“Happiness is a matter of one’s most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self.” Iris Murdoch
The Ordinary Real While grey is indifferently good, pedestrian is plain brown ordinary plodding through the periphery of my corpus, looking to be just a little red, that hip colour of the lower order of excitement that fools fall over by instalments of promises that always renege, until that vulnerable moment of recognition that life is in the ordinary real. ©Paul Vincent Cannon
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A bit disappointing at times, but there. I like the colors though, keeps me motivated. Grey is boring.
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Grey is my fave moral colour though 🙂
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I suppose that would be the best but I doubt it will ever realistically be that way, at least not here in US. Or maybe we were grey for too long and it’s time for a change.
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Perhaps it is so, It is a weird space at the moment.
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Great choice, Paul! Love it! Michael
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Always did like the mid-tones of life. Thank you Michael.
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They are definitely the much more interesting ones, Paul! Thank you, and enjoy your weekend! Michael
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You too Michael.
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Thanks, Paul!
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🙂
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Paul, I’m always intrigued by colors and their meanings. I like how you have used color in this poem. ❤ Have a great day! Cheryl
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Glad to have added to the intrigue Cheryl, many thanks.
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Oh this is clever, Paul!
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Many thanks Chris, I pushed out against that tide that says you can be extraordinary (I think we can be) especially hollywood.
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Yes, indeed!
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I like the unexpected use of color as metaphor in this one. I actually like gray because it has so many shades and gradations.
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Yes, my feeling too, I love nuances and tones, choices and contexts. Thank you for your thoughts too.
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You’re welcome, Paul.
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Mmmm very true
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