looking backward

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 man ray

Someone found the future as a statue in a fountain
At attention, looking backward in a pool of water
Wishes with a blue songbird on his shoulder
Who keeps singing over everything
Everything means nothing to me
Everything means nothing to me
Everything means nothing to me

 

 

 

 

yves klein
 

 

 

 I picked up the song and found my picture in the paper
The reflection in the water showed an iron man still trying to salute
People from a time when he was everything he's supposed to be
Everything means nothing to me
Everything means nothing to me
Everything means nothing to me
Everything means nothing to me

elliott smith

christopher o'riley

 

 “ART IS A WELLSPRING OF INSPIRATION THAT NEVER RUNS DRY” Gustav Zumsteg

life & death

4 6 69 – 10 21 03 es       8 27 1890 – 11 18 76 mr        8 28 28 – 6 6 62 yk

links you should follow:


eliott smith
man ray
yves Klein victory of samothrace
yves klein.org
christopher o'riley

 

 

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into the Wildes:

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& less is MORE.

Frances Howard countess of Somerset,

attrib. to William Larkin c 1612-15 

NPG Painting 

the Countess seems to concur.

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex.

Oscar Wilde

coming up with 7 wonderfully stylish blogs is easier than

talking about myself after publishing this blog for two years- that  is harder. 

when I am given an opportunity to tap7 blogs with a stylish blogger award I jump at the chance-this is a required part of  the receiving of it.

also a part of  the receiving is the sharing of 7 things about Me. that is when I balk.  Easy too- is the introduction of- if you don't already know her blog- Moira's SKEINS OF THOUGHT. One of her ongoing topics is "this is romance"... Old Movies are the topic-
I'm a fan.
& since rules are made to be broken- and I enjoy that- Here are YOUR NEW MUST READS and you can say I said so-

you will love these

Ingres
The Turkish Bath 1862




ACRAVAN

BRUTTI MA BUONI


 GARDEN HISTORY GIRL

PIMP MY BRICKS

  

SYBARITIC

ST TYL

THE TRAVELER

where I break the rules 

the Getty Museum © Man Ray Trust ARS-ADAGP 

Le Violon d'Ingres Man Ray

silver gelatin print 1924

THIS IT WILL TELL YOU 7 THINGS ABOUT ME-at least.

I think the biggest problem with the BLOG MANTRA one of live and let live -is fear of no reciprocity from fellow bloggers.  There are diffierent blogs and there is something for everyone. Designers have always sought to find a clientele by giving them something not everyone else can find. Rendering up a beautiful room that has not been filled to the gills with stuff-stuffed into it, mediocre furniture and trendy fabrics will be a designer's calling card. If that is what a client is seeking-don't call me.

Few  bloggers will commit to separating themselves from other blogs by simply eliminating  from their blog lists  bloggers who repost a story from a publication and cut and paste the pictures & have heavy sponsorship on their pages.

It puts me in mind of a new blog called PIMP MY BLOG

I am always looking for new &  interesting original blogs to add to my blog list. If a person is writing to express themselves, educate, illuminate- they are elevating the medium they work in. I don't think for bloggers that are cutting and pasting from other web sources-  story and text are in the least concerned with originality.. taking an idea from other sources should be a way of  inspiring, expanding, offering something beyond a "copy."plagiarism is another expression- too harsh? 

Yes, well-I did say you would learn something about me here.

at this juncture in blogging-  it's the wild wild west out there- but at some point states are going to be annexed.

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