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Purpura! →
This morning I finished reading the book Colour by Victoria Finlay.   The last chapter featured the history and methods of obtaining the colour “purple.” I was fascinated by story of the murex shell purple of Oaxaca, Mexico and found this site that explains a bit more about the Mixtecs who obtain the dye sustainably-without killng the mollusks.   Such a beautiful colour!   If...
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classical music and me by charles bukowski
symphonyno2ineminor: classical music and me I have no idea how it began. as a boy I believed that classical music was for sissies and as a teenager I felt this even more strongly. yes, I think it began in this record store. I was in my booth listening to whatever I listened to at that time. then I heard some music in the next booth. the sounds seemed very strange and unusual. I saw the man...
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