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Post by virtu on Nov 6, 2008 11:49:51 GMT -8
Happy Holidays Everyone ;D Excellent Virtu is happy to host our last contest of 2008 here at Artchival as a special thanks for everyones support. Joe Sorren Holiday Contest.Joe Sorren has graciously agreed to judge this contest and will be lurking about the Artchival. (so mind your P's & Q's)www.joesorren.comEveryone including artist may enter. Please post if you are participating. Put some effort into it and please no profanity. Best Short Story or Limerick using the image from Joe Sorren's "Mother as Bull with Parasol" wins the M.A.B.W.P. Ltd. Contest ends December 25th. Joe Sorren "Mother as Bull with Parasol" Limited edition giclee on archival cotton rag paper Signed & Numbered by Joe Sorren Edition 50 Size 24 x 24  www.excellentvirtu.com |
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Post by thewalrus on Nov 6, 2008 13:25:21 GMT -8
WooHoo!
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nick210214
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Post by nick210214 on Nov 6, 2008 16:40:14 GMT -8
wowzers! very gracious of you and Joe.
Gotta start working my brain.
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Post by thecreep on Nov 11, 2008 3:44:49 GMT -8
Excellent, I'm gonna really have to work on something good for this one.
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Post by Bytor on Nov 12, 2008 5:55:02 GMT -8
I showed my son the piece because I love it so much and he was really interested in witting for the contest because he really loves the print and think it does inspire a story in his mind, can he enter it ? He is only 12 and I didn't know if there is an age restriction on it. I home school my kids and it could really be a great learning tool for him .
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Post by virtu on Nov 12, 2008 7:30:14 GMT -8
Anyone may enter.
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Post by Bytor on Nov 13, 2008 12:55:07 GMT -8
THx, virtu, he will be so thrilled when I tell him
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Post by jakewaldron on Nov 27, 2008 9:33:53 GMT -8
I told a friend about this and she's planning on writing something. I would, but I'm no good with stories.
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Post by virtu on Dec 3, 2008 7:49:39 GMT -8
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Post by COOPER COLE on Dec 3, 2008 10:19:43 GMT -8
Alright, I will give it a go.
There once was a bull from Nantucket, wait no profanity, woohoohoo, cant tell that one ;-)
Ok here goes...
On a cloudy day in the fall
Stands the mother bull with her parasol
Her umbrella is red
As is the top of her head
Perhaps she is expecting a violent squall
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Post by dellboyy on Dec 3, 2008 11:48:29 GMT -8
There was a young bull with a brolly
He waited all day for his Molly
I'll give her a wink
Then surely, i'd think
No what am i thinking, good golly!
(ok, so i'll never make a poet! ;D)
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Post by twocool4u1 on Dec 3, 2008 13:02:38 GMT -8
She climbed and climbed,
to the top she went.
The queen of royalty
at the top for all to see.
At the top yet no one cared,
her nose stuck high in the air.
"Look at me! Look at me!"
But everyone just let her be.
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Post by oldfartatplay on Dec 3, 2008 13:06:24 GMT -8
Ok don't laugh, here's mine:
There once was a bare bull called mother
Whose Parasol was red as no other
On the top of the green it protected the sheen
Of the white coat that she stole from her brother.
Go ahead and laugh, it's supposed to be funny ;D
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Post by sleepboy on Dec 3, 2008 13:17:02 GMT -8
wow you guys are creative  maybe i will work on one... |
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Post by svenman on Dec 3, 2008 14:08:12 GMT -8
i thought i'd have a pop with a (very) short melancholy story. for title's sake, i think it should be called '(e)x'.
thanks for setting up the contest tom and joe.
This has always been a lonely place.
The ex-mother sighs as she looks down over the ex-glacier.
The years have taken their toll on this place. She’s seen a lot of changes.
Once this place was completely white and blue, covered in snow and ice – but that was centuries ago when she first came here. Her daily tear falls to the ground, but it cannot fill the chasm below her or even make a dent on the one inside her.
She shouldn’t be here anymore, but she has nowhere else to go. No-one else to talk to or long for. Just the one. Always and only the one.
People used to come here to look at her and snap pictures with their snappy snazzy cameras, but that was centuries ago. The people have all gone now. She didn’t enjoy their company at the time, but now she misses them too.
No more helicopter rides and fast hot wind blown into her face at a million miles an hour. No more ice cream vans and aromas of diesel and strawberry sauce. No more car park and ticket machines and the buzzing clicking noises – the grass reclaims almost everything.
The ice will be back soon and she’ll still be here. x.
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Post by masao626 on Dec 3, 2008 15:06:59 GMT -8
these are all awesome guys!! job well done! (i suck at these so i'm content to sit back and enjoy the genius) OldF@P - NICE! |
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Post by virtu on Dec 10, 2008 12:28:50 GMT -8
Come on Masao, Id like to see a story from you as well.
Only a few weeks left so lets see allot more of you participate.
Show Sorren the LOVE!!!
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Post by masao626 on Dec 10, 2008 14:03:19 GMT -8
alrighty - i'm thinkin' we'll see if i can come up with anything |
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Post by virtu on Dec 15, 2008 6:48:02 GMT -8
Seems there is very little interest so I hate to do it but if we don't have 10 or more entries the contest is void.
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Post by thecreep on Dec 15, 2008 7:16:51 GMT -8
I'm working on one, trying to make sure it is killer sounding.
Wishing more people would enter. Come on, it's a free print and all you have to do it try and make a limerick or story. If contests like this aren't nurtured, whats the reason to continue having them?
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Post by benvan on Dec 15, 2008 7:53:52 GMT -8
i'm still planning on doing one - just have to remember when I have some free time rather than when I am at work!
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Post by oldfartatplay on Dec 15, 2008 9:40:51 GMT -8
Come on, people should just try something, every one seems to be able to pick a number for these other contests. This is for a Sorren PRINT!
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Post by dellboyy on Dec 15, 2008 14:22:33 GMT -8
I'd be happy to come up with another entry, but i assume it's just one per person?
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Post by spqr on Dec 16, 2008 15:46:08 GMT -8
hmmmmm ok - heres my 'effort'
Red parasol raised , in a sky so blue,
mother bull, with disdain, asked me if it was true?
I replied with much shame
" it was all just a game "
she said " have you nothing productive to do.....?"
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Post by Mount Franklin on Dec 16, 2008 16:36:02 GMT -8
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maybe i will work on one...
