kizolk
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Post by kizolk on Feb 10, 2024 21:10:01 GMT
By "what" I assume you mean a particular reference, which I probably don't have.
Did he have a stone in his shoe? And perhaps it's in the Netherlands?
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Feb 10, 2024 21:24:56 GMT
The sculpture illustrates an English idiom. Not that I could work it out myself. But maybe cleverer types can.
Once you've got it, you have a fair chance of guessing where it might be located -- in general terms. To get more specific might be impossible without having seen it, or divine inspiration.
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Feb 10, 2024 21:25:37 GMT
Not the Netherlands. No stone.
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Feb 10, 2024 21:44:16 GMT
I know that I've shown it to people, if not posted it on a forum, & nobody has got it. But I think it is solvable, once you know it's supposed to mean something. If not very clearly.
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Post by kizolk on Feb 10, 2024 21:45:45 GMT
Did the sculptor do a decent job at the facial expression?
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Feb 10, 2024 21:49:39 GMT
Did the sculptor do a decent job at the facial expression? Not really relevant. I've just realised -- belatedly -- it isn't really an idiom. It's a conflation of two unrelated idioms.
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Feb 10, 2024 21:50:38 GMT
What do you think the facial expression represents? I hadn't really considered it.
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Post by kizolk on Feb 10, 2024 22:08:11 GMT
What do you think the facial expression represents? I hadn't really considered it. I see contentment/relief and maybe a touch of surprise, but it could be something else entirely, especially when you see how some artists depict emotions, hence my question.
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Post by kizolk on Feb 10, 2024 22:12:58 GMT
On the other hand, the fact that his foot seems to be sore made me wonder if his facial expression wasn't supposed to be interpreted as irritation, as if blaming his shoe.
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Feb 10, 2024 22:14:37 GMT
That would be appropriate.
As a hint: both idioms involve feet.
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Feb 10, 2024 22:15:19 GMT
My reply was to your first comment, not the second.
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Post by terentiusfaber on Feb 10, 2024 22:17:15 GMT
Something to do with the Camino de Santiago?
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Post by terentiusfaber on Feb 10, 2024 22:21:32 GMT
dancing on one leg hopping mad
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Post by kizolk on Feb 10, 2024 23:06:51 GMT
Maybe something to do with starting off on the right foot?
Also, I wonder if the character might be a miner. He doesn't seem to be adequately dressed for a soldier, and the thing around his neck, whatever it is, doesn't belong in a sportsman's gear I think.
If he's a miner, I wondered if it could connected to the miners' strike under Thatcher.
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Feb 10, 2024 23:10:09 GMT
No, feet. Specifically mentioned. No legs, no shoes.
I saw his expression as surprise -- 'My God, what is that on my foot? Heaven help me, it's a shoe! What's it doing there? I was so sure it would be a logarithm table, or maybe the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.'
I was completely wrong, in every respect. But kizolk's interpretation is proof that the artist's intention can be divined by someone more skilled at looking at things.
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