> > Gee thanks. Now how do I get this arrow out of my butt? > > Ob.Trivia - did you know that archery targets are called 'butts'? > Do you know why? >
The French word for a goal is 'but'. To score a goal is marquer un but. Butt is more or less directly derived from that word. That word itself is derived from a word for the end of a barrel (butt) or tree stump, which was used as the target in archery. It is all in the same sense field as 'thick' and 'end' and the word 'buttock' is derived from the same source and applied metaphor to one's glutes. It's not just archery targets, of course. Rifle ranges are also called butts. In cadets at school it was always rather fun to be in the butts changing the targets and listening to the bullets zinging overhead. -- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of John Francis > Sent: 27 September 2007 23:10 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery "Resignation" > > > > Gee thanks. Now how do I get this arrow out of my butt? > > Ob.Trivia - did you know that archery targets are called 'butts'? > Do you know why? > > > As far as the Pentax Gallery goes - I didn't submit originally > for a couple of reasons; my first attempt didn't work (because > I was trying to submit a scanned image, and there was a bug in > their validation code), and I never got round to writing a bio. > > Now, after hearing of all the various problems others are having, > I doubt if I'll bother to submit anything (and I *still* haven't > written a bio). > > > On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 10:07:05PM +0100, Bob W wrote: > > > How can I aim for a target if I can't see it? > > > > You must follow the Way Of The Blind Archer, grasshopper. The Blind > > Archer does not see the target. He allows the target to see him, and > > to guide the arrow into his heart, as the heron's beak enters the > > stream. For are they not one, the archer, the target and the arrow? > > Are they not avatars of each of us, and we of them? Your > hand must not > > know that it has released the bowstring, it must slip from you as > > melting snow slips from the bamboo leaf. Then surely the bow, the > > string, the arrow, the archer and the target are one. > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > -- > > Bob > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of frank theriault > > > Sent: 27 September 2007 21:29 > > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > Subject: Re: Pentax Gallery "Resignation" > > > > > > On 9/27/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >Question: how subjective is this standard? > > > > > > > > Same as all competitions: Very. > > > > > > > > Personally, I quite like the Pentax Gallery kind of contest > > because, > > > > unlike other contests, I get to aim repeatedly at the > same target > > > > (acceptance into the Gallery, in this case). I may not > > > agree with their > > > > choices, but teaching myself (or trying to teach myself!) to > > achieve > > > > what they're after makes me push myself as a photographer. > > > > > > > > I find that creating works that please someone else is > a lot more > > > > demanding, tiring, frustrating and annoying than creating > > > things that > > > > please just myself. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. > > > > > > I think my problem with the Pentax Gallery is that I > don't know what > > > the standard is. How can I aim for a target if I can't see it? > > > > > > There's no explanation as to the criteria to get past the > "accepted > > > artists' voting": How many votes are required to be accepted or > > > rejected? What percentage of "yes" votes is required for > > acceptance? > > > and even then, it states clearly that those that get > past the first > > > "screening" can be rejected outright by the Pentax Panel. > We don't > > > know who those people are, and what they're looking for. > > > > > > It's all very "closed door", which to me makes it something of a > > > crap-shoot. I'm not sure how submitting many photos and > having them > > > all rejected makes me a better photographer. > > > > > > It rather just leaves me scratching my head, and thinking > that if I > > > want feedback or reaction, this isn't the place for me. Some may > > find > > > this sort of exercise very valuable, but I don't. > > > > > > I mean, hey, no hard feelings. Pentax can run this thing any way > > they > > > want; it's their contest. However, if this is the way > they choose > > to > > > run it, my choice is to not participate. > > > > > > cheers, > > > frank > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > > > above and follow the directions. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
