Feet breath's Comments

Hey Feet!  I'm back. Thanks for posting to my profile in my absence. I've been extremely busy the past few months, finding myself with no time for AAG though missing it very much.

Thank you for the ribbon and kind words. I will look up the footprint poem. Thank you for suggesting it.

I don't have it at hand but will send you the link to my FaceBook page which is nothing but working out the plans and equipment I need. About $6,000 into it already for new canoe and camping upgrades and stuff. Not enough faith to just "sell everything and give it to the poor" thing, since I have to have my laptop for writing and records, books (ebooks), music, movies, minimum art stuff. Had to research solar power chargers and battery chargers since like my comforts. Lol, almost 2 months of just getting detailed maps downloaded. Working on contacts with various homeless missions, shelters along the way but must of my work are going to be those living out I the woods along the river.

oops didn't put in age of consent link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent

As to "homeless mission", my blog: has a bit about the mission I plan on starting next spring to sell my woods and homestead, give away my books to library, fossils and other collections to museum and start doing full time mission of feeding, helping the poor, giving out Bibles and other Christian literature along with food, tent, sleepings bags, simple cooking stuff and other necessary stuff (soap, shampoo, etc.) along the Mississippi and Ohio River and their tributaries. Been planning it since this time last year, slowly putting together the stuff I need and researching like mad for maps and such.

http://www.allaboutgod.net/profiles/blogs/future-plans-spring-2014-on

First, read this article about modern age of consent around the world, especially enlarge the map showing ages and pay attention to 15 and under categories.
  A large part of it quite naturally has to deal with life expectancy: in Ancient Rome even with abundant clean water and free public bread it was 26. For the middle east which was a harsher environment it was several years lower. (Based on both contemporary written records and mass examination of grave remains by archeologists and anthropologists).
  Think about it: no medicine; no refridgeration for food (pork being a forbidden food had a very practical reason along with religious); a very simple understanding of human anatomy (no microscopes until the 17th century so no concept of bacteria, viruses or the unseen micro world); even the concept of vitamins and calories was way in the future. People died of toothaches, relatively simple sicknesses and conditions (tonsilitis, appendix), childbirth was quite deadly).
 The still practised Jewish ceremony of Bar Mitzvah (boys) Bat Mitzvah (girls) is a Jewish-Babylonian-Aramaic word).
  According to Jewish law, when Jewish boys become 13, they become accountable for their actions and become a Bar Mitzvah. Traditionally, a Bat Mitzvah occurs when Jewish girls become 12, and it means the same as it does for boys. In addition to being considered accountable for their actions from a religious perspective, B'nai mitzvah may be counted towards a minyan (prayer quorum) and may lead prayer and other religious services in the family and the community. The age of B'nai Mitzvah was selected because it roughly coincides with physical puberty. Prior to a child reaching Bar or Bat Mitzvah, the child's parents hold the responsibility for the child's actions. After this age, children bear their own responsibility for Jewish ritual law, tradition and ethic and are able to participate in all areas of Jewish community life.
  As soon as they were born childen were started being  prepared for being married: how to keep house, cook, take care of babies and children as opposed to modern extended education which drags on (far past when it should in my opinion except in rare cases) so we end up with people in late 20's who haven't a clue how to live on their own. Lol, don't get me started on modern education.

For a small set like a pewter metal, plaster, hydrocal or resin nativity set, many of the same issues are the same as to style and such, however for metal casting of figures like 3 inches tall, they are carved in wax, then master mold is made; for plaster, etc. for 6 inches tall, they would be carved/sculpted in clay then a master mold is made. Lot faster process. Of course, if you start talking about sculpting in actual stone like Michelangelo, your talking a year+ each figure. Never messed with stone and don't have the time to learn.

well, the gnomes are just because I have a very odd sense of humor. As to a nativity set, well, that would take rest of the year to do decently.. First I'd have to decide whether to either do a traditional set which combines both the actual scene in the "stables" with the separate visit of the wise men or just the actual birth itself. Second decision would be what style to do the figure in: say Italian renaissance, French medieval, Russian orthodox, and so on, or would I want to portray Mary, Joseph and Jesus as the ethnic Palestine Jews that they were (you must understand when you see pictures of Jews in modern Israel, they are overwhelmingly of European, not middle east decent-same is true of the state of modern Israel, it's based on the European model of a state, not middle east). Mary would particularily take a lot of thought, traditionally she is portrayed in the 16-18 year old range, when in 1st century the tradition in middle east for the common people was girls to be promised in marriage at 12 (or onset of menses) and married soon after. I ruffle enough feathers as it is with my art as it is without portraying Mary as a 13/14 year old, lol. For lifesize, I'd probably carve the figures from tree trunks then paint/stain to make them permanent instead of plaster over a wire frame since the whole process would take a very lot of time, probably not enough time working from dawn to dusk the rest of the year. Well, will think on it, maybe can lay the basis for it in 2014 if I decide not to do my homeless mission yet since I'd need a workshop in a stationary residence.      

someday I ought to try making a large nativity scene, have done it on small scale to cast in pewter, just never tried lifesized.

sniff, you don't like my garden gnomes? Taken me almost a year to get them made and set up just right.

Dear Feet,

Thanks for the welcome.

Hugs,

Lena J

Here's part of an old calligraphy project of mine, as I said writing a blog on its making, here's a bit: http://www.allaboutgod.net/profiles/blogs/temporary-note-on-calligraphy

Very interesting and intense "My story with God"! Enjoyed the pictures of your cats (I'm a dog person but one cat, Tiger, decided I make a decent slave and moved in during a snow storm). We have a nature group "The Beauty of Nature Created by God" that's open to all to join - lots of photos o plants, critters and such. Mostly my shots but a few have added theirs. Feel frre to join, add photos, or just escape into the beauty God has provides us!

Feet, thank you for your comment on my blog. I deleted the blog but I copied and pasted what you wrote. I saved it to me email folder. As to what you said. I do need to ask God for help.... thank you. You are so kind to people. I am glad you came here to AAG

Hi Feetsneeze,,, i hope you and your family are doing well. Have a good weekend.

Ok, got it and sent a request to be added to the group. Thank you for thinking of me. Hope to see you there sometime....

I dont see the group invite now. I looked all over my page. I must have drempt it. Im sorry...

Hey Feetsneeze, Thank yiu for the womens group invite. I was a member there a few yrs ago but it was always pretty quiet. I never seen any activity. Mybe I was just there at the wrong times. ..  . Thanks , I am going to look at the groups again though. I hope you are havig a good night