Everybody seems to be quoting "Dark Side of the Moon" at the moment; I wanted to quote "Any Colour You Like," but there's just one small problem with that:
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Francis On 3 Mrz., 16:48, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Time -Roger Waters > > Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day > Fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way > Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town > Waiting for someone or something to show you the way > > Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain > And you are young and life is long and there is time to kill today > And then one day you find ten years have got behind you > No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun > > And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking > Racing around to come up behind you again > The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older > Shorter of breath and one day closer to death > > Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time > Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines > Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way > The time is gone, the song is over, thought I'd something more to say... > > > > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:19 AM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > The waning sunset is the daily reminder of where did it all go when it > > seemed all so slow but now looking like the end is rapidly coming. > > Somehow still looking through the eyes of the child but only the bag > > of bones that houses them has been withering. The colors are not as > > bright as they once were. If only we could gain years with the > > donning of new clothes. I'd confess that I keep within the confines > > of a select few colors myself, the subtle hues that don't shout out > > loud or appear to stand out like a tourist in the square. I tend to > > blend in with the environment whenever possible. I guess colors fade > > too so why not us. Soon enough I'll be blending in with the soil in > > Elysian fields. I don't waste much time trying to fit the molds or > > run the gamuts of the world. I've seen too often promises of gold > > turn gray as silver hair multiplies and dreams become mere episodes of > > failed hope. As they say, somewhere over the rainbow, red orange > > yellow green blue violet. > > > On Mar 2, 10:02 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > >> With you as my personal trainer and guru Slip, how can I fail? Snappy > >> duds - it's all I can do to prevent the dentist giving me a set of > >> plastic snappers! My Brief Encounter days are long gone and I suspect > >> my boxers predate the last few. I'm just about fit to sit round the > >> fire telling old wives ta > > >> On 3 Mar, 00:48, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > Yep, fire is the thing for me. It has been around for thousands of > >> > years, possibly before our time here and has remained the same since > >> > our primordial beginnings. When I sit around a fire I realize that it > >> > is the same fire that our ancient ancestors sat around. We've > >> > advanced and yet we haven't. The earth remains the same, the stars, > >> > the cosmos, the solar system and all the events. We are just fools > >> > without regard for what is more powerful than us. So your clothes are > >> > dark and worn out and your not the fashion aficionado. That's why the > >> > young chicks don't dig you man, your passe, out dated like some of the > >> > stuff in your fridge. Time to throw out those rags and get you some > >> > snappy duds. Stop being a pathetic neutralist and watch your life > >> > change before your eyes. I think color has healing power. > > >> > On Mar 2, 10:54 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > I had forgotten fires Slipper. Do you start many? > > >> > > I often think TJ Hooker symbolises much that has really happened in > >> > > regard of gender relations - well not really, but I just caught 30 > >> > > seconds of it switching through to the news channel. > > >> > > The universe is beige. This makes me suspect some property speculator > >> > > has painted it 'neutral' for a ready sale. There is splendour in > >> > > colour once one is outside the media flow, maybe even on the Steiner > >> > > fringe. Some animals are sensitive to a far greater range of colour > >> > > reception-creation than we are. West Germany was the bundes republic > >> > > - their adverts are even worse than ours. One can find more colour in > >> > > a black and white page than in that blared at us in 'primary vision'. > >> > > Colour tends to disappear in night time sniping vision. Hard to go > >> > > back to black and white tv after a colour one, but as the Goons said, > >> > > you can't do a flock of flying elephants dropping raspberries from > >> > > 30,000 feet into bowls of whipped cream other than on the radio. Much > >> > > more colourful. > > >> > > Most of my clothes are dark, old and worn out. I just don't care. > >> > > Colours are more likely to upset me than interest me (outside the lab) > >> > > - so I guess I'm a pathetic neutralist. Next couple of hours will be > >> > > spent breaking in new shoes. I had a grey pair once - that was > >> > > metrosexual enough for me! > > >> > > On 2 Mar, 15:29, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > > Interesting. I don't get much, if any, pleasure from colors. > >> > > > Indeed, > >> > > > your mentioning of the shape of a woman's behind was revealing. > >> > > > Watching as she walks away from me in heels reminds me of how much I > >> > > > love old black and white movies. The way women dressed and walked > >> > > > and > >> > > > vamped on the silver screen was awesome to behold. Some of the sexy > >> > > > clothes business women wear now does the same thing and most business > >> > > > wear is black or gray or white anyway. Can't get much blander then > >> > > > that. It's all in how it hugs the curves, ain't it? > > >> > > > Ever see one of the 'colorized' b&w movies? Horrid. Turner deserved > >> > > > the AOL disaster just for doing that. And marrying Hanoi Jane. How > >> > > > can someone so smart be so dumb? > > >> > > > dj > > >> > > > On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > > > How pleasurable is it? Unfortunately with equal pleasure I will > >> > > > > have > >> > > > > to point out that you are wrong. You see the sentence > >> > > > > reads ...............there has been assignments of color throughout > >> > > > > the years.......... and this is true as stated, the assignments of > >> > > > > colors with the added element of "time". I would think post 1920's > >> > > > > fits into the realm of "throughout the years". Therefore to > >> > > > > indicate > >> > > > > that blue and pink were assigned to boys and girls respectively is > >> > > > > correct during the era they were in actual use. Furthermore your > >> > > > > "colored" glasses might have caused a visual refraction resulting > >> > > > > in > >> > > > > an ophthalmic anomaly whereby you missed the admission that I 'knew > >> > > > > there were exceptions', one of which you were so gracious to point > >> > > > > out. A little bit of a tid bit might also show that the one > >> > > > > sentence > >> > > > > was not and is not the foundation of the thread post, ergo: your > >> > > > > own > >> > > > > house of cards has collapsed. > >> > > > > But don't worry mate, it looks like you have dug yourself out of > >> > > > > the > >> > > > > rubble. Now to get on with color induced pleasures, I don't get > >> > > > > any > >> > > > > anatomical tingle from color but I wouldn't discount it as a viable > >> > > > > occurrence and cognate feature. I think the sensations derived by > >> > > > > the > >> > > > > visual of the female posterior would be the same whether it was > >> > > > > appearing in black and white or in vivid technicolor. I do > >> > > > > tremendously enjoy watching a fire and when I have one going on in > >> > > > > my > >> > > > > backyard fire pit I sometimes become mesmerized by it; something > >> > > > > about > >> > > > > the richness in the colors of flame and the extreme depth of the > >> > > > > glowing embers, almost as if it were alive. I'm also affected by > >> > > > > the > >> > > > > colors in the forest and at places such as the Grand Canyon, a > >> > > > > sight > >> > > > > to see by the way if you ever get the opportunity. Nature offers > >> > > > > the > >> > > > > best colors in the world. > >> > > > > I would agree, as you say, color is an accepted method of making > >> > > > > statement and used very blatantly in advertising. I neither have a > >> > > > > pink shirt or any other wardrobe piece and wouldn't consider > >> > > > > driving > >> > > > > or owning anything pink but my wife insists that I should get a > >> > > > > pink > >> > > > > shirt. She makes a point of it to draw my attention to men on > >> > > > > television that are wearing a pink shirt or tie and stating that > >> > > > > it is > >> > > > > the new thing for men followed by my retort of not caring about > >> > > > > things > >> > > > > pushed on society by media offerings. If they were to start > >> > > > > wearing > >> > > > > glasses with flowers on them that's their business. I personally > >> > > > > view > >> > > > > all that as a media push to generalize sexual orientation, an > >> > > > > extension of the unisex movement of past notoriety and the feminist > >> > > > > agenda of breaking down the long held position of machismo, I don't > >> > > > > see it happening anytime soon except on a small scale, in > >> > > > > microcosmic > >> > > > > cultural forms > >> > > > > . > >> > > > > I might point out, though I thought you would have saved me the > >> > > > > time, > >> > > > > that there has been research on color. > > >> > > > >http://www.colormatters.com/khouw.html > > >> > > > >http://www.colormatters.com/brain.html > > >> > > > > Color has significance in culture, symbolism and emotion. This is > >> > > > > what the thread poses to address. > > >> > > > > Understanding Color Emotion Triggers, Part 1A > >> > > > >http://www.basictips.com/understanding-color-emotion-triggers-part-1a... > > >> > > > > Therapy? > >> > > > >http://www.therapycolor.com/ > > >> > > > > On Mar 2, 12:10 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > > >> What a pleasure it is to state once more that you are wrong Slip! > >> > > > >> Armed with academic research of the highest calibre (watching a > >> > > > >> BBC > >> > > > >> comedy programme called QI) I am able to destroy what you had > >> > > > >> thought > >> > > > >> work of substance. It turns out the word 'boy' did not exist in > >> > > > >> English as a > > ... > > Erfahren Sie mehr » -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. 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