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bee Group: Members Posts: 1227 Joined: Jan. 2004 Posted: May 27 2007, 19:14 This is just a daft idea that may be fun. Which three people from the past would you like to join you around a table for a wonderful meal and an interesting conversation? And why would you choose them? There would be no language barrier and it could be anyone, famous or otherwise, from any period and from anywhere in the world. How would they all get on, what would you talk about? It conjures up some amusing images when you think of what they would make of each other! This assumes they would all accept your invitation ofcourse! I have chosen three, well four. * Leonardo da Vinci ~ simply because of his genius, painter, architect, philosopher, poet, composer, sculptor, mathematician, inventor & anatomist. I just think if you could talk to him he would be so very interesting and knowledgable. * Elizabeth I ~ Queen of England 1533 - 1603 .To me she seems to have been a very strong woman with a certainty about her beliefs. A shrewd leader in a time of great discovery. I don't know if she was a nice person but I find her face fascinating when I see her in portraits, there's a distance in her eyes. ( she was probably a little shortsighted!) & then it's one of the following two * Odilon Redon ~ a curious French symbolist artist from the 19th century. He produced odd, dark sketchy images of strange creatures. Lots of dreamlike stuff and the most wonderful paintings of vases of flowers with incredible colours. I find his work very interesting, but know nothing about him. or * Salvador Dali ~ the famous Surrealist artist. I love the detail in his work and the way he has such a very easily identifiable style. I also think he would be hilariously funny and could lighten the tone. What would Elizabeth I make of him!!! my choice of people, maybe more later. Who would you choose? bee -------------- ....second to the right and straight on till morning.... You heard me before Yet you hear me again Then I die Till I call me again Back to top

jonnyw Group: Members Posts: 522 Joined: Oct. 2005 Posted: May 27 2007, 21:46 OOOOooohhhh nice idea My own great great great great great grandfather i think would have a story to tell. Krystof Kieslowski - Polish Filmaker, terribly interesting stuff there Mícheál Coileáin - (Micheal Collins) - The irish revolutionary leader. Salvidor dali - yes, thats a good idea... There are a few more people id love to invite but for the life of me i cant think at 2am... Note - I dont mention any musicans, because the My favourite ones, and the ones i would learn from and love to discuss with, are all still alive... -------------- Grand piano. Reed and pipe organ. Glockenspeil. Bass guitar. Vocal chords. Two slightly sampled electric guitars. The venitian effect. Digital sound processor. And Tubular bells. Solo music - http://-terrapin-.bebo.com Band music - http://www.rsimusic.com Back to top

Tati The Sentinel Group: Members Posts: 3360 Joined: Feb. 2002 Posted: May 27 2007, 22:23 At the moment I can think of: -Dali -Marie Curie -Carl Sagan -------------- "But it's always the outsider, the black sheep, that becomes the blockbuster." - Mike Oldfield, 2014 "I remember feeling that I'd been judged unfairly and that I was going to prove them wrong." - Peter Davison, 2011 Back to top

Alan D Group: Members Posts: 3670 Joined: Aug. 2004 Posted: May 28 2007, 04:16 1. John Ruskin. The most brilliant writer, artist and visionary I've ever encountered. Through his books and pictures he's effectively been a close companion through much of my life, constantly opening up new avenues of thought and new ways of seeing. 2. William Blake. Some of his contemporaries thought he was mad, but actually he was just seeing further and deeper than them. His uncompromising acceptance of the reality and importance of his imaginative perceptions, and the beauty of his art, has been an inspiration for as long as I can remember. 3. C.S. Lewis. Another of the most important mentors in my life. I don't share his belief in Christianity (though I tried to for some years), but even so the clarity of his thought and his writing, and the sharpness of his insights, have been a major inspiration to me. He says somewhere that any fool can talk or write about difficult matters in an obscure and incomprehensible way, and that the real trick in writing is to learn how to express them clearly and simply. That's been an invaluable guideline that I've tried to follow ever since in my own writing. All these people were not just great writers/artists; they were also, by all accounts, great conversationalists. The idea of all three of them around the same table, and the kind of discussions that would be sparked off, is really quite overwhelming. I don't think I'd be saying much myself! [It's worth adding that largely thanks to these three people, I'm never in the position of being bored on a rainy day. Between them, they've provided me with so many inexhaustibly interesting things to become involved with.] Back to top

TubularBelle Group: Members Posts: 1487 Joined: April 2004 Posted: May 28 2007, 04:38 Hells Bells, the only people I can think of are all still alive. Lets see. Jesus Santa Claus The Devil Whadaya mean they're not real! -------------- I hate getting up early. I didn't even realise there were two 6 o'clocks in one day! Back to top

onion Group: Members Posts: 104 Joined: July 2005 Posted: May 28 2007, 04:57 Charlie Chaplin.....I would tell him that he is a clown Mike -------------- Are soft boiled eggs supposed to make a crunchy noise when you eat them? Back to top

Deadcalm Group: Awaiting Authorisation Posts: 752 Joined: Nov. 2004 Posted: May 28 2007, 05:00 My 3 would be from an area of Exploration   1,   Neil Armstrong       1st Man on the Moon.. 2,   Randolf Feinnes      Artic Explorer   3,  Alan Whicker          TV  Travel  Globe Trotter  I think that would be a fairly interesting 3 some     Back to top

Matt Group: Admins Posts: 1186 Joined: Nov. 2002 Posted: May 28 2007, 05:19 Hmmm... How about Leonardo De Vinci Jesus Hitler Yes, they are serious suggestions. Not sure how they would do as a mix but I'd be interested in talking to all three over dinner. Leonardo, wow you were great, let me tell you some of what has happened since your ideas. Jesus, ok, did you marry Mary and have any little jesus-lets or not? Hitler. With hindsight, do you agree that you are an utterly contemptible human being? -------------- "I say I say I say I say, what's got three bottles and five eyes and no legs and two wheels" Back to top

moonchildhippy Group: Members Posts: 1807 Joined: Dec. 2004 Posted: May 28 2007, 18:42 So difficult to pick just three, but here goes then J.R.R Tolkien - As I'm sure many of you know I'm a fan of LOTR, I would just be interested to know what was going through his mind, how he had such a fertile imagination, to invent his own languages. Also I do see him as an early environmentalist. I know   he was upset by what he saw as destruction of the Birmingham he grew up in. Stan Laurel - Comic genius , I love Laurel and Hardy films, I know Stan came up with many of the classic lines in L&H films, but could I invite Stan without  Ollie??? I'd think I'd invite Ollie too. Winston Churchill - I'd invite him as I know he suffered with depression his "Black Dog", I 'm just intrigued how he could motivate a nation to victory whilst suffering depression. I'd think I'd have to have a second dinner party as I've missed of Jesus Christ - despite being a practising Pagan I fell that all religion has valid points, it's where people become fundanemtalist in their beliefs I have the problem. I know he would hate the wars started due to differing religious beliefs Emmiline Pankhurst - Campaginer and most famous of the Suffragettes. I know Suffragettes died for their beliefs, the   right of women to vote in elections. Isambard Kingdom Brunel- I wonder in awe at  his engineering feats. Douglas Bader - WW2 fighter pilot - he lost both his legs in a flying accident and had artificial ones, yes I'd put him on my list as he achieved his goal of becoming a pilot despite of his disability. Oscar Wilde - I'd have to invite him as he had a love for Lord Alfred Douglas,  but he was sentenced to 2 years hard labour  in Reading jail for his love of another man, if two people genuinely  love each other then what is  so wrong with that.     I haven't started on the musicians yet . -------------- I'm going slightly mad, It finally happened, I'm slightly mad , just very slightly mad If you feel a little glum to Hergest Ridge you should come. I'm challenging  taboos surrounding mental health "Part time hippy" I'M SUPPORTING OUR SOLDIERS BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!! Back to top

Bill Bobaggins Group: Members Posts: 477 Joined: June 2005 Posted: May 29 2007, 08:24 John Lennon for sure.  Can't think of any others at the moment. -------------- Speak friend and enter. Back to top

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