leonardcohenforum.com

Greg - could I ask you the reason for your scary picture? it puts me off conversing with you.

It has been awhile since I visited the Zoo but I would always go to the Gorilla enclosure first. Melbourne Zoo has a breeding program for Western Lowland Gorillas and they have a large natural habitat enclosure with glass walls. I think they are beautiful animals.

It's strange but ~greg's avatar does affect how I 'see' him (sort of big and gruff but trying to be good?) and yet I know it's completely irrational.

damellon wrote:Greg - could I ask you the reason for your scary picture? it puts me off conversing with you.

oh dear - not the intended effect at all.

The ape is taken from a promo picture from Peter Jackson's
King Kong (2005) (with Naomi Watts as Ann Darrow
and Andy Serkis as Kong (-who was also Gollum in The Lord of the Rings.) )

(It's an incredibly good version of KK (my all-time favorite story,
next to Beauty and the Beast) and I totally recommend seeing it.
But whatever else you do in this life, DO NOT CONFUSE IT
with the 1976 Jessica Lange - Jeff Bridges travesty! ).

I added the wings as a tenuously stretched interpretation
of Cohen's line: "an ape with angel glands".

So, the avatar means: - "the human condition".
A kind of "memento mori".

Whenever I see it, I think to myself
"greg, you're never going to fly.
But as long as you think you can, you'll be alright."

Well Greg
Thank you for the explanation and I'm glad I asked. In these favourite stories are you the Beauty or the Beast? each brings its own problems. Momenti mori - at 2.30am - do I need to be reminded of death? Yes- you can fly! Believe it. I enjoy your posts so shall try to turn a blind eye to the picture in future. Thanks for responding.

Blonde Madonna

'big and gruff but trying to be good' - you really are a 'glass half full' person, aren't you? Don't doubt that Greg is a 'good' person but how could we figure this from the avatar? I thought he might be a scary bully who would brook no alternative opinion. There we are - the two ends of the spectrum - that's what makes the world go round.

Certain parts of this thread have been moved to the 'Everything Else' forum, under the topic Anthony Wilson. Please continue any political discussion there (or privately), not in the 'News' forum.

Thank you

Tim (with his Moderator's hat on)

Tim, the hat suits you very well.