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Who are your favorite artists?

I won’t say I abhor questions like this, but I kinda do. πŸ˜†

Of course, Mother Nature will always be one of my favorite artists. Can’t beat the awe-inspiring beauty of nature and all her whims.

Sky? Moon? Stars? Trees? Mountains? Ocean? Yes, please.

This leaf hit me in the face when I took my fern forest walk in the rain the other day! It reminds me of the 🍁 kinda!

Besides that?

You’ll never get a straight answer out of me. It changes, from days, months, and years – seasons even.

β€œToo broad, too specific” if you ever want to immortalize me with something besides coffee and the word β€œdang” (also cats, but…who doesn’t like cats? Don’t answer that, I don’t need something else to get all wound up about) πŸ˜† just make sure to include this in my response to the daily prompts.

He’s peekin at me, and I’m peekin at him 🐿️

It depends.

Am I happy? Sad? Apathetic? Feeling like I have a bit of rage? Just wanting something dark, or perhaps wanting to look at/hear/read something that makes me think deeply? What about humor? That’s always appreciated.

No, I won’t STFU and just answer the question. πŸ˜†

A closeup of nature’s beauty

I do particularly like Stephanie’s answer and the β€œwhatever it is I’m reading at the time is my favorite,” because it’s true. I have such little time to spare on extracurriculars and recreation, that it better be a favorite!

However, I will say I do have a specific fondness for certain artistic creations, which are still so appreciated ❀️

I hope your week is off to a great start! A bit of a Manic Monday here, with just a touch of technical difficulties and upon waking up this morning forgetting what day it is πŸ˜†

Perhaps delusion is finally starting to set in! β˜•οΈ

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  1. I don’t know that that kind of delusion is the goal lol

    And Mother Nature is indeed a fine artiste at that. 😊

    I’m very glad you enjoyed the images, along with the others I sent. It makes me very happy indeed. πŸ€—

    I would elaborate further, but I am still not at 100%, and I have to try and kick this thing. Until later. πŸ˜‰

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  2. Exactly, Girlfriend. Nature’s my music. Everything else depends on the mood. My family used to play a game called Scruples. There were questions on cards and we had to respond with Always, Never, or It Depends. Everyone would get mad at my sister and me because all our answers were the same. It Depends.

    Have the very best week, dear Laura.

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    • It really does β€œjust depend!” I think I can infuriate people with that too sometimes πŸ˜† glad I’m not alone. Nature is definitely a special kind of music. Thank you Mary πŸ™

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    • Aww thanks Destiny πŸ™ always so appreciated 🩷 πŸ€— I’m hoping I can get some moon photos this month! Will definitely let you know if I do πŸ˜‡ πŸŒ•

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      • pleasure and thanks , Laura… running on a low here with these words in my mind but not quite able to get them to flow coherently lol πŸ₯΄πŸ€­…
        your images are inspiring and soothing πŸ€πŸ€—πŸŒ·

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  10. I can’t really answer that either. What is art? Which genre, paintings, sculpture, body painting, music, literature, and should we include software and design patterns, and my favorites also change every day. I agree that β€œwhatever it is I’m reading at the time is my favorite,” is a good answer.

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    • Honestly! It’s so hard to be specific, and it’s so generalized because there’s so many different categories of art! And you’re right, art is also subjective. I’m glad I’m not alone, haha. πŸ˜† I get some people have their favorites no matter what, and sometimes I just feel like I’m indecisive πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ but perhaps not lol

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  11. When you look up at the stars in the sky at night you say β€œthey are beautiful”. But beautiful doesn’t define a star. You don’t compare one star to the next. The star is simply existing and the beauty it’s created is the result of it being what it is. Art is the result and the captivation of existence in which the beauty is being displayed. Art is created by the existence of life and the beauty of the moment that the life is portraying

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    • What a beautiful comment 😊 thank you! πŸ™ I do agree that being in the moment of that art being created is the beauty of what it holds for us. It’s an emotional process besides just a creative one. It means something to us. Appreciate your lovely thoughts on this 😊

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  12. That leaf sought you out, as if making sure your love of Fall and Octobers is seen and appreciated. ❀ ❀ Lovely! Hope your Monday smoothed itself out along the way, too.

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    • Haha, that’s how it felt!! It was wet on top of my head (just grateful it wasn’t anything else) πŸ˜† and I was like β€œoooohhh cuuuute,” haha! 🍁 I managed to get a little video of a turtle too, 🐒 it’s not so clear otherwise I’d share it but definitely was so nice to be out in the rain 🌧️ and thank you ❀️ ❀️ ❀️!! It’s over now, so that is a relief 😌

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  15. Haha! I can dig it! I’m sorry something or someone has got you all wound up. Hopefully this passes quickly! Grab a cup of coffee and a hoodie, go out into nature, and enjoy ❀

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    • LOL thank you! 😊 It was just about the post previously πŸ˜† luckily now I’m over it. Much appreciated πŸ™ coffee and cool weather are a blessing ❀️ and nature of course πŸƒ

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      • Oh, absolutely! (coffee, cool weather, and nature) I feel like I need to head over to your page to see what I’ve missed. LOL! I think I keep catching up πŸ™ˆπŸ€·β€β™€οΈπŸ˜…

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  17. Great answer to a quite uninspired question Laura, we are just one minute piece of mother natures great puzzle, one that we do not even have full disclosure to. How can any one person surpass that. Wonderful images with great colour and depthπŸ‘. Is that a fly on that flower…brilliant! Hope you are keeping all well…JayπŸ˜Šβ˜•

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    • Thank you so much Jay 😊 just was wondering how you’ve been! And yes it’s some sort of little bug haha πŸ˜† glad you like the images πŸ™ and you’re right, it seems we are so small in this huge world of nature’s vast expanse. β˜•οΈπŸ˜Š hope all is well your way, Jay!

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      • You are most welcome Laura, they are wonderful images! I am very well thank you😊, a little overworked maybe (aren’t we all!), but all seems goodπŸ‘. I hope you are keeping all well Laura and enjoying your new ventures! β˜•πŸ˜ŠπŸ‘

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  19. Ahbor? The peak of my blogging vocabulary has never reached the lofty heights of β€˜abhor’. I confess I am a tad envious of your word craft Laura. I really need to branch out my own word choices. I just made a small list of similar words that I will be working hard to incorporate in my future posts/comments; blurt, gripe, snarl, skulk, twerp, quaff, flout, glint, and scamp. Then too, ahbor, and I’ll throw in β€˜incorporate’ too, and so get credit for that one right off the bat. I’ll let you know how I do. πŸ‘¨β€πŸŽ€

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    • πŸ˜† 🀣 I always thought it was a pretty funny and strong, passionate word for dislike/distaste. Probably not the first time I’ve used it either lolol. Glad I could inspire you to increase your vocabulary!! I’ll be looking out for one of these in your next post! Haha πŸ˜‚

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  23. I feel ya with disliking these sorts of questions. My usual first question in reply is “Can I give you a non-ordered top ten?”

    A few years back, a challenge was going around Facebook to “post 7 books [you] love, one per day for seven days. No reviews, no explanations – just covers.” Instead of posting each day for a week, I, uh… made a single post. Well… I’ll let what I wrote back then speak for itself (because apparently I had to scroll several years back to find it again, my brain decided πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ, so why not take advantage, lol).

    So, while intending to do the challenge as intended, I decided to grab 7 books to line up my pictures for 7 days. Except… When grabbing out my favourite books, I went a little past 7 books… I managed to stop myself from grabbing more books after 16 books.

    I could have grabbed so many more… I’m looking at this picture and mentally thinking of several more books that “should have been included”.

    Whelp, I like books.

    My 16 books here are: The Green Rider, Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, The Raven Boys, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, The Hobbit (meant to represent both the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings), The Slow Regard of Silent Things, The Bad Beginning (meant to represent all of A Series of Unfortunate Events), Rise of a Legend (Guardians of Ga’hoole), The Never-ending Story, Eragon, Inkheart, The Chronicles of Narnia, Anne of Green Gables, Cinder, and Between the Lines.

    Notably missing: the Septimus Heap series, the Redwall books, and many others

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    • Haha!! πŸ˜† yeah, thanks for relating to that fact Nicole πŸ™ I don’t think I’d be able to choose just 7 books either. Thanks for sharing! Definitely look like a few I haven’t read and should check out sometime!

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