allusions

Art, history, the Bible… Musings of a Christian woman.

Entries from August 2005

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

August 29th, 2005 · 4 Comments

I recently saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for the second time. There were many things about the original Willy Wonka and Chocolate Factory that I really enjoyed, the main one being the character of the teacher. However, I always abhorred the song that the mother sings about Charlie as she’s doing laundry. I suppose [...]

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officially official

August 19th, 2005 · 2 Comments

Well, I think that this makes it pretty official that Rick and I are serious about the whole marriage thing. We went down and applied for our marriage liscence on Tuesday.

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What’s that say? Hey, it’s today!

August 13th, 2005 · 2 Comments

Today was my bridal shower…my Pampered Chef Bridal shower. Now, Samantha and my aunt Patsy were pretty much in charge of getting everything organized (okay, so Samantha probably didn’t really do much.) I was suprised at how many people actually showed up. A few ladies from church and several people from both sides of my [...]

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Dada & Neo-Dada

August 10th, 2005 · 6 Comments

In a few comments, Rick questioned me as to what Dada and Neo-Dada is, and I told him that I would blog about it…so, here goes. Dadaism was an art movement that started in Europe (until Abstract Expressionism, most art movements originated in Europe) just before 1920. As most modern art movements, it was [...]

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Da Vinci Movie?

August 5th, 2005 · 3 Comments

Apparenlty the “revolutionary” book that hit the art world is about to influence another group of people who have a semi-interest, but complete lack of knowledge in art…and this time they are hitting the ones who don’t read in the Da Vinci Code movie, starring Tom Hanks.

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Tags: Art · General