Linda,our host said : “Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “color/colour.” Use it as a noun, a verb, or pick a color and write about it–use it any way you like. Have fun!”
Colour surrounds us, golden sunlight, silver moonlight, green fields and blue skies and seas. Nature is full of colour. Colour makes our lives we even describe our feelings in colour. When we see a rainbow we see it as magical.
Cinnamon yellow warm Opal white cool and calm Languishing purple of the soul Orange burnished hot Ultimately colours blend Restoring beauty to our lives.
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Below are two videos. The first one is an old advert for a colour TV. If you look through the fact it is an advert and listen to the words and look at the pictures it is beautiful. The song used is Sound And Vision by David Bowie.
Good morning everyone, it’s Sunday and time for Jim Adams our dashing host to bring us our weekly prompt for Song Lyric Sunday, which is Colors or as I and my compatriates will say Colours. Jim also reminds our original host Helen Vahdati set us this prompt in 2017, hi Helen how are you 💜.
So colours hum so many to choose from which way shall I go? Oh! Yes David Bowie, Sound and Vision, “Blue , blue electric blue” and I chose my favourite version on 2013. To start with.
In 2013, a remix was commissioned for the Sony Xperia Z smartphone advertising campaign.[12] The new mix by Sonjay Prabhakar utilized the original lead vocals and Mary Hopkin’s backing vocal with a new piano part by Rob Gentry. A Parlophone Records digital download was released on 7 October 2013.
Here is the advert that made me fall in love with the song all over again 💜💜💜
Finally here is the original in all it glory ! With lots of photos and videos in this clip it is great! Wasn’t he so beautiful and talented!
In 1977 I had been married six years and had had two of my three lads. My husband’s job took him away a lot at no notice and he worked long hours when he was around. So Bowie and his ilk kept me sane.
“Sound And Vision”
Don’t you wonder sometimes ‘Bout sound and vision
Blue, blue, electric blue That’s the colour of my room Where I will live Blue, blue
Pale blinds drawn all day Nothing to do, nothing to say Blue, blue
I will sit right down, Waiting for the gift of sound and vision And I will sing, waiting for the gift of sound and vision Drifting into my solitude, over my head
Don’t you wonder sometimes ‘Bout sound and vision.
Now we can’t just paint over Mary Hopkin she was an amazing singer too.
Mary Hopkin (born 3 May 1950), credited on some recordings as Mary Visconti (from her marriage to Tony Visconti), is a Welsh folk singer, best known for her 1968 UK number one single “Those Were the Days“. She was one of the earliest signings to the Beatles‘ Apple label.
circa 1968
Here is a song by her Gold and Silver ( also colours) from her 2013 Album Painting my Numbers.
As you can see she has a lovely voice too.
“Gold And Silver”
Dyin’ for the moment When you lie again beside me Taste the salty tears I thought would never end
Gold and silver Run your river deep inside me Gold and silver stream That glistens in my hand
Give me, give to me Your gold and silver Give me, give to me Your gold, your silver
Too long apart Our love is growin’ stronger Two hearts, two souls Run into one
Too soon, too fast Our love is spillin’ over I want you now So take me down
Give me, give to me Your gold and silver Give me, give to me Your gold, your silver.
For those who wonder how the stories are illustrated, edited and brought to the book, your curiosity ends here…at least I hope so.
There are many ways one may choose to create illustrations but let’s simplify it and mention two main methods; traditional and digital. Basically, traditional illustration means the artist creates them using real pens, brushes, paint, paper, canvas, water, coffee… you name it, we use it! Digital illustrations on the other hand require an electronic device (like a pad, tablet, and of course an electronic pen).
Here is a case of Racism that took years to be addressed. Stephen murdered in 1993. Nothing seemed to have change from the 60s to then, and nothing seems to have changed from then to now. I abhor racism of any kind.
Hello everyone, this post should of been published yesterday or the day before. It was ready but the last week as my, #WDIIA will explain has been very abnormal. So late as it is here is this month’s, April, entry for the Escapist Colouring Club.
March’s effort.
April’s project
Work in progress
Work in progress
Work in progress
The finished article
Also last month because of lockdown I made posters for the windows and doors thanking Keyworkers and the NHS.
So I have been busy 💜
Now I am looking forward to seeing everyone else’s work. Happy weekend everyone.
