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oh chair
2006-11-15 18:13:00
I did not have many red things before last summer - some red textiles, that was all. That was because the floor of my apartment was red. Red furniture would have been overwhelming. This afternoon I have bought a fabulous red chair - lipstick red, the label says. "Have you got more colors available?", I asked to the sales-woman. "No, I'm afraid we have only red ones currently", she said. "Then,
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of colours
2006-11-14 17:26:00
Of several colours, all equally white, that will look whitest which is against the darkest background. And black will look intensest against the whitest background. And red will look most vivid against the yellowest background; and the same is the case with all colours when surrounded by their strongest contrasts. Leonardo Da Vinci
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my blue things (ii)
2006-11-12 15:08:00
I did not care too much about the little utility objects being a particular color. It did not seem to matter. But now I think it is important, because those things have an annoying, unruly way of being here, there and everywhere - except when I need them, that is understood - and besides I'm not on the tidy side; this I admit. These little blue things are allowed to be lying around, because they
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l'homme biotherm
2006-11-10 19:52:00
I met L'Homme Biotherm four years ago - five years ago - no, I think it was four. He was standing on the sidewalk. 6 feet tall, blue eyes - even though he is black and white, you can see the blue eyes -, black hair; so cute - 'You free tonight, honey?' Les yeux bleus cheveux noirs, that is a roman by Marguerite Duras. I read that book before I met l'Homme Biotherm - a year, two years earlier -,
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merry-go-round
2006-10-09 18:34:00
The new, gleaming revolving clothesline. It is made of yellow dichromate steel; green iridescences would flicker as it spins if it caught the sunlight, which it doesn't because it is in the drab rear light well. It seems that most chromium compounds are carcinogenic - Erin Brockovich campaigned against hexavalent chromium. This clothesline is much better than the old one but hanging the laundry
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covering things up
2006-09-19 18:31:00
This summer I flung myself into an all-out makeover of my apartment. My goal was to have the apartment finished by mid-september. I have toiled nonstop since the first of July, but the goal is still far from reached. Now the holidays have ended and I can't keep my DIY in full swing. So the longer tasks must wait until the next long weekend, or maybe until Christmas holiday. Besides, I have run
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