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Tangled Up in Green

April 21, 2011 •

Over cof­fee last week I was rem­i­nisc­ing with a friend who’s pas­sion­ate about music, par­tic­u­larly Bob Dylan and other artists from the folk-rock era. While sip­ping lattes, Dave told the story of what inspired Dylan’s song, Tan­gled Up in Blue — a recent foray into paint­ing. Appar­ently Dylan adapted a remark from his art teacher: that begin­ners often get “tan­gled up in the blue” sec­tion of their palette.

Dave was enchanted by a recent biog­ra­phy of Dylan, writ­ten by a his­to­rian and Dylan fan, result­ing in a fas­ci­nat­ing explo­ration of the polit­i­cal, social and cul­tural milieu that informed Dylan’s art. Some­how we kept return­ing to the “tan­gled up” phrase dur­ing our con­ver­sa­tion.

Since then the phrase, snatches of the song and images of blue have been rever­ber­at­ing in my head. A pleas­ing form of blues obses­sion…

And now the con­cept has mor­phed into “tan­gled up in green,” sparked the visual explo­sion of spring green every­where I look here in the Pacific North­west.

Green-Leaves-of-Spring

After a long grey and insanely rainy win­ter, this ver­dant fire is a feast for warmth-starved eyes.

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Semi-retired marketing exec, transitioning from a career in high tech. Now "managed" by two Tonkinese cats. Missing travel and friends on the West Coast. Avid reader and foodie. Staying active with long walks, biking, kayaking and yoga.

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