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Tag Archives: colour
A few short, but pithy items…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected colours are: optical orange, sucking sienna, bamboo blue, groaning green, ridiculous red, and the odd colour of the curtains at number twenty-three down the road. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excuses for being late. No. 391. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in adjectives, brain, colours, conversation, Dulltown, existentialism, Film, Hull.UK., humour, observations, overheard, serendipity, style, surrealism, words
Tagged a loud country, bamboo blue, cafe, colour, conversation, discovery, drawing, groaning green, Jackie Chan films, line manager, madness, name change, Nivea Lotion, observations, optical orange, overheard, ridiculous red, serendipity, spam, style, sucking sienna, surrealism, tapir, WD40, weather, words, zip lubricant
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Two very nice colours…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s unusual china teapot is the one shaped like the sound of a country trying to leave the European Union without causing too much upset… This teapot is a very messy pourer. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Now, dear reader, … Continue reading
Posted in art, colours, composition, humour, photography, seeing, serendipity, style
Tagged accident, art, arts, brexit, Citroën, colour, colour splash, discovery, European Union, observations, painting, photography, red, serendipity, surrealism, turque, turquoise
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This is not art. No. 33…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: sticky, crenellated, Sotadic, theotechnic, mancando, cubiform, and bubbly. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, dear reader, what do you make of this one? For me it has the feel of something vaguely Japanese. Is this … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, academia, adjectives, art, brain, colours, composition, creation, Dulltown, existentialism, Hull.UK., humour, observations, painting, science, seeing, serendipity, words
Tagged art, arts, bubbly., colour, composition, crenellated, cubiform, dictionary word, discovery, found art, mancando, Mount Fuji, observations, painting, photography, plectrum, serendipity, Sotadic, sticky, style, surrealism, theotechnic, this is not art, words
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So, what is it that those TV ads are trying to tell us?…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected colours are: Merkel mauve, Corbyn crimson, Putin pink, Macron maroon, Tusk tan, Junker jade, and Trump taupe. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Helps minimise the look of deep wrinkles – a good Sunday roast – our bonus … Continue reading
Posted in adjectives, advertising, brain, colours, existentialism, humour, information, instruction, serendipity, surrealism, TV, words
Tagged advertising, Angela Merkel, arts, burgers for everyone!, carefully chosen colours, colour, Colours, deep wrinkles, dictionary word, Donald J Trump, existential angst, high fibre, jaw droppers, Jeremy Corbyn, Junker, minimal fat, poetry, pro-retinols, serendipity, sex, style, surrealism, Theresa May, Tusk, TV, TV advertising, words
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Some song lyrics misheard over the cafe hubbub…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully chosen colours are: Bulawayo blue, Adelaide azure, Yalta yellow, Baton Rouge, Göttingen green, Vicksburg violet, and Filey faun. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Everyone moos – oh, what a heavy comb can do…’ ‘Who is happy now? The groaning … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, brain, cafe, colours, cool, Dulltown, existentialism, humour, misheard, music, poetry, serendipity, surrealism, words
Tagged arts, carefully chosen colours, colour, Colours, dictionary word, drooling, hooves, madness, misheard, music, na na na na, parp, poetry, sated, serendipity, sex, spy dove, style, surrealism, words
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A photograph with ‘meaning’?…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from N F Simpson’s 1958 play A Resounding Tinkle – in this scene the character ‘author’ is discussing theatre criticism: And in this search for a meaning we have some very good allies … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, colours, composition, creation, Dulltown, Hull.UK., humour, information, observations, photography, seeing, serendipity, style, surrealism, theatre
Tagged 'meaning', 1958, A Resounding Tinkle, art, art critics, arts, colour, Hull UK City of Culture, looking for meaning, N F Simpson, photography, serendipity, style, surrealism, theatre 1958, theatre critics, writing
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