[Glorantha] Painting the dead place

[Donald R. Oddy]

In message <A1FECB5464C62C498C187D21C080FFA2460053 at OMAEXMB02.corp.westworlds.com> "Thompson, Todd L." writes:

>> I have problems seeing anyone painting on canvas in an
>> early society. Murals, frescos, yes, but not anything
>> portable.
>
>Hmm, I hadn't really thought about lack of portable paintings 
>in early societies.

Painting on small wooden panels. Think of the icon paintings of
the Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches. That tradition goes
back to the 6th Century AD or earlier.

>> As I understood the story, the idea was that the
>> "place" could only be seen by one person, and he was
>> using his creative ability to show the others what it
>> was like, with a permanent physical object as the
>> result. He's grabbing a notebook and doing a quick
>> sketch, effectively, and anyone *could* do that. Pale
>> cloak or tunic, bit of charcoal? But that seems too
>> mundane, the "artistic inspiration" isn't there.
>
>I did rather favor the painting variation of it and it loses 
>some luster with other forms.  As magic is involved one could 
>also say that the charcoal takes on color and such, though 
>that might be getting over the top.

Coloured chalks. You'd need magic to preserve the image.

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Donald Oddy
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