this was going to be sound effects*

but instead it's a train of thought**
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(*I was sitting by the river in the dark, watching the water flow downstream [watching the ripples in the mirror of the surface] and I could hear all these sounds, which I was going to list for you - I saw an episode of Father Ted recently [well, actually I've seen them all, because I purchased a box set and watched them back to back for many evenings] [yes! I worked out how to use the DVD player] [I digress] and Dougal had a "BBC Sound Effects" album, and - oh, I'm rabbiting on, I'll get back to the point - and I realise what I couldn't hear was the river: it was silent)
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(**I saw something interesting on dave's blog [not just the one thing, it's all interesting, but one thing really really really really interested me] and I tried googling it and got nowhere - apart from being totally sidetracked by what I did find) (which follows)

POSTSCRIPT: I now know - thanks, dave - what I was trying to search for, and so I found what I wanted (it helps - doesn't it to know what you are looking for, most of the time I only have the vaguest of ideas), but if I'd known that originally, would I have ended up at HOPE as I did? life is curious, eh? here is what I wanted to find originally:
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my train of thought:

mirror ball:
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mirrored ball:

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huge mirror ball:


mirror ball in the sky:

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all fall down:


fallen angel:
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fallen angel typeface:

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falling angel: .

fallen angel carving:

fallen angel painting:

wim wenders:

desire:

. . .hope

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:-)