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Emeritus Prof Christopher May

A year or so back I treated myself to an original of a @tomgauld cartoon, and each time I look at it (above my desk) it still makes me smile.... so I thought I'd share it with you all. Enjoy!

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Cartoon: the difference between you: a civilian & me: an author:

You - pottering; me - enacting pre-creativity rituals;

You - eavesdropping; me - researching dialogue patterns;

You - reading; me - undertaking narrative analysis;

You - daydreaming; me - performing visualisation exercises;

You - napping; me - accessing subconscious insights!
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Victor Gijsbers

@ChrisMayLA6 Nice. Also, I learned the English verb 'to potter', which turns out to have nothing to do with pottery. 😃

Coprolite9000

@ChrisMayLA6
My grandfather's excuse whenever he'd dozed off in an armchair was that he was 'thinking deeply' - 'accessing subconscious insights' would have pleased him greatly!

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@coprolite9000 @ChrisMayLA6 My Dad was 'resting his eyes', often with a china cup and saucer balanced on his chest. I only saw him spill it once, when he 'woke up with a start' because my Mum tried to take it off him.

Kim Possible

@ChrisMayLA6 @bookstodon Love Tom Gauld's style of humor and art. Just put REVENGE OF THE LIBRARIANS on hold. It seems apropos for this group.

GhostOnTheHalfShell

@ChrisMayLA6 @bookstodon

Why does this remind me of the quip:

What is the difference between Applied and Theoretical Math? One can be lying down on the sofa in one’s office, eyes closed and no one could say the Theoretician was not working.

Sami Määttä

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @ChrisMayLA6 @bookstodon Reminds me of a lecturer who claimed to have done exactly when he was studying undergraduate maths.

Great for him, but kind of demoralizing for a student. 😅

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@ChrisMayLA6 @bookstodon

Always liked his work.

When he did an exhibit/signing at Gosh! in London he painted the window from the inside with a huge cartoon design.

I crave one of his 'Murderous Librarians' badges (pins).

Unfortunately dot Online can't follow @bird dot Makeup users for some reason.

natriumchloride

@ChrisMayLA6 @tomgauld @bookstodon wow hahaha i also sort of treat daydreaming or just thinking about my art like mental work i do behind the scenes xd when you put a slice of pizza in the microwave you need to wait 3mins for it to get warm & it's the same with art kinda .. sometimes you have to "do nothing" & wait for your ideas to cook

acm

@ChrisMayLA6 never heard the word "pottering" before -- love it!

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