Faces that should be carved in stone

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Re: Faces that should be carved in stone

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zeezrom wrote:I agree, Quas. Those are all nice.


The last in those images was an old woman from a bushman tribe in africa. The image makes me feel as though I would just like to give her a big hug.

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just me wrote:Who is he? Don't know, don't care. Look at his face!

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Drifting wrote:
I've have reported you for posting information about my in real life identity...


LMAO! (wait, are you single :wink: :lol: )
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Re: Faces that should be carved in stone

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"Carved in stone" is tricky. Unforgettable faces can contain something of luminosity in the eyes that would be difficult to capture in stone:

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For me, the best faces 'carved in stone' are either classical:

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or craggy:

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Re: Faces that should be carved in stone

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just me wrote:
zeezrom wrote:We shouldn't stop with his face.

IKR? Same with Juliann Hough.

That's for sure. Nothing like a dancer's bod.

I can also appreciate her brother's impressive sculpting (in a totally heterosexual way, of course).
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Re: Faces that should be carved in stone

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krose wrote:
I can also appreciate her brother's impressive sculpting (in a totally heterosexual way, of course).


Me too! Dancing with him is on my bucket list.
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Re: Faces that should be carved in stone

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just me wrote:Me too! Dancing with him is on my bucket list.

Nice. Good luck.

I would have difficulty choosing, but I think Anna T. would head up the list (I have a fondness for redheads -- and Russians). Then again, Cheryl could really whip a guy into shape.
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Re: Faces that should be carved in stone

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I've been avoiding this thread because I thought the title said 'faeces'...time to get reading glasses methinks...
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