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(82,849 posts) Fri Apr 24, 2020, 06:31 PM Apr 2020

Very short Friday dance break

The Great Bruce Cockburn from a very early album:

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That is one of my favourite paintings. But the train coming the other way is missing. applegrove Apr 2020 #1

Back in the day, record albums often folded out gratuitous Apr 2020 #2

Foldout: Donkees Apr 2020 #3

Yours IS the superior google-fu gratuitous Apr 2020 #4

Thank you. applegrove Apr 2020 #6

Okay thanks. That makes more sense. nt applegrove Apr 2020 #5

applegrove

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1. That is one of my favourite paintings. But the train coming the other way is missing.

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Fri Apr 24, 2020, 06:45 PM

Apr 2020

To me it expresses the limits of technology versus nature (the horse is nature).

https://aci-iac.ca/art-books/alex-colville/key-works/horse-and-train

gratuitous

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2. Back in the day, record albums often folded out

Reply to applegrove (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 24, 2020, 07:16 PM

Apr 2020

The rest of the Colville painting, the part with the train, is on the back cover. I couldn't find a picture of it online, but your google-fu may be superior to mine.

Donkees

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3. Foldout:

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Fri Apr 24, 2020, 07:36 PM

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4. Yours IS the superior google-fu

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Fri Apr 24, 2020, 07:38 PM

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applegrove

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6. Thank you.

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Fri Apr 24, 2020, 07:39 PM

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applegrove

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5. Okay thanks. That makes more sense. nt

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Fri Apr 24, 2020, 07:38 PM

Apr 2020

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