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Derrick Steed's avatar

I've just started re-reading Foucalt's Pendulum by Emberto Eco, it begins (and I hear an echo):

"“Three book editors, jaded by reading far too many crackpot manuscripts on the mystic and the occult, are inspired to have some fun by an extraordinary conspiracy story told to them by a strange colonel. They start feeding random bits of information into a powerful computer capable of inventing connections between the entries, thinking they are creating nothing more than an amusing game, but then their game starts to take over, the deaths start mounting, and they are forced into a frantic search for the truth.”

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Foucault's Pendulum

Umberto Eco

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The first paragraph of your blog made me smile, because I was just watching Spaced this morning. Which made this a fun coincidence, I've never been to London, but as an aspiring comic creator I can relate. Although the whole cast is great and stories fun.

There are many getting back to creating art traditionally because of generated image, and some that work traditionally because that is how they worked for years. I follow a few comic creators that make entertaining videos and seen a few creators starting draw streams. I can recommend a few if you're interested. Although they are mostly comic related.

I watched your documentary yesterday I learned a lot from it, like the part about the yellow poppy being the most poisonous and that boat to Tounela was driven by a maid. The third dream I remember you writing about here a while ago. Didn't you mention in, that blog that the girl who goes with you to the boat was an artist and dies young?

Sorry for the rambling comment, but just wanting to let you know, I am real. I enjoy your work and your observations, Tom.

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Thanks. "Spaced" will always be special for me, because I watched it in London when I was basically the same age of the characters and in a very similar situation (sharing a flat with strange people, studying film/art and trying to find work etc) so it was very relatable. But it held quite well over the years. Another good series from that time was "Black Books", with Dylan Moran (but not as good, and more conventional).

I have been learning classic painting lately (oil) and I found some good videos on YouTube (Painting the Light and ArtNET among others). It may be now one of the few ways of learning the classic style of the old masters, because apparently most art schools now only teach modern and abstract stuff -- and that when they even teach how to draw (I know someone who went to art school and never learned to draw).

I didn't include the part about the girl being an artist about to die in the movie because it was hard to explain and not so relevant in that case. In fact the dream doesn't have a lot to do with Finland (except for happening in "Finland").

Thanks for your comments.

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creative_fey's avatar

Welcome, sounds like you'd have some good story's about that time, Yeah, the show holds up really well. I got the boxset, which has artwork in the style of Tim Bisley. Which the show was a homage to the comic artist Simon Bisley

I'll have to check out "Black Books" sounds like my cup of tea.

Very cool I'll have to check those channels out. My current favourite Youtube show is Graybeard's Studio by Aaron Lopresti it's a draw stream where they draw from a different topic each week.

That makes a lot of sense just sticking to the core of the dream.

Anytime. Cheers

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Tom's avatar

I'm re-watching Black Books now. It's still pretty funny too. The whole series is in YouTube. I recommend it. Ah, I didn't know the surname Bisley was a homage.

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Thanks for the heads up. I'll be watch that tonight.

When I first watched it I didn't know either but I was curious about the artwork so I looked it up.

Were you the Brian of your flat mates?

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Tom's avatar

Hmmm... Not really. Perhaps I'm more like Bernard Black in Black Books these days. :D

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I can see that, although i think you have a slightly better attitude so maybe some Manny got mixed in.

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