we continue (despite the few positive returns), my wife and I to reinterpret the proverbs and maxims.
Here are two new ones, seasonal.
To show solidarity with the social movements of the moment.
And a revised proverb in a fruity version, which targets in particular the kiwis.
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Friday, December 6, 2019
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
approximate proverbs
Tired of filigrees and having a dictionary at hand, I start (with my wife) rewriting proverbs, locutions and other maxims.
I really like the color resulting from the use of a Payne's grey in watercolor on a pink dictionary page background.
There will be others, we are far from having finished reinterpreting the ancient maxims!
Better to be alone than badly accompanied
turns into
Better to be alone than unaccompanied
turns into
Better to be alone than unaccompanied
The clothes don't make the man
turns into
the magpie doesn't make the sparrow
turns into
the magpie doesn't make the sparrow
I really like the color resulting from the use of a Payne's grey in watercolor on a pink dictionary page background.
There will be others, we are far from having finished reinterpreting the ancient maxims!
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