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It was a simple life. For two months now he lived in the woods and woke each morning feeling awake. He slept in a small two berth tent and made coffee on a gas stove with the sunrise. He fished in the stream where he washed, picked mushrooms and berries, caught some rabbits when lucky enough. His only company was a floppy-eared nine-year hound, Rufus, the rustle of leaves and birdsong.

"How did that make you feel?"

She was shaking. Her cheek was splattered with blood and there were drops on the collar of her blouse. She was an Account Junior on Brewster's floor; this was her first month, so still virginal to GBN ways. She looked wide eyed at her fellow passengers and those innocent pupils locked with his. Damn.

Take a trip to psycho-kitsch Hollywood when exploitation auteur Russ Meyer was given cinema's golden ticket to make his gloriously camp masterpiece Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.

Where better to cast demons free than atop a mountain in the most beautiful country in the world? Unfortunately, getting there was harder than he realised…

"He couldn’t stop pressing it. The simple black box with a shiny red button, small enough to hold in the hand, had the tactile addiction of a retro game controller and the power rush of an atom bomb."

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Tag: painting

The Wrath of the Medusa

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The Wrath of the Medusa

A painting about madness that sent its painter mad. Continue reading The Wrath of the Medusa

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Poker faces

Dogs Playing Poker is beloved popular art, despite scornful snobbery. Continue reading Poker faces

When fists are brushes

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When fists are brushes

Picasso’s 1937 howl of rage at the murder of innocents produced a painting that still shocks. Continue reading When fists are brushes

Loving the little people

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Loving the little people

The beautiful simplicity of L S Lowry’s painting is testament to his humanist beliefs. Continue reading Loving the little people

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The odd couple

Iconic painting American Gothic inspires imagination in it’s audience. Continue reading The odd couple

Don’t look down

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Don’t look down

Jaws movie poster is a brilliant expression of primal fear. Continue reading Don’t look down

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