tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051081973896563723.post3242909364219995766..comments2023-10-23T12:52:23.144-07:00Comments on CoopRenner: National GalleryCooper Rennerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13822147149062401856noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051081973896563723.post-54471705861109007582007-06-26T04:35:00.000-07:002007-06-26T04:35:00.000-07:00cooper is it not great and therefore cause for cel...cooper <BR/>is it not great and therefore cause for celebration <BR/>that we are defined by our limitations <BR/>yet that limitation empowers our thoughts our work leading to discoveries and gives rise to understanding who we are <BR/><BR/>England is defined by rain <BR/>beautiful rain <BR/><BR/>I say this cooper <BR/>because I have been adrift in an artistic purgatory these last eighteen months <BR/>but I have finally rediscovered direction <BR/>I have now arrived in the lower reaches of an artistic hell confirmed by the sudden appearance of a heat wave and sweat as I wave my brush all over a two metered square canvas<BR/>but its progress can’t knock it <BR/><BR/>so England <BR/>what can I say to you I only hope you enjoy it <BR/>which you seem to doing <BR/>that makes me pleased <BR/><BR/>for me England is almost a closed chapter in my life <BR/>except for my love for the Thames estuary which remains a powerful symbol <BR/>so I find it difficult to comment forgive me <BR/><BR/>but I am thankful to its earth and sky that which shaped me and gave me my first breath <BR/>the same part of its earth and sky the gave birth to tom Paine<BR/>where from the first settlers came to the Americas in search of religious and political freedom <BR/>this is east Anglia the true birthplace of British democracy and where the origins of parliament began <BR/><BR/>but i’m sorter proud of that perhaps like Texans might be of the Alamo for much the same reason<BR/><BR/>great write <BR/><BR/>warm regards jackjackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812529717425705717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4051081973896563723.post-44086183568481874432007-06-25T11:17:00.000-07:002007-06-25T11:17:00.000-07:00I looked up Birdcage Walk for you, as I didn't kno...I looked up Birdcage Walk for you, as I didn't know where the name came from either. James I and then later Charles II had big aviaries there, hence the name. It wasn't open to the public until 1828. Pepys mentions it in his diary.<BR/><BR/>I have run into people that I know from home in London. One time I saw Eddie and Susan Lowry, but it wasn't them! What are the odds that two people who looked just like them would be together? I did see someone I worked with at the Fortnum and Mason soda fountain.DrTeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14832416254158244064noreply@blogger.com