Old paint on canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent. When that happens it is possible, in some pictures, to see the original lines: a tree will show through a woman's dress, a child makes way for a dog, a large boat is no longer on an open sea. That is called pentimento because the painter repented, changed his mind. Perhaps it would be as well to say that the old conception, replaced by a later choice, is a way of seeing, and then seeing again. This is what I mean about the people in this book. The paint has aged now and I wanted to see what was there for me once, what is there for me now. Lillian Hellman - Pentimento All that's to come, and all that could have been...
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I never heard this song until 2 years ago- ( I’m 65 ) on one of those subscription channels at work. Damn kids, you wanna shake your ass, you’d be hard pressed to beat this tune
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Well, I was going to, but then I asked myself, “Why?” Lucille Ball as Lucy Ricardo in I Love Lucy (1951–1957)
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Horsetail Fall in Yosemite National Park becomes a beautiful Firefall when the setting sun illuminates it. -
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A dog saw his owner picking up trash and then went and brought him a discarded plastic bottle, earning him a treat. Next thing he knew, his dog was cleaning up the whole neighborhood.
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