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Tag Archives: colour
A premonition – Trump behind bars…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s existential angst is centred around the sound of the word giddy. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> When visiting town I often walk past a hotel, a typical modern cheap-looking building, part of a nationwide chain of such drab things. … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, brain, celebrities, colours, composition, cool, dreaming, Dulltown, existentialism, Hull.UK., humour, observations, photography, puzzle, seeing, serendipity, surrealism, words
Tagged architecture, arts, celebrities, cheap-looking, colour, dictionary word, discovery, Donald J Trump, existential angst, giddy, golden hair, madness, observations, photography, serendipity, simulacrum, surrealism, thatch, ugly hotel, windswept, words
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A bit of science in the cafe…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s carefully selected colours are: Bodmin brown, Vancouver violet, Tallahassee turquoise, Minsk mauve, Bulawayo blue, Osaka orange, and Reykjavik red. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> When preparing to drink tea in the cafe I usually take the teabag (green) out … Continue reading
Posted in adjectives, brain, cafe, celebrities, colours, humour, information, learning, observations, physics, puzzle, science, thinking, words
Tagged Bodmin, Bulawayo, celebrities, colour, conversation, dictionary word, discovery, green tea, Holmes and Watson, meershaum, Minsk, observations, Osaka, osmosis, physics, Reykjavik, science, serendipity, syphon, Tallahassee, tobacco, Vancouver, words
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Mail art postcard. No. 4781…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s quotation is from the Vladimir Nabokov novel King, Queen, Knave (1928), which I am currently re-reading: It was warm in the room where around the aged chandelier, with grey little glass pendants like dirty icicles, … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, colours, composition, cool, creation, humour, information, Mail Art, mind, postcards, puzzle, reading, serendipity, smiling, style, surrealism, swearing, TV, words, writing
Tagged advertising, art, arts, bask, collage, colour, discovery, fluorescent card, fuchsia baskets, gardeners, juxtaposition, King Queen Knave, serendipity, surrealism, TV, vladimir nabokov, What's On TV, words, writing
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Strangeness and serendipity in the town centre…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s made up word is, cremolstice. (Your search did not match any documents.) If this were a real word, what do you think it might mean? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here’s a picture I took in the centre of … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, animals, art, brain, colours, composition, Dulltown, Hull.UK., humour, information, observations, photography, puzzle, seeing, serendipity, surrealism, words
Tagged animal head, art, arts, blue, blue and black, closed down shops, colour, composition, cremolstice, dictionary word, discovery, made up words, observations, photography, serendipity, shadow, shop window, strangeness, style, surrealism, words
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This is not art. No. 42…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s lost plectrum is the one eventually found in the dust at the bottom of Tutankhamen’s sarcophagus. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I find the juxtapositions of colours, textures and styles completely overwhelming in this extraordinary piece – I even … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, academia, adjectives, archeology, art, brain, colours, composition, creation, Dulltown, Hull.UK., humour, information, painting, photography, politics, seeing, serendipity, style, surrealism
Tagged abstarct art, art, arts, buff envelope, colour, discovery, effervescence, giddy, in the dust, juxtaposition, King Tutankhamun, lost plectrum, madness, Mixed media, observations, painting, photography, politics, serendipity, style, surrealism, this is not art, turquoise, words
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Dave, stop it! It’s just a roof…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s carefully selected colours are: apple violet, mushroom jade, meringue orange, peach black, blueberry green, cauliflower red, and battleship yellow. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> So, yesterday afternoon I was sauntering down a nearby main road; for some reason my … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, brain, cafe, design, drawing, heraldry, history, humour, information, learning, observations, puzzle, seeing, serendipity, Star Trek, style
Tagged architecture, art, arts, chapels, churches, clever brain, colour, dictionary word, discovery, drawing, Gambrel roof, Helm roof, heraldry, hipped roof, history, knights in armour, Mansard roof, observations, pyramid, religion, saddleback roof, serendipity, style, Victorian architecture, words
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