Word: greenes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Klee's whimsy is in the realm of fantasy but never obscurity. Turn the painting in a vertical position and the "areas of green, yellow and blue" show a self-portrait...
...beneath blue skies, benign and contented amid the pageant of the colorings of fall. Aspens turning gold flecked the dense green forests and bleak grey sides of the Rockies; maples turning orange and red spread a magic fire across the dour woods of Minnesota; dahlias glowed purple, pink and coral beside the dark-flowering plums in the gardens of Longview, Wash. By night, the pageant continued amid a blaze of lights of county fairs where Ferris wheels turned and hot dogs sizzled and barkers exhorted...
...young man sitting in the corner of the waiting room tapped his left foot three times, his right foot twice, sighed, and started over again. Seated across from him was a girl with short, light brown hair who wore a green sweater. Every so often she raised her head from a tightly held copy of Hamlet to stare at the cracked ceiling...
...Next!" called the director as he opened the door to let a young man with a tan sweater, a crew cut, and a moist forehead leave. The girl in green, still clutching the script, entered the casting room. The large room was scattered with broken furniture, the floors were bare, the walls empty. The director's welcome echoed against the dirty windows while the producer smiled reassuringly from behind an ancient desk. They chatted for a few moments about the play and the weather--the director, the producer, and the young actress...
Whatsoever a Man Soweth. Near Mineral Point, Wis., love-struck Farmer Jack Kenyon Jr. doctored parts of a quarter-mile stretch of hillside with fertilizer, persuaded his beloved to elope with him after the hill turned green with the 300-ft. letters: JULIE...