posted by Llama Chris on Mar 17
We call this one Le Penseur, or shall we say Le Llama. Yes, it is The Thinker himself. When people think about The Thinker, the thought that generally comes to mind is that of Auguste Rodins most famous sculpture of bronze and marble, originally named The Poet. What people don’t generally realise is that Rodin’s famous work is actually inspired, if not entirely ripped off, by a famous pose that originated over a century after Rodin created his first small plaster version.
Above one can see our preliminary working of the great Thinker, inspired by Rodin’s Le Penseur (and who knows, maybe we will go on to make an actual sculpture of it, that’s a great idea…), and below see Rodins sculpture itself:
What most people don’t know is the ORIGINAL work, pictured below. Commonly referred to as Le Toefur’s Philosopher Grande:
And why is the Toefur better than the Thinker? Because it is a true to life model in true genuine 100% technicolor. Examine the subtleties and nuances of dramatic and philosophical exposition within every inch of the sculpture and you can see the obvious and blatant plagiarism of Rodin himself.
Now, Occams razor would suggest that obviously Toefur is a copy of Le Penseur because it was created many years later, but the truth is far from that and relates to incidents involving Auguste Rodin and a time travelling device and many skips into the future for what he likened, in his secret diaries, to ‘inspiration’. More like downright thievery if you ask me.
So whilst Rodin was obviously a complete fraud, we can attest to the fact that the Llama Thinker is a genuine work of art taking generous inspiration from both works to create a piece that is of amazingly higher quality than either of the original sculptures, and still even better than both combined.
Enjoy The Thinker, He will be techni-colored and plastered all over merchandise for your consuming pleasure as soon as is possible!
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