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Wednesday, 24 October 2018

Talent Show Contestant

This lovely sketch from The Mitchell & Webb Show beautifully expresses my feelings about 'talent' show contestants! If you like this there are plenty of their clips from the shows on You Tube.
I'm listening to a track from The Times They Are A-Changin'. Restless farewell is here.
Like many of Dylan's lyrics these stand up well on their own - especially the final verse:
Oh, a false clock tries to tick out my time
To disgrace, distract, and bother me 
And the dirt of gossip blows into my face 
And the dust of rumours covers me 
But if the arrow is straight 
And the point is slick 
It can pierce through dust no matter how thick 
So I'll make my stand 
And remain as I am 
And bid farewell and not give a damn

Wednesday, 3 October 2018

Painting of the Month (84) Oct 2018: Mont St Victoire

Have you ever wondered why artists continued to paint after the invention of the camera? After all, the camera would have depicted scenes like the one below with great accuracy. It 'never lies', does it?
Photograph of Mont Saint Victoire overlooking Aix-en-Provence, France

However, the camera cannot easily capture mood, atmosphere, feeling or imagination. The French artist, Paul Cezanne returned many times throughout his career to re-paint this view over and again and he found something new to say about it almost every time. I don't want to say anymore now because I want the visual to be dominant in this post. Just luxuriate in the beauty of the paintings below here...



I'm listening to the original version of Rivers of Babylon by the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians. 
You can listen here. I like it loud!