The mystery of the image of an astronaut cleaned by Rudesind

Ryan Dunn · 07 Jul 2010, 20:14 · from 2010-July.txt.gz

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From: ryan at liftingfaces.com (Ryan Dunn)
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 16:14:05 -0400
Subject: (urth) The mystery of the image of an astronaut cleaned by
	Rudesind
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I'm not letting go of that monkey description, sorry. It is a clue to something.

...ryan

On Jul 7, 2010, at 3:59 PM, DAVID STOCKHOFF <dstockhoff at verizon.net> wrote:

> Exactly. 
> 
> It had occurred to me that Inire, being long-lived, may have had a long childhood. But that would assume his lifespan was normal, which we are told it is not. So, no.
> 
> What to do with Fechin? He can't be the Russian namesake, because he lived only decades ago. Yes, he could have painted himself as a boy, so he could be Rudesind. But he can't be Inire, who is much older. 
> 
> If Rudesind is hiding an identity it is that of Fechin, who could be a mere 20 years older. Not that of Inire.
> 
> That would explain Rudesind's comments about paintings of himself and Inire. But it doesn't explain why he made those remarks. 
> 
> --- On Wed, 7/7/10, Roy C. Lackey <rclackey at stic.net> wrote:
> 
> From: Roy C. Lackey <rclackey at stic.net>
> Subject: Re: (urth) The mystery of the image of an astronaut cleaned by Rudesind
> To: "The Urth Mailing List" <urth at lists.urth.net>
> Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2010, 3:04 PM
> 
> Lee Berman quoted and wrote:
> > >David Stockhoff- Any thoughts on the question of Fechin having painted
> Inire
> > >as a little boy, thus proving that he is Rudesind, who was painted by
> Fechin
> > >as a little boy?
> >
> > I don't think I'd ever hope to prove something but rather find
> suggestions. And
> > in that scenario, Rudesind says a great artist visited him, when he was a
> boy
> > artist, to see his work. "It was Fechin, Fechin himself!". Was Fechin, the
> > great artist or the boy?
> 
> Since you have claimed that both Rudesind and Fechin are really Inire, it
> doesn't really matter, does it? They are all the same person, and I guess
> the part about being a boy is just a lie. And I guess the old man at
> Casdoe's cabin lied about being a boyhood friend of Fechin's, too. Because,
> in the interest of pedantry, I feel obliged to point out that Inire had been
> vizier to all the autarchs, going back at least a thousand years to Ymar.
> Maybe Inire had a protracted boyhood and only grew up and got old in the
> last seventy years or so.
> 
> -Roy
> 
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