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Blues Number SevenWell, if you held your own
with blues number six,
number seven will hit you
like two tons of bricks.

Blues number seven
will eat all your pie.
It won't leave a crumb,
it won't care if you cry.

Blues number seven
will open your mail,
find the letters from friends
and throw them away.

Blues number seven
will pull out the plug,
and leave you lying naked,
wet and cold in the tub.

Blues number seven
will take you out for a ride,
and wave a hand at a cop
as it runs a red light.

Blues number seven
serves you breakfast in bed,
but it burns up your muffin
and you're not really fed.

Blues number seven
may have angels for pals
Happy Birthday Apology Blues
My apologies, baby,
there's no new birthday song.
My apologies, baby,
there's no new birthday song.
But you know, yes, you know,
that my love is still strong.

I tried to come up with words,
tried to get them to rhyme.
I tried to find a few words,
tried to get them to rhyme.
But I just couldn't do it,
don't think I started in time.

But I'll say "Happy Birthday"
and I'll give you a kiss.
Yes, I'll say "Happy Birthday"
and I'll give you a kiss.
There's no new birthday song, babe,
but I hope you like this.
River BluesThe river is high and I can tell
there is flooding on its mind.
You best prepare to save yourself,
most any way you can find.

The river is brown and full of stuff
it washed away before.
But the river has never had enough,
it always comes for more.

Oh hear that siren start to sound,
upstream but not so far.
And when those waters roll on down,
the siren will scream where you are.

So go in the house, you know what to do,
embrace those you hold dear.
Tell them how much they mean to you
and whisper the threat that is near.

One or two roads lead to high ground,
choose one and be on your way.
I believe there's a chance if you go ri

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Paper collage on cardboard, 2.5 x 3. 5 inches.
I took a "more is more" approach in this one.
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*TheMadMulatto Jan 20, 2013
The blue lake and the green sun... it's a portal view to WHY the bottleneck might exist.
Everyone taking the same route to see the same thing.

I won't make that mistake.
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*RichardLeach Jan 21, 2013  Professional Traditional Artist
You are both insightful and wise!
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*TheMadMulatto Jan 21, 2013
These collages take me to that cerebral strain I crave. :D
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*djailledie Dec 13, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
Yes, if you have to eat ideas, I agree that it would be wise to avoid bottlenecks, and your own neck can become the bottleneck itself!
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*RichardLeach Dec 15, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Best to proceed with care - safety first!
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*djailledie Dec 18, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
:nod:
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~All-My-Darkness Dec 5, 2012
The negative space left free adds to the power of the piled section.

Sideways message pushes the wording message home harder.

More fine composition.

Learning alot again.
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*RichardLeach Dec 6, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
Thanks very much for the careful look. And that you're learning from my work - I sincerely appreciate hearing that!
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~All-My-Darkness Dec 7, 2012
I like the idea of piling stuff up.

I always either seek total clarity or analogy ridden ranting.

To condense the words seems to make sense in this very well.

Like ten men leaping on one vampire kind of sense.

If that make sense haha!
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*RichardLeach Dec 9, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
It did make sense :lol:

When I have nice scraps - well, I think they're nice - it's always tempting to let each one be completely seen. I have to overcome some resistance, in order to pile stuff up. But when I do, unplanned and cool things sometimes happen.
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