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Monday, October 16, 2006

Fabulous Fungus

I freely admit to having no excuse for this post other than that I like the photos - but I'm allowed a random, dumb post every now and again, right? Right? Anyway, at the risk (probably a 100% guaranteed kind of risk) of sounding odd, I like fungi.


Maybe it's a failure of imagination on my part, but I struggle to see how anyone could not find this stuff - found covering the stump of a felled tree - at least mildly appealing. I mean - check out the colours, the texture, the curves. Nature really deserves to win the Turner Prize one year. I'd rather look at this stuff than pretty much every arty video installation I've ever seen. Which isn't a huge number, admittedly.


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Anonymous Joe said...

You need to read Jeff Vandermeer, fungus boy!

11:27 AM  
Blogger Brian Ruckley said...

City of Saints and Madmen is already very high on my 'to buy' list. If you're telling me it's got mushrooms in it, it obviously gets immediate promotion to pole position ...

4:59 PM  
Blogger Ariel said...

Not just mushrooms, mate... sentient mushrooms... :)

4:03 PM  

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