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I think it was FourWinds who suggested on another thread recently that we are hardwired to see faces in things (stones, trees etc). Apologies FW if it wasn't you. This idea's been kicking around for a while but it bothers me a bit. A brief look at both 'prehistoric' art and art from cultures outside the Greco-Roman influence would suggest that mankind, for most of the time, was more interested in the animal kingdom, or the grandeur of nature, than faces in rocks or trees.

I guess what I'm suggesting is that if we're ever going to get close to what rock art (or megaliths) might have meant to the people who created them we have to start from the premises of what might have been the most important things in their lives.

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Posted by Littlestone
6th March 2006ce
21:36

8 replies:

Re: Hardwired (Hob)

Re: Hardwired (cropredy)

Re: Hardwired (PeterH)

Figurative v abstract (PeterH)

Re: Hardwired (tiompan)

Re: Hardwired (morfe)

Seeing faces in rocks (PeterH)

Re: Hardwired (cropredy)

Messages in this topic:

Hardwired (Littlestone, Mar 06, 2006, 21:36)

Re: Hardwired (Hob, Mar 06, 2006, 21:45)
- Re: Hardwired (Littlestone, Mar 06, 2006, 22:02)
  - Re: Hardwired (Hob, Mar 06, 2006, 22:48)
    - Re: errata (Hob, Mar 06, 2006, 22:51)
      - Re: errata (nigelswift, Mar 06, 2006, 22:56)
        Re: errata (Hob, Mar 06, 2006, 22:59)
        Re: errata (FourWinds, Mar 07, 2006, 07:32)
        Re: errata (tiompan, Mar 07, 2006, 09:20)
        Re: errata (FourWinds, Mar 07, 2006, 13:02)
        Re: errata (sam, Mar 07, 2006, 21:06)
        Re: errata (FourWinds, Mar 07, 2006, 21:22)
        Re: errata (PeterH, Mar 07, 2006, 21:23)
        Re: errata (FourWinds, Mar 07, 2006, 21:33)
        Re: errata (sam, Mar 07, 2006, 22:33)
        Re: errata (PeterH, Mar 08, 2006, 08:38)
        Re: errata (sam, Mar 08, 2006, 08:54)
        Re: errata (Littlestone, Mar 07, 2006, 21:37)
        Re: errata (PeterH, Mar 07, 2006, 22:15)
        Re: errata (tiompan, Mar 07, 2006, 22:19)
        Re: errata (PeterH, Mar 08, 2006, 08:34)
        Re: errata (tiompan, Mar 08, 2006, 09:03)
        Re: errata (PeterH, Mar 08, 2006, 09:04)
        Re: errata (Hob, Mar 08, 2006, 09:24)
        Re: errata (PeterH, Mar 08, 2006, 10:23)
        Re: errata (Hob, Mar 11, 2006, 00:11)
        Re: errata (Littlestone, Mar 07, 2006, 22:35)
        Re: errata (tiompan, Mar 07, 2006, 22:36)
        Re: errata (Littlestone, Mar 07, 2006, 22:40)
        Re: errata (tiompan, Mar 07, 2006, 23:00)
        Re: errata (PeterH, Mar 08, 2006, 08:37)
        Lichen and rock art (Littlestone, Mar 08, 2006, 08:55)
        Re: Lichen and rock art (PeterH, Mar 08, 2006, 10:05)
        Re: errata (tiompan, Mar 08, 2006, 08:58)
        Re: errata (PeterH, Mar 08, 2006, 09:04)
        Re: errata (tiompan, Mar 08, 2006, 09:25)
        Re: errata (PeterH, Mar 08, 2006, 10:27)
        Re: errata (FourWinds, Mar 08, 2006, 10:54)
        Re: errata (PeterH, Mar 08, 2006, 11:01)
        Re: errata (CianMcLiam, Mar 08, 2006, 11:03)
        Re: errata (Littlestone, Mar 08, 2006, 11:38)
        Re: errata (Littlestone, Mar 07, 2006, 21:30)
        Re: errata (Hob, Mar 08, 2006, 09:27)
        Re: errata (tiompan, Mar 08, 2006, 09:45)
        Re: errata (PeterH, Mar 08, 2006, 10:04)
    - Re: Hardwired (Littlestone, Mar 07, 2006, 12:03)
      - Re: Hardwired (moss, Mar 07, 2006, 12:26)
      - Re: Hardwired (PeterH, Mar 07, 2006, 12:39)
        Why would they look? (jacksprat, Mar 07, 2006, 13:03)
        Re: Hardwired (tiompan, Mar 08, 2006, 13:47)
        Re: Hardwired (FourWinds, Mar 08, 2006, 14:03)
        Re: Hardwired (tiompan, Mar 08, 2006, 14:07)
        Re: Hardwired (FourWinds, Mar 08, 2006, 16:21)
      - Re: Hardwired (Hob, Mar 08, 2006, 09:23)
        Re: Hardwired (Littlestone, Mar 08, 2006, 22:03)
        Re: Hardwired (tiompan, Mar 08, 2006, 22:59)
        Re: Hardwired (FourWinds, Mar 09, 2006, 06:56)
        Re: Hardwired (tiompan, Mar 09, 2006, 09:52)
        Re: Hardwired (PeterH, Mar 09, 2006, 04:17)
        Re: Hardwired (jacksprat, Mar 09, 2006, 08:57)
        Re: Hardwired (PeterH, Mar 09, 2006, 10:58)
        Re: Hardwired (tiompan, Mar 09, 2006, 11:34)
        Re: Hardwired (tiompan, Mar 09, 2006, 09:18)
        Re: Hardwired (Rockrich, Mar 09, 2006, 13:50)
        Re: Hardwired (PeterH, Mar 09, 2006, 14:28)
        Re: Hardwired (Rockrich, Mar 09, 2006, 15:06)
        Re: Hardwired (PeterH, Mar 09, 2006, 15:50)
        Re: Hardwired (jacksprat, Mar 09, 2006, 16:01)
        Re: Hardwired (Rockrich, Mar 09, 2006, 17:05)
        Re: Hardwired (PeterH, Mar 09, 2006, 17:19)
        Re: Hardwired (Rune, Mar 09, 2006, 17:35)
        Re: Hardwired (Rockrich, Mar 09, 2006, 20:15)
        Re: Hardwired (FourWinds, Mar 09, 2006, 19:20)
        Re: Hardwired (tiompan, Mar 09, 2006, 20:11)
        Re: Hardwired (FourWinds, Mar 09, 2006, 20:16)
        Re: Hardwired (tiompan, Mar 09, 2006, 21:38)
        Re: Hardwired (Hob, Mar 10, 2006, 00:38)
        Re: Hardwired (tiompan, Mar 10, 2006, 08:49)
        Re: Hardwired (tiompan, Mar 10, 2006, 08:49)
        Re: Hardwired (PeterH, Mar 09, 2006, 20:23)
        Re: Hardwired (FourWinds, Mar 09, 2006, 21:00)
        Re: Hardwired (PeterH, Mar 09, 2006, 21:13)
        Re: Hardwired (Littlestone, Mar 09, 2006, 17:02)
        Re: Hardwired (Rockrich, Mar 09, 2006, 17:16)
        Re: Hardwired (Littlestone, Mar 09, 2006, 17:30)
        Re: Hardwired (tiompan, Mar 09, 2006, 17:26)
        Re: Hardwired (Hob, Mar 10, 2006, 00:26)
        Re: Hardwired (Hob, Mar 10, 2006, 00:23)
        Re: Hardwired (morfe, Mar 10, 2006, 22:17)
Re: Hardwired (cropredy, Mar 08, 2006, 11:29)
Re: Hardwired (PeterH, Mar 09, 2006, 17:55)
- Re: Hardwired (cropredy, Mar 09, 2006, 19:03)
- Re: Hardwired (Littlestone, Mar 09, 2006, 20:07)
Figurative v abstract (PeterH, Mar 10, 2006, 05:36)
- Re: Figurative v abstract (Rockrich, Mar 10, 2006, 08:57)
  - Re: Figurative v abstract (PeterH, Mar 10, 2006, 09:55)
    - Re: Figurative v abstract (Rockrich, Mar 10, 2006, 23:11)
      - Re: Figurative v abstract (Hob, Mar 11, 2006, 00:23)
        Unusual... (Hob, Mar 13, 2006, 11:14)
        Re: Figurative v abstract (juamei, Mar 14, 2006, 10:49)
- Re: Figurative v abstract (sam, Mar 10, 2006, 08:58)
  - Re: Figurative v abstract (PeterH, Mar 10, 2006, 09:30)
- Re: Figurative v abstract (tiompan, Mar 10, 2006, 08:59)
  - Re: Figurative v abstract (PeterH, Mar 10, 2006, 09:32)
    - Re: Figurative v abstract (tiompan, Mar 10, 2006, 09:34)
- Re: Figurative v abstract (cropredy, Mar 10, 2006, 11:49)
Re: Hardwired (tiompan, Mar 10, 2006, 09:19)
Re: Hardwired (morfe, Mar 10, 2006, 14:38)
- Re: Hardwired (Littlestone, Mar 10, 2006, 15:03)
- Re: Hardwired (PeterH, Mar 10, 2006, 16:37)
  - Re: Hardwired (Littlestone, Mar 10, 2006, 17:16)
    - Re: Hardwired (tiompan, Mar 10, 2006, 17:29)
    - Re: Hardwired (PeterH, Mar 10, 2006, 18:24)
      - Re: Hardwired (tiompan, Mar 10, 2006, 18:34)
        Re: Hardwired (tiompan, Mar 10, 2006, 18:43)
        Re: Hardwired (morfe, Mar 10, 2006, 22:09)
      - Re: Hardwired (Littlestone, Mar 10, 2006, 19:51)
  - Croutons (morfe, Mar 10, 2006, 22:01)
    - Re: Croutons (Littlestone, Mar 10, 2006, 22:39)
Seeing faces in rocks (PeterH, Mar 10, 2006, 22:29)
- Re: Seeing faces in rocks (tiompan, Mar 10, 2006, 23:05)
- Re: Seeing faces in rocks (Littlestone, Mar 10, 2006, 23:09)
  - Re: Seeing faces in rocks (Hob, Mar 11, 2006, 00:00)
    - Re: Seeing faces in rocks (Littlestone, Mar 11, 2006, 08:18)
    - Re: Seeing faces in rocks (PeterH, Mar 11, 2006, 09:12)
- Re: Seeing faces in rocks (Hob, Mar 10, 2006, 23:43)
  - Re: Seeing faces in rocks (wolfnighthunter, Mar 10, 2006, 23:49)
    - Careful... (Hob, Mar 11, 2006, 00:03)
      - Re: Careful... (rocknicker, Mar 11, 2006, 00:08)
        Re: Careful... (Hob, Mar 11, 2006, 00:30)
      - Re: Careful... (PeterH, Mar 11, 2006, 09:19)
  - Re: Seeing faces in rocks (PeterH, Mar 11, 2006, 09:18)
  - Re: Seeing faces in rocks (FourWinds, Mar 11, 2006, 09:33)
Re: Hardwired (cropredy, Mar 11, 2006, 20:33)
- Re: Hardwired (cropredy, Mar 11, 2006, 20:37)
  - Re: Hardwired (cropredy, Mar 14, 2006, 17:21)
    - Re: Hardwired (cropredy, Mar 14, 2006, 17:28)
      - Linking. (morfe, Mar 14, 2006, 18:31)
        Re: Linking. (cropredy, Mar 14, 2006, 20:08)

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