^ Yes, the over-the-top 'aren't I awfully clever and witty' attitude was pretty off. And frankly I found him too weedy physically to be an icon of anything. Fred Astaire was  another in that vein.

Last edited by Sammy Ambrose (2013-04-20 02:22:59)

Niv was six feet tall - hardly weedy. I wonder whether Niv and Noel would have given a toss about a bunch of inadequates chewing their nails over matching and clashing pocket squares.

Last edited by Reckless Reggie (2013-04-20 09:14:01)

Art is driven by neurosis and being at odds with yourself, which I believe is actually a need for acceptance from the outside, why should wearing clothes be any different? If I was happy I wouldn't care. And the happier I get, the less I care, and the less I care, the more I can enjoy, and with that enjoyment my art becomes better, a strange paradox I found with creativity. I think the root of it is to love what you do, not try to be loved because of what you do. A bit Taoist for a Saturday afternoon. But I think it rings true with a lot of things.

Down the driving range today I was met by it... trying to hit a golf ball, and hitting a golf ball, although they look exactly like the same process externally, are actually two different acts on an internal level. One needy, unrelaxed and ultimately frustrating, the second approach is clearer and holds more clarity when you put less emphasis on the outcome... which brings me to this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gQwY5Np4FA

Last edited by THAW !!!! (2013-04-20 10:12:47)

Niven and Le Mesurier, my kind of self-depracating actor toffs.

You may yet be an artist and not even know it.

Of course, the original intention of clothes was one of the mating and status game. The same as with civilization begins when we first started to cook and boil food.