You may see yourself as plain
A simple brown with a shade of red
Nothing very special, no
Never to turn a head
But life is such a mystery
Too often we sell ourselves shy
Your umber is amazing, especially to me
And you are beautiful to my eye
U IS FOR UMBER…#AtoZChallenge2019
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Kevin Parish 
Like Bob Ross’s burnt umber, but in poetry form.
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Prexactly! Ha
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Beautiful!
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As you probably know umber means “Shade” and is a color derived from minerals. The word umbrella comes is derived from umber.
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I do know… :-)))
I did not know umbrella was derived from umber. Interesting!
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Umber is not a simple color. It is one of the basic colors of the artist palette.
For every word you highlight, I believe you should research it’s derivation and meaning for interesting highlights for your posts.
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So, umber isn’t the most exciting color, basically brown with red, which was the idea, and the fact that it can still be beautiful to another is really what the poem was.
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Yes I understand that!
Like to me it is very interesting and vibrant. And when I look closely at the picture I see a tiger’s face, brow, and nose.
Is that where this picture is derived
from?
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Hahahaha… Ahhh… Didn’t notice that! Duh! Finding the color Umber wasn’t as simple as I thought. So, that was one of the choices. I’ll have to go back and look at the picture.
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So! What was first thought to be simple is actually very complex and interesting
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I think my muse was playing with me and it has become amusing… Life is good!
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Great imagination on the picture/painting… There is a lot going on in it, and I wasn’t looking at it for anything but color… Good eye!
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Most of my posts and art comes from simple and overlooked sources whether it’s the Qin Dynasty, Enchanted Forest, a Dust Storm on Mars which were basically inspired from pictures of couch pillows.
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I work the other way around. I write whatever pops out then look for a picture to fit it. I’ve been doing some acrylic pours, since I’m not very artistic with a brush, but none of those have inspired. I’ll look at your art more closely now knowing this.
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Oh I really like this one Kevin! ❤️️☺️❤️️ So much talent!
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Thank you so much!
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