Two disparate works, which have somehow come together as one:
A late 19th century oil, by the great post-impressionist painter, Van Gogh….
And a mid-20th century sketch by the renowned Dogcasso…
(which, BTW, was long thought to be a simple pen and black ink drawing….
but a possible original copy has been unearthed, in blue, which has thrown its presumed provenance into question).
…
They’ve now been joined, to make a third version…
a 21st century reworking, put together by the Queen of Tampering… our own StelBel.
It really seems to fit.
Well except for the poor reaper.
And possibly… a windmill here or there. But they have lots of them.
…
Love the clips… which are, of course, from yet a fourth rendering of the Dog Quixote story…
the human version of the basset musical, “Hound of Las Munchies.”
It was called “The Man of La Mancha” whatever a Mancha is.
…
The Petey O’Drool part was played here by a human actor called Peter O’Toole… who admittedly can’t sing, so his voice was dubbed by a human singer.
I’m told that O’Drool, however, did his own howling… do see the basset version, if you get a chance.
….
Funny side note… well, to me, but I’m easily amused…. though I think I have told this story before…
A little seedless watermelon I bought had a rather pretty sticker on the rind that said “Dulcinea”.
It featured a very nice looking sun face, so I stuck it on my fridge.(For some reason I kinda like sun faces. 🌞 )
I kept trying to place the name, till one day, pondering, I thought “Dulcinea… Dulcinea… ” and the double rendition apparently made my brain cells kick in.
That sticker is long gone… but when I see those melons in the store, “The Impossible Dream” starts up in the earworm compartment of my brain.
You guys are animals!
Waiting for that summer!
Could be this guy.
Stravinsky Fountain, Paris
A classical mash-up! Nice.
IIRC, Don Q attacked the windmills on foot, with a sword, and never tilted at windmills on his horse.
Ah yes. I remember this beautiful moment of melding from Stel Bel. She makes them look as if they belong together.
The impossible dream…. indeed!
Two disparate works, which have somehow come together as one:
A late 19th century oil, by the great post-impressionist painter, Van Gogh….
And a mid-20th century sketch by the renowned Dogcasso…
(which, BTW, was long thought to be a simple pen and black ink drawing….
but a possible original copy has been unearthed, in blue, which has thrown its presumed provenance into question).
…
They’ve now been joined, to make a third version…
a 21st century reworking, put together by the Queen of Tampering… our own StelBel.
It really seems to fit.
Well except for the poor reaper.
And possibly… a windmill here or there. But they have lots of them.
…
Love the clips… which are, of course, from yet a fourth rendering of the Dog Quixote story…
the human version of the basset musical, “Hound of Las Munchies.”
It was called “The Man of La Mancha” whatever a Mancha is.
…
The Petey O’Drool part was played here by a human actor called Peter O’Toole… who admittedly can’t sing, so his voice was dubbed by a human singer.
I’m told that O’Drool, however, did his own howling… do see the basset version, if you get a chance.
….
Funny side note… well, to me, but I’m easily amused…. though I think I have told this story before…
A little seedless watermelon I bought had a rather pretty sticker on the rind that said “Dulcinea”.
It featured a very nice looking sun face, so I stuck it on my fridge.(For some reason I kinda like sun faces. 🌞 )
I kept trying to place the name, till one day, pondering, I thought “Dulcinea… Dulcinea… ” and the double rendition apparently made my brain cells kick in.
That sticker is long gone… but when I see those melons in the store, “The Impossible Dream” starts up in the earworm compartment of my brain.
…
La Mancha (as I think you know) means “The Spot”. Kind of a back-handed reference to the district of which Quixote was Don.
chocolate truffles
i usually come to this segment to get inspiration for dinner … … …
… but i love CHOCOLATE!
Chocolate truffles ~ the dinner of champions!
,..
Funny!!
Another legend passes….
Singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot dies aged 84
Singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot dies aged 84 – BBC News
Because:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Gordon+Lightfoot+Don+Quixote&oq=Gordon+Lightfoot+Don+Quixote&aqs=chrome..69i57.1868j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:80e6ed5f,vid:MUjAYV8I6To
thanks for the sad news, more cats. rip gordon!
RIP Gordon!
A song I love so much is his “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”
Lied von Gordon Lightfoot hier zu sehen und zu hören: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJoq219RJtA
Marge from Germany
💗
My favorite Lightfoot song.
And leave us not forget:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419704/
to our ”queen of tampering”, this is such a masterpiece of melding! this is a favorite!
and the videos were perfect, too. thanks, stel !!!
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The eyes. 🙂