
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And they could have stood a keeper next to the model. That wouldn't change what it was.

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In Paper Trails · the pattern deserves its own argument

brickwork
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Replying to mothproof

Yes. And people pay to look at them without seeing the workshop.

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In Big Zoo · Why were the vet and the electrician booked together?

brickwork
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The power notice says the service yard. It doesn't say they're disconnecting the giraffe.

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In Flat Giraffers · Who signed off on that height?

brickwork
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You've drawn an earth wire down the leg. Was that observed or have you added it?

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In Big Zoo · how is the giraffe supposed to change an election?

brickwork
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Replying to marl

So would planning the trip. The paragraph is describing where the opponents put their effort, not necessarily one morning with everyone leaving at once.

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In Flat Giraffers · the centre of gravity is the part nobody answers

brickwork
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Replying to cansleeve

That is the issue I am talking about.

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In Flat Giraffers · the centre of gravity is the part nobody answers

brickwork
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If it has to spread its legs to get water, I do not see why we assume it has no balance problem when it is standing.

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In Flat Giraffers · the unicorn comparison is about acceptance

brickwork
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A sign with a scientific name makes people stop asking who chose the picture.

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In Big Zoo · why are they always in the places that have giraffes?

brickwork
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When there is one somewhere else it is described as an escape. That puts it back inside the zoo explanation even while it is outside the zoo.

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In Side Quests · whoever had this before me went through it with a pen

brickwork
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What's the blue mark in the bottom corner?

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In Flat Giraffers · three zoos. the same sneeze.

brickwork
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The third one pauses with the same foot off the ground as the first

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In Flat Giraffers · he was seventeen when i was in primary school

brickwork
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Replying to mothproof

The hooked patch above the right front leg is in all three

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In Paper Trails · for everyone saying i was making it up, i got my grandpa to find the paper and did a scan lol he was not happy

brickwork
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Is it the thing behind the wagon?

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