The dark red
fishing shack on Bearskin Neck wharf in the artists' colony
Rockport, Massachusetts "is one of the most famous buildings in the world and instantly recognizable to any student of art or art history."
America's most-painted building received its name in an impulsive exclamation by famed illustrator, etcher and art teacher Lester Hornby. Its name?
Motif No. 1 "One day when a student brought for criticism a pencil drawing of the house, Hornby exclaimed, 'What-Motif No 1 again!' It has been that ever since."
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posted by ericb
on Apr 6, 2011 -
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Republican Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney - a likely contender for the Presidential Race in 2008 - pulls out the "
gay marriage" card in two recent speeches: one in
South Carolina; the other in
Utah. Forget the fact that Romney seems to be spending most of his tenure as governor traveling outside the state, campaigning and not dealing with the affairs of the State, but he has now
flip-flopped on his stance...and now continues the use of "gay marriage" and "civil unions" as a divisive political ploy on a national stage.
posted by ericb
on Feb 26, 2005 -
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