I had listened to an old 1982 video and putting it on my family blog to illustrate an experience I was writing about when it gave me an idea for a post on echostains! The music video is by ‘Imagination’ and it’s called ‘Just an Illusion’ (I’d forgotten how good they were:)) Then I thoughtContinue reading “Just an Illusion”
Monthly Archives: September 2010
Another Poetry Challenge!
A lot of people go on to my other blog ‘Bookstains’ looking for something to see. I’ve been putting my own poetry and book reviews on there and just linking to it. Now I am going to host my poetry challenges on there too! The Vincent Van Gogh poetry challenge was a real success and all the entriesContinue reading “Another Poetry Challenge!”
Poll: -Who do you LOVE?
I’ve now completed 622 posts! In all those posts I have never yet tried the poll application out. That is about to be remedied! Anyone who reads this blog regularly will know that I have featured some rather unusual artists. But which artist have you enjoyed the most? These aren’t really famous artists (like Freud, HirstContinue reading “Poll: -Who do you LOVE?”
Take a letter or two Miss Rathbone!
Remember the old typewriters of the past? Yes the past! It doesn’t seem that long ago when we were all using typewriters with ribbons, and then cassettes…. and now its keyboards. I remember years ago being really impressed with some typewriter art I had seen. A picture of Jimi Hendrix was one image and a butterfly was anotherContinue reading “Take a letter or two Miss Rathbone!”
Art Discovered and Recovered – Morwenna Catt
Anyone who is a regular reader of this blog has probably guessed that a lot of my posts are spontaneous and that the subject can be prompted sometimes by anything and everything. Sometimes it can be the date of an artist’s birthday, or the subject of a poem or something I’ve seen or heard in the mediaContinue reading “Art Discovered and Recovered – Morwenna Catt”
Clearing out Freud
If I was lucky (or rich enough) to own a painting by Lucien Freud I would never be able to part with it. Not so with Jerry Hall, former wife of Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones). She is having a clear out: a clean sweep. She is getting rid of reminders of Mick Jagger and the lifeContinue reading “Clearing out Freud”
Art Inflation!
I have never encountered this kind of art before – I would say I was blown away by it but it would be a really bad pun (ok that’s never stopped me before..). We’ve all seen balloon art at fairs and as part of children’s entertainment, but this inflatable art is just a little bit different. For a start, theContinue reading “Art Inflation!”
Poetry Challenge: Vincent could have told you
Just Click the Van Gogh image to take you to the video Everyone has heard ‘Starry Starry Night‘ By Don Mclean, the beautiful song about Vincent Van Gogh. There is a line in it which says:_ But I could have told you, Vincent, This world was never meant for one As beautiful as you……. (here’sContinue reading “Poetry Challenge: Vincent could have told you”
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