tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post2663253128665559980..comments2023-09-24T09:46:20.734+02:00Comments on Magic Lantern Show: Life In the Big City . . .Owenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-49639826301538070862012-05-04T01:23:27.190+02:002012-05-04T01:23:27.190+02:00those skulls are pretty interesting!
and amazing, ...those skulls are pretty interesting!<br />and amazing, those headlines. thats sad. "luckily" she is not there anymore to witness what made her "famous".<br />an interesting read! and pics!CaThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15448120621150624576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-74724936999996850862012-05-03T12:42:08.423+02:002012-05-03T12:42:08.423+02:00I think the media in its many guises is the scourg...I think the media in its many guises is the scourge of civilisation today. I love the juxtaposition of the placards. I bet they were oblivious to the irony of it all.<br /><br />I love that skull and cross-bones head stone. lovely and old and mossy.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513648613788716017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-33772888602233003292012-05-01T13:00:16.918+02:002012-05-01T13:00:16.918+02:00Wow, what a superb post! I can't help but thi...Wow, what a superb post! I can't help but think, 'crispy bacon'.<br /><br />Fabulous pictures!Herding Catshttp://seathreepeeo.blogspot.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-31055595705312692692012-05-01T07:46:54.947+02:002012-05-01T07:46:54.947+02:00I really shouldn't laugh, should I.I really shouldn't laugh, should I.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182743312553270315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-90416503614300263192012-05-01T06:01:59.642+02:002012-05-01T06:01:59.642+02:00Being as vain as the next person, having "wor...Being as vain as the next person, having "work" done has occurred to me. But having work done in a hotel room would be a big red flag. Wither go-eth common sense?Oakland Daily Photohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352365270299187377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-41468403927046836902012-05-01T03:33:22.094+02:002012-05-01T03:33:22.094+02:00all the skulls are very cool! WOW killed by thunde...all the skulls are very cool! WOW killed by thunder and Lightening, probably just he lightening...its powerful stuff! <br />BUTT implants NOT good, how can that be the focus of someones' life to come to the point of dying for it.Sondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03485055844682296876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-41650780897762602482012-04-30T22:31:08.608+02:002012-04-30T22:31:08.608+02:00Strange how wanders can produce a theme of interes...Strange how wanders can produce a theme of interest that somehow seem to suggest a journey at the time! Incredible assortment of photos! But that buttocks story is particularly disturbing!Gemma Wisemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466540188839321484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-58226476852438434812012-04-30T10:22:00.626+02:002012-04-30T10:22:00.626+02:00You really stumbled upon a weird assortment!You really stumbled upon a weird assortment!Dinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461925401870320466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-28672908279470788622011-02-17T08:45:06.017+01:002011-02-17T08:45:06.017+01:00Aha, what a great post - so much to look at, so mu...Aha, what a great post - so much to look at, so much to ponder, so much to smile and laugh at!<br /><br />Plese Owen, don't have your buttocks redone, we like you too much. Although I really enjoyed your series of skulls there's no rush in you becoming the next element in the collecton.Nathaliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02308523489103068439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-28357196292190714052011-02-15T21:07:49.530+01:002011-02-15T21:07:49.530+01:00but it's not the translator, i think we have t...but it's not the translator, i think we have to wait for a thousand years before a translator could manage such a wonderful job :-)<br />i searched for an english translation of the german poem but unfortunately i don't know the name of the translator. happy you like it, it is a favourite of mine...Roxanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650840495095863057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-88724403466070117862011-02-15T19:18:35.991+01:002011-02-15T19:18:35.991+01:00"Come over and visit the Paris Catacombs,&quo..."Come over and visit the Paris Catacombs," you say...hmmm...definitely one of the most original propositions I have ever received!Lynne with an ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320166770541319601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-21501791237696340512011-02-15T19:09:15.058+01:002011-02-15T19:09:15.058+01:00Hi Renée, very happy to have put a positive light ...Hi Renée, very happy to have put a positive light on a subject you may not normally like... there can be joy and transcendance in unsuspected places.<br />Be well...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-39401638182762707952011-02-15T19:07:45.704+01:002011-02-15T19:07:45.704+01:00Dearest Roxana,
Deepest thanks for this most baroq...Dearest Roxana,<br />Deepest thanks for this most baroque and wonderful of poems to accompany a baroque post. Interesting how the translator managed to make it rhyme in English, given I presume it was originally written in German... Yes, the perfect piece to accompany these skulls.Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-20976856590052900142011-02-15T19:02:17.081+01:002011-02-15T19:02:17.081+01:00Salut Clo !
Je suis plus que 100% d'accord ave...Salut Clo !<br />Je suis plus que 100% d'accord avec tout ce que tu as dit là. Et c'est intéressant la citation de Fontenelle, je ne le connaissais pas. Il me semble que Jim Morrison avait été cité pour des paroles semblables, car le titre d'un bouquin sur sa vie est : And No One Here Gets Out Alive. Peut-être il les avait emprunté de ce Bernard le Bouyer de Fontenelle, qui lui, visiblement, a fait de son mieux quand même, car les sources que j'ai pu trouver disent qu'il a vécu de 1657 jusqu'en 1757, un vrai exploit à l'époque. Quelle santé !<br /><br />Je te souhaite à toi aussi une santé pareille, et plein de bonheur dans ce début de printemps.<br />Gros bisoux to you too !Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-37083380458585264712011-02-15T18:36:11.874+01:002011-02-15T18:36:11.874+01:00Hi Laura, the world is a dangerous place ! Let'...Hi Laura, the world is a dangerous place ! Let's just hope these things don't happen to us... if you see someone coming after you with a big syringe... RUN !!!<br />:-)Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-85092191457375813932011-02-15T18:11:50.790+01:002011-02-15T18:11:50.790+01:00Cześć Ola, Glad you enjoyed Mr Bacon's story.....Cześć Ola, Glad you enjoyed Mr Bacon's story... poor fellow, 34 years old, at the prime of his life...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-43737798495122467262011-02-15T18:08:37.011+01:002011-02-15T18:08:37.011+01:00Hello L.D., life is indeed strange and wonderful, ...Hello L.D., life is indeed strange and wonderful, and getting stranger all the time... I imagine that shocking headline was plastered up all over London that day, I saw it in a number of places... I rather suspect it piqued alot of people's morbid curiosity that day. Am happy if you enjoyed this little excursion around London...<br />:-)Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-13798614549114272352011-02-15T18:04:19.068+01:002011-02-15T18:04:19.068+01:00Hi Mary Ann,
Is the grass greener in London & ...Hi Mary Ann,<br />Is the grass greener in London & Paris ? You may want to read George Orwell's "Down & Out In London and Paris", if you haven't already.<br /><br />We are hoping for calm to prevail in Beirut, sounds like the Hariri-Hezbollah exchange of sentiments is far from over...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-38294117480384023842011-02-15T18:02:00.750+01:002011-02-15T18:02:00.750+01:00Dear Mrs Slug, I can't tell you how happy I am...Dear Mrs Slug, I can't tell you how happy I am you dropped in here, or slid in, rather, for I know you are very busy these days, what with all those lettuce patches out there to raid, but especially because I found something very special in London for you, and will be putting it up this evening for your pleasure, and that of Mr Slug.<br /><br />And I'm quite sure that the day Mr Bacon was buried in his salty grave that there were any number of slugs peering out from behind nearby tombstones and from under the shrubs quietly murmurring to each other about the horrors of lightning, bacon, and salt...<br /><br />Do slide back over soon to see what was found for you ! I think you are going to like it !Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-54458500984344305822011-02-15T17:56:02.554+01:002011-02-15T17:56:02.554+01:00Hi Margaret !
Most certainly, no end of connection...Hi Margaret !<br />Most certainly, no end of connections out there, roaming around, just waiting to zap us with the thrill of recognition, the delight of discovery... Perhaps you've been to the Picasso Museum in Paris ? Glad you liked "The Wheel" too.Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-59864438443439350992011-02-15T17:50:35.449+01:002011-02-15T17:50:35.449+01:00Hi Olga, yeah, Damien Hirst is another skull lover...Hi Olga, yeah, Damien Hirst is another skull lover, although one has to wonder where he gets all the skulls he uses as a base for his art... are there some graves somewhere missing some pieces ???Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-11101079012162389432011-02-15T17:46:30.521+01:002011-02-15T17:46:30.521+01:00Tag Robert, you are very welcome, it wouldn't ...Tag Robert, you are very welcome, it wouldn't be good if we were all on the exact same journey... offering and seeing visions of different journeys is what makes blogging such a pleasure...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-41513936572852807632011-02-15T17:44:59.912+01:002011-02-15T17:44:59.912+01:00Bonjour Karine... ahhh, je suis content alors si c...Bonjour Karine... ahhh, je suis content alors si cette petite étude dans l'art de crâner a pu donner source de découvert de la beauté dans ces objets inanimés, autrefois siège de l'intelligence de quelqu'un. Je les trouve riche en inspiration et reflection...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-77591741805586739392011-02-15T17:42:25.699+01:002011-02-15T17:42:25.699+01:00Hi Elisa, I can't help it, I do like skull ima...Hi Elisa, I can't help it, I do like skull images, we all have one perched on our shoulders. Although it was a little chilly in London, it was far warmer than Finland, I'm sure it would have felt like Summer to you, and it's a fun town to run around in. Stay warm...<br />:-)Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8855510751016957422.post-48235868180806917052011-02-15T17:38:38.944+01:002011-02-15T17:38:38.944+01:00Hola Lena, well, it's not much of a self portr...Hola Lena, well, it's not much of a self portrait, and those big round eyes were looking right through me. A lot of people were stopping to photograph him, I guess I'm not the only one who found his image striking. I'm very impressed with the British Museum, they actually encourage photography, and use of flash is allowed... I was quite surprised.<br /><br />And I agree with you, I much prefer Day of the Dead art depicting skeletons doing every day stuff. Are you familiar with the photography of Graciela Iturbide ? She's done some of the best photos of Mexican spiritual life I've ever seen...<br /><br />So, is there any cheesecake left ???<br />LOLOwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.com