Comments on: Art, in Service to Commerce http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2009/10/art-in-service-to-commerce/ Ridiculous Pursuits, Solemn Matters Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:51:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2009/10/art-in-service-to-commerce/comment-page-1/#comment-10767 John Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:37:33 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=5987#comment-10767 For the record, I myself didn't get the hair connection right away. But I was so caught up in the "storyline" and soundtrack that I quickly forgot the question. Only when she started doing the slow-mo fling-her-lustrous-locks thing did it make sense. Jules: Loving <em>any</em> sign language "beyond words" is a beautiful notion. Just out of curiosity -- I don't know if you're still reading this thread -- is there a universal sign language, which maybe depends on universal meanings rather than their language-specific <em>expressions</em>? marta: I think that recaptcha might take the prize as the best and subtlest recaptcha ever encountered on a writer's blog. For the record, I myself didn’t get the hair connection right away. But I was so caught up in the “storyline” and soundtrack that I quickly forgot the question. Only when she started doing the slow-mo fling-her-lustrous-locks thing did it make sense.

Jules: Loving any sign language “beyond words” is a beautiful notion.

Just out of curiosity — I don’t know if you’re still reading this thread — is there a universal sign language, which maybe depends on universal meanings rather than their language-specific expressions?

marta: I think that recaptcha might take the prize as the best and subtlest recaptcha ever encountered on a writer’s blog.

]]> By: marta http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2009/10/art-in-service-to-commerce/comment-page-1/#comment-10761 marta Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:20:26 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=5987#comment-10761 I'd love to do something great and have great hair at the same time. So true. recaptcha: clari- prose I’d love to do something great and have great hair at the same time. So true.

recaptcha: clari- prose

]]> By: Jules http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2009/10/art-in-service-to-commerce/comment-page-1/#comment-10600 Jules Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:13:04 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=5987#comment-10600 I'm with Cynth, but---even as I wondered---it got me all misty-eyed. I love love love beyond words seeing other sign languages ("foreign" sign language) in action. I’m with Cynth, but—even as I wondered—it got me all misty-eyed.

I love love love beyond words seeing other sign languages (“foreign” sign language) in action.

]]> By: The Querulous Squirrel http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2009/10/art-in-service-to-commerce/comment-page-1/#comment-10522 The Querulous Squirrel Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:23:03 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=5987#comment-10522 Being into hair, I noticed the shiny hair thing right away, but the music and achievement connection was brilliant. Being into hair, I noticed the shiny hair thing right away, but the music and achievement connection was brilliant.

]]> By: cynth http://johnesimpson.com/blog/2009/10/art-in-service-to-commerce/comment-page-1/#comment-10518 cynth Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:05:41 +0000 http://johnesimpson.com/blog/?p=5987#comment-10518 I kept wondering what in the name of whatever, Pantene had to do with any of that? It was a really great commercial though. Thanks for it. I kept wondering what in the name of whatever, Pantene had to do with any of that? It was a really great commercial though. Thanks for it.

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