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This is the Wakefield Doctrine’s weekly contribution to the Ten Things of Thankful (TToT) bloghop.
An exercise in the cultivation, (and appreciation), of gratitude, this bloghop in no way associates it’s goals, ambitions… it’s very raison d’être (yum, yum!) with the painting above. (See Grat #7)
So, for anyone out there enjoying these TToTs as a Reader but are reticent to actually writing and posting your own list because, you know, ‘I don’t think I can come up with things from the last week.’ Well, perish the thought!**’ The bottom line for things qualifying as items making up a TToT list is that it/they are people. places, things, events that have inspired you to say, ‘I’m glad that happened’ (equally valid, if not Advanced TToT listing: “I’m glad that didn’t happen!”) if unsure of this special category of grats (known as ‘hypo-grats’) don’t hesitate to check with Mimi.
For the Doctrine our TToT list this week:
1) Phyllis
2) Una
3) the Wakefield Doctrine
4) the Six Sentence Story bloghop
5) fun with weather! A good, old-fashioned Nor’easter this weekend. While hoping no one suffers harm, (from the storm), it, (this type of storm), is totally the fabric of life growing up on the Vineyard. So… and this, as a topic, is way beyond the scope and context of a grat ‘hop and surely out of my wheelhouse for writing skills. But, you know. like they say, ‘A grat’s a grat’.
6) On a walk to the pond, a sound from above leads to an encounter with an unlikely (and large) bird.
7) the internet, (may it rest in peace), and the increasingly rare capacity it retains to provide ‘A library in your keyboard’. The painting at the top of the post is ‘L’Angélus‘ byJean-François Millet. Full Disclosure: am not ‘an art guy’ (sure Escher had a place in our dorm room but, like, whose didn’t?) We are even capable of naming painters that we like, (for at least one pitcher), for example Winslow Homer (Breezing Up (A Fair Wind) and… our total fave Edward Hopper (Nighthawks) of course… btw? total clark. And, god knows, over the years of this blog we’ve never been shy about searching for cool images for our posts. (Sorry! ‘Collating a variety of images for LLM training’ lol). But this image, the Millet, is way TAT-ish in the ‘really?!?’ a mere farm scene? Bonus grat: our first reaction to the painting was, ‘What dark sin lies in the furrow?’ And…and!!! Dali concurs!! (the link to the painting)
8) something, something
9) the red boat in the video? upon closer examin’ it is a child’s toy (‘toy boat…toy boat…toy boat‘ lol) all Hesperus wreck’d against the banks of lonely rural pond
10) Secret Rule 1.3
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I didn’t have any art in my dorm room, but I do recall Escher. He would have been the only artist I felt comfortable knowing by name, or last name, since to this day I don’t know his first name, but I could look it up. I remember seeing an image of ‘L’Angélus‘, but I thought it was a woman accepting a man’s proposal for marriage. That title makes me think the Angelus bells from a monastery were ringing. I remember seeing Nighthawks, but I would not have recalled its name.
we had posters (the MC Escher, usually the staircase one)… Jimi Hendrix etc
not sure what it is about the painting (L’Angélus) that draws me but have used it before (on posts)
There is often special visitors by the pond. So interesting.
That’s an iconic painting.
The peasants, boy and girl, stopped work in the field in France, because it was time to pray The Angelus. This prayer is traditionally prayed three times a day, at 6 am, 12 noon and then again at 6 pm. These are usually standard times when Mass is celebrated in church and the bells would ring to signal the start of Mass.
The setting of the scene emphasizes the message that the devout Catholics prayed The Angelus at the appointed times, no matter where they are standing.
very good (and part of the fun of the TToT is having a varied group of people providing insights that I might never have encountered otherwise)
interesting side note on ‘Nighthawks’ if you’ve seen the mover the Equalizer (the first one) the exterior shot of the diner is very Hopper inspired.
yeah, not sure when I first encountered it… but (the extent of my knowledge/art appreciation) I just stopped in my tracks (or clicks of the mouse, as it were)… very intriguing
7. His grandmother, he’s quoted, stopped in the field three times a day to pray for the dead when the church bells rang.
6. What bird is that? My first thought was a wild turkey.
Excellent TToT. Hope your week is brill.
good guess we have turkeys in the area, the neck is pretty long
we also have (in this area) turkey buzzards… truly impressive size birds
thanks you too
Most interesting… what a big bird! Plus that excellent painting (Hopper).
man! Edward Hopper… what a genius
Cool turkey video, Clark! Sounds like a turkey call. And you take us into the depths of art – we weren’t allowed to stick up posters or to keep pets in our hall of residence – so i got a goldfish on the basis that you can’t pet it – where there’s a will…
yeah, it was the sound that drew my attention… not a bird guy by any stretch, but it was an intriguing sound followed by the thing flying up to a safer limb (I assume was the motivation)
no posters!! (I’m willing now to bet… no stereos blasting out as well?)
Turkeys and turkey buzzards, amazing birds, both, at least the turkeys in the wild.
I enjoy looking at art from the great masters, but don’t know much about “art appreciation” as taught at high levels. Doesn’t stop me from smiling over a picture, does it.
Have a blessed week.
‘specially the turkey buzzards…fricken huge windspan on them
you too