You're right
It's not exclusively southern - but the south is a hotbed for it - and my redneck kin show a remarkable taste for it. That being said, perhaps "rural" is a better term than southern ... but the south is where I experienced it.
And, like anything else, of course my take on the subject could be ripped apart piece by piece. Just as you can use the bible to legitimize almost anything. It's not what it says ... it's how it is interpreted.
But personal sentiment can never be argued with ... as it is just that ... personal.
I hear you. I don't even...
I hear you. I don't even know if it is exclusively rural in nature, although it may be more prevalant there. Maybe it has something to do with the strange function/concept we think of as power.
Hemingway, if I remember right, was born in Oak Park. It's a fun topic, and I'm glad you brought it up.
And I'm pretty sure it was either Samuel Clemens or Mark Twain who said
all generalizations are false, including this one.
Adding quickly: I think the...
Adding quickly: I think the 'personal' part of this is extremely important; that is, when one -- as a person/fellow creature -- determines to display skeletons or deer heads or whatever, lacking permission from the previous owner, or a way to ascertain such, it just seems to me that one might want to be pretty thorough and/or certain with regard to their reasoning.
This thread
reminded me to move some of my collection back downstairs.
I have quite a bit. I prefer to keep it all in my studio downstairs but
bits and pieces find their way up. A mallard has been sitting on one of the
liv rm pony walls for a few months.
The photo that wSpike posted is pretty common. I don't find it that odd.
It isn't unusual for artists to study animal and plants alive or dead.
My grandfather was a big game hunter and deep sea fisher.
I have some of his collection. I've cast many a bone and skull
for various projects and usually make a few for friends and family before
i toss the molds. A paleontologist in the family as well adds to the
fascination.
My biggest influence was the NatureLab at RISD. SDR, you must have spent
some time there? Must have had one class that used it?
"The Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab is a unique resource that offers the opportunity to examine, explore and understand the patterns, structures and interactions of design in nature."
Here is a link to the lab...
http://www.risd.edu/nature.cfm
Faces...
I was just doing the vacuuming, carefully sweeping my cowhide, prior, of course, and it occurred to me what it is that I truly hate about taxidermy. It's the faces. I love my cowhide, I love leather...but the head on the wall? Too horrible.
So, I figured it out...it's the faces...that and the fact that vacuum cleaners are agents of the devil...but I already knew that.
It's educational, not a...
It's educational, not a gleeming trophy to someones skewed sense of dominance.
Assuming eh? Don't think my head is a trophy. And I'm not a very dominant guy either. Always good to see someone shed blanket statements on others. If you don't like it, fine. But attempting to define the person rather than the sense of style is lame. You should know better.
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