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  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Surely you get a Prince Charles!
    Being married to him, getting killed in a tunnel could be seen as a welcome release.
    (Go to Conspiricy Thread)........
    Post edited by Urban_Tribesman at 2015-07-09 07:11:19
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    . b-(
    Post edited by Urban_Tribesman at 2015-07-09 07:13:28
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down LuDuxLuDux
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    I take the needle off the Technics and put it in my vein
  • Vote Up0Vote Down WhickwithyWhickwithy
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    Hasn't worked for the Catholic church all that well, either.  I really wonder about Tibetan Monks.  Do they are don't they?
    The Sentient Struggle For Transformation

    https://www.amazon.com/Sentient-Struggle-Transformation-Whickwithy/dp/1734822147/
  • Vote Up0Vote Down iuventusiuventus
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    Indie girl singer introduces us to her kitchen.
    If I were dead, could I do this?
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Amazing news ! The fly by of Pluto has discovered other intelligent life in the solar system.
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    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    My Avatar, Gerald, is a painting by Mrs T; a print of which is owned by a colleague that has just retired.
    On their Good Luck banner, Gerald was immortalised as a cartoon. Sweet !


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    Post edited by Urban_Tribesman at 2015-07-16 18:09:54
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down PonygurlPonygurl
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    http://blog.oup.com/2015/02/love-song-complex-gender-history/
    U R I E L
    What is done in the dark will always come to light
  • Vote Up0Vote Down KatRobinKatRobin
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    I heard that that was a difficult TV show to make back in the 70s; they kept dropping a clanger.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down whisperitwhisperit
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    UT - I always wondered whether Gerald is based on Gerald the giraffe at Moholoholo wildlife rehab centre? Gerald
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    No Whisperit. Gerald has been around for a number of years. Mrs T is benefactor of the WWF ( didn't even know she liked wrestling !) and they send her a lot of animal images in their publications, some of which inspire her work. He's very rare in that she does not usually paint animals complete, so you can see exactly what they are; usually just parts or the patterns/colours of their hides or feathers. She has promised him a companion of an Ostrich for sometime now but the artwork does flow at glacial like speeds at times!
    If you want, see more here.
    Mrs UT art website

    Gerald's on the slide show on the Home page and also in the Naturalistic gallery.
    Post edited by Urban_Tribesman at 2015-07-18 05:58:45
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down whisperitwhisperit
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    Ooh - fab, UT! From a quick browse,  "One for Sorrow" really stands out for me, and the concept behind "Taxa" is terrific.


     
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Urban_TribesmanUrban_Tribesman
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    Glad you liked them Wt. As you can see, her work falls into 3 broad catorgories; Naturlaistic, Scripts and Koi.
    Scripts are only really done by commission now. Koi are very popular, as are the Naturistic.
    Gerald's from the Naturalistic range. One for Sorrow is also from there but is in a little sub sect Mrs T's been working on called 'Fairy Tales Stripped Bare'. This has 5, possibly more paintings in it, One for Sorrow, The Owl and the Pussycat, 3 Badgers, 4 and 20 Blackbirds and 5 Little Pigs. Each is a painting inspired by a fairytale or a nursery rhyme, but with a macabre twist, ( you guessed it, skulls or just parts of the animal concerned, as in One for Sorrow. not all finished yet but 3 are complete and the other two well under way. 4 & 20 is on the website, badgers is finished just wants uploading.
    Any other ideas for fairytales or nursery rhymes that have numbers of animals mentioned in the title?
    We have all the skulls and the Magpie wings, obviously ! Method painting !
    Post edited by Urban_Tribesman at 2015-07-18 19:31:58
    The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ.
    Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit.
    Shall lure it back to cancal half a line,
    Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down whisperitwhisperit
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    3 blind mice is an obvious one!
    And the 3 Bears!
    3 Billy Goats Gruff (or is it just "The Billy Goats Gruff?")
    The 7 Ravens/The 6 Swans(Grimm)
    The Twa Corbies comes in lots of versions - there must be a children's rhyme or song amongst them


    I have always loved the Welsh tales contained in The Mabinogion. The oldest of them is the 10th century "Culhwch and Olwen", and it contains a gorgeous quest in which Culhwch has to seek the advice and help from a succession of animals - a Song Thrush, a Stag, an Owl, a Salmon, a she-wolf, some ants etc. I've always thought that if I could do some artwork, it would be based on that. In fact, I am just in the middle of reading someone's old MA thesis on "Animals in the Mabinogion", which is here
  • Vote Up0Vote Down WhickwithyWhickwithy
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    Too bad, that link doesn't seem to work in the U.S.  The description in Wikipedia sounds fascinating.  I guess I'll find the stories somehwere.
    The Sentient Struggle For Transformation

    https://www.amazon.com/Sentient-Struggle-Transformation-Whickwithy/dp/1734822147/
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