ScarletRose: I'm not sure exactly what you mean ... but I think you liked it. ;)

... what about my Flickr page?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24154690@N03/

let me know what you think.

ScarletRose: I've been missing the discussions on all the boards due to time constraints, sadly.

ScarletRose: just sticking to the shadows reducing my number of games . . . you know . . . real important stuff, lol. ;)

ScarletRose: Good decision! ;)

ScarletRose: you blinded me with . . . artistic license, LOL ;)

nobleheart: I think alot of people would say both. It is a case of "say what you think others will want to hear"
ScarletRose: tsk, tsk, scarlet. the system is just as visual as the nature and both nature and system can stimulate the mind.

Is the beauty of a natural system in the nature or in the system?

nobleheart: I think you are confusing Christianity and Catholicism. (but that's a debate for a religion board)

ScarletRose: the real question is did we spell it right. (spelling is a difficult art to master, LOL)

ScarletRose: I believe the term is "Rayleigh Scattering". I took a college course in Geography so I should know the proper spelling, sadly when I passed the course I dumped most of the information into my mental recycle bin (you know what they say, "garbage in/garbage out", an inexact use of the term but I think it applies, LOL)

harley: thank you, I thought it might have such an origin but I wasn't sure. Speaking of the sun it too appears several times in classical paintings, perhaps the famous Renaissance painters got some of their inspiration from pagan beliefs?

nobleheart: the jesus image brings a question to mind. What is the origin of the halo? As far as I know there isn't any scriptural (Christian or otherwise) to support the image and I've heard that it was added to certain images as an emblem of holiness (to distinguish holy characters from other characters in art).

ScarletRose: as the artist molds the clay the clay molds the artist (personal growth through artistic expression).

ScarletRose: but the reverse is also true . . . don't you think?

which is the potter and which is the clay?

ScarletRose: hehehe . . . I'm a romantic when it comes to my craft . . .

ScarletRose: not true lovers? perhaps you're correct on the majority. most chessplayers are very self-centered secular humanists with a touch of narcissism . . . I don't count myself in that number, I'm an artist . . .

DanDanDan: I know you didn't just compare chess to a pile of rubbish . . . art is defined by most scholars to be something that brings pleasure to the artist as well as can be appreciated by others . . . chess falls in this category . . . even people who don't play appreciate when one person beats another . . .

DanDanDan: show me an art form that is "art in its purest sense" . . . what is "pure"? (that's a relative question, so it is an 'eye of the beholder' thing).

ScarletRose: spoken like a true non-addict, Scarlet. ;)

ScarletRose: Is chess considered an art form?