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Timeout for Art: Heroes in the Seaweed!

21 Thursday Aug 2014

Posted by Playamart - Zeebra Designs in ART, PAINTINGS: ACRYLIC, TIMEOUT FOR ART - Quotes

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beach trash, driftwood projects, leonard cohen, making things from beach trash, suzanne, What is Playamart?, WordPress Daily Prompt Opening Lines

“It came from Playamart…”Would any of you like to guess the purpose of this piece of driftwood from the nearby beach?

“Suzanne takes you down to her place by the river…” (Leonard Cohen)

Jama Ecuador (Manabi Province)

When one of the Ecuador Expat tours visited Casa Loca, someone asked me, “Do you know Leonard Cohen’s song, Suzanne?”

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“I do!” I smiled, though I didn’t say that it was often on my painting playlist…

She added, “I just met Suzanne.”

I smiled, reflected on some of the lines and peered at myself through her eyes.  She was probably correct!

Although I have many images of the newest ‘driftwood’ projects, I left the USB stick with those images at the house.  While using faster internet in town, I am pairing a few new ones with older ones from the archives.

Quite handy for a kitchen towel!

Quite handy for a kitchen towel!

Here are some older photos and a few lines from the song to illustrate her point:

…Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river…

Before

Low tide – before the mangroves were removed…

You can hear the boats go by
You can spend the night beside her…

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