From: Kevin Austin (kevin.austin@videotron.ca)
Date: Sun Feb 20 2011 - 12:12:16 EST
I have this version:
On 2011, Feb 20, at 5:29 AM, Richard Dobson wrote:
> On 20/02/2011 01:50, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
>> On Sat, 19 Feb 2011, Richard Dobson wrote:
>>
> ..
>> But is there a non-language myth ? The belief that ideas are sooo
>> irreproducible and that attempts of transmission are hopeless.
>>
>
> Kevin is fond of posting images to this list, so I thought I would too.
> This is the most important picture in the world, created by an artist who was a stickler for precision, accuracy and detail. This is Durer's portrait of a rhinoceros, based on the detailed, accurate and precise description given to him.
>
> It surely represents the best a human has ever achieved in the transmission from mind (the one that observed the beast) to mind (the one who did not). I recommend everyone put a copy in a frame and hang it in a prominent place where it will be seen every day.
>
> It can carry a range of alternative titles. My favourite is "Historical Performance Practice". Others will no doubt come readily to mind.
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> Richard Dobson
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