And now for something completely different… Let’s leave the badge-bombing aside for a moment (*phew* a good batch of badges has gone in the post already – get ready for the badge-bomb squad) and rest our weary eyes on something more attractive titillating . *ooops* I had vaguely promised a week of premieres here. Unfortunately the postal service is actively working against me. Damn, does it take long for my letters to reach the recipients. However, good news, a RAPS has reached its destination today, and so I can present another new creation here.
I’ve been through all the main chaRActers at this stage. I am even beginning to delve in the latest creations of yer man – Chop made his first appearance last week, and I can disclose that John Proctor will pop up soon, too. But there are a number of smaller roles that have not yet been enshrined. No blame on the attractive assets of these characters – moustaches and bad wigs aside – but mostly those lesser known chaRActers are not all that attractive when it comes to their personality. McIlwain? Looks nice in a towel but was a bit of a stalker. Chatford? Velvety soft hair, but the moustache??? Evil! Percy Courtenay? All red roses and sweetness at first, and presumably an enthusiastic kisser *ahem* have you seen *those* gif??? but turns out to be a wife beater. Ugh.
When I started on today’s shrine, I wasn’t actually setting out to do Lee Preston particularly. Rather – I wanted to make a RAPS for my dear friend Obscura – the RArmy’s classicist who delights us on her blog Ancient Armitage with her insightful excursions into ancient civilisations, always written in her inimitable fluid and frequently cheeky-funny style. Moreover, Obscura is one of the two ladies behind the Spread the Love initiative. She deserved some love for her birthday. It was clear I had to do a theme that would somehow connect to her area of expertise – tall, dark, handsome, British men classic art and mythology. I had an idea for a sexy little shrine, but the only suitably nude suitable imagery came in the shape of none other than Lee Preston.
Well, then, are there any redeeming features in Lee Preston? It’s all a matter of perspective. Or of concentrating on the good bits and ignoring the rest *coughs*. Here we go with the rather unexciting outside of the shrine.
In the words of Percy Bysshe Shelley (well, almost – I helped him a long a little bit)
Muse, sing the deeds of golden Lee,
Who wakens with his smile sultrý
Of sweet desire, taming the eternal queens
Of Heaven, and women, and all the things seen
That fleet along the air, or whom the sea,
Or earth, with his mascúline ministry,
Nourish innumerable, thy squee
All seek … O crowned Lee!
Ok, he’s not crowned. But he’s quite the male Venus *coughs*… And I don’t even *like* that photo shoot…
However, as I said, it’s all a matter of perspective. Let’s forget the pool parties and the threesome with Jo and Jim (Beam). I mean, come on – who could resist *this*:
To tell you the truth – I was so taken with my fantasy version of Lee or maybe the lingering smoke of my blown-to-pieces ovaries was momentarily obscuring (see what I did there??? :-D) my capacity to see clearly that I completely forgot to make holes for the little candles… *duh*. But well, I think the shrine might still work.
There we are. Lee in his element (note the styling of my shoot *giggles*), a Preston Premiere. I hope I haven’t ruined Homer for Obscura forever *ggg*. But this had to be done. My artistic imagination is extra-keen since the onslaught of creative inspiration courtesy of Mr A in The Crucible. I was working with the mastery of Botticelli in my mind.
Well, ok. Against better judgment and despite the lack of suitable imagery, admittedly. Sorry, Sandro. Mind you, as someone said to me – “RA really could be a tad less stingy about the naked material we have to work with!” Very true.
I’m so glad Obscura got this one — Armitage as Venus…inspired!
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Obscura is a treasure. I think she should post more, though. Actually no. If she blogs more, she has less time to write e-mails to me. 😀 Anyhow – kudos to you as well, Jazz, for being the love force with STL!
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I love it to bits!! (Apparently I live in Outer Mailgolia!!) I almost died laughing as I worked out the Botticelli connection…Venus on the Half Shell is how I learned it from some irreverent art historian along the way 🙂 If only the myth was as pretty…castrated genitals, sea foam…shazam – Venus!
“RA really could be a tad less stingy about the naked material we have to work with!” Who would suggest such a thing *cough*
Thanks for the unexpected and lovely gift (and I will repay you for the shower of tiny stars!) 😀
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I am glad you like it, Obscura – point was that I had this idea for a Venus by Botticelli shrine. Unfortunately Preston was the only suitable image, pose-wise and in terms of relative nudity. I know he’s not really anyone’s favourite, but yeah, let’s just imagine he has an equally beautiful mind as body 😀
Sorry about the stars 😀 I like to make sure that my generous supporters see that their contributions are being put to use *ggg*
And a very happy birthday very belatedly – you are a star. Shine brightly for yet another year! ❤
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Ah, PS….is the Lee RAPS sitting on a piece of lacy lingerie in your shot? The sass of that photographer!
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*coughs* Yes… I can tell you, I was giggling loud while I was setting this up.
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Unexciting outside? I don’t know what you’re on about — it’s positively gorgeous! Fair competition for the contents. 😀
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🙂 Nah, no competition at all – how could anything be more beautiful than *that* man?
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RA on the half shell. Delicious. I also like the the black lace underwear peeking out in the background. Very subtle touch. I am sure Obscura will love her present. Who wouldn’t?
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This is about the only time ever that my underwear has featured in a photograph *ggg*. Note to Obscura: The lingerie came straight from the wash *ggg*.
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Wow, der ist so heiß, das brennt ein Loch in die Handtasche! Klasse Idee und super umgesetzt – Der Blick!!1
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*kicher* Ja, der ist eher auch so auf der heißen Seite. Allein schon Lee’s Blick im oberen Bild. Wenn das nicht suggestiv ist, dann weiß ich auch nicht weiter. Definitiv ein RAPS für die Reißverschluss-Innentasche… Nicht, dass das in die falschen Hände fällt…
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Brandgefährlich – quasi, v.a. wenn er in die Hände einer Frau fallen sollte, die gibt ihn nie wieder her!
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Weia – aber was ist, wenn er in die Hände eines Y-Chromosom-Trägers fallen sollte? Nicht auszudenken 😀
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Wenn er nicht schwul ist, wäre er ziemlich fassungslos was seine Frau so alles treibt ❤
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Suzy, das böse Wort …….
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*aufdiezungebeiß* Jawohl. Dieses Wort darf auf diesem Blog nicht erwähnt werden 😉
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Äh, wenn das hier so ein eklig politisch korrekter Blog ist, dann muss ich mir wohl eine andere Spielwiese suchen…… 😉 Wobei, wäre dann schon mächtig schade!
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*kicher* nee – wir bleiben bei der politischen Unkorrektheit des kompromisslosen Objektifizierens. Das Wort sollte nur deshalb ausgeschlossen werden, weil ich keinesfalls an “eventuelle Ähnlichkeit mit real existierenden Personen” erinnert werden möchte. Es lebe die Ignoranz. 😀
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Also, überzeugenden Argumenten bin ich IMMER aufgeschlossen . Gesetzt. ❤
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OMG. Mir ist gerade erst jetzt in diesem Moment aufgefallen, dass vielleicht mit dem “switching camps” was ganz anderes gemeint war. Oh Gott. Lee. Lee Pace. Meine Güte, nein.
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Grmpffff, das war meine erste Assoziation 😎
Bewahre dir dein unschuldig Gemüt. (Warum klingt jetzt unschuldig in diesem Zusammenhang so unpassend ? )
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Echt ey, manchmal kann ich selbst nicht fassen, wie naiv ich bin. Und das mit 39!!!!! Und nach einem Job als Pornobeauftragte. Unglaublich.
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Dank dem Schöpfer, dem Universum oder sonstwem, dass ich in deinem Dunstkreis aufgetaucht bin und glücklicherweise keine 39 mehr bin 😉 Soll ich dich aus der Naivitätsecke rausholen?
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Das tut ihr alle ja. Jeden Tag. Dauernd. Alles versaut. 😦
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Armes Piep. Warum bloss kann ich mir kein Stückchen Mitleid mit dir abringen *kopfschüttel*
Sag es, du willst es doch auch!!!!
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*gnicker*. Ok. Ja. Ich will’s.
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welch Überraschung ❤ 😉
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Ihr kennt mich schon ganz gut, nech…
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Ich werde es nie nie nie mehr wieder verwenden 😉
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😀
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I’m just impressed you resisted the temptation to use one of the Speedo shots on the half shell 😉 but I guess they cut him off mid-leg 😉
Wonderful RAPS! 😀
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You know, I started out looking at the Speedo shots, but as you said – they are cut off mid-thigh, so they didn’t fit the artistic vision. What a pity. OTOH at least that way this RAPS is compatible with use in public…
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Okay, this is just beautiful. Simply gorgeous!!! *clings tightly to her own RAPS*
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🙂 Bad lighting aside, yes, the model in the shot is quite simply gorgeous. Especially because he *knows* that he is.
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Very nice,She will love it.I love her blog.I have learned quite alot.Ahhh Monet my fav impressionist.You are so creative,Guylty..What is next?
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Obscura’s blog is just delightful to read. She makes classic art so accessible and interesting just by putting it into context with RA, and her writing is just so entertaining…
Monet – aha. You know, dede, Monet has been on my list for so long. I have collected a couple of bits and pieces for the shrine already, and I have the idea sketched in my mind. I recently rewatched The Impressionists, and Monet will be done, soon.
For the next RAPS presentation, however, I can already disclose it is going to be Proctor… I’m only waiting for him to arrive at his recipient’s but then I will show him 🙂
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sososo good, your ideas are just off the scale, just getting better and better! love the Venus reference! ah what would legends be like if out of the shell not Venus would come but him? 🙂 And who knew antiques are so hot? maybe i should start watching ‘The Antiques Road Show’…
Love the lacey backdrop! ( you have great taste! *ggg*) it sets off the Botticelli skin tone wonderfully 🙂
Oscura is a lucky and lovely lady 🙂
Ps No idea who Lee P is? but he can’t be all that bad looking that sweetly among roses.. Before i saw pictures i thought you’d changed camp! 😀
PPS just because i adore Botticelli and his Venus is beautiful, but i like this one even more, easily in my top 3 paintings of all time:
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Lee Preston was RA’s character in Cold Feet many years ago. 🙂
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uuf one more thing on the list, but that will have to wait 🙂 I’ve got to meet Guy first 😀
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In jedem Fall die bessere Entscheidung 😉
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Well, Lee is less time-consuming than Guy. You get Lee done in an hour *ggg* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyvRj0kwLjA
Guy, OTOH, is for life.
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that is why i am dyyying to meet him 🙂 I’m actually wondering if i could possible start watching RH in parallel with NS or i should just discipline myself and wait.. i’ve got the next Outlander lined up and want to review NS 1 and move to chapter 2, trying to handle Guy at the same time may be too much for my poor heart..
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Nah, I’d draw it out as long as possible. Remember – you only have one chance at a first impression. After that the surprise is gone (although the pleasure remains). Do NS first.
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good advice, i’ll temper my anxiety 🙂 i am sure once i get to spend time with JT i’ll be less anxious, it’s been crazy to start on Monday when i knew i wouldn’t have time to go back to it until the weekend, slow torture! 🙂
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Yes, but at the same time it makes it also even more coveted and sweet to savour. It’s like finding your Christmas presents in your mum’s wardrobe, but deciding not to take a peek until Christmas Eve 😀
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now i have an image of the ‘man-himself’ potentially in black leather? nicely wrapped up with a red bow under my Xmas tree….
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Red bow, ahhh ja. Na, besser als Weihnachtskugeln an den Ohren und Lametta im Haar 😀
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That is a very nice image to have in your head. Minus the black leather *evillaugh*
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always creative 😉 is that a new Xmas card idea? 😀
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No, but could be a Christmas Special Sir Guy? *franticallyscribblesinnotebook* Strategically placed red bow?
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Yeah: Guy wrapped around his bow *faint*
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LOL. And I was thinking of a bow (Schleife) not a bow (Flitzebogen)…
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Ach du Schande, da war ICH ja mal wieder komplett verdreht unterwegs. Nur dass der Bogen irgendwie auch nicht so ganz verkehrt ist. Wieder ein gutes Beispiel dafür, wie man/ich vollkommen aus dem Zusammenhang mitreden kann……. Aber die Kombination von Schleife und Bogen hat ja auch was 😎
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Naja, mit dem roten Flitzebogen könnten wir dann auch nahtlos wieder an das verbotene Wort von vorhin anknüpfen. #EsLebeDasVorurteil
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Liebste, so könnten wir stundenlang weitermachen….. Ich glaube, ich muss mich dringend mal wieder resetten 😉
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nodding encouragingly 😀
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Oh yes pleeeeeease! Christmas special, but a pre-christmas-special,it´s too long to christmas….
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Yeah, I definitely have to get going on that…
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Puh, geht doch! Back to life, back to reality……. Also zu unserer ganz speziellen ReAlität 😉
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Hehe, my ideas are getting better? We could also say that I have run out of ideas and am shamelessly plagiarizing other artists’ work 😉
Have you checked out Cold Feet yet, the episodes where Lee makes his appearance? Then you’ll know that he’s not as sweet as I have painted him. A cad, actually. But certainly an attractive cad (let’s draw the veil of silence over that stone-washed denim jacket, though… Ahem. Apologies to Obscura for using that in the RAPS – but I wanted the puppy-eye shot…)
LOL – me changing camp? Nah… just trying to not give away too much in the title of the post.
As for Botticelli – usually not up my street. I am not really that fond of Early Renaissance painting. I think I had an overdose of that when I visited that art gallery in Bologna…
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i’m not usually as fan of early renaissance either, or rather i got an overdose of saints in Florence but Botticelli i do love 🙂 i don’t think you steal ideas, you enhance them 🙂 The puppy eyes i think justify it all 😀
As to Cold Feet.. we’ll i’ll move onto his shady roles once i’m done with the good boys.. (having said that Guy is my nr 2 priority after i’m done with John T, but somehow in my mind Guy is outside good and bad :-p , fond of him without knowing him)
Can’t wait for this awful work week to be oooover and to go home and have a date with my NS DVD!
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Good girl. Link to Cold Feet is on previous comment.
As for Guy – unfortunately you have to sit through a lot of shit when you watch RH start to finish. Bobbin Hood is just a pain in the neck. I recommend fast forwarding. The only worth-while scenes are Richard’s, anyway.
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that is surely sane advice as otherwise how on earth am i going to get through 3 seasons? 😉 shame it is not one of the best things the beeb did, but then again we got Guy and he would have never gotten a chance to play a character like that and dress like that otherwise :-p massive loss!
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Yeah. I think they got the maximum out of that one. Casting Guy was a stroke of genius… They should’ve really started a spin-off from RH, just for Guy. But then RA was snapped up by Spooks. *shrugs* Now the spin off exists in the shape of fanfiction, though. Manna Manna Manna 😀
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on my list 😀 (i’m doing a 1 month alcohol free thing for McMillan cancer support so i think i need extra fixes of other drugs of choice 😉 )
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I’m MannaRAdicted ❤
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😀 Mission erfüllt.
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Das muss jetzt sein:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8N_tupPBtWQ
Enjoy!
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Nicht mehr lange *tröst*
Hier ist zum Glück mal Feiertag. Den begehe ich mit Proctor im Ohr (was für ein Erlebnis……) 🙂
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ja stell dir vor er flustert dir ins Ohr 😀
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Die ganze Zeit Hari, die ganze Zeit stelle ich mir das vor. Dieser Ohrwurm drives me mad……
Wenn er nur nicht immer so schreien würde 🙂
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I love the outside of the RAPS! As usual you have used your ample creativity to come up with another prize. How do you keep outdoing yourself?!
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Thanks, Tree :-). In answer to your question – by shamelessly sponging off proper artists’ ideas :-D. There is a good bit of scope there – many iconic paintings to copy *ggg*
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Nice !
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😀 I am just thinking: If *that* sultry look from the Venus scenario was directed at me, I think I’d be speechless and unable to do anything…
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a man who says “please.” Yes.
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🙂 Yes. Slightly contradictory with the actual Preston character – but dreaming is allowed 😉
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RA + Botticelli: a win win!
You know, after listening to Hamlet I really need Richard to come in Florence and take a lesson about the correct pronunciation of the Medici last name 😉 And why not, also to pay a visit to Uffizi Gallery!
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🙂 BTW, Micra – recognise the mini shells? Straight from Sardinia… (The big shell is Irish, though.)
Oh, and let me in on the correct pronunciation of Medici. I think in Germany I was taught that the emphasis is the first syllable, but in English the second syllable is given the stress. How is it pronounced correctly?
I’d love to see the Uffizi, too. I went to the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna a few years ago, but I am not a huge fan of Renaissance painting. Renaissance architecture OTOH is entirely different matter. I loved that city, even though I was there in early February when there was snow. Didn’t matter in Bologna, though, because the city boasts the antique covered walkways from Renaissance times. It was just gorgeous…
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Awwww! I’m so glad you used them!!! 😀 Happy to have contribuited to a RAPS!
The correct pronunciation is Mèdici, stress on first syllable. The stress on the second syllable in the English common use in uncorrect, as explained here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/legacy/magazinemonitor/2006/10/how_to_say_medici_1.shtml Thanks to KatharineD that, when I first raised the question, found this link. So, they used it but they know it’s wrong 😉
Uffizi Gallery is, of course, a delight. I visited it when I was a kid and I still remember these two Botticelli paintings… I was struck! They are enormous and so beautiful that even a 12 years old couldn’t help but crying with joy. Oh, and Leonardo’s Annunciazione… So many magnificient masterpieces to see at Uffizi! And speaking of Hamlet, can you imagine how I felt hearing Richard pronouncing Boboli? I had my Uni just there, a jump over a wall and I’d be in the garden. Every day I was passing in front of Palazzo Pitti, where Bacchino di Boboli is. Yes, my heart started running faster, hearing RA saying Florence, Boboli, Medici… ❤
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I can’t remember what the context was and where I read it, but I recall Richard saying that he wished he could learn Italian. I would join him in saying that – it sounds really beautiful to my ears (even if it isn’t Richard mispronouncing Italian names :-D) and I’d love to be able to speak it, so lively, so full of temper, heated, earthy. Unfortunately me being a dour Northern European rules out any lively temperamental-ness 😀 But at least I get the emphasis on the first syllable right 😀
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well i found where you live very latin in many ways, surprisingly so i felt the Irish temperament closer to Italy or Spain than the Uk for example, and you seem to fit right in 😉
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hehe, you could be right. They are certainly different in temperament from the English. And when it comes to walking through Dublin at night, you would think you are on the Mediterranean – not because of the weather but because the streets are teeming with people…
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i loved it! used to go to Athlone for work, really need to find time to go back sometime and properly explore Dublin as i never got the chance before 🙂
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Athlone??? You know, they say the best thing out of Athlone is the road to Dublin… *giggles* But well, I have to say the whole Shannon plains and lakes area is very pretty…
(What the hell could you possibly have worked in Athlone, though??)
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aww, not nearly as bad, but truly beautiful countryside drive. And we used to stop by a tiny distillery and eat fresh food there, some of the most amazing fresh bread and soup i’ve had. It used to be a construction company, sadly went bust. I used to go to some really remote places when i worked for those people, industrial parks in the middle of nowhere and such. Athlone was one of the better places, really nice hotel and pretty great food,. In fact all my food memories of Ireland are great! Used to leave early Fridays just so we could eat at the little place on the road and buy bread to take home and home made jams and chutneys, yum! And the green is nowhere as green as in Ireland. It always always rained when i was there but it was beautiful 🙂
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It always rained… sounds about right. It is raining right now, as I am writing this… But yes, Ireland is actually beautiful once you leave Dublin. And it is far from a food desert. There are really nice places. Only very expensive, at least for continental standards. In any case, I am glad to know that you enjoyed your time in Ireland. It’s a great little place. I love it to bits.
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Oh, our language is… picturesque indeed 😉 Sometimes I long for the English language ability to synthesize.
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ohh you’ve taken me right back to Uffizi… this is why i love Botticelli! i literally couldn’t move from in front of the Primavera for 30 min. But i found the million shades of marble in the Medici grave equally fascinating, what a town, feast of the senses 🙂
And yes i wish Richard could speak Italian, his little stab at a few Spanish words was not bad, too bad he probably lacks the time… i’d love to hear him read some poetry in Italian and Spanish..
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ahhhh I’m so happy you loved Florence! 🙂
I’m still hoping Richard can at least say something in Italian for the next Hobbit movie, like he did for ITS in some videos 😉
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Nice. This is sex on 2 legs! VERY adorable. Hopefully he won’t get cold feet 😀
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Maybe I should start knitting some shell-socks……..
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hahaha, yes. Before you become shell-shocked…
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Oh, Witz by Zufall? Musste erstmal shell-shock nachschauen. 🙂
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😀 Kennst du etwa nicht den Klassiker “Shellshock” von New Order? Offizielles Video – das müsste jetzt auch in GEMA-Land laufen:
That’s the way – Shellshock
Hold on!It’s never enough
It’s never enough until your heart stops beating
The deeper you get, the sweeter the pain
Don’t give up the game until your heart stops beating
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Aaaaahhhhhh, klar kenn ich das. War nie der ausgewiesene New Order Fan (bis auf Blue Monday) aber man muss ja die Ohren komplett zugenagelt gehabt haben, wenn man das
damals nicht gehört haben will. Danke fürs Ausgraben (du hast bestimmt mal was mit Ausgrabungen gemacht würde ich wetten… 😉 )
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LOL. Nee, das war gestern mein Gegenmittel zu Dschinghis Khan… Musste also nicht ausgegraben werden.
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Es bedarf tatsächlich ganz besonders starker Medikamente gegen Ohrwurm-Frass 🙂
Bin jetzt zum Glück auch wieder neutralisert.
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With those bare feet, he’s likely to. (Oh dear, just remembered – bare feet. Something that some people did not appreciate on Mr A :-D) But yeah, sex on legs is right…
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I really don’t want to open the discussion about the feet, but …… 😀
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I’d kiss his feet any day, hallux or not. 😀
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Agreed! *sing*: “One for you, one for me….” 😀
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if he had a wash beforehand i’d line up too 😉 i felt bad for him having to wear those boots barefoot. And, if my eyesight+ glasses doesn’t play tricks on me, does he have like really big feet?
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We had a really! serious musing/discussion about his feet some weeks ago at Herba’s. I’m looking for it and will send you the link 😉
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Lacy bra is coup de grace. I am done! 😀 😀
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*ggg* – it just had to be done. You know, I had three RAPS to photograph that day, and I had moved to my bedroom to do so. (Eh. For reasons of light – because the sun was coming in on that side of the house and the light was better. No other reasons. *coughs*) I was wondering how to set up Preston when my eyes fell on the basket of laundry. Bam. Shoot in the bag *ggg*
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I am sure Lee would approve of the setting. And I’m equally sure your motives were entirely photographic. 😀
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*teehee* yeah, I think Lee would… in either case.
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This is one of my favorites! And so perfect for Obscura. I love the gender-reversal aspect. And Richard on the half-shell is quite tempting. If only he were as naked as Venus rising (heh-heh) from the sea…
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*giggles* Yes, once again we mourn the sad lack of appropriate “naked material”.
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Should we start hoping for a GoT role? 😀
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*eeeek* No. NO! (Although Spartacus is even worse…)
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oh gosh… no no no NO!
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After all, it’s not about prurience, it’s about emulating time honored classical forms…. *cough*
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Spot on, Obscura. I mean, Botticelli had a brush. I have scissors and pictures. Except the available material does not do. And I would hate to have to switch over to Ewan McGregor…
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LOL…there are a number of Brit actors of the same generation who are similarly obliging 😉 As usual, I’m watching HBO’s ROME with my movie class and we just watched the episode where Marc Antony (James Purefoy) is having a stand up bath in the courtyard…the rare full frontal male nude on film…there is precedent. (I’ve often wondered if RA read for ROME) Someone should get on that…
(something is wonky with my WP account at the moment…hence the alternate identity of my alternate identity!0
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Oh, I just passed ROME back to the lender unseen. Had I known there was soft-porn inside… Actually, no.
Knowing Armitage, he has read for *everything*. 😀
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True to the ancients, ROME is packed with sexuality and violence…I put a disclaimer on it so students know what they are getting into. It’s much more common for people to have problems with the violence than the sex though. Go figure 😉
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Also, das absolute Special ist ja, wie du die Blümchen aus dem Botticelli-Gemälde umgesetzt hast … 😀
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*breitgrins* Dass das auch noch jemandem auffällt… Ja, ich habe da in der Umsetzung an nichts gespart. Genauso wie der blauwehende Stoff. Dafür musste ich ein Einrichtungsmagazin zerfleddern 😀
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Naja, der Blumenschauer, der fällt ja auch beim Gemälde kaum auf … Das beweist, dass deine Umsetzung ebenso dezent und geschmackvoll ist. *ggg*
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Ich bin der Botticelli des 21. Jahrhunderts *vollmundigselbstüberschätz*.
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Ähhhhhhh. Ja, genau! Mindestens!! 🙂
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sicher! und immer dezent und sehr zurückhaltend 😉
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La Boticella.
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Ruhe auf den billigen Plätzen! Die künstlerische Elite wünscht, ungestört zu debatieren.
*gg*
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Sowas aber auch! Und dann können die den Namen nicht mal ordentlich schreiben. Dass so jemand überhaupt hier mitreden darf……
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Wat, wie? Boticelli? Den schreibt man mit Doppel-T!
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Is ja guhut……
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*lauthalslach*
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Is jetzt wieder mobbing-time, hä? 😉
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Ja. Aber eben immer nur mit Leuten, die es auch verstehen. 🙂 Küsschen ❤
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Danke. *wangewisch* ❤
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cRAMerry, welche Abkürzung hattest Du kreiert damit das *mobbing* nicht in de falsche Richtung läuft? Vfirgendwas?
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Garnix hab ich gemacht. Aber die Schuldige und der Igel sind immer so voll gemein zu mir, lassen mich nicht mitspielen und lachen immer so fies rum echt jetzt…… Dqs ist sowas von unfähr!!!! *mitdemfussaufstampf*
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Hab jetzt gerade überlegt wer “die Schuldige” und der “igel” ist? Du drückst Dich heute wieder in Rätseln aus, die ich noch nicht wirklich entschlüsselt habe – oder es hat mir einfach die SOnne heute etwas zu heftig aufs Hirn gebrannt 😉
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Das muss ich jetzt aber nicht mehr erklären, oder? Ist nur was für die fortgeschrittene Kundschaft hier 😉 Mitdenken sehr erwünscht !
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*kicher*, naja, wenn’s dann aber auch immer fremdsprachlich wird, kann man ja auch mal aussteigen…
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Zum Glück für mich wird’s ab und zu mal fremdsprachlich, sonst käme ich hier garnicht mehr weg 😀
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*sachtaufdenscheitelklopf* Ja, wir sind böse Mädchen. Onkel Guy muss mal vorbeikommen und uns bestrafen 😀
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Au ja ich bin dabei! Wer läd ihn ein?
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Ich, ich, ich *schnipsschnipsschnips*
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Twitter hat er ja jetzt,setz mich bitte in Kopie!
Meine twitternachricht mit dem Bart hat er ja auch nicht beantwortet, ich glaube es besteht keine Gefahr, dass Du je eine Rückantwort erhälst……. aber ein Gag ist es auf jeden Fall!
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Mit Twitter und mir wird das glaube ich in diesem Leben nichts mehr. Kaum Zeichen und viel zu viele #@#@#@. Nee, das macht mal ihr jungen Leute und ich schaue mir das aus der Distanz an. Werde da immer so durscheinander……..
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Schade, dachte ich hätte einen Dummen gefunden, das mit den # vergesse ich auf twitter auch immer, das ist nicht mein Medium 😉 also muss guylty die Einladung schreiben, Freiwillige?
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Darf er ja nicht, das sagte ich doch gerade. 😛
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Mobbing? Wieso denn? Du musst dir nur eine Kunst suchen und darin so gut sein, dass du einen der großen Namen übertrumpfst.
Sollte dir doch nicht schwerfallen, oder?
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Hmmm, mal sehen: ich kann ganz gut mit Worten jonglieren und Blödsinn verzapfen. Giltet das als Kunst? 😉
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Ja.
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Ja unbedingt!!! Künstlerin der kreativen Wortschöpfung …
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Hhhhmmmm … Ja, ich glaube, das können wir durchgehen lassen. Zumindest das Blödsinn-Verzapfen. Das Wörter-Jonglieren nur dann, wenn du nicht unter die Dichter gehst. Mir reicht’s, dass ich Willy W. übertrumpfe, da muss ich mich nicht noch mit dir anlegen. 😉
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Das Dichten betreibe ich nur gaaaanz heimlich, still und leise und wenn man mich brav bittet.
(Finde die falschen Adverbien)
Also, keine wirkliche Konkurrenz für deine Fähigkeit in Sicht 🙂
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Hast Du schon was veröffentlicht MAdame? So ein kleines booklet für uns zum lesen? Das wärs dochGedichte und Gedanken, Komments zu xxxxx
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Ob ihr das wirklich wissen wollt…… ? 🙂
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YES!
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Das fordert aber jetzt schon heraus, nach Beweisen zu fragen…
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Wait and see. Like me 😉
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Puh! *Angstschweiß von der Stirn wisch* 😉
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Lee as Venus… great idea, bravo for your new shrine. 🙂
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Hehe, I should have called it “Lee-nus, foam-born” 🙂
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I’m squealing with delight over this one, Guylty. How do you do it? The Richard-on-the-half-shell is brilliant…and sense the shell represents, in classical terms, the vulva–there are layers of symbolism to evoke and delight the mythological-oriented soul. The RA beefcake image, which makes me chuckle every time, gives the tableau the right come-hither tone.
And the lower tableau is the most charming ever! And given that I’m still a single girl with dreams of marrying my “own Richard” one day, this RAPS tickles my heart!
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