webenda wrote:rogruth wrote:Or Jack fell down and broke something?
Correct Roger, now where is the verb meaning. "to fall?"
If I may, let me offer this perspective:
The arms and legs are expressing the verb, being "in action," raised as though reacting to falling from the cliff face, either alarmed or playfully, as one would jumping from a high position into a deep pool, for fun, and/or maybe jumping at or in the direction of that bird below.
Perhaps, Roger was right with his suggestion about there being water present. Maybe the figure and bird are enjoying some moments at poolside.
The bird pictographs helped me form this hypothesis because birds, like many animals, like to gather at water, for a drink, bath, or frolic. They have their own "action verbs" implicit in their wings-out depiction, which as we know, lasts for only a chosen several seconds, since birds do not just walk around with wings permanently unfurled; they are designed to be folded along the body. Open wings are an action, a verb implicit, as is with the legs in the act of walking, one in front of the other, or simply next to each other, splayed, or while craning the neck, as they might do while standing still (which even in itself is the "action" of being still).
