Nature's abstractions

[SidW]

Nature has a way of creating her own abstract art.
The beach is a good place to start:








Sometimes a helping hand is needed (not mine):




Or a nudge from the skipper:




Rock has a fascinating structure too:








Canon G11

[mickeyobe]

SidW,

Beautiful pictures.
Mother nature is quite an artist.

Mickey

[photax]

Sid,
Beautiful pictures ! Have Jackson Pollock ever been to Sweden (picture one) ?

MIK

[SidW]

Thank you both.

Mik, I must confess I wasn't familiar with Jackson Pollock. It turns out he was my father's generation and died in 1956. MoMA in NYC has him currently on exhibition.

[photax]

Hi Sid !

It`s even not my generation, but looking at your first picture reminds me directly of this artist. I fear NYC is too far away for a sundays trip I also like to take nature close-up pictures. For instance a stone, or wall covered with lichen and moss sometimes looks at the close-up view like a map of an unexplored country.

MIK

[SidW]

MIK, Maybe there'll be an exhibition of his work some time at the Louisiana Musuem of Modern Art in Denmark, just across the water from us. I checked to see if they'd had one, but apparently not. Yes, stone walls are fascinating, I left them out this time as they're man-made.

[Just Plain Curt]

Some great photos Sid. You have a good eye to seek them out.

[nikonbob]

SidW

Nature may provide but you have to be able to see it, which you have quite well. I just have to ask about the Louisiana Museum of Art in Denmark, how/where did it get it's very un Danish sounding name?

Bob

[SidW]

Thank you Curt and Bob.

Bob, I've no idea where the name comes from. Royalty perhaps. I'' check it out.

[SidW]

Good old Wikipedia.

A former owner of the property had three wives, all named Louise.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Museum_of_Modern_Art

The museum website:

www.louisiana.dk/dk

There's a tab for the English version.

[daveh]

Oct 16, 2010 19:16:05 GMT -5 SidW said:

Thank you both.

Mik, I must confess I wasn't familiar with Jackson Pollock. It turns out he was my father's generation and died in 1956. MoMA in NYC has him currently on exhibition.

Sid, "Jackson Pollock" is also rhyming slang - as in "what a load of Jackson Pollocks", though you have to know the original slang word on which the rhyme is based to make sense of the phrase.

A great set of photos.

[PeterW]

Dave

Sid, "Jackson Pollock" is also rhyming slang - as in "what a load of Jackson Pollocks", though you have to know the original slang word on which the rhyme is based to make sense of the phrase.

In south London (or sarf Lundun) rhyming slang the second word of a double-word rhyming slang is usually left out, so that would become "a load of Jackson"

Compare with "a load of cobblers", short form of cobblers' awls.

A lot of people use these single rhyming slang words without even knowing that there ever was a second word, so they wonder where the rhyme is.

There are plenty of examples:
Titfer (tit for tat = hat)
Whistle (whistle and flute = suit)
North (north and south = mouth)
and so on almost ad infinitum.

Occasionally it was mixed with soldier's slang from the British army in India, as in "all sigarny" (all Sir Garnet), meanng neat and tidy, derived from General Sir Garnet Wolseley who was very strict about having everything in an army encampment or barracks always kept neat and tidy.

BTW, it's often called Cockney Rhyming Slang, but that's a misnomer. It's largely died out in commmon speech these days, but it was used more by costermongers and market traders in the old parts of London south of the Thames than in the cockney area of east London north of the Thames where Yiddisher slang was more common because of the large influx of Jewish immigrants there in the second half of the 19th century.

PeterW

[daveh]

Merseyside doesn't have rhyming slang in the same way as "cockney" slang. The word tends to be removed slightly form the meaning. Such as:-

There was a foreman on the docks called the "balloon man" - he was always saying to his workers "now don't let me down chaps".

Everyone has a mate who would never buy a round of drinks. They call him "crime" - because crime never pays.

There was also the worker who was called the "corvette" - he was always looking for a sub (on his wages).

Like rhyming slang they go on ad infinitum.........and beyond.


Still wonderful photos, in spite of us going off topic.

[drako]

Great shots, Sid.