Re: OT: 16 bit editing myth or reality?
Judy, thanks for the kind words. If I remember correctly, I ounced said you are kind of a "virtuoso" of your native language, it seems to come so easy and naturally that it's a pleasure to read, even when you make fun of me. ( I don't hold it against you, if one isn't worth a good laugh one isn't worth much) For you and others born south and west of here and many others around the world, speaking and writing in english or walking are just as easy, you don't have to think about it, it just happens. Imagine now, trying to walk with a pair of leaded shoes or worst with leaded boots, that's about the feeling I get when I write to you folks. Worst, almost every time I write something, I almost invariably have the impression that most of you didn't understand a word of what I said or tried to say. It most be quite a show to see me trying hard to be understood, so much so that many of you give up long before I can succeed. I know some have setup their email so that every thing I mail goes directly in the trash can, no time to waste I suppose. I'm sure I wouldn't do the same if the situation was reversed but I can understand. For example, it took me a while to understand the two school of thought about gum printing. If I got this right, one school uses directly the gum print as the creation medium or process, I would think you are part of this group as most other gum printers here. I'm of the other school where the creation process is done elsewhere, the print is more a media on which the creation work is expressed or rendered. I understand the two aprroach are diametrically opposed. While some argue strongly in favor of their school of thought, I envy the other side, nothing I'd like more to do this with my hands as you do but I know it can take years to master and I don't know if I have that time left in my life. At least I have woodworking where I can express myself with my hands and I find that very rewarding. Thanks and Happy holidays Yves ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Seigel" <jseigel@panix.com> To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca> Cc: <alt-photo-process-error@sask.usask.ca> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 8:08 PM Subject: Re: OT: 16 bit editing myth or reality? > Yves wrote: > > > > > You see I speek french and however hard I try to think in english (as one > > should), when it comes to explaining conceptual stuff I just can't and it > > become extremely difficult for me to find the proper words in the proper > > way. The time I loose doing this, I usually loose track of what I was > > thinking. This simple reply took me close to 2 hours to write believe it or > > not. You can imagine I get frustated quite a lot, not at you all but at > > myself and I think it shows sometime and I have to retry several time before > > I get it right so the folk here can understand what I mean. > > > Yves, you're doing just fine in English -- no need to apologize. Imagine > how the Amurcans would be doing in French -- could they string 5 words > together? (beyond voulez vous...that is). > > J.
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