Did you know that baring the soles of one's feet is considered a huge insult in Thailand? This comment is not suggesting that I am offended by it. I wonder if it sells here?!
No,I didn't, but it is easy to imagine. There's nothing gracious about it, as the expression on the man's face will attest! It was the caricatural image of the American here to prop feet up on a desk, not something that is done. I was just amused by the play on words that only a Frenchman would have thought of to advertize shoe soles. (This is an old poster that has somehow been kept up.)
Les choses nous rendent regard pour regard. Elles nous paraissent indifférentes parce ce que nous les
regardons d'un regard indifférent. Mais pour un oeil clair, tout est miroir; pour un regard sincère et
grave, tout est profondeur. Objects return our gazes look for look. They seem indifferent to us because we look on them
indifferently. But for the eye that sees clearly, everything is a mirror; for a sincere and mindful observer,
everything is profound.BACHELARD
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Did you know that baring the soles of one's feet is considered a huge insult in Thailand? This comment is not suggesting that I am offended by it. I wonder if it sells here?!
No,I didn't, but it is easy to imagine. There's nothing gracious about it, as the expression on the man's face will attest! It was the caricatural image of the American here to prop feet up on a desk, not something that is done. I was just amused by the play on words that only a Frenchman would have thought of to advertize shoe soles. (This is an old poster that has somehow been kept up.)
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