In the early days of research, the images were often read very literally, and this was certainly taken to extremes – the classic example, of course, is the ‘signs’ in Ice Age cave art which the first researchers assumed to represent actual objects, and gave them names accordingly – for example, ‘claviforms’ were thought to be clubs, ‘tectiforms’ were thought to be roofs or huts, and so forth ….

As a people we have an insane and deep-rooted preference for noise over harmony, for force over reason, or we should not be taken by the slack of the pants and walked turkey up to the counter,

Till death abrupts them.

(historical), Birchy Bay North (historical)