6th June 2011 Giggles - Who Says Priests Don't Have Sense Of Humour?

A young woman on a flight from Ireland asked the priest beside her, 'Father, may I ask a favour? '

'Of course child. What can I do for you?'

'Well, I bought an expensive woman's electric hair dryer for my Mother's birthday that is unopened and well over the Customs limits, and I'm afraid they'll confiscate it. Is there any way you could carry it through customs for me? Under your robes perhaps?"

'I would love to help you, dear, but I must warn you: I will not lie.'

'With your honest face, Father, no one will question you.'

When they got to Customs, she let the priest go ahead of her. The official asked, 'Father, do you have anything to declare?'

'From the top of my head down to my waist, I have nothing to declare.'

The official thought this answer strange, so he asked, 'And what do you have to declare from your waist to the floor?'

'I have a marvellous instrument designed to be used on a woman, but which is, to date, unused.'

Roaring with laughter, the official said, 'Go ahead, Father. Next!'

 

Tags: humour, honesty

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6th June 2011 Life In A Day

Life in a day ~~

An experimental video mini film 'A Life In A Day' will be featuring in the festival of Environmental Cinema of Barcelona, which will be projected on Wednesday the 8th. It's an experimental project born in YouTube, in which the producers of all over the world had recorded in one day, on a life in the location where they live.

 

The films, directed by Ridley Scott and Kevin MecDonald, made from a selection of the best amongst 82,000 videos of 182 countries recorded on the same day.

 

~ What intrigues me is, why were Scott and MacDonald the directors? What did they direct when each and every video has already had a 'director' who made the mini film the way they saw that particular life on that particular day?

 

Baby Clown ~~

The Theatre Raval is staging, within the programming of 'Theatre of Barcelona', an unusual spectacle called 'En la barriga' (Barriga is stomach/tummy in Spanish). It's a story about a baby clown, who learns his trade while still in the stomach of his mother.

 

~ The title in itself sounds real strange and therefore innovative and interesting to me. But strange or innovative don't always spell Good.

 

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6th June 2011 They Say ... I Say ...

About painters ~

I heard said that 'If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.' 

~ I can't agree with this. I see plenty of reasons to paint. It immortalizes the words. There are also scenes, visual images and emotions words are just not capable of describing.

About Hitler ~

Although he was officially catholic, apparently Adolf Hitler never set foot in a church after he left his parent's home. However, he paid ecclesiastical taxes and mentioned God in his speeches, probably, as part of political strategy  to capture the German catholics. The people nearest to him said that he had very negative opinion on Christianity, but neither felt inclined towards atheism. In his time in Germany, the absence of religious faith was very badly considered as it associated with communistic ideology. 

~ Perhaps the best way to describe this dictator is mystic. Like many people also, me included, that they believe in something, but what?

About Noel Coward ~

He had a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise. 

~ I don't care what people say he was or wasn't, I just adore him, especially his very peculiar and shrew humour.

About women ~

Why do they call a woman who goes out with young men a cougar? I know a cougar is sometimes called puma, mountain lion, mountain cat, catamount or panther. 

~ I see nothing to even suggest any similarity with a woman paring with a young man. Anyone knows why?
 

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6th June 2011 Cast Paper Sculpture

Sculptures of Native American scenes made out of paper


These stunningly detailed sculptures may only be made from paper - but they are being snapped up by art fans for tens of thousands of pounds. The intricate creations depict Native American scenes and took up to 11 months to make using a specially formulated paper.

Husband and wife team Allen and Patty Eckman put paper pulp into clay moulds and pressurize it to remove the water.

The hard, lightweight pieces are then removed, and the couple painstakingly add detailed finishing's with a wide range of tools.

They have been making the creations since 1987 at their home studio, in South Dakota, America, and have racked up a whopping 3 million selling the works of art.

The pieces depict traditional scenes from Native American history of Cherokees hunting and dancing.

The most expensive piece is called Prairie Edge Powwow which sold for 47,000

Allen said: "We create Indians partly because my great, great grandmother was a Cherokee and my family on both sides admire the native Americans...

...I work on the men and animals and Patty does the women and children" explains Allen.

"I enjoy most doing the detail. The paper really lends itself to unlimited details. I'm really interested in the Indians' material, physical and spiritual culture and that whole period of our nation's history I find fascinating. From the western expansion, through the Civil War and beyond is of great interest to me."

Allen explained their technique: "It should not be confused with papier mache. The two mediums are completely different. I call what we do 'cast paper sculpture''.

..."Some of them we create are life-size and some we scale down to 1/6 life-size".

"These sculptures are posed as standing nude figures and limited detailed animals with no ears, tails or hair"

"We transform them by sculpting on top of them - creating detail with soft and hard paper we make in various thickness and textures.

"We have really enjoyed the development of our fine art techniques over the years and have created a process that is worth sharing. There are many artists and sculptors who we believe will enjoy this medium as much as we have."

An Indian mother holding her baby is a favourite of many clients.