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RE: My photo of the week 47+ (in reply to Escribano)
WOW! That's a great photo! That could be the cover to a great coffee table book, about what I dunno but it's for sure pretty. Is that algae bloom natural? When we get algae blooms here in LA it's due to pollution and were not allowed in the water....
RE: My photo of the week 47+ (in reply to Escribano)
The photo is very nice. Very strictly composed. But the whole feel makes me sick. I dont like algae bloom and I wouldnt take lapwing for a swing. Imagine falling into this soup
RE: My photo of the week 47+ (in reply to Escribano)
I follow you, but at the same time, the boat is very organic and not specially geometric. Boats have very few straight or parallel lines. Thats what make them so beautifull.
I follow you, but at the same time, the boat is very organic and not specially geometric. Boats have very few straight or parallel lines. Thats what make them so beautifull.
To a mathematician/physicist/engineer like me curves can be geometric when they have a certain rhythm. And yes, boats. One of the most beautiful objects I have ever seen is the Gokstad ship at the Viking ship museum at Bigdoy in Oslo. Perfectly utilitarian and sublimely beautiful.
After my son and I had seen the ships my family were at a dinner party of my wife's relatives in Oslo. The wealthy and feared old aunt asked my 12-year old son where he had been. When he told her, the aunt said,"Those men were so cruel! When I was a schoolgirl we went to see the ships. When I thought of those men, I trembled! How did you feel when you saw the Gokstadskip?"
My son glanced at me. I gave the faintest nod of assent. He said,"My father and I thought that in the summertime we would like to go to England in it."
The old aunt knew that our ancestor had gone from Denmark to England with King Sweyn Forkbeard, and returned to stay in England with his son Knut [Canute, to the English] as one of his huskarls.
A week later my son was invited to sail with the Norwegian Navy cadets from Sandefjord to Stavanger in Christian Radich, another beautiful ship. It was between Christmas and New Years. The weather was brisk and brilliantly clear. They put him to work, helping to work the ship. I envied him.
RE: My photo of the week 47+ (in reply to Escribano)
Lush[1]: 1. (of vegetation) abounding in lavish growth. 2. (esp. of fruits) succulent and fleshy. 3. luxurious, elaborate or opulent.
Lush[2]: U.S. slang - 1. a heavy drinker, esp. an alcoholic 2. an alcoholic drink.
Also it is used colloquially in the UK to mean something good or attractive in some way. At least, it is used in that way in Bristol, hence the Bristolian expression "Gurt Lush" which the Bristolian online dictionary i just checked translated as "Rather nice"
RE: My photo of the week 47+ (in reply to Escribano)
In the way "lush" is being used for certain sonic quality in the audio engineering realm, I understood it like "strong / full".
In respect of guitars I use it to describe properties of an instrument with strong / deep fundamentals in conjunction with good intonation / harmony that lead to a bold sound stage. - Hopefully, chosing terms somewhat correctly this way.
Ruphus
PS: Not commenting on the photo, because of no access to the hosting server. Unfortunately.
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RE: My photo of the week 47+ (in reply to mark indigo)
quote:
At least, it is used in that way in Bristol, hence the Bristolian expression "Gurt Lush" which the Bristolian online dictionary i just checked translated as "Rather nice"
The kids use 'lush' a lot in Bath, but not heard "gurt lush".
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