Saturday, November 16, 2013
Oh! Maggie's Farm!
Bob Dylan Obviously Ain't Working On Maggie's Farm No More
He's busy with other endeavors.
We all know about Bob Dylan's talent as a musician, song writer, singer, music legend. But did you know he's also a painter? Welder?
He makes iron gates from scrap metal.
“I’ve been around iron all my life ever since I was a kid. I was born and raised in iron ore country – where you could breathe it and smell it every day. And I’ve always worked with it in one form or another.
Gates appeal to me because of the negative space they allow. They can be closed but at the same time they allow the seasons and breezes to enter and flow. They can shut you out or shut you in. And in some ways there is no difference.”
– Bob Dylan
The hand made gates and his oil paintings are going on display at Halcyon Galleries in London.
Halcyon's announcement states "Mood Swings will show iron works by Bob Dylan for the first time, alongside original works on canvas and signed limited editions, all of which will be for sale.
Seven iron gates welded out of vintage iron and other metal parts created by Dylan in his studio will be featured in the exhibition and will be displayed publicly for the first time."
Dylan's paintings are mostly very clean, very open, with bright clean colors, the visual effect of a breath of clean air.
We all know about Bob Dylan's talent as a musician, song writer, singer, music legend. But did you know he's also a painter? Welder?
He makes iron gates from scrap metal.
Image credit: Bob Dylan, 2013 © John Shearer
“I’ve been around iron all my life ever since I was a kid. I was born and raised in iron ore country – where you could breathe it and smell it every day. And I’ve always worked with it in one form or another.
Gates appeal to me because of the negative space they allow. They can be closed but at the same time they allow the seasons and breezes to enter and flow. They can shut you out or shut you in. And in some ways there is no difference.”
– Bob Dylan
The hand made gates and his oil paintings are going on display at Halcyon Galleries in London.
Halcyon's announcement states "Mood Swings will show iron works by Bob Dylan for the first time, alongside original works on canvas and signed limited editions, all of which will be for sale.
Seven iron gates welded out of vintage iron and other metal parts created by Dylan in his studio will be featured in the exhibition and will be displayed publicly for the first time."
Dylan's paintings are mostly very clean, very open, with bright clean colors, the visual effect of a breath of clean air.
Sunflowers
2009
Bob Dylan
The Mood Swings exhibition dates are November 16, 2013 through January 25, 2014.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
What Did You Dream Last Night
It's that time again! Here at The Painted Possum, from time to time I tell a dream I've had and ask my readers to tell what dreams they have had. So, here goes:
A few nights ago I dreamed that I was onstage singing "Mack the Knife!" It was wonderful! I sang the entire song, and I remember during this performance, I was surprised and impressed with myself for knowing all the words!
I was wearing the cutest little khaki colored suit , very "au current," I must say. Not sure how to spell au current, but I think that's right.
A few nights ago I dreamed that I was onstage singing "Mack the Knife!" It was wonderful! I sang the entire song, and I remember during this performance, I was surprised and impressed with myself for knowing all the words!
I was wearing the cutest little khaki colored suit , very "au current," I must say. Not sure how to spell au current, but I think that's right.
Here's what my suit looked like.
Wish I had a film of ME singing "Mack the Knife," but I don't!
So, here's that famous guy himself, Bobby Darin!
So, what did you dream last night?
Monday, November 4, 2013
Where did the Cheshire Cat come from?
The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat popularized by Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, known for its distinctive mischievous grin. But where did Lewis Carroll get the idea for the Cheshire Cat?
The phrase appears in print in John Wolcot's Pair of Lyric Epistles (1792): "Lo, like a Cheshire cat our court will grin."
Dairy farming
A possible origin of the phrase "Grinning like a Cheshire Cat" is one favoured by the people of Cheshire, which boasts numerous dairy farms; hence the cats of Cheshire grin because of the abundance of milk and cream.Cheese molds
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable says grinning like a Cheshire cat is "an old simile, popularized by Lewis Carroll. It has been said that cheese was formerly sold in Cheshire molded like a cat that looked as though it was grinning." The cheese was cut from the tail end, so that the last part eaten was the head of the smiling cat.
Grinning Cheshire Catt, St Wilfrid's Church
Grappenhall, Cheshire
The cat carving in St. Nicolas Church
Cranleigh
Church carvings
There are many reports that Carroll found inspiration for the name and expression of the Cheshire Cat in the 16th century sandstone carving of a grinning cat, on the west face of St. Wilfrid's Church tower in Grappenhall, a village adjacent to his birthplace in Daresbury, Cheshire.Lewis Carroll's father was Rector of Croft from 1843 to 1868, and Carroll lived here from 1843 to 1850. Historians believe Lewis Carroll's Cheshire Cat in the book Alice in Wonderland was inspired by a carving in Croft church.
In 1992, members of the Lewis Carroll Society attributed it to a gargoyle found on a pillar in St. Nicolas Church, Cranleigh, where Carroll used to travel frequently
Room With a View
My Bedroom Window
Heirloom morning glories
My blog is being uncooperative again! I can't type where I want to type, so I have to type any place I can!
But, my morning glories are glorious
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