P.P.P.P. no 7 Kitchens

 

 

P.P.P.P. KITCHENS..............etc

P IS FOR PERFORMANCE

Jim Morrison,
The Doors, The Soul Kitchen Song      

Lyrics: Soul Kitchen, Jim Morrison
Well, the clock says it's time to close, now;
I guess I'd better go, now;
I'd really like to stay here all night.
The cars crawl all stuffed with eyes,
Street light shed their hollow glow;
Your brain seems bruised with numb surprise.
Still one place to go, still one place to go.
Let me sleep all night in your soul kitchen,
Warm my mind near you gentle stove.
Turn me out and I'll wander, baby,
Stumbling in the neon groves.
Your fingers weave quick minarets,
Speaking in secret alphabets.
I light another cigarette,
Learn to forget, learn to forget,
Learn to forget, learn to forget.
Let me sleep all night in your soul kitchen,
Warm my mind near you gentle stove.
Turn me out and I'll wander, baby,
Stumbling in the neon groves, yeah.
Well,the clock says it's time to close, now;
I know I have to go now
I'd really wanna stay here all night,
All night, all night.

Today my topic is Kitchens (and all things connected to them), I just seem to be a bit pre-occupied with kitchens at the moment.
;and I don’t think I need to remind any one, but just in case; THIS IS MY 4 IN 1 BLOG, P is for Poem (as in Poetry Wednesday), P is for Photo (as in foto Friday), P is for Performance (as in Song Saturday) and P is for Painting (as in Art Sunday). Just click the pictures to see them full size.

P IS FOR POEM

Back Kitchen.

In my back kitchen all is quite still,
I have cooked my food and ate my fill.
Then the dishes in the sink had their say,
He always eats here but he does not pay.
The empty bottle of fresh brewed beer,
Said, 'He drained me dry without a tear.'
Then of course the mess he makes,
To cook a meal the time he takes.
Could he not eat in the restaurant next door?
They need the money because the Boss is poor.
The only thing that had nothing to say,
Was the frying pan it was not its day.
The knives and forks were filled with rage,
He is a messy eater he should act his age.
Picking out bits here and there indeed,
No wonder he takes so long to have his feed.
Have you ever listened to your kitchen tools?
Mine complain I am the king of fools.
They say I should go out to eat,
Order fresh vegetables with plenty of meat.
Not to come home and start to cook,
I should be relaxing with a good book.
They have no respect for me you know,
Just because I am old and getting slow.
I wash the pots and pans clean each day,
Then I carefully put them all away.
I think I will throw them away onto the rubbish heap,
Except for the sugar bowl that I will keep.

Bernard Shaw

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P IS FOR PHOTO

These photographs are of the dining area of

‘House for an Art Lover’;

A house designed both inside and out by husband and wife team Charles Rennie Macintosh and Margaret Macdonald. Macintosh was the architect and mostly designed the actual building and Macdonald was mostly responsible for the interior design. I took these photos a couple of years ago when I went to Glasgow and visited the house.

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P IS FOR PAINTING

Willem Kalf:
Dutch Master of Still Life Paintings

Willem Kalf was a 17th century Dutch painter, known mostly for his amazingly detailed life studies.Today he’s considered one of the greatest still life painters in all of all time .many of Kalf’s paintings are composed images of precious goblets, pitchers, and bowls; sometimes with various pieces of fruit all displayed on expensive woven cloth. This subject matter is connected to the kitchens and dining tables of wealthy Dutch society in the 17th century, and his work became known as pronkstilleven, which in Dutch means, “opulent still life painting.”

Bruegel, Pieter the Elder
Peasant Wedding Feast

Pieter Bruegel (about 1525-69), usually known as Pieter Bruegel the Elder to distinguish him from his elder son, was the first in a family of Flemish painters. He spelled his name Brueghel until 1559, and his sons retained the "h" in the spelling of their names. Pieter Bruegel the Elder, generally considered the greatest Flemish painter of the 16th century, is by far the most important member of the family. He was probably born in Breda in the Duchy of Brabant, now in The Netherlands. His paintings, including his landscapes and scenes of peasant life, show the vulgar side of peasant life, but he painted with empathy and humour. The  paintings are beautifully painted, as if in celebration of human life and all its flaws. He was sometimes called the "peasant Bruegel" from such works as Peasant Wedding Feast (1567).

VELAZQUEZ
 AN OLD WOMAN COOKING EGGS
1618

SCOTTISH COLOURISTS

Cadell; Cecillia no2


Hunter; Fruit and Books

delete reply sugarpiehuny wrote on Jan 30, '09 Very nice and diverse post.. I am partial to Bernard Shaw.. Loved his poem. But then The doors are hard to beat! Loved it all!

edit delete reply forgetmenot525 wrote on Jan 28, '09 Many thanks to every one for all your kind comments, glad you all enjoyed it.

delete reply notjay wrote on Jan 28, '09 Awesome collection, love the imagery from the Kitchen - definitely made me smile. Jay

delete reply jadedruid wrote on Jan 27, '09 Excellent collection this week. I had to giggle at the angry cutlery and I'm with the poem. I've thought about just throwing the pots and pans away. It seems like such kitchen freedom

delete reply sanssouciblogs wrote on Jan 27, '09 What amazes me is that it's "easier" for you to do this one big post which is actually enough to fill 16 blogs! You are amazing. Enjoyed the Shaw poem and the angry cutlery! I'll keep the sugar, too!

delete reply lauritasita wrote on Jan 27, '09 Loretta, I really love this combination thing you've been doing here. What a great job ! That's so funny that we're both featuring The Doors this week, ha ! Great poem and paintings, too ! Love, Laurita.

delete reply acousticeagle wrote on Jan 26, '09 Great pic for Performance. I've got several Doors CDs and I find all of their music compelling. Some kitchens are great places to be because it's where family usually congregates. When I think of my ideal kitchen it has cupboard doors with glass so you can see what's in them, bright walls for a sunny, work-inspired atmosphere, pots'n'pans hanging from hooks from rail suspended from a ceiling and a big table where meals are had. Have you decided how you're going to redecorate?

delete reply djdx wrote on Jan 26, '09 Lovely post. Can't help thinking did that egg start to stink by the time he finished the painting? And looking at the Velazquez, what is the boy holding in his right hand and what is the heat source for poaching the eggs? Maybe they were cooked elsewhere and are just sitting on a hot pot holder.

delete reply starfishred wrote on Jan 25, '09 A very nice post loretta aöö the paintings and the poem are wonderful thanks

delete reply seanymph3 wrote on Jan 25, '09 Those still life have always been one of my very favorites. It amazes me they could make paint look so real back then. I like that poem too :)

delete reply kathyinozarks wrote on Jan 25, '09 excellent post-totally enjoyed it

delete reply veryfrank wrote on Jan 25, '09 This is an excellent grouping. I very much enjoyed Shaw's 'Back Kitchen.' I haven't read that one before. It is mind bending that he wrote approximately 2800 poems, I'll never read them all, don't even know if I could find them all. I also like the Velazquez work 'An Old Woman Cooking Eggs.' I do thoroughly appreciate the 'opulent still life paintings' by Willem Kalf. I have a friend here from Holland, she has used prints of his paintings to great advantage in her decorating. The 'House for an Art Lover’ is something that I would like to see in person. Thank you for this posting. I'm still smiling with Shaw.

delete reply brendainmad wrote on Jan 25, '09 I love the Veláquez painting too for obvious reasons. You are always so thorough, Loretta. Everything fits together so well, just like your kitchen when you get it finished I'm sure.

edit delete reply forgetmenot525 wrote on Jan 25, '09 bennett1 said What to comment on? I will choose the beautifully painted Cecillia Thanks Bennett.........my own favourite is the lovely old woman cooking her eggs..........I think this is a real masterpiece

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delete reply bennett1 wrote on Jan 25, '09 Such richness!! What to comment on? I will choose the beautifully painted Cecillia, who calmly looks at herself in a mirror. More detail can be seen in the reflection, hinting at a greater depth in Cecillia herself than generally is manifest. I love the lights and darks in the painting as well as the rhythm and flow in the picture's diagonals.

P.P.P.P. no 6 Magic

P.P.P.P. no 6 Magic

P is for Performance;
It’s a Kind of Magic, Queen.  

MAGIC………………..Magic is my topic for today because after my daughter’s recent brush with hospitals and potentially serious health problems I can’t help but feel we have magic on our side. This is probably not as well put together as some of my previous P.P.P.P.’s but I’ve been a little preoccupied this week. I just wanted to post this tonight as a celebration of family and good health.the picture above is 'gone but not Forgotten', Waterhouse. 
 ;and I don’t think I need to remind any one, but just in case; THIS IS MY 4 IN 1 BLOG, P is for Poem (as in Poetry Wednesday), P is for Photo (as in foto Friday), P is for Performance (as in Song Saturday) and P is for Painting (as in Art Sunday). You should be able to click onto the images to see them original size.

P is for Poem;The Recall

I am the land of their fathers,
In me the virtue stays.
I will bring back my children,
After certain days.

Under their feet in the grasses
My clinging magic runs.
They shall return as strangers.
They shall remain as sons.

Over their heads in the branches
Of their new-bought, ancient trees,
I weave an incantation
And draw them to my knees.

Scent of smoke in the evening,
Smell of rain in the night--
The hours, the days and the seasons,
Order their souls aright,

Till I make plain the meaning
Of all my thousand years--
Till I fill their hearts with knowledge,
While I fill their eyes with tears.

Rudyard Kipling
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P is for Photo;
Magical Places around my home.

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P is for Painting;
 A few of the Magical paintings of Waterhouse.

John William Waterhouse was a Pre-Raphaelite painter most famous for his paintings of female characters from mythology and literature.
No 1 is 'Boreas
No 2 is 'The Crystal Ball'
no 3 is 'The Magic circle'
No 4 is 'Offering the Cup to Odysseus

delete reply dianahopeless wrote on Jan 19, '09 Wonderful post Loretta!! I so believe in the power of magic. I think you captured it very well here. Such beautiful art. Queen rocks! Your photos make me wish there were something like that here. And I have always liked anything by Kipling. Hope your daughter is fine now. Have a great week my friend. ((HUGS))

delete reply acousticeagle wrote on Jan 19, '09 Also a Queen fan. The photos are lovely and have a mystery about them. It is in places like forests and glades that poets would have walked and penned many a poem. That painting of Waterhouse's (No 4) is truly amazing in its subject. This is because of the foreshortening of the arms of the woman. I find that anyone who can successfully paint arms, limbs in such a manner is genius. Boreas (no 1) is also marvellous for the use of drapery and the movement of wind. Oh then there's painting no 2 and the use of the colour scarlet.....amazing!

delete reply starfishred wrote on Jan 19, '09, edited on Jan 19, '09 love the tree the druids used them to gather strength love Waterhouse and that poem is lovely wonderful job loretta roses for a lovely lady and wonderful mum

delete reply djdx wrote on Jan 19, '09 I found the Waterhouse to be quite contemporary. Or do people today copy his style? We have standing stones also. I think they have something to do with energy or force fields.

delete reply hedgewitch9 wrote on Jan 19, '09 Absolutely wonderful!! The painting are stunning.. I love that photo of the standing stone especially.... Thank you Loretta, you continue to thrill us with your fabulous PPPP's ! :)))

delete reply veryfrank wrote on Jan 18, '09 The only Waterhouse painting that I was familiar with is the The Lady of Shalott. These are quite a nice experience, I'll have to look at some more of his work. I am already on record as being a Queen and Kipling fan. Of course this is a real treat for me to find them all together. 'Magic' is a good choice.

delete reply ruraldiva wrote on Jan 18, '09 Wonderful, wonderful. since I am in a bit of a grey period myself I enjoyed the Waterhouse paintings enormously. Not sad mind you...just everything coming up that beautiful color. You have very prolific old growth in your area. I don't recall the names of the trees, but their twists and turns are unbelievable. I loved the poem. And since I am a die-hard Queen fan...I need say no more. Thanks my friend. Hoping that your week goes smoothly. Cheers for good health.

P.P.P.P. no 5 Work

P IS FOR PERFORMANCE

This is a light hearted look at ‘’work’’, a classic, something loved by generations of adults and children.  Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) was the first full-length animated feature (83 minutes in length) in colour and with sound, one of Disney's greatest films, and a pioneering classic tale in film history.
It was the first commercially successful film of its kind’ It was a technically brilliant example of Disney animation. It was also the first film to release a soundtrack album. The story was adapted from the original Brothers Grimms' Fairy Tales, but in a bowdlerized or sanitized version, without overt sexual references or violent content. Snow White was the last major classic film that Disney released to the consumer market on videotape - in late 1994!

The story is a familiar one: raised by a wicked and vain Queen (voice of Lucille La Verne), beautiful Snow White (voice of nineteen year-old Adriana Caselotti) is taken into the forest to be murdered. However, the Huntsman (voice of Stuart Buchanan) cannot commit the horrible deed, so she flees and finds refuge in the home of seven diamond-mine workers/dwarfs. The voices of the dwarfs are;
        * Doc (voice of Roy Atwell)
        * Happy (voice of Otis Harlan)
        * Bashful (voice of Scotty Mattraw)
        * Sneezy (voice of Billy Gilbert)
        * Sleepy (voice of Pinto Colvig)
        * Grumpy (voice of Pinto Colvig)
        * Dopey (mute)
It took almost four years and an astronomical (at the time) $1.7 million to create, and was released for its premiere during the Christmas season of 1937. Its single nomination was for Best Score. For the film's remarkable achievement, Walt Disney was awarded with an Honorary Oscar - the film was "recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field for the motion picture cartoon."

P. P. P. P. no 5 WORK

I don’t think I need to remind any one, but just in case; THIS IS MY 4 IN 1 BLOG, P is for Poem (as in Poetry Wednesday), P is for Photo (as in foto Friday), P is for Performance (as in Song Saturday) and P is for Painting (as in Art Sunday). My subject this week is a word that is on every ones lips just now; ‘’WORK’’. As we all return to our different places of work after the holiday period I thought it would be nice to consider ‘’WORK’’ in other ways.  Take a look at what ‘’work’’ means to other people in other times and other places. All images can be clicked on to see the full size  version and all Biography information in this post is from Wikipedia.

The painting at the top is ''The Moneychanger and his Wife, sometimes called ''The Misers'', There are two different versions: one by Quentin Massys, 1514, and another by Marinus van Reymerswaele, 1539. I believe this is a copy of the later version by Reymerswaele, (Flemish)
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P IS FOR POEM
‘’Work’’
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

What are we set on earth for ? Say, to toil;
Nor seek to leave thy tending of the vines
For all the heat o' the day, till it declines,
And Death's mild curfew shall from work assoil.
God did anoint thee with his odorous oil,
To wrestle, not to reign; and He assigns
All thy tears over, like pure crystallines,
For younger fellow-workers of the soil
To wear for amulets. So others shall
Take patience, labor, to their heart and hand
From thy hand and thy heart and thy brave cheer,
And God's grace fructify through thee to
The least flower with a brimming cup may stand,
And share its dew-drop with another near.
Elizabeth Barrett Moulton-Barrett was born March 6, 1806 in Coxhoe Hall, Durham, England. Elizabeth was educated at home, attending lessons with her brother's tutor and was very well-educated for a girl of that period. During her teen years she read the principal Greek and Latin authors and Dante's Inferno in the original languages. Her appetite for knowledge led her to learn Hebrew, she went on to  read the Old Testament from beginning to end. By the age of 12 she had written an "epic" poem consisting of four books of rhyming couplets. She remains one of our most celebrated and admired poets
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P IS FOR PHOTO

Arbroath Harbour has lost most of its fishing fleet but remains a working harbour.

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P IS FOR PAINTING

For the paintings I have chosen a couple of works that I am quite fond of. They are all by different artists and depict very different types of work being carried our in different countries.

The Dance Class,
Edgar Dagas, 1871

Edgar Degas (19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917), was a French artist famous for his work in painting, sculpture, printmaking and drawing. He is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism although he rejected the term, and preferred to be called a realist. A superb draughtsman, he is especially identified with the subject of the dance, and over half his works depict dancers. This painting shows a teacher of classical dance taking his class.

Shipbuilding in Flatford,
John Constable,
1815.

John Constable (11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English Romantic painter. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home—now known as "Constable Country"—which he invested with an intensity of affection. "I should paint my own places best", he wrote to his friend John Fisher in 1821, "painting is but another word for feeling".

His most famous paintings include Dedham Vale of 1802 and The Hay Wain of 1821. Although his paintings are now among the most popular and valuable in British art, he was never financially successful and did not become a member of the establishment until he was elected to the Royal Academy at the age of 52. He sold more paintings in France than in his native England.

Sir James Guthrie,
'A Hind's Daughter'
1883

The small girl has just straightened up after cutting a cabbage and looks directly at the viewer. Girl and landscape seem inextricably merged in this essentially Scottish scene. A hind was a skilled farm labourer, and cabbage (or kail) a staple diet of Scottish hinds and their families. Guthrie painted the picture in the Berwickshire village of Cockburnspath, where he opted to stay during the winter, unlike his Glasgow friends who returned to the city at the end of the summer.

Sir James Guthrie (June 10, 1859 - September 6, 1930) was a Scottish painter. He was best known in his own lifetime for his portraiture, although today he is more generally as a painter of Scottish Realism.
Born in Greenock, Guthrie, the son of a clergyman, originally enrolled at Glasgow University to study law, but abandoned this in favour of painting in 1877. Unlike many of his contemporaries he did not study in Paris, he was mostly self-taught. He lived most of his life in the Scottish Borders, (mostly in Cockburnspath, Berwickshire), where he painted some of his most important works, including A Hind's Daughter (1883), and Schoolmates. He was strongly influenced by the French Realists, especially Jules Bastien-Lepage, and was associated with the Glasgow Boys. He was elected an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1888, and a full member in 1892. In 1902 he succeeded Sir George Reid as RSA president in 1902, and he was knighted the following year. He died in Rhu, Dunbartonshire in 1930.

delete reply hedgewitch9 wrote on Jan 9, '09 I continue to be enthralled by your PPPP posts! Thank you SO much :)))

delete reply sanssouciblogs wrote on Jan 8, '09 Everything beautifully put together and the facets segue on and on. A wealth of info, like a college education. I applaud your work. You are an inspiration!

delete reply sugarpiehuny wrote on Jan 8, '09 You put together a lot of information and beautiful photos.. As a young girl I read Elizabeth Barrett Browning and I loved her, also loved her love story. I guess I've always been a romantic and their story is still inspiring...

delete reply bennett1 wrote on Jan 7, '09 The little girl with the cabbages is exquisite.

delete reply bennett1 wrote on Jan 7, '09 So much to comment on. I remember seeing Snow White in the theatre when I was 6 or 7. It must have been a re-release. I was in awe. I also liked examining the Degas picture. Aside from the graceful lines of the dancers, I noticed he put a watering can in the picture. I wonder why.

delete reply fluffyj wrote on Jan 7, '09 A boss I had over a decade ago loved Dagas. Her father was a painter, and she painted as a hobby. I learned more about appreciating art from her than any teacher I ever had. She loved and knew every brushstroke. Love your compilation of entries here! -j

delete reply bostonsdandd wrote on Jan 7, '09 I love your blogs! I hate the thought when you'll start dividing them again LOL. They are so informative and really a great read to just relax too. Elizabeth Barrett-Browning is my favorite poetess. Thank you for the new facts on her. The photos of the docks are amazing. My first home had to be the water in another life LOL. It just soothes my soul to look, feel, and play in/at it. The paintings you shared are extraordinary! I love the brightness of the dancing one, the ship one looks so lonely, and you can see soo much hardship on the girl's face. A WONDERFUL place to be today is your blog! Thank you sooo much for sharing it with us. http://bostonsdandd.multiply.com/journal/item/252

edit delete reply forgetmenot525 wrote on Jan 7, '09 veryfrank said not familiar with Reymerswaele, yet I am familiar with ''The Moneychanger and his Wife" Me too, I searched for this painting because I thought it would be a good start to the blog, I knew the panting I was looking for but didn't know the artist and actually I thought the painting was called ''the Misers''. Research in this area would be well worth the effort and I for one would be interested in what you manage to find.

delete reply veryfrank wrote on Jan 7, '09 This is quite a selection/mix and it works well. I have spent some time here and have enjoyed myself. I am not familiar with Reymerswaele, yet I am familiar with ''The Moneychanger and his Wife" - I guess I just didn't know who painted it. Now when time permits, I'll have to do some research. Thank you.

delete reply jadedruid wrote on Jan 7, '09 This is really great. I love Browning too. Very good choices all the way around

edit delete reply forgetmenot525 wrote on Jan 7, '09 brendainmad said What a nice painting 'A Hind's Daughter' is! Thanks Brenda, it is one of my favourite Scottish paintings by one of the Scottish artists associated with the Glasgow style.

delete reply asolotraveler wrote on Jan 7, '09 my gawd you do a lot of work for your posts! how interesting! thanks for your efforts!

delete reply brendainmad wrote on Jan 7, '09 I always learn something new from your PPPP's. I adore trivia of any kind and will certainly remember that Disney's 'Snow White' was the first film to release a soundtrack album. What a nice painting 'A Hind's Daughter' is!

delete reply djdx wrote on Jan 7, '09 "cabbage (or kail)" caught my eye. Cole, kale for a cabbage that doesn't form a head, kaol in Breton. We have a few leafy plants left in the garden. Work? I often wonder how to define it, especially when people ask "do you work?"

delete reply dianahopeless wrote on Jan 7, '09 I do love these PPPP blogs of yours. So much to see and learn! Each time something new and very different. TY for sharing Loretta. I am familiar with this poets poems, but did not know anything about her. Really like all the paintings you covered, and the photos you shared too, as well as the info. ((HUGS))

delete reply acousticeagle wrote on Jan 7, '09 Love the pictures of the boats. I find that if ever I have been at a docks, photos of boats are always picturesque. Lovely painting that Hind's Daughter, lovely use of colour and a slice-of-life picture. Incredible that Snow White cost so much for Disney to produce. That would have been a huge outlay in 1937. I remember reading something about it; the animators used so many frames just to produce the blush on Snow White's face. No wonder that movie is classed as an all-time great.

delete reply mindsnomad wrote on Jan 6, '09 Wow.. didnt know so many things that you said here. :) Thank you for the Info.

delete reply starfishred wrote on Jan 6, '09 wow anothe winner loretta-love it all will be back to enjoy again-

delete reply lauritasita wrote on Jan 6, '09 "Her appetite for knowledge led her to learn Hebrew, she went on to read the Old Testament from beginning to end." I never knew that about Browning. Thanks for the wonderful poem by her and information. Love, Laurita.