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thesweetcheat Aug 20, 2017 07:30:44
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
thesweetcheat wrote:
But throughout the discussion, I was told that I was wrong. I wasn't told that someone disagreed with me or had a different opinion. I was told flat out that I was wrong, my perception was wrong and what I was suggesting was impossible, based on angles and alignments.
You said "And for anyone viewing the horse from a position where its horsiness can actually be seen, the sunset will be to their right. "
Simply the comment was wrong . Why do you continually bring up "angles and alignments " they were never used or needed to prove that the comment was wrong , they are the stuff of equidistance between sites and Thom .
A standing stone is three dimensional. You can walk round it and view it from any angle. You can put it between yourself and any point on the horizon, so claiming it lines up with anything is clearly wrong unless there is a third point.

A hill figure is a picture. When I go to the cinema, the best place to see the screen properly is not the seats right under the screen. When I watch TV, I wouldn't sit on top of the box to look at it from above. When I go to an art gallery, I don't peer round the side of the frame. In all these instances, to view the image I look at it from a distance away, face on.

To view the horse in this way, you will be looking at it from the northwest, as you do from the train. From there, the sunset is on your right and if you on y he train, you are heading towards it. The horse appears to do the same, irrespective of whether it actually does when measured with a compass or viewed from the horse's back or wherever. This is my opinion of the position an artist would intend their picure to be viewed from. You can disagree with that, it's fine. But both you and ED told me I was wrong and that what I was saying couldn't possibly make sense.

I have finished with this discussion, it now just feels like you want to keep arguing the toss over the same points until everyone agrees with you or stops. I'm stopping.

T tiompan
tiompan Aug 20, 2017 07:51:30
Replying to thesweetcheat

The horse can be seen from a very wide area , much greater than a typical standing stone and due to it's size , much clearer . Because you saw it from the train doesn't give that particular viewing position any greater salience than many of the other viewing positions you ignore .

What you were told was wrong was this comment “And for anyone viewing the horse from a position where its horsiness can actually be seen, the sunset will be to their right. “ .That was shown to be wrong . There was no need or mention of angles or alignments .

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