Scribblings

[Taylor514ce]

Thank you for all the nice and interesting reactions. Anyone else? Remember the thread is just "whatever's in your notebook", not just drawings.

We even had an interesting conversation strike up because Patricia posted her grocery list!

P.S. Yes, Zee - girl floating in water.

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by Taylor514ce

Thank you for all the nice and interesting reactions. Anyone else? Remember the thread is just "whatever's in your notebook", not just drawings.
...

I have been "scribbling" in my "notes" on my new iPod Touch. There's not a lot but...

"inadvertent moustache"

and

"And still
you will not come -
it makes no difference
how loud I call your name since you've
been gone"

and

"Beguiled
by garbage smells,
you're momentarily
distracted from your dinner bowl
again"

(For those not knowing, I should state the usual "I have dogs" at this point, though it does not apply to the first)

Cheers,
Marc

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

(For those not knowing, I should state the usual "I have dogs" at this point, though it does not apply to the first)

Cheers,
Marc

heh, i don't know, it changes the reading quite a lot if you *don't* state that, in a rather interesting and surreal way.

[montsnmags]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

heh, i don't know, it changes the reading quite a lot if you *don't* state that, in a rather interesting and surreal way.

Hmm, maybe I should edit that bit out then.

Cheers,
Marc

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by montsnmags

Hmm, maybe I should edit that bit out then.

Cheers,
Marc

well, you do whatever you think is best.

at taylor's request (it's true he's been doing all the heavy lifting in this thread lately) here are my latest (totally uninteresting, artistically unredeeming) excerpts (sorry, no poems. just a couple of word snapshots) :

1. B. --> flamants roses à cause des crevettes ? carottes - ß carotène
(B. --> flamingoes pink because of shrimp ?* carrots - ß carotene)
*i wrote that down so i would remember to look it up when i got home : it was the subject of a minor disagreement between me and a friend in a café. but i forgot anyway. now that i've reminded myself and have access to wikipedia i should check.

a restaurant i saw the other day in the ménilmontant neighborhood : "sushi and bagels". paris is nothing if not cosmopolitan, but that's still an unexpected combination.

Sur le canal : 2 garçons me dépassent à vélo. attachés aux porte-baggages, leurs skates.
On the canal : 2 boys pass me on bikes. attached to the bike racks, their skateboards.

rue de la grange aux belles : dans le panier du vélib, un petit chien noir. on le pose sur le trottoir, et il se secoue.
rue de la grange aux belles : in the basket of a public bicycle, a little black dog. when he is set down on the sidewalk he shakes himself.

[zelda_pinwheel]

update : according to wikipedia, flamingos eat (among other things) crustaceans (like shrimp) "dont l'artemia, riche en carotène, qui intensifie ou prolonge la couleur rose du plumage." ("including artemia, rich in carotene, which intensifies or prolongs the pink colour of the plumage.") yes !!!! i was right !!! my friend owes me a drink.

[vivaldirules]

I spent a couple of late afternoons last week having beer sitting at a sidewalk pub in Amsterdam away from the tourists. The lovely interactive chaos of humanity as people walked or cycled by was mesmerizing. All were almost palpably happy in striking contrast to the typical angry rush of Americans. Each was alive. Friends meeting friends. Strangers engaging strangers. The numerous cycle collisions barely avoided at the intersection. The lady riding by with here eyes keenly on the horizon as her four dogs played in the low wooden basket in front. The retiree in his brown suit coat and thin but neat pants and socks headed maybe for the market. It helped the atmosphere for me some that I had little idea what they were saying (my Dutch is not quite as good as my French). I sat for hours doing nothing but soaking it all in. Humanity can be a great place to visit and Amsterdam is a perfect place to experience it. In some respects, this place is like that, too. The sparks of life are too good to pass up. Thank you, PH, ZP, and Marc.

[zelda_pinwheel]

that's really lovely, vr ! thanks. i'm glad you had such a beautiful experience in amsterdam ; one of my favorite things to do is sit in a café and watch the people going by, especially in summer since there are more of them. and you are right, this place is teeming with an amazing microcosm of social, artistic and intellectual activity. we have really some privileged interactions around this place and i too am grateful for it.

i'd love to hear your dutch translations, if your dutch is almost as good as your french.

[pshrynk]

Vivaldi! You're back! Good boy! andwhatthehellhaveyoubeenrollingin? Time for a bath!

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by vivaldirules

I spent a couple of late afternoons last week having beer sitting at a sidewalk pub in Amsterdam away from the tourists. The lovely interactive chaos of humanity as people walked or cycled by was mesmerizing. All were almost palpably happy in striking contrast to the typical angry rush of Americans. Each was alive. Friends meeting friends. Strangers engaging strangers. The numerous cycle collisions barely avoided at the intersection. The lady riding by with here eyes keenly on the horizon as her four dogs played in the low wooden basket in front. The retiree in his brown suit coat and thin but neat pants and socks headed maybe for the market. It helped the atmosphere for me some that I had little idea what they were saying (my Dutch is not quite as good as my French). I sat for hours doing nothing but soaking it all in. Humanity can be a great place to visit and Amsterdam is a perfect place to experience it. In some respects, this place is like that, too. The sparks of life are too good to pass up. Thank you, PH, ZP, and Marc.

missed you mate...

[Taylor514ce]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

rue de la grange aux belles : dans le panier du vélib, un petit chien noir. on le pose sur le trottoir, et il se secoue.
rue de la grange aux belles : in the basket of a public bicycle, a little black dog. when he is set down on the sidewalk he shakes himself.

I loved this image. It juxtaposed in my head with a woman stepping from a limo and adjusting her clothes, completely, unconsciously dismissive of the driver.

After all, what are humans with bicycles for, if not to save little doggies all that walking?

[zelda_pinwheel]

i'm glad you liked it taylor. it was a modest contribution, compared to yours.

[Taylor514ce]

Oh, don't be modest. The trick is to be observant, which most people are not, I think. Who else would notice, on this busy street, one little dog shaking itself?

[zelda_pinwheel]

oh well i am definitely observant, that is true. i notice a lot of things most people don't pay attention to.

[BookishDreamer]

Yesterday GeoffC used the word "purloin"in a response to me. It stuck in my head and I ended up with this alliterative concoction.

particular about purloining paintings that properly present my personal profile and perspective

Dreamer