Man made impresses the intellect, nature stirs the soul.
Yes I did just say "stirs the soul". Apologies for wetness.
(Cave Duck, Tue 18 May 2010, 8:59, 4 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

God you'd better hope Al isn't around with a post like that...

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:00, Reply)

I've gazzed it to him, don't worry.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:04, Reply)

That's the thing with souls -
the more you stir them the wetter they get.
( Larry Vest One day at a time, sweet Jesus, FFS., Tue 18 May 2010, 9:02, Reply)

manmade stuff stirs the soul too
I'm not a religionist, but it's hard not to be moved by artistry and skill involved in a cathedral for example.

Visit the Sagrade Familia in Barcelona (or many of Gaudi's buildings) and if you aren't moved by it then you need a beating.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:09, Reply)

Gaudi's buildings are a bit too gaudy for me.

( girlinthehole, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:11, Reply)

some are admittedly gaudy
some of it is genius though

I got a little off my point. I was mainly talking about cathedrals and stuff.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:12, Reply)

I think you missed a pun...
Cathedrals are ace, I always wondered how the architect must have felt knowing they would never see their design realised as they would be long dead by the time it was finished.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:13, Reply)

I deliberately glossed over it
it is quite weird. I can never get my head around how they actually built them. How much they planned out what shape the stonework would be, and how many bits and what shape they should be.

amazing things.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:15, Reply)

More so than the random by-products
of tectonic activity, for that very reason, if you ask me.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:28, Reply)

I'm torn
I like both things for different reasons
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:31, Reply)

The cathedral was designed by hanging weights on a lattice work of string
thuis creating an upside down skelton for the building. This apparently showed how the loads worked together.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:55, Reply)

I've seen the model
fucking awesome idea. the weights were scaled to represent the loads from the structure, and the strings described the perfect arch shape to support them.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 10:21, Reply)

I really love our Cathedrals
I prefer Liverpool's Anglican, but the wigwam is growing on me
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:33, Reply)

I'm with you, Vippers old bean.
Up close, Stonehenge is incredibly powerful. More so, to me, than a nice view.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:12, Reply)

good man
good topic of debate too.

I've got to do some work now unfortunately.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:13, Reply)

Stonehenge is little more than a few stones put together
What makes it impressive is the wondering how they managed to arrange them like that without any technology.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 18 May 2010, 9:15, Reply)

that's the beauty of manmade stuff
particularly stuff like that. Not only is it awesome to look at, but it is thought provoking as well.

I do enjoy a good landscape, and natural features can be pretty amazing, but in a different way to manmade.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:16, Reply)

That's the point I was originally trying to make
Great buildings, bridges or ships are massively impresive, but after the original "wow" the next reaction is to try and understand the mechanics of it. Nature is affecting at a more basic level.
(Cave Duck, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:42, Reply)

'Stonehenge is little more than a few stones put together'
is perhaps the most fatuous statement I've ever read on here.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:21, Reply)

You can't have read that many posts then.

( girlinthehole, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:31, Reply)

Well, you are a duck...

(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 18 May 2010, 9:41, Reply)