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dj On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 1:39 PM, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > 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: > > ! > > 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]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. > > -- 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
