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[tree_and_leaf]

• 21:20 "A Nasa scientist [allegedly] commended The Clangers as a valiant attempt to bring a note of realism to the fantasy of the space programme." #
• 21:56 Delightful tribute here: tinyurl.com/6xjg77
  With full eps of Ivor and Clangers! #
• 22:00 Wah. where have all my c5 envelopes gone? (yes, I know: the post....) #
• 22:22 @pellegrina I'm sorry to hear of your loss- my condolences.... #
• 00:05 Note to self: buying a decent dressing gown ought to be the next priority.... #
• 09:27 Once, more, with head-desking: angels are not sexy, people. They are scary and unearthly and do not have 'curves in all the right places". #

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Comments

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Um, I've got to ask what caused your angels comment?

[tree_and_leaf]

The TU Chemnitz Advent calendar, which is normally very good and full of fun stuff about the Erzgebirge featured a woman who carves sexy 'angels' as a celebration of femininity (angels are traditional parts of folk art in those parts, but they are usually androgynous).

[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

My sister and I watched the Ivor episode last night.

[tree_and_leaf]

Ivor is so lovely!

[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

I long assumed that Oliver Postgate was Welsh, because of Ivor the Engine - and his love of Dylan Thomas is echoed in his prose and his delivery.

[wychwood]

Yes! I was totally shouting that at the stupid angel-carvers. Plus, wow, the outdated model of "ideal femininity" they were indulging in was ridiculous anyway.

It's a shame, because angels are *awesome*, and there's so much potential for great art, but THAT WAS NOT IT.

[tree_and_leaf]

Angels are much abused. I blame the baroque period, ultimately.

But yeah, before making any angel art one ought to reflect, at length, on the fact that the first words out of their mouths is almost invariably 'Don't be afraid'. And if you have to tell someone not to be afraid, then that implies that you have reason to think they are (such as them being a small whimpering heap on the ground!)

[wychwood]

Yes. Angels are awesome in the absolute etymological sense.