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The Mad Creature Within
- spacedlaw
- (Nathalie)
I'm French.
I live in Italy.
Anything else you think you might need to know about me, you shall have to invent.
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26 comments:
I like that. :)
Interesting take on the prompt. I love the photo and who could resist smiling along.
I too like this..:D
weed it out
I have worn that face, and I have wondered about others who have, too. All of them. Thanks for this.
All your pictures are neat and I love the captions.
How clever is this … it did make me smile (even chuckle a bit). Thanks for sharing.
Hugs and blessings,
fun poem, the poem and pic make me smile
A pause to read and then smile, or is it smile and then read? One smile prompts another :-) nice!
Nice haiga! It made me smile, too! ;)
A most excellent take on the prompt. The universal joke?
This is the best face - and caption...absolutely!
maybe u would share the joke with osi too..a very happy post..many thanks..
You cant say she is a stone face! I like this.
What a funny face!
I want in on the joke.
thank you,
karen
now that, that was pretty purfect... i cannot help but to smile back...
Wonderful! Just wonderful. He really does look a bit like the cat the swallowed the canary... and ya have to smile with him...
It made me smile, too. Wonderful poem and face!
A very contagious smile indeed. Thank you.
The poem and image go together perfectly, and, like others, I couldn't keep from smiling either. Which is always nice. :)
What a great combination of words and the photo. Wonderful.
That was well done. :)
Nat, beautiful job.
I've got to ask, is that Etruscan?
I do not quite remember - I took this picture about a year and a half ago in Musei Capitolini - but the smile seems to indicate it is Etruscan. Their statues always seem to have that strange mocking smile like they know something of a joke and aren-t sharing...
The Etruscans were my speciality in university and I am still exceedingly fond of them. Their statues do often have this special smile but they rarely used stone in temple carvings, at least that is my understanding from what has been found. The temple of Capitoline Jupiter (like so many other things in Rome) dates back to the Etruscan kings of Rome so it is possible that there might be some connection there or that later sculpture from the area may have reckoned back to that style.
The secret is in the egg. They are often seen smiling at eggs or while holding eggs in the funeral paintings. The secret is in the egg.
A smile as enigmatic at the Mona Lisa. Whatever is he thinking about?
That is very interesting. I like your interpretation of the letter of the weekL. .
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