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Back from the wars

Wed Sep 23, 2009, 7:16 PM
  • Mood: Tired
Hi everyone!

Just to let you know that I'm back from my "vacation" in France.... 3 months of hard labour would be a more apt description. This summer was even crazier than usual, and that's saying a lot! I'll spare you the details. :phew:

Still and all, most of the time we had wonderful weather, so no complaints there, and having family and friends coming to stay was super and great fun as always.

I managed to see a very interesting art exhibition in Paris. It was titled: "Une image peut en cacher une autre", and showed five centuries worth of paintings and drawings with hidden images and/ or optical tricks.

Stars of the show: the famous fruit and vegetable heads by the Renaissance painter Guiseppe Arcimboldo - turn them one way and you see a basket of fruit or veggies (or even rats, frogs, foxes and whatnot), view them upside down and they turn into a face. Or there's the Pope - turn him around..... and you have the Devil. :no: Naughty, naughty! ;)

There was the famous head of a duck/ head of a rabbit, Picasso's vases/ heads and even some far-out sculptures/ installations whose shadows showed something totally different than what was actually there.

It was a huge and very interesting exhibition, often funny and very entertaining too: Before you knew it you'd be involved in lively discussions with total strangers, looking for and pointing out to each other the hidden images.
A very enjoyable afternoon, but in the end we came away with total sensory overload! :laughing:

I hope you guys also had a good summer.... but hopefully a bit less "active" and stressful than mine. ;)
I need some very serious R&R! :relax:

:wave: Pat

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Devious Info

  • Current Residence: Philippines and France
  • Interests: art, literature, music, travel, history, pottery
  • Favourite genre of music: anything from Bach to heavy metal

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:icontonyarama:
Thanks for the faving. x

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:iconp-e-a-k:
You are most welcome! :)
:iconmilbisous:
Thank you for remembering...:iconflowersplz:
:icondelirium77:
hello!congratulations for your work!the quality of the watercolours' textures and your attention to details is remarkable!keep up the great work!
greetings from greece:wave:

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