Constable's Drinking Boy (490 hits)
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Submitted by BillyGoat (View user info) at 2008-09-11 08:36:28 EDT
How refreshing it is to feel the cold stream brush your lips. To slurp the water and have it quench you thirst. To gently lift from the ground as your stomach distends, clamping you tightly to the clingy moss. And to stop at that moment when naivety outshines experience and tells you, you will explode.
You begin to exhale and deflate. You feel your bones relax and your mind detach from all that's around you and your own dancing reflection draws you in.
Behind you, your flock is protected and guided by the abiding mutt who over the years has become your trusted companion, a worthy disciple and trusted friend whose company you can't do without. So you don't flinch when he eggs the tiny hooves along, nor do you hold your breath when the barking ceases and the hooves come to a stop beneath the elm.
All's well, only the gentle rustle of the leaves and the occasional songbird interrupt the silence, but even they, you don't mind.
And just when everything is serene and your heart's content, the scene is disturbed by the encroaching clouds, veiling that, that briefly put you at ease. You gingerly get up, tearing yourself away from the moss, leaving a feint indent were you once laid. Everything is alive once again. The sheep bleat merrily on their way, the dog barks by your side, even the trees rustle a little louder.
And, as you move on, you see a man-high upon a knoll- feverishly working at his canvas. His palette is perhaps too far away and you begin to wonder -though you'll never enquire- whether you were the subject matter.
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Submitted by redskieslookfake (user info) at 2008-09-13 09:39:37 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
hmmm
Constable is rubbish. Art for placemats.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2008-09-12 03:59:25 EDT (#)
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Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2008-09-12 02:38:47 BST (#)
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hahahahah
10th grade english assignment?
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It does read like a school assignment but im thinking you must have intended it to.
Still I dont like it. I shall put it down to an style experiment.
Go me!
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2008-09-12 03:47:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
This read in the same manner of those retarded, "Close your eyes, breeeaaathe deeeply, relaaax", um, er, relaxation tapes.
Not into it.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2008-09-11 21:38:47 EDT (#)
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hahahahah
10th grade english assignment?
Submitted by X54 (user info) at 2008-09-11 21:02:59 EDT (#)
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Actually, this painting is called, "The Cornfield." Although "Drinking Boy" actually strikes me as more appropriate.
Submitted by X54 (user info) at 2008-09-11 20:49:41 EDT (#)
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I googled "constable's drinking boy" because I couldn't figure out what the story had to do with a constable. Do you know, the only hit I got was a link to this very story? Scarcely twelve hours after it was posted? Fucking google is amazing.
Okay, now I realize the artist's name was John Constable and the story has nothing to do with a pedophile policeman.
Submitted by TheGoat (user info) at 2008-09-11 12:59:43 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Cheddar_Is_Better (user info) at 2008-09-11 16:52:13 BST (#)
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I like how you didn't talk about poop.
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i'm sure there's a good poop story in me...i'm just waiting for it to come out. Once it's ready, i'll let rip, for your enjoyment.
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2008-09-11 11:55:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
nice to see you back
Submitted by Cheddar_Is_Better (user info) at 2008-09-11 11:52:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I like how you didn't talk about poop.
Submitted by sage104 (user info) at 2008-09-11 11:27:55 EDT (#)
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I second the proofread; otherwise, I liked the imagery. Nicely done. Points for you.
Submitted by TheGoat (user info) at 2008-09-11 11:14:49 EDT (#)
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lol. Why does everything on Uber need more rape?
Submitted by Darth_Famine (user info) at 2008-09-11 10:21:19 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by sexualchocolate1984 (user info) at 2008-09-11 09:43:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Very nice.
Needs more rape.
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2008-09-11 09:06:35 EDT (#)
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Could do with a proofread.
Submitted by sandmantate (user info) at 2008-09-11 08:54:19 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Read your town charter, boy. `If food stuffs should touch the ground,
said food stuffs shall be turned over to the village idiot.' Since I
don't see him around, start shoveling!
-- Homer Simpson
Lisa's Rival
Submitted by F.J.Bell (user info) at 2008-09-11 08:50:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
A wee gem, this.
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2008-09-11 08:48:27 EDT (#)
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Anyway, we'd like to thank you for the occasional moments of peace and
love our family's experienced ... well, not today. You saw what
happened. Oh, Lord, be honest. Are we the most pathetic family in
the universe, or what?
-- Homer Simpson
Bart vs. Thanksgiving
Submitted by Squirrelly_Girl (user info) at 2008-09-11 08:41:59 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Mr. Scorpio says productivity is up 2% and it's all because of my
motivational techniques, like donuts and the possibility of more
donuts to come.
-- Homer Simpson
You Only Move Twice