"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." ~George Bernard Shaw

"Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time." ~Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn


Sunday, November 27, 2011

Magpie 93 or Years of Use





Ol' Red was a faithful friend
Enduring bouncing little feet
Drooling dogs chewing bones
Popsicles and sticky treats
Grownups sleepily snoring
Through TV shows oh so boring
Now all Ol' Red hears is a woosh
The cars are passing by..... swoosh







This book the Red Couch marks the culmination
of the four-year adventure of two award winning
photographers who traversed the USA with an eight
foot long red velvet couch and the dream of creating
a portrait of America. The Red Couch is a stunningly
beautiful diary of a dream fulfilled, a portrait of
America in all her diversity and the story of
adventures nonpareil.
Photographers Kevin Clarke and Horst Wackerbarth

28 comments:

  1. The life of a couch. Excellently done.

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  2. You really captured the essence of a beloved piece of furniture and all it sees... (I hate popsicles ... peanut butter is just as bad :)

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  3. red is a cute color,
    glad to see you take the prompt by focusing on red.

    childhood memories are always profound to recall.

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  4. Sort of 'Have couch, will travel"... ;0)

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  5. There are lots of memories held within our couches. If only they could talk!

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  6. A very full life, indeed. : )

    The book looks interesting. Thanks.

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  7. We've had a few of those old red couches in my lifetime ... love the extra info about the book.

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  8. old sofas are like a comfy pet always willing to cuddle or play.
    rel

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  9. Awe....there so much love in sofa world today.....and we all have to let go, sadly!

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  10. A well served purpose...we could learn a lot from a couch....love this Kathe! :-)

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  11. I've never really thought how many stories our couches might tell if they could talk! Very nice piece. Well done.

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  12. There is no denying the usefulness of a sofa in the house. It could have witnessed far more than mentioned. If only it could talk!

    Hank

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  13. I love the way your couch tells a lifetime's tale

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  14. A life well spent . . couched in a few great lines.

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  15. At last, the couch has its say.

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  16. Our best friends are sometimes just under us, unnoticed. Interesting the objects in our lives.

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  17. Lovely couch Magpie.

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  18. "O would some power the giftie gi' us
    To see oursel's as couches see us." :-)

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  19. so many memories...now relegated to the road side...nice use of sound there at the end...i like..

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  20. Ah, yes...life's changes. Well told...

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  21. Good Ol' Red. Thank goodness furniture can't talk ; )

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  22. Sad endings, indeed...and I really like the parallel universe of the "Red Couch"...

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  23. This was a rollicking fun magpie about that old couch! And you are so great to introduce an appropriate book along with this magpie. :)


    longest, weirdest word verification I have ever seen: kbensupe

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  24. Good old Red - a life well lived!

    Anna :o]

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  25. Excellent poem - makes me a little sad for the old couch.

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  26. Dear Kathe W: Awesome! What a fine concept...and dream fufilled! Excellent! WoW! :)

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  27. Anonymous10:01 AM

    wow, 90 years, a long long time

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