https://livesteven.com/2026/08/03/lets-get-it-right-from-the-start-it-is-almost-an-oxymoron-to-talk-about-a-home-decoration-style-for-style-however-you-define-it-is-a-cold-thing/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-08-03T08:18:05+00:00Let’s get it right from the start. It is almost an oxymoron to talk about a ‘home decoration style’ for ‘style’, however you define it, is a cold thing!dailyprompt, fashion, lifestyle, home, dailyprompt-2837, home-decor, interior-design, ai-answers, style-or-content, a-house-is-not-a-homehttps://livesteven.com/2026/08/02/if-love-be-rough-with-you-be-rough-with-love-prick-love-for-pricking-and-you-beat-love-down-a-quotation-is-a-thing-used-again-to-make-it-live-not-a-thing-to-save-and-favour-in-sec/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-08-02T14:31:23+00:00“If love be rough with you, be rough with love. / Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down.—”. A quotation is a thing used again to make it live, not a thing to save and favour in secret. This blog in honour of Sisu Theatre’s production of ‘Mabel’, a dark feminist fantasy on sex/gender and the death of Mercutio.dailyprompt, writing, books, theatre, shakespeare, reviews, dailyprompt-2842, susu-theatre, mabel, romeo-and-juliet, mercutiohttps://livesteven.com/2026/08/01/does-anyone-relate-to-the-two-peasants-binding-firewood-by-pieter-brueghel-the-younger-as-moralist-and-entrepreneur-as-the-barber-institute-of-fine-arts-identifies-their-maker-if-not-wh/Steve_Bamlett_blogen2026-08-01T13:19:30+00:00Does anyone ‘relate to’ the ‘Two Peasants Binding Firewood’ by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, ‘as Moralist and Entrepreneur’ as the Barber Institute of Fine Arts identifies their maker? If not, what could be the use of art that approaches humanity through the making of types, not persons?dailyprompt, art, books, history, painting, dailyprompt-2839, pieter-breugel-the-elder, pieter-breughel-the-younger, two-peasants-binding-firewood, painting-and-ethics, human-value-and-art