The Kick-About #15 ‘High Street’
Just in time for the holidays…some ruminations on shopping and shops.
After the informality of our collective Boogie Doodle, this week’s responses take as their starting points the urbane visions of Eric Ravilious’ High Street, beguiling in their nostalgia and just as bitter-sweet considering our current circumstances. Somewhere out there, some opportunist on Instagram is no doubt augmenting Ravilious’ shop windows with social distancing stickers and ‘Please Wear A Face Mask’ notifications. I don’t know if this is clever or just very depressing.
James Randall
“Another brilliant challenge! It had me going up to the high street at dawn over a few days to get some nice light and look around – camera in hand. Our suburb Earlwood is a bit of a sleepy hollow coming out of Sydney’s inner west – but I avoid the high street, a thoroughfare to the city, so heavy with traffic and fairly grotty. Earl wood is also a suburb with a large…
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Smashing! Many thanks, Kerfe! 😀
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always happy to share
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The polka-dotted mask with the liquid green is riveting in its scariness. Such a fun array of critters and I like what you say about how the mask helps meld with the wearer.
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Thanks Jade. I had a good time with this one.
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You’re very welcome. I braved the post office today and picked up the postcards.
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Great! The post office hasn’t been too bad here so far.
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Your masks are wonderful, Kerfe. Yes, you had trouble stopping… and you made me want to play too. 😀
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You should! Thanks Diana.
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Kerfe, your artwork is outstanding. I love what you did with this theme.
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Thanks Robbie. I had fun with it.
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