© irene waters 2017
This imitation leather is so realistic I had to touch it to convince myself that it was not leather.
© irene waters 2017
This piece was made entirely from wook.
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When the Vanuatu boxing champ came to our island and stayed at our resort, all our workers suddenly started imitating him. Sparring with each other whenever possible.
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This imitation beach is set right in the CBD. Office workers can at lunch time pretend that they are at the beach.
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This imitation guard dog is one you don’t need to exercise or feed. I think he would only stop imitation burglars though.
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Were dinosaurs able to walk on water?
In response to Paula’s prompt for Thursday’s Special
Imitating is something we all do. I don’t know who said it but according to them nothing is original. This makes sense as once a theme has been done once everything that follows is simply a variation of it. Originality becomes harder and harder to achieve the older the world gets. Possibly the only thing that is original is yourself so if you want to stay original – then be yourself.
Some quotes that I enjoyed about imitating.
“When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.”
― Eric Hoffer
“Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery – it’s the sincerest form of learning.”
― George Bernard Shaw
“Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different.”
― T.S. Eliot, The Sacred Wood
“Parrots mimic their owners. Their owners consider that a sign of intelligence.”
― Marty Rubin
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
Lots of words and pictures to think about – especially love the dinosaur! So would my grands!
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The dinosaur sits in the pool at Mum’s retirement village to ward off the ducks. They change the creature floating every few months to keep the ducks on their toes (or rather wings) Seems to work.
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I loved this selection of photographs and your entertaining commentary.
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Thanks Robbie.
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Thank you, Irene!
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Buon pomerriggio 🐞
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Hallo. Thanks for dropping by.
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Haha! “he would only stop imitation burglars…”
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What is wook? I just hope it is not related to wookie.
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Haha.
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