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thesweetcheat Aug 19, 2017 05:17:55
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
You didn't explain why having the sunset in a particular direction is salient , but do seem keen to show that it is somehow important despite accepting
" that there's nothing whatever to prove a link between the horse and the sun "
I've never said it was important or salient. I've said throughout that none of this proves anything about the sun being relevant to the horse. I don't think it is in all likelihood.

The point I've been trying to get across is that you and ED are dismissing the possibility because of the fixed static alignment of the horse and the fact it doesn't line up with sunset. Whereas I take the view that the horse is capable of being interpreted as facing the sunset or moving towards it when you view it as an artistic representation from the direction where it is best seen as a horse, heading along a hillside. Not all intentions have to be explained by rigid proof or angles of alignment, in my view sometimes appearance and perception are equally as important when looking at a monument.

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tiompan Aug 19, 2017 08:31:35
Replying to thesweetcheat

My points were in response to the author .He is the one who introduced the suggestion that the horse was facing West .The only way to show that was in error is to point out how it wasn't and that meant using the same type of terminology .
If you look over the posts I'm pretty sure you used more compass direction terminology than I did .
Similarly you suggested that the sunset was on the right when looking at the horse ,to refute that I had to use your use of handedness .
Ultimately the horse is not facing the sunset , any sunset ,you can also see the entire horse without the sunset being on your right ,that understanding was achieved by using as many perceptions as necessary to show that others who were also using their perceptions and relying on the appearance got it wrong .

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