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I, Like The View
no man is an island, a woman might be
start in the middle and spread out in all directions - like the view; the beginning is too long ago and the end is too far away: start now. . .
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pledge up, people

pledge up, people

The Rough Guide To Blogging chez I,LTV

  • art for the day
  • book for the day
  • design for the day
  • poem for the day
  • Polzeath
  • science for the day
  • tune for the day

Horatio the Hamster


Inspiration&Illumination

Andy Goldsworthy Andy Warhol Anish Kapoor Annie Vought Antony Gormley Aoyama Hina Barbara Hepworth Brandon Mably Carol Ann Duffy Chiharu Shiota David Tennant David Weidman Donald Hamilton Fraser Edna St Vincent Millay ee cummings Eric Gill Ernst Haeckel Fred Cuming Friedensreich Hundertwasser Georges Brassens Gustav Klimt Heath Robinson Henry Justice Ford Hugh Laurie Ian Hundley Jacqueline Groag Jeb Loy Nichols John Minton Jonathan Safran Foer Joseph Cornell Julie Haslam Kaffe Fassett Kahil Gibran Kathleen Raine Lucienne Day Mark Rothko Mary Oliver Matsuo Basho Nicole Krauss Norman Rockwell Padstow Penny McBreen Peter Blake Philip Larkin Polzeath Port Isaac Rachel Whiteread Richard Long Richard Serra Rob Ryan Ron Arad Sean Connery skybluepink Stanhope Forbes Theodor Kittelsen Thierry des Ouches WB Yeats WH Auden


Everybody loves my baby

But my baby don't love nobody
but me, nobody but me
Yes everybody wants my baby
But my baby don't want nobody
but me, that's plain to see!
I'm his sweet Judy
and he is my loving man!
No time to do his duty,
loves me like no other can!
Now when my baby kisses me
upon my rosy cheeks
I just let those kisses be,
don't wash my face for weeks!

Everybody loves my baby...

there was an old(ish) woman whose blog swallowed a fly. . .

shall we have a poll about




OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets

HEE HEE HEE

HEE HEE HEE
with thanks to the man!

one a penny. . .

one a penny. . .
. . .like thoughts

OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets

enlightenment

these are just the circumstances of today - they are not your destiny... with thanks to mel

from out of the shade

may the long time sun shine upon you all love surround you and the pure light within you guide you all the way on

sweetness and light. . .

I,LTV's xmas bonanza: secret santa 2009!

I,LTV's xmas bonanza: secret santa 2009!
IF YOU WERE IN IT, YOU WERE IN IT

I,LTV Productions Presents an xmas

I,LTV Productions Presents an xmas
"The Search For The Missing Amulet"

lighting up the dark

lighting up the dark

I,LTV BURNS HER CANDLE

I,LTV BURNS HER CANDLE

always on the go. . .

always on the go. . .


brought to you with

brought to you with

and once again for good measure

and once again for good measure

it makes the world go round

Mini-Teen's Keyrings

Mini-Teen's Keyrings
(part of her very, very large collection)

on travelling

on travelling

ROCK

ROCK
(he)ART

Rob Ryan

Rob Ryan

ERNST HAECKEL

ERNST HAECKEL

your promised reward

your promised reward
MERELY A FICTITIOUS MOTIVATOR

RICHARD LONG


AOYAMA HINA

AOYAMA HINA

Guy de Maupassant

Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.


all words comprise

all words comprise
A COMBINATION

sometimes we get it right

sometimes we get it right

sometimes we get it wrong

sometimes we get it wrong
(those are erasers!)

sometimes we just have to colour it in

sometimes we just have to colour it in




I could have hours of

I could have hours of
FUN
OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets

 

approaching the end of the tunnel

approaching the end of the tunnel

chiaroscuro

the use of light and dark to achieve a heightened illusion of depth

Darkness & Lightness

it's a clicker tune for the day yes - we still have treats on a Friday art for the day on me 'ols children - who'd have them Polzeath you lovely lot java speak poem for the day book for the day festive fun noone needs the link to sing this science for the day just a thought Stateside lights camera cable action rock paper scissors no returns wheelchair dance just because Barbara Hepworth just following a train of thought the one in which ILTV is just a smidgeon moody Rob Ryan flirting with dating knitting not tune for the day the one in which ILTV goes a roaming when www stands for why who and what Padstow The Teens and I attend a very special Wedding keeping my fingers busy typeface yes - she's singing again St Ives colouring in things can only get better I can have hours of fun with a couple of hundred buttons Richard Long answers on the back of a postcard to the usual address light relief the annual "on me ols" count-down begins travelling on an infinite mobius loop Hugh Laurie cup cake city don't yawn yarn is interesting horror-scopes inukshuk lichen seaweed - of which more later they f8ck you up winter warmers Antony Gormley Cat Cats and more Cats Jonathan Safran Foer a secret worth sharing design for the day did I ever mention I hate the first few days at home after a vacation food food glorious food pussycat pusscat where have you been skybluepink sometimes it's the mundane things in life that make it bearable the one in which ILTV gone buggerup Andy Goldsworthy Eric Gill Gustav Klimt I have had a blessed life and I'm very grateful Jacqueline Groag Joseph Cornell Kahil Gibran Kathleen Raine Penny McBreen Rachel Whiteread Theodor Kittelsen WH Auden a small promotion for a dear friend - never does any harm now does it compare and contrast jacks - a traditional game lurkers mad as a hatter note to self questions to which there are no answers saving my pennies for a rainy day so good they named it twice the beach hut jumper the judge's decision is final they're just really really really strange what is my life coming to (-: Andy Warhol Anish Kapoor Annie Vought Aoyama Hina BT are f*ing useless Brandon Mably Carol Ann Duffy Chiharu Shiota Chrissie Hynde David Tennant David Weidman Donald Hamilton Fraser Edna St Vincent Millay Ernst Haeckel Francois Lelord Fred Cuming Friday the thirteenth Friedensreich Hundertwasser Georges Brassens Heath Robinson Henry Justice Ford I do so love The Singing Detective and Five Guys Named Moe I guess it depends on your definition of depth I know we've had it before but it's what I'm singing today Ian Hundley Jeb Loy Nichols John Minton Joshua Ferris Julie Haslam Kaffe Fassett Liberty Lucienne Day Mark Rothko Mary Oliver Matsuo Basho Nicole Krauss Norman Rockwell Peter Blake Philip Larkin Port Isaac Richard Serra Ron Arad Sean Connery Stanhope Forbes The Teen claims that this piece is a complete misrepresentation of his case Thierry des Ouches WB Yeats Yes - he does kinda look like a penguin a small gift from moi an oldie but a goldie doing the rounds any useful hints and tips would be gratefully received as you know I don't have a baby to care for or one who cares for me - but I'm not bothered but you must please note that I am totally kidding about the ring - ok can anybody can some lovely person biggify this for me per-lease do you haiku don't all shout at once ee cummings eeeeeeuw not meeeeeux everybody sing 'there's only one David Tennant' to the tune of 'there's only one Arsene Wenger' famous last words food for thought for your weekend dear reader (yes - you. . .) if you can tell me how to lock photos so they can't be copied I'll send you a big bar of chocolate introducing my new catchphrase "gone buggerup" it seems not it's nothing to do with my holiday plans life is made up of many ordinary days and this is just one of them look alikes may apply but it's his sense of humour and attitude and intelligence that I like best mulling it all over with a winter Pimms mum's the word normal service will be resumed as soon as possible ok - so the punctuation compromises my style but you're worth it ok so I'm a little off topic but sometimes that happens when you ramble on the nature table today other people's children - tsk parts of this recount of my afternoon have been embellished with copious amounts of artistic license - and why not probably because she's not looking reserve your seats so - what's your secret evil wicked pick-me-up sin syncroincidence the heart of the matter the one in which ILTV has a heavy heart but tries to make the best of it the thinking woman's smoker the witchy one can call me Jax there but for the grace of g*d goes I things I'd love to own to err is human - to blog divine twiddling my thumbs when I should really be doing something more constructive wonders will never cease yes - I do own an anorak yikes you have been warned you lovely people are more than welcome to proudly display your award in or around your corner of cyberspace should you so wish but obviously you don't have to if you don't want to