marboman

Don't get too excited David, this is all just theroretical but when I read this artical I understood that a marble is an art work that hits us on all levels,including primitive,emotional,dislike or "Yes that's it!"

Thought some might be interested Article by Betty Edwards, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, p231 Placing color in the brain Given sufficient light to percieve colors, scientists also tell us that the brain's reaction to colors seem to depend on the differences in thinking modes of the various sections of the brain. Very bright, intense colors (and colors that shine and glitter) draw a response from the so-called "primitive" brain, the limbic systems. This response is an emotional one, perhaps connected to our biological heritage of color as communication. For example, many people say, "When I get mad, I see red!" The inverse of this exclamation perhaps describes the situation whereby an intense red elicits an emotional, aggresive response. The main role of L-mode, generally located in the left hemisphere, is to tag colors with names and attributed, such as "bright blue," "lemon yellow," or "burnt umber," and to translate into words our emotional reactions to colors. Additionally, L-mode is specialized for designating sequenced steps in mixing colors- for example, "to mix orange, add yellow to red," or "to darken blue, add black." The right hemisphere (or R-mode) is specialized for the perception of relationships of hues, particularly for subtle linkages of one hue to another. R-mode is biased toward discovering patterns of coherence, specifically toward combinations of hues that balance opposites- for example, red/green, blue/orange, dark/light, dull/bright. In his 1976 essay "The Dialectics of Color," Dr. Peter Smith states: "Since the right hemisphere has a strong interest in the way things fit together to form a closed system, it may be said to be a decisive factor in the esthetic response." This closed system may be what artists speak of as unified, harmonious color- that is, color in relationship that are locked into balance. Perhaps R-mode recognizes the satisfying wholeness of properly unified color and reacts with a pleasurable sence of "Yes. That's it. That's right." The converse is also tru: R-mode recognized unbalanced or disunified color arrangements and perhaps longs for unity and the missing parts of the closed system. An individual may experiance this longing as vague dislike- a sence that something is missing or out of place. R-mode has another important role in color: seeing which combination of colors has produced a particular color. Given a range of grays, for example, R-mode sees which one is warmed with red, which is cooled with blue. Hope you enjoy,from a favorite Art book.bo

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Give this a try. Find a well built ,inconspicuous box.Get some 1/2" foam and back it with cardboard.I make the holes 5/8".These are not brag boxes but alot of marbles can be stored safely.The white foam shows of the marbles well.

Here are some additional cat's.Steph the marble you liked,black and white is really black, white and light blue.Top right hand corner,below that row of cross threws.Have a great day.

Alley,be sure to look for aventurine while your searching.You will find it in the green hy-brids mostly but check them all outside in the full sun.The green and blue cat's pictured have it ,that other marble is just a favorite of mine,no aventurine,have fun.

Great marbles all around here are some nice cat's some have aventurine.

Bubbly Jabo's,might look cool?A little aventurine,some oxblood?

Just a guestion,do eight 1/2" marbles weigh the same as one 1" marble? or four 3/4" marbles? I can't find a proper scale.

Great cats!! here are some crossthrews

It may have aventurine?Many marbles from that run had accidental aventurine.Looks like that marble has a translucent color where I have found aventurine.

Certainly not pretty enough to be a Peltier,must be a jabo.

Steph,your mib looks like a Japanese pinch pontil.Cool marble

Yes,this is a good seller and he ships fast.I bought nearly 100 aventurine marbles from them last year in one group,what a score.Not sure I would buy that personalized china,he has 38 pages of stuff to sell?

Marblemansion,I am sorry to hear you are not enjoying your hobby at this time but all things change and heal with time,I am told.I am privaliged to work at my own bussiness with my wife,she is a great partner.Everynight as we drive home we take turns sharing three things that we are thankful for that happened that day.Many times we have more than three things each to be happy about,it's very uplifting.Very rarley are marbles one of my three blessings for the day,there is much more to life than marbles.Rather than throw out the marbles you love so much it might be a good idea to set them aside for awhile and focus on the things you can identify,understand and be thankful for.We all become frustrated ,these are hard times but there are things you can give thanks for.Hang in there,bo

Here is one blue base with white ribbons.Not perfectly formed,probably why I hadn't noticed it until now.Appears to be NLR ,it's opaque,and I have seen that shear mark before on other NLR.But who knows? Size is 27/32" Does it have a name?

In the middle of this picture is what I believe is a Panda.It has white, black and blue ribbons ,no aventurine.

I have this one,baby blue, black ribbons with aventurine.Panther?

Got this one last summer,I think it's quartz? size is 1-3/16"

Here are some Jabo's I picked out because of there simplicity of color ,one does have black.Most have less than three colors.

Here are some pelts

OK,I get it.You didn't like the dog? P.S. There is a Rembrandt exhibit today at the Nevada Museum of Art,Judy and I are going over there.Have a great day everyone!

And dogs. Now "I" am done feeling braggadocious.And can't we call IT what IT is? Bragging is OK. If Steve can brag can't I show off a little? He hopes to sell marbles,I hope to sell art one day.Fair dink'm? You know when we weren't shoot'n mibs or lagging coins as kids we were probably bragging about some toad ,or a sinkhole somewhere.I'm on my way.

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