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fitzcoraldo Oct 27, 2004 12:44:22
Replying to Hob

You're right Mr.H
The sexy Wessex monuments overshadow a few mingy cupmarks. but I reckon we know different don't we? Cupmarks are personal, they represent our ancestors putting their hands upon the rocks, not the collective, the individual.

H Hob
Hob Oct 27, 2004 17:59:05
Replying to fitzcoraldo

Darn right!

The intervening centuries dissolve when you're next to a nice bit of rock art. Complexity is not essential. If anything, I reckon the more complex the motif, the more removed the modern viewer is from the moments of the motifs' creation.

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