The Horse's Mouth | 
#QuotsyJun20 @TK-421
#Mud
gradcat Very, very nice post...I thank you! ♥️ 5y
TheSpineView @gradcat You're welcome! 😊 5y
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#QuotsyJun20 @TK-421
#Mud
“Nothing like #poetry when you lie awake at night. It keeps the old brain limber. It washes away the mud and sand that keeps on blocking up the bends.
Like waves to make the pebbles dance on my old floors. And turn them into rubies and jacinths; or at any rate, good imitations.” - Gulley Jimson
#QuotsyJan18
“‘They can't give you all that, Mr Jimson,' said Walter, who was upset. 'It wouldn't be right. What would they give you seven years for?'
'Being Gulley Jimson,' I said, 'and getting away with it.‘”
Another quote from Gulley, ‘cause I love this book and this movie so much!
“Girl going past clinging to a young man's arm. Putting up her face like a duck to the moon. Drinking #joy. Green in her eyes. Spinal curvature. No chin, mouth like a frog. Young man like a pug. Gazing down at his sweetie with the face of a saint reading the works of God.” - Gulley Jimson (portrayed in the excellent film adaptation by Sir Alec “Obi-Wan” Guinness)
#QuotsyJan18
"Nothing like poetry when you lie awake at night. It keeps the old brain limber. It washes away the mud and sand that keeps on blocking up the bends.
Like waves to make the pebbles dance on my old floors. And turn them into rubies and jacinths; or at any rate, good imitations."
My #aQuoteaDay post honoring Gulley Jimson, an artist in search of a canvas, from a great book (and movie) about art and artists, The Horse's Mouth.
I see that the Backlisted podcast people have done an episode on this one.
https://soundcloud.com/backlistedpod/horses-mouth-joyce-carey?utm_source=soundcl...
I also see that no one on Litsy seems to have read it. The Penguin edition shown here sat on my shelves unread for 15-20 years and I'm pretty sure I got rid of it finally when I liquidated my library to move to Japan. Should I read it yet?
