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Welsh Mythical Creatures

Thursday, September 13th, 2012
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Adar Llwch Gwin: giant birds that understand human languages
Afanc: a lake monster (exact lake varies by story)
Coblynau: little people and mine spirits
Coraniaid: a mysterious race of beings who plagued the Island of Britain
Cwn Annwn: hunting dogs of the Otherworld
Cyhyraeth: death spirit
Y Diawl: The Devil*
Dreigiau: Dragons (the most famous being Y Ddraig Goch)
Gwyllgi: a large black dog that haunts lonely roads.
Gwyllion: a kind of spirit
Llamhigyn y Dwr: a frog-bat-lizard hybrid
Morgens: water spirits
Pwca: shapeshifting animal spirit
Tylwyth Teg: the fairy folk, inhabitants of the Otherworld

* The devil was said to have built various bridges in Wales (including Devil’s Bridge, Ceredigion), and to appear to sinners in the form of a horned, black-faced shepherd leading a pack of dogs. Sometimes associated with the bobtailed black sow known as Yr Hwch Ddu Gwta.

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ROYGBIV

Monday, July 23rd, 2012
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817
947
973
909
995
796
552

Ref: DMC Embroidery Threads

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Shades of Violet

Sunday, July 8th, 2012
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Amethyst
Byzantium
Eggplant
Fandango
Heliotrope
Indigo
Lavender
Plum
Purple
Thistle
Violet
Violet-Blue
Wisteria

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10 Words for Unicorn

Wednesday, June 13th, 2012
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Tchirou
Monoceros
Cartazonus
T’sopo
Unicornus
Licorne
Re’em
Einhorne
Unicornis
Dajja

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My Munros

Saturday, May 26th, 2012
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Bideana ChlasThuill (An Teallach)
Meall a’Chrasgaidh (Fannaichs)
Moruisg
Mullach an Rathain (Liathach)
Ruadh-stac Mor (Beinn Eighe)
Sgurr Fiona (An Teallach)
Sgùrr Mhòr (Beinn Alligin)
Sgurr Mor (Fannaichs)
Spidean a’ Choire Lèith (Liathach)
Spidean Coire nan Clach (Beinn Eighe)
Tom na Gruagaich (An Teallach)

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Weekly Shopping List

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
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Sacking
35mm Glass Eyes
White Thread: DMC B5200
Porcelain Dolls
Gold Thread
Purple Posca Pen
Glengettie Teabags
Mirror Plates
Bubblewrap

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7 DMC Emroidery Threads

Sunday, February 12th, 2012
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1. 3837
2. E168
3. 550
4. B5200
5. 0399
6. 554
7. 762

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10 British Locations I Have Never Visited

Sunday, January 1st, 2012
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1. Brixham
2. Merthyr Tydfil
3. Bexhill
4. Lowestoft
5. Hexham
6. Stornoway
7. Porthmadog
8. Congleton
9. Prestwick
10. Skegness

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Sentences on Conceptual Art

Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
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  1. Conceptual artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach.
  2. Rational judgements repeat rational judgements.
  3. Irrational judgements lead to new experience.
  4. Formal art is essentially rational.
  5. Irrational thoughts should be followed absolutely and logically.
  6. If the artist changes his mind midway through the execution of the piece he compromises the result and repeats past results.
  7. The artist’s will is secondary to the process he initiates from idea to completion. His wilfulness may only be ego.
  8. When words such as painting and sculpture are used, they connote a whole tradition and imply a consequent acceptance of this tradition, thus placing limitations on the artist who would be reluctant to make art that goes beyond the limitations.
  9. The concept and idea are different. The former implies a general direction while the latter is the component. Ideas implement the concept.
  10. Ideas can be works of art; they are in a chain of development that may eventually find some form. All ideas need not be made physical.
  11. Ideas do not necessarily proceed in logical order. They may set one off in unexpected directions, but an idea must necessarily be completed in the mind before the next one is formed.
  12. For each work of art that becomes physical there are many variations that do not.
  13. A work of art may be understood as a conductor from the artist’s mind to the viewer’s. But it may never reach the viewer, or it may never leave the artist’s mind.
  14. The words of one artist to another may induce an idea chain, if they share the same concept.
  15. Since no form is intrinsically superior to another, the artist may use any form, from an expression of words (written or spoken) to physical reality, equally.
  16. If words are used, and they proceed from ideas about art, then they are art and not literature; numbers are not mathematics.
  17. All ideas are art if they are concerned with art and fall within the conventions of art.
  18. One usually understands the art of the past by applying the convention of the present, thus misunderstanding the art of the past.
  19. The conventions of art are altered by works of art.
  20. Successful art changes our understanding of the conventions by altering our perceptions.
  21. Perception of ideas leads to new ideas.
  22. The artist cannot imagine his art, and cannot perceive it until it is complete.
  23. The artist may misperceive (understand it differently from the artist) a work of art but still be set off in his own chain of thought by that misconstrual.
  24. Perception is subjective.
  25. The artist may not necessarily understand his own art. His perception is neither better nor worse than that of others.
  26. An artist may perceive the art of others better than his own.
  27. The concept of a work of art may involve the matter of the piece or the process in which it is made.
  28. Once the idea of the piece is established in the artist’s mind and the final form is decided, the process is carried out blindly. There are many side effects that the artist cannot imagine. These may be used as ideas for new works.
  29. The process is mechanical and should not be tampered with. It should run its course.
  30. There are many elements involved in a work of art. The most important are the most obvious.
  31. If an artist uses the same form in a group of works, and changes the material, one would assume the artist’s concept involved the material.
  32. Banal ideas cannot be rescued by beautiful execution.
  33. It is difficult to bungle a good idea.
  34. When an artist learns his craft too well he makes slick art.
  35. These sentences comment on art, but are not art.
By Sol Lewitt | First published in 0-9 (New York), 1969, and Art-Language (England), May 1969
via www.altx.com/vizarts/conceptual.html

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Shopping List

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
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Spike’s shopping list for Wednesday 17 December 2008:

  • 2000Kw Electric Fan Heater
  • 40 Vol 12% Cream Peroxide
  • 2 Corned Beef Pasties
  • Small Gift Box
  • 5m, 2oz Wadding
  • 2m Calico
  • Art World Magazine
  • ‘Crafts’ Magazine
  • V05 Extra Firm Hold Hairspray
  • Gold Ribbon

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