Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 17 Nov 1998.
Love and Art
alt.ascii-art
· 9 messages · 17 Nov 1998 - 30 Nov 1998
Friends and Fellow Lovers of Art, In 1971, I think when most of you were very young or perhaps unborn, I was in college and met a girl and we were together for almost 3 years. We were both very young, much too young to recognize love and certainly too young to know what to do about it. We parted company and did not think much of each other for 25 years, except sometimes, late at night, alone, I would think of her and feel some vague pain in some hidden place of my heart. In January of this year, I ran across her [on the internet, of course]. I was instantly elated and felt rushes of joy which lasted for a month or more. Then, I sank into deep dispair, agony at how much we had missed in life, at the impossibility of retrieving that which was lost. In March, I asked your NG to draw me a picture which portrayed a certain event in our early time together and BluePard responded with some kind of psychic likeness which captured us so exactly, as if he knew us. And I sent it to her so that she might remember some of the good things between us. We talked for many months and, during this time, I collected your art to ilustrate parts of our discussion. To make a long story short, today she agreed to be mine and I agreed to be hers, and we have agreed to marry [well, not precisely marry - at our age, the paperwork no longer matters so much as that which is in our hearts]. I invite you each to congratulate us. As she has a rather public job, I cannot give you her email address but, if you will send me your best wishes, I will forward them to her. Her name is Lena and I am known as ... Rayo ........................... Credits are always appropriate in the arts and particularly in the art of love. We, in particular, understand that love, above all things, is an art. Therefore I give credit to the following: BluePard - an extroardinary example of psychic portraiture. Mathew Thomas - an excellent re-diddle of BP's work. Joan Stark (JGS)- Joan, you are the premier ascii artist. Your flowers, kittens, fairies and animals are beyond compare. Seal do Mar - great temple Brian [The Devil] - Your work made her laugh Sarah who hates spiders - who made her giggle Miss Kitty - amusing cats, disco dude Andy Hood - many, many works Andreas Freise Colin Douthwaite - I know you did not do the peacock, but thanks for sharing it. Shanaka Dias - Taj Mahal, Wile E. Coyote, Elvis Lizard - Flamenco dancers itz/jgs/ccm - Howling Coyote miK - Buddha and trees, buffalo Veronica Karlsson - Kliban Cats and much more Glory Moo - Chinese Temple Igor Katlov Ingrid Dekker - cats Methos - rose Donovan - all kinds of good stuff Psst Hooy - castles Donovan and others - ying yang Mia Kujanhaara - ascii faces Hayley J. Wakenshaw - A beautiful rose, cats, Sesame Street, Ewa Drabik-Borowska - Drowning Man William Kitajo - Thanks for sharing the ascii Macarena. We died laughing. Praseodymium59 - nice ship. Howard Zivotofsky - Sinking Titanic. Jesper B. Nielsen - Spiders. Mart Atkins - stars wars collection. Rick Kaisner - thanks for sharing Homer. Erik Anderson - hot air balloons Ojoshiro - fairy David Riley - bazooka JGS - I know I already thanked you, but I sent your diamond as part of my proposal. We loved your Wallace and Grommet. Jorn Barger - Kama Sutra S.OVIATT [Susie] - music Andy Hood [Flookster] - Kool Kat Kimberley Huong Dinh - a stunning rose Manuel Castro - Huey, Dewie and Louie Phil - Boredom - furniture Juergen Jakubowski - Eifel Tower rhr - Yoda Stanislaw Ciszewski - dancer [we think] b'ger - you little deveil Paul Steffenhagen - a most extravagent flower Martin Atkins - some wonderful flowers And manny, many more - we cannot thank you enough.
I think that was the best non picture-related post I have ever read in
here.
congratulations!
(O)
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>Subject: Love and Art
>From: mcc...@uthscsa.dcci.com (Roy)
>Date: Mon, Nov 16, 1998 21:18 EST
>Message-id: <365...@news2.realtime.net>
>
>Friends and Fellow Lovers of Art,
>
>In 1971, I think when most of you were very young or perhaps unborn, I
>was in college and met a girl and we were together for almost 3 years.
>We were both very young, much too young to recognize love and
>certainly too young to know what to do about it.
>
>We parted company and did not think much of each other for 25 years,
>except sometimes, late at night, alone, I would think of her and feel
>some vague pain in some hidden place of my heart.
>
>In January of this year, I ran across her [on the internet, of
>course]. I was instantly elated and felt rushes of joy which lasted
>for a month or more. Then, I sank into deep dispair, agony at how
>much we had missed in life, at the impossibility of retrieving that
>which was lost.
>
>In March, I asked your NG to draw me a picture which portrayed a
>certain event in our early time together and BluePard responded with
>some kind of psychic likeness which captured us so exactly, as if he
>knew us. And I sent it to her so that she might remember some of the
>good things between us.
>
>We talked for many months and, during this time, I collected your art
>to ilustrate parts of our discussion. To make a long story short,
>today she agreed to be mine and I agreed to be hers, and we have
>agreed to marry [well, not precisely marry - at our age, the paperwork
>no longer matters so much as that which is in our hearts].
>
>I invite you each to congratulate us. As she has a rather public job,
>I cannot give you her email address but, if you will send me your best
>wishes, I will forward them to her. Her name is Lena and I am known
>as ...
>
>Rayo
>...........................
>Credits are always appropriate in the arts and particularly in the art
>of love. We, in particular, understand that love, above all things,
>is an art. Therefore I give credit to the following:
>
>BluePard - an extroardinary example of psychic portraiture.
>Mathew Thomas - an excellent re-diddle of BP's work.
>Joan Stark (JGS)- Joan, you are the premier ascii artist.
> Your flowers, kittens, fairies and animals are beyond compare.
>Seal do Mar - great temple
>Brian [The Devil] - Your work made her laugh
>Sarah who hates spiders - who made her giggle
>Miss Kitty - amusing cats, disco dude
>Andy Hood - many, many works
>Andreas Freise
>Colin Douthwaite - I know you did not do the peacock,
> but thanks for sharing it.
>Shanaka Dias - Taj Mahal, Wile E. Coyote, Elvis
>Lizard - Flamenco dancers
>itz/jgs/ccm - Howling Coyote
>miK - Buddha and trees, buffalo
>Veronica Karlsson - Kliban Cats and much more
>Glory Moo - Chinese Temple
>Igor Katlov
>Ingrid Dekker - cats
>Methos - rose
>Donovan - all kinds of good stuff
>Psst Hooy - castles
>Donovan and others - ying yang
>Mia Kujanhaara - ascii faces
>Hayley J. Wakenshaw - A beautiful rose, cats, Sesame Street,
>Ewa Drabik-Borowska - Drowning Man
>William Kitajo - Thanks for sharing the ascii Macarena.
> We died laughing.
>Praseodymium59 - nice ship.
>Howard Zivotofsky - Sinking Titanic.
>Jesper B. Nielsen - Spiders.
>Mart Atkins - stars wars collection.
>Rick Kaisner - thanks for sharing Homer.
>Erik Anderson - hot air balloons
>Ojoshiro - fairy
>David Riley - bazooka
>JGS - I know I already thanked you,
> but I sent your diamond as part of my proposal.
> We loved your Wallace and Grommet.
>Jorn Barger - Kama Sutra
>S.OVIATT [Susie] - music
>Andy Hood [Flookster] - Kool Kat
>Kimberley Huong Dinh - a stunning rose
>Manuel Castro - Huey, Dewie and Louie
>Phil - Boredom - furniture
>Juergen Jakubowski - Eifel Tower
>rhr - Yoda
>Stanislaw Ciszewski - dancer [we think]
>b'ger - you little deveil
>Paul Steffenhagen - a most extravagent flower
>Martin Atkins - some wonderful flowers
>And manny, many more - we cannot thank you enough.
--
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(_^..^_)
Lester||||AMC
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Lester5374 wrote: > > I think that was the best non picture-related post I have ever read in > here. > congratulations! [immense snips] Aye, quite. And thanks for quoting it all---I didn't receive it on my server (still having problems with that) Well, I must say, that is one of the sweetest stories I've ever heard. I wish you all the best wishes, tho I'm not sure about that psychic thing---I'm actually anti-psychic (ie. I'm so un-psychic I impair others' psychic abilities :) Still, 'tis sweet enough to give one cavaties, and gives me a lovely excuse to draw some love art. __ __ ,-' `' \ _---``-- / _ _ ; __ `. / / `' \; /`----- ) / .-/ ,( ), \-. ; | \( \ / )/; | - _5 `7 -; / ( ___-' `-____ | ( ___`-_ \ ____| \ / `,/ \ _(\__ / \ \ ; \ .' /' `i. / | | \ _-'( _\__-/ `- | | ` ,` `_ | BP )\__ ( / -` )--' / _/-'\ | | )/ | | ' | | | | | | BP _|_|_ Whoopsie... gotta get off the phone. But I have a quick old rose: _- .-. ___ ` ''..'' :- '.' .' .' '-.....-' `'.' `\. .. ._|.'`.' `|.--'BP And an old easter bunny that might count (or is, at least, cute! :). _.........._ .---. .' \ '. \ .' \ -.--. _.-'. \ .' \ '-.)' /`/ \'\ \ | `\, \/ .' ( / ._\ / 9 __/ _\ /BP |/ \\-n < .'_ \.-----' ( k (()(`-----' `(_))) `-. '-. -)\ '\\\) *grins* -- _ - ___ \ BluePard, Lone Loopy Lupine Leopard Mage ,-------/.)- ( ` \ Born wingless into interesting times // \ ) ) .------/`> \ / Don't be ashamed of the past, '- ( \ / it molds the present `-....-' \ _/ ''''`'|'\ / `- BluePard(at)buffnet.net BP ( http://www.geocities.com/southbeach/palms/2115
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Roy wrote in message <365...@news2.realtime.net>... |today she agreed to be mine and I agreed to be hers, and we have |agreed to marry [well, not precisely marry - at our age, the paperwork *aaw!* That's so sweet! It almost made me forget my displeasures... I wish both of you all the best there is in this world! - - Praseodymium 59 http://nepenthe.fsn.net praseodymium59!at!nepenthe.fsn.net "Love is good and love is kind" -Smashing Pumpkins -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.0 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBNlMR+UrGoYLAe66MEQK9PACg5su4BFW7VxwB9QTX8lhnDo/jG5kAoLu0 LEZmwBaiQZnXWzTO/NmPYgFz =5Enx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
BluePard <bluepard@buffnet.net_remove-me_> wrote: >Lester5374 wrote: >> >> I think that was the best non picture-related post I have ever read in >> here. >> congratulations! > >[immense snips] > >Aye, quite. And thanks for quoting it all---I didn't receive it on my >server (still having problems with that) > >Well, I must say, that is one of the sweetest stories I've ever heard. I >wish you all the best wishes, tho I'm not sure about that psychic >thing---I'm actually anti-psychic (ie. I'm so un-psychic I impair >others' psychic abilities :) Still, 'tis sweet enough to give one >cavaties, and gives me a lovely excuse to draw some love art. BP, You may be a sleeper as far as the psychic part goes. Your message forwarded to Lena. And, really, really, thanks ... your drawing broke the ice. Warmed her heart, etc. Rayo
.---- On Tue, 17 Nov 1998 02:18:36 GMT, Roy posted:
|Friends and Fellow Lovers of Art,
|
|In 1971, I think when most of you were very young or perhaps unborn, I
|was in college and met a girl and we were together for almost 3 years.
|We were both very young, much too young to recognize love and
|certainly too young to know what to do about it.
|
|We parted company and did not think much of each other for 25 years,
|except sometimes, late at night, alone, I would think of her and feel
|some vague pain in some hidden place of my heart.
|
|In January of this year, I ran across her [on the internet, of
|course]. I was instantly elated and felt rushes of joy which lasted
|for a month or more. Then, I sank into deep dispair, agony at how
|much we had missed in life, at the impossibility of retrieving that
|which was lost.
|
|In March, I asked your NG to draw me a picture which portrayed a
|certain event in our early time together and BluePard responded with
|some kind of psychic likeness which captured us so exactly, as if he
|knew us. And I sent it to her so that she might remember some of the
|good things between us.
|
|We talked for many months and, during this time, I collected your art
|to ilustrate parts of our discussion. To make a long story short,
|today she agreed to be mine and I agreed to be hers, and we have
|agreed to marry [well, not precisely marry - at our age, the paperwork
|no longer matters so much as that which is in our hearts].
|
|I invite you each to congratulate us. As she has a rather public job,
|I cannot give you her email address but, if you will send me your best
|wishes, I will forward them to her. Her name is Lena and I am known
|as ...
|
|Rayo
|...........................
|Credits are always appropriate in the arts and particularly in the art
|of love. We, in particular, understand that love, above all things,
|is an art. Therefore I give credit to the following:
|
|Mart Atkins - stars wars collection.
|Martin Atkins - some wonderful flowers
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BTW, just to make sure that the people know that the star wars and flowers
ascii wern`t made by me, merely collected and posted. I don`t believe in
taking the credit for other's work, so here's the flowers file I think you
mean! :o)
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... :``..': Some say love it is the river
: ````.' :''::' that drowns the tender reed.
..:.. : .'' : Some say love it is a razor
``. `: .' : that leaves your soul to bleed.
: : : : Some say love it is a hunger
: : : : an endless aching need.
: : : : I say love it is a flower
: : :..''''``::. and you, its only seed.
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:..'''``::::::: that never learns to dance.
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`::. that never takes the chance.
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: .'' :: and the road has been too long,
: :: and you think that love is only
: for the lucky and the strong,
: just remember in the winter
far beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed
that with the sun's love in the spring
becomes the rose.....
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If it was another flowers file, then it hasn`t shown up on my quick search
so I apologise for that... but the roses are lovely anyway, are they not?
Bye Bye, (and congrats again)
-Martin
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zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz (Martin Atkins) wrote: > .-~~-.--. > : ) > .~ ~ -.\ /.- ~~ . > > `. .' < Reconozco que vivo en el > ( .- -. ) presente y hago lo que quiero hacer > `- -.-~ `- -' ~-.- -' cada dia > ( : ) _ _ .-: y no lo que decidi > ~--. : .--~ .-~ .-~ } en el pasado > ~-.-^-.-~ \_ .~ .-~ .~ > \ \' \ '_ _ -~ I recognize that I live in the > `.`. // present and I make that which I want to make > . - ~ ~-.__`.`-.// every day > .-~ . - ~ }~ ~ ~-.~-. y not that which I decided > .' .-~ .-~ :/~-.~-./: in the past > /_~_ _ . - ~ ~-.~-._ > ~-.< ummmm ... well, said ashashashash :::`. \:::: ::::_`. \::: ::::`. _\:: ::::::`.\::: roy el:rayo:`\:: mcc...@uthscsa.dcci.com
>Message-id: <199...@ng50.aol.com> > I think that was the best non picture-related post I have ever read in >here. > congratulations! I agree-- that was so sweet... it is always nice to get positive feedback... and to think one of my ASCII pics went as a part of a wedding proposal!! I wish the best to the both of you!! -=[ lovebirds III- flamingos ]=- 3/97 (\/) \/ (\/) .-. .-. \/ ((`-)(-`)) \\ // (\/) \\ // \/ .="""=._))((_.="""=. / ., .' '. ,. \ /__(,_.-' '-._,)__\ ` /| |\ ` /_|__ __|_\ | `)) ((` | | | jgs -"== =="- -joan -- __ _ / | joan stark | \ \/_/ <spu...@juno.com> \_\| / __ \/_/__\ .--='/~\ ____,__/__,_____,______)/ /{~}}} -,-----,--\--,-----,---,\'-' {{~}} jgs __/\_ '--=.\}/ /_/ |\\ \/ ASCII ART GALLERY: <http://www.ascii-art.com>
In article <199...@ng30.aol.com>, spu...@aol.comASCIIart (Spunk1111) wrote: > > >Message-id: <199...@ng50.aol.com> > > > I think that was the best non picture-related post I have ever read in > >here. > > congratulations! > > I agree-- that was so sweet... > it is always nice to get positive feedback... > and to think one of my ASCII pics went as > a part of a wedding proposal!! > > I wish the best to the both of you!! > > -=[ lovebirds III- flamingos ]=- 3/97 > > (\/) > \/ > (\/) .-. .-. > \/ ((`-)(-`)) > \\ // (\/) > \\ // \/ > .="""=._))((_.="""=. > / ., .' '. ,. \ > /__(,_.-' '-._,)__\ > ` /| |\ ` > /_|__ __|_\ > | `)) ((` | > | | > jgs -"== =="- > > - joan stark > <spu...@juno.com> > ASCII ART GALLERY: > <http://www.ascii-art.com> What a lovely thing to have happened. I'm also flattered to hear that one of my pictures was used for this romance. May you dance happily together for many years. .-. ,m\ (, `-` /\\ /| \"-'. /-` \ /'_ ),^",_'_, .-/(// ))))|\ ) !/ ) (((( `E)|/ ( ( \ ` ) |' \ ` ( |' \ `)\ |' (\ \ /|' _.' \ \ /_|_.-'/ \_\ '-.__ // (_`__ ejm |`_ NOTE: I do not pick up my mail from the idirect address that you see. If you are e-mailing me and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- ___ cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca _/ | ,^%--- llizard aka ejm |_____| __<_ \ I love happy endings. --- == >/ [_____] __>,^ ASCII-ar+, ASCII & gif anima+ions ejm| | //| | www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/
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