Michael writes the material between the brackets: [On Jun 26, 2009, at 1:38 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> Miller's definition was this: > > "A mark is whatever is done to a surface in a single uninteruppted touch." Miller's definition implies marks being limited to human action alone. Where? I'm afraid I don't see it.] I bracket it, because my small worry is that succinct but sloppy lingo by me may have led Michael to think he's responding to me when he says, "But your assertion above is one of them inference things, not an implication. *You* interpreted "single uninterrupted touch" to convey exclusively human touching, not bird-poo. . ." What cheers...@aol>COM actually wrote was: [But earlier William conveyed that Miller's definition was this: "A mark is whatever is done to a surface in a single uninteruppted touchb&. Miller's definition implies marks being limited to human action alone."] In fact, however, I largely agree with William's "interpretation" of what Chris had in mind. William might have been clearer if he'd said, "Miller's definition suggests. . ." In any case, I presume Chris Miller lives on, though he may be taking a long weekend. When he gets back perhaps he'll answer our feather-weight question: Did you, Chris, have in mind solely human doings when you wrote, "A mark is whatever is done to a surface in a single uninteruppted touch"? Michael goes on to say: "As for my reply to Kate, I was addressing only the nature of human-made marks. What I said did not preclude non-human-made marks. . . I'd say you did a bad job of conveying that. You wrote: [A mark is a distinctive visual artifact. Style - from stylus, a writing instrument, a thing that makes a mark. Mark - a touching of a surface, a line made as an indication or record of something The marks left on the surface--of a painting or of a sculpture, even-- embody and preserve the action of the maker's hand, that is, his *sytle*. No two people make identical marks, or make marks with identical physical characteristics. Forgeries or handwriting or.. . . ] I hope you can see why these remarks about "the maker's hand" are likely to send readers away with the idea that the notion of 'marks' you had in mind was restricted to human product. ************** Make your summer sizzle with fast and easy recipes for the grill. (http://food.aol.com/grilling?ncid=emlcntusfood00000006)
