Tag Archives: vladimir nabokov

Now, what does this remind me of?…

Posted on March 12, 2020 by

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s lost plectrum is the one eventually discovered behind an ormolu clock on a marble mantelpiece in the Palace of Versailles. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear reader, you may have noticed that over the past few months I have … Continue reading →

Posted in academia, archeology, books, brain, creation, drama, Film, history, information, observations, puzzle, reading, serendipity, story, surrealism, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Smile please!… Click!…

Posted on March 10, 2020 by

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is another from Vladimir Nabokov’s 1928 novel King, Queen, Knave: Dreyer noisily folded his newspaper as if wrapping a bird in it and said: ‘Let’s go for a walk, eh? What do you say?’ … Continue reading →

Posted in art, books, brain, colours, composition, conversation, cool, Dulltown, existentialism, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, observations, photography, reading, seeing, serendipity, smiling, style, surrealism, thinking, words, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Lino prints – what fun!…

Posted on March 5, 2020 by

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from Vladimir Nabokov’s 1928 novel King, Queen, Knave: Face after face slipped by, eyes avoided his, and even in plump, motherly housewives he distinguished the skeletons of murder. Thus he walked, spinning his … Continue reading →

Posted in abstract, academia, animals, art, books, brain, composition, cool, creation, design, drama, drawing, humour, information, lino printing, mind, prints, puzzle, reading, serendipity, smiling, style, surrealism, thinking, TV, weather, words, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Some more of those Crush names…

Posted on February 28, 2020 by

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is another from Vladimir Nabokov’s 1928 novel King, Queen, Knave: She (Martha) tried the accursed desk again. It cringed and stood holding its breath at her menacing approach. The drawers began clanking like slaps … Continue reading →

Posted in abstract, art, books, brain, celebrities, creation, drama, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, mind, people, puzzle, reading, smiling, style, surrealism, thinking, words, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

So, what is it that those TV ads are trying to tell us?…

Posted on February 18, 2020 by

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from Vladimir Nabokov’s 1928 novel King, Queen, Knave, which I finished re-reading a couple of months ago: It was yet another Sunday. Dreyer and Tom went out for a little walk. All the … Continue reading →

Posted in abstract, advertising, books, brain, composition, existentialism, finance, food, humour, information, instruction, mind, money, poetry, reading, serendipity, style, surrealism, TV, words, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

So Dave, why do you bother with the drawings?…

Posted on February 11, 2020 by

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from Vladimir Nabokov’s 1928 novel King, Queen, Knave, which I finished re-reading a month or two ago: …she (Martha) imagined quite vividly and realistically how he would raise his eyebrows on seeing his … Continue reading →

Posted in abstract, art, books, brain, creation, drawing, dreaming, Dulltown, existentialism, finance, history, Hull.UK., humour, information, learning, money, painting, photography, prints, sculpture, story, surrealism, thinking, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Something is forming in the dust…

Posted on January 30, 2020 by

But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: (Europe, gosh we’ll be leaving tomorrow!): Today’s quotation is from Vladimir Nabokov’s 1928 novel King, Queen, Knave, which I finished re-reading a few weeks ago: Martha danced automatically, feeling not so much the rhythm of the … Continue reading →

Posted in abstract, books, brain, conversation, cool, drama, dreaming, expletives, history, humour, information, observations, puzzle, reading, religion, science, seeing, serendipity, style, sweating, thinking, TV, words, writing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment