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This is quite an old poem, but it expresses my feelings this morning. Thank you 'you' for helping without knowing it. @poetrysociety.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social @andotherpoems.bsky.social @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social @paulsonnentag.bsky.social

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King Charles’ favourite painting ~ “you can literally feel yourself there, under the canopy of those trees rustling in the wind, with the clouds & shafts of sun scudding across that heavenly Wharfedale landscape” (Rex Vicat Cole, Storiths, Wharfedale) www.countrylife.co.uk/articles/fav...

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Enough ginger cats now! @awatercolouraday.bsky.social @number10cat.bsky.social @elidanza.bsky.social @catsofyore.bsky.social @catsinaction.bsky.social @catart.bsky.social

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Here is ginger again - another weekend watercolour. @awatercolouraday.bsky.social @number10cat.bsky.social @elidanza.bsky.social @catsofyore.bsky.social @catsinaction.bsky.social @catart.bsky.social

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Deciphering an early-Renaissance painting ~ in this Annunciation by Petrus Christus (1445), the artist’s botanical precision enables us to identity of 12 varieties of plant, and their religious/social significance ~ see detailed key at R www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-o...

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A bluecat in ink from my catweekend. I finished off the eyes with a coat of clear nail polish so they glint like the original (not actually blue!) @awatercolouraday.bsky.social @number10cat.bsky.social @elidanza.bsky.social @catsofyore.bsky.social @catsinaction.bsky.social @catart.bsky.social l

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Yesterday was a cat painting day (5 in all). Here is one of the smallest from my sketchbook. @awatercolouraday.bsky.social @elidanza.bsky.social @number10cat.bsky.social @catsofyore.bsky.social @catsinaction.bsky.social @catart.bsky.social

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@poetrysociety.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social @poetrywithlinda.bsky.social @ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social @glasspoetry.bsky.social @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @enghistrev.bsky.social @unitednations1945.bsky.social @undpcps.bsky.social

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... and here is the song track of the poem Lighthouses. Thanks to the Fractal Cats and Alice W for making the track possible. Done on a shoestring (with a shoestring) with the free online Musicaa drummachine & the crackle glaze distortion was accidental but nice. soundcloud.com/p-w-j-glover...

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Perfection in a flower - Milkflower of the snows! paulglover.uk/2025/02/09/p...

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Its Spring (almost) so I thought I would paint daffodils!

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Ever felt like an isolated lighthouse at a party, winking at the crowd but being seemingly ignored?

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Last year I went on a paint your own icon course on York. Last weekend I finally got around to gilding it. Here is the result. I kept telling myself that rubbish gilding just makes the icon look old an worn :) #paintingicons @catholicnewssvc.bsky.social @iconpainter.bsky.social

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Possibly the best painter of light in waves there has ever been Karl Theodor Boehme, Germany (1866-1939) @seascapesart.bsky.social

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It is February and I have to watch my feet to not crush the snowdrops in Ryedale. Here is a sketch done recently. @galanthus.bsky.social @awatercolouraday.bsky.social @snowdropiris.bsky.social

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This huge painting of a Norwegian Fjord by Adelsteen Norman (1848-1918) is one of my favourites at Leeds City Art Gallery.

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Interesting and concerning, but even before the dawn of archaeology, it was widely accepted that visualisations of the past were highly fraught and needed to be treated with caution. www.cam.ac.uk/research/new... May be AI is just an old wolf in new clothes.

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THis post is out of season, but a new subscriber to my blog (paulglover.uk) put me in mind of it when she admitted to being a tree lover. Perhaps poetree ?! @treelover4.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social @ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social @glasspoetry.bsky.social @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social

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Here is another of my paintings of pelargoniums, towards the end of summer. Watercolour and the leaves have had at least 20 thin layers of paint to try to bring out the depth of their hues. @pelargonium.bsky.social

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Garlic, ink & watercolour on watercolour paper. From June 2024 #Art #FoodArt #Watercolour #Watercolor #Garlic

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Constrained to painting indoors - here is a Pelargonium by my damp window. @pelargonium.bsky.social @awatercolouraday.bsky.social @althurayya.bsky.social

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Early 20C post-impressionist artist Ethel Carrick travelled widely between Europe & Australia. Here’s some of her glowing, light-filled work ~ The French Flower Market / The Quay at Dinard / Christmas Day at Manly / On Balmoral Beach

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The censorship and propaganda gas begun - so all of us must shout louder.

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Art is all around you, and you do not even have to commit it to paper - just observe and imagine what you see as art.

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For all almost relationships everywhere @poetrysociety.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social @poetrywithlinda.bsky.social @poetry-enthusiast.bsky.social @ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social @periodicities.bsky.social @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social @glasspoetry.bsky.social

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I have just got back from rerecording and remixing "You" with Alice. It is not finished yet, quite, but here is a degraded 96kbit version as a taster that I have uploaded to Soundcloud! soundcloud.com/p-w-j-glover...

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This January is perhaps the most apposite time to consider the old line "To be or not to be. That is the question." Here is some help and I hope it makes people smile www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEs8...

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Sadly, someone was killed in a high speed car chase yesterday new where I live. So much sympathy for the family and the police who try to keep us safe. @poetrysociety.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social @poetrywithlinda.bsky.social @poetry-enthusiast.bsky.social @poeticalphotos.bsky.social

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... and here is the poem that lies behind the lyrics to the song in the last post. The view from the top of the mountain in the new dawn - whether your worries are global, national or personal at the moment - there will be a new dawn.

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The Fractal Cats and I have rereleased our song Keep on Keepin' On! to cheer people up in this, the darkest of times. soundcloud.com/p-w-j-glover... Let's stop examining our shoes and shaking our heads and shout the truth and dance!

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Here is a recipe to help you through January! @poetrysociety.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social @poetrywithlinda.bsky.social @poetry-enthusiast.bsky.social @ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social @periodicities.bsky.social

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Broke my glasses again! Not a happy spectacle! @poetrysociety.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social @poetrywithlinda.bsky.social @glasspoetry.bsky.social @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social @poetry-enthusiast.bsky.social @ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social

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The artist and his masterpiece. Photo by Julien Martinez Leclerc.

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Great photography 🦊 #fox #foxlover

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Increasingly I now post my poems, art and songs on Bluesky, but there is a whole load of archived stuff also on my blogsite if you are interested. It would be great to have more visitors :) paulglover.uk

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Now that is an improvement on the last posting, or at least truer. @poetrysociety.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social @murielvieux.bsky.social @ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social @ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social @glasspoetry.bsky.social @poeticalphotos.bsky.social @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social

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I wrote this poem without thinking (odd that it is about a Genius). Then I saw the problem - can you? @poetrysociety.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social @glasspoetry.bsky.social @moistpoetryjournal.bsky.social @rhinopoetry.bsky.social @ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social

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This is probably my favourite. Cows seem to have such internal grace and unassuming presence. The quiet rebel cow eschews just the earing and adds a necklace as well!

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Then there's those Vermeer did downunder! @australia.theguardian.com @regularwallaby.bsky.social @batshit-auspol.bsky.social

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The origins of climate change - If you blame anyone, it has to be the consumers (you and I) @priestleycentre.bsky.social @climate.skyfleet.blue @climatenews.bsky.social

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Brilliance from Tom Gauld again!

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The Sleeping Beauty- my latest cartoon for @theguardian.com

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Actually, Vermeer went to the zoo the day he had that pearl earing painting on his mind. I think that camels are perhaps the funniest animals of all. @thecamelsnose.bsky.social @badgertracks.bsky.social

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Some people do not realise that Vermeer had many attempts before he got the pearl earing painting right! @raccoonhourly.bsky.social @artinsociety.bsky.social

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soundcloud.com/p-w-j-glover... @raccoonhourly.bsky.social

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I hear that fridgescaping was now a thing. Here is my first attempt. Can anyone spot the climbers in the icebox?

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We tend to assume that the earlier we go back in time, the simpler the art becomes. The truth is that the depth of the human spirit has not changed, so why should art. I would take the 30,000 yr old Chauvet Cave Lions over the medieval lion or Picasso's (some wonderful modern lion paintings exist).

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