Portrait-Person

[Paula Gaon]

No: HPFGUIDX 84465

10Nov03 Portrait-Person 
 
Catlady wrote:
In my opinion, the magical portrait is a NEW PERSON who began as 
a copy of the model, with the personality traits and personal 
memories you mentioned, but after that the portrait has its own life
experiences, no longer linked to the life experiences of the model. 

Paula now:
I just can't see it this way.  I agree that the portrait would have its own life experiences, but they would have to be based on and added to the person's (models) memories, outlook, and mentality. I'd always imagined that this is why one portrait would be chosen over another to carry out a specific mission,  as in real life.  The portrait retains the personality, traits, and experiences of the person.  Yes, the portraits experiences must be different from the model because the model is no longer in this world.  But the portrait carries on as the person would have.  
 
Catlady:
I suppose that the spell for a later portrait is somewhat different than the spell for a first portrait, ...I suppose that the creation of a later portrait updates the model's-memories...
 
Paula:
Where is there any canon for this?  I can't recall any canon that specifically explains the process and/or spells that an artist used to paint a portrait.  That's why I think that the portrait is simply a vehicle for the departed to continue to function in this world.
 
Catlady:
But I firmly believe there is no telepathic link between the
portrait-person and model-person after the painting is completed. 
Can I make an analogy of a xerox of a laser-printed document? The 
two copies start out the same but go on to separate lives.

Paula:
OK, there's something to this analogy.  But IMHO, the WW is much more complicated and sophisticated than photocopying.  Afterall, a portrait is a copy of one who was alive and functional in this world.  Printed matter was never alive or capable of function on its own.  It's just passively absorbed.
 
~Paula "Griff" Gaon




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