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Post by Gerard on Jul 20, 2013 14:02:59 GMT -5
In a story "previously untold" on film, film-makeress Marion Kinmonth invites His ROYAL Highness the Prince of Wales to make "a journey through history" to celebrate the artistic hormone in his family and reveal an "extraordinary treasure-trove" of work by ROYAL hands "past and present," many of which belonged to "accomplished artists." Set against the "spectacular landscapes" of the ROYAL Estates and containing insights into works by members of The ROYAL Family "down the centuries" and The Prince of Wales's own water-colours, ROYAL PAINTBOX explores a "colourful palette" of "intimate family memory" and observation. Windsor - Royal Paintbox |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2013 23:55:41 GMT -5
To be honest, Gerard, I doubt that there is a single artistic hormone, nor a single artistic gene.
Some people are naturally artistic; others are naturally scientific! Still others are neither naturally artistic nor scientific. I suppose that I am a strange mixture of all three.
There are also so many different types of art, that you can find yourself at home in one medium, for example, classical music, but totally out of your depth in another, for example, gastronomy.
As it happens, I like to cook whilst listening to classical music, so it is funny how we combine different things! Any thoughts?
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Post by neilmcgowan on Jul 21, 2013 3:00:30 GMT -5
Frankly, when it comes to the 'Nature versus Nurture' discussion, I am greatly persuaded in favour of Nurture :-)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2013 3:08:29 GMT -5
What about identical twins (nurtured completely differently), Neil?
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Post by neilmcgowan on Jul 21, 2013 8:40:11 GMT -5
What about identical twins (nurtured completely differently), Neil? But have there really been so many cases in which this has happened? Of course, such cases would be of especial interest in this matter. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2013 2:18:50 GMT -5
There are around ten million identical twins alive today, Neil.
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Post by neilmcgowan on Jul 24, 2013 15:28:52 GMT -5
But how many of them were separated at birth? :-)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2013 22:21:51 GMT -5
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Post by neilmcgowan on Jul 25, 2013 4:38:16 GMT -5
Has any research been done on separated identical twins - to see if their proclivities and talents have coincided despite separation? The extended family was - at least until the mid/late C20th - the typical family unit in Mongolia. And I have a personal friend there, who was separated from her 'birth' family (who already had many children) and 'given' to her aunt (who was, for unknown biological reasons, unable to conceive). The fortunes of these two sisters later went in radically different directions. My friend (let us call her "Miss G") remained with her aunt, whose husband soon died. But the aunt remarried a clever and ambitious young Party official, who quickly moved through the ranks of government service, and became an Ambassador. He served all over the world, with 3-4 year spells of service in Tokyo, Beijing, Seoul - and then Leningrad, E Berlin, Prague, Budapest and London. He was also an accomplished chess player, and represented Mongolia in many competitions before his career prevented him doing this more actively. Miss G is completely fluent in Japanese, Chinese, Korea, English, German and Russian. She is - officially - the wealthiest woman in Mongolia, and directs a large construction corporation, a mining concern, and a chain of hotels. She is also a patron of the opera and ballet, and runs a charity for orphans. Two of her 'birth' brothers work as senior managers in her companies. Her birth sisters and one futher brother remained on the farm, where they own several sheep and some goats. They don't speak classical Mongolian, and have never learnt it - they speak a regional dialect which is only understood by 35% of the population. Thus I submit in support of nurture, rather than nature  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2013 6:12:51 GMT -5
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