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Inspiration.Susan Maxfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454449486304228243noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794642080897544146.post-87411431972962314922012-05-29T17:40:00.038-07:002012-06-19T23:29:47.954-07:00Anne Taintor<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu14cVFe7n08midGCAekjHXcdEovFtRCijRwDbD3PAnK6UtaYCXmowBfJcJWWmDkjeiccJaDJagXHNWCFdIwWxSDqkL1Kc2V_Qn2VldJJrJ6la64StUKsw1Un1ar1wfkSn76ojUZi59ms/s1600/Anne+Taintor+Portrait.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu14cVFe7n08midGCAekjHXcdEovFtRCijRwDbD3PAnK6UtaYCXmowBfJcJWWmDkjeiccJaDJagXHNWCFdIwWxSDqkL1Kc2V_Qn2VldJJrJ6la64StUKsw1Un1ar1wfkSn76ojUZi59ms/s320/Anne+Taintor+Portrait.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5751503847151264738" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I first became familiar with Anne Taintor's hilarious 1950's ad alterations when I worked at the UMFA gift shop and could smirk at her merchandise all during my shift. They appeal to the feminist in all of us. I eventually purchased the magnet, notebook, and keychain.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWK5-6R9YOeTDObECL14t0cYTb4Afx4M7pLg72-iA_4BQnFQ8dRyvpClYxx_hGIy3wF69Z6KCaTEupzw41Y1MxVnceGXeg30PC4Ym0PrwtTIrT2BJD5u3WijJ9NTCX-RTGLYIYoGc05AA/s320/Magnet.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5751505604030273426" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 188px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1bwb46GbIqVGcw4XVWvzWvKjK2efMYHxCWMpPvmaLQda5SazsvPNGglsTGpaKM_jcMdibXuRNxviB0xLgBzrETyzafkj379_ZvsxQb4_tK7suY8mdl55CXkPLZQVPoowYWhTU-kDX4AA/s320/Notebook.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5751502783001677554" /></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6vlT2lhgtoJgLskuT3PUS9G0bBMq-bQkydo7kZTBpciZ_t92hQnC3W_HuQJ57bhVwZPnvj7XfA7fPRqwSHZuybG2XsjXom-lYJ1ldgCDG7-Q48yiIPmAAX-lR9Ad_pMv474JkdZXytpI/s320/What+Muffled+Screams%253F.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5751505601558817570" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Witty and irreverent, they take the idealized views of women in 1950's advertisements and give them a modern bite. What perhaps were these women actually thinking about their narrow, pre-determined roles as housewives? Were they fulfilled, or made to think they </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">should</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> be if they had the right house, car, husband, kids, and newest appliances? </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">They remind me of those WWII propaganda posters, but vamped up to perpetuate gender stereotypes and white male dominance in the world.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGgUt8SkAQPMALWlKU8n82IBZvf5jjLBUhF9ZJEgLeqsWwSmQ0PZuB8Xe4TZhbjJDx7eSHI2B_5lTmt1xytxcT49XWJPhCoa0qBmOx6XTRoH0xvatzl4HHE3aml7krwjuZElzKQXnLnqg/s320/A+Lady+President.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5751506267977403074" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEz9A96MjLKAqk9xSgsEEkdfR5KOpCot02z5Q6XTYBXOCB8dk9kmQi8BAK-xCzIqYsREmTIzDd8A9xCxdmOrU_aj7a-OCmcDx5pNWNn_dtvQBy7l1oLHZXbCAfn-MqqjK-RksEtbCApM/s320/Birth+%2526+Change+Diapers.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5751506275369283714" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 251px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhYTxTAh7oKnNP8yFUzpRYkE8gnHSk0XOkcDK1mDpGza7f1hZr-O0jh_13Hagf2faO4wtCz8yjhk-y3O3e9FhLPoAl_-i3cjFwps-MLEHqoS00JcFuWcHt4TpJjhB3quzGmDGHyVMF0A/s320/Practical+%2526+Thoughtless.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5751506608303367906" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 314px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1aQnVKmo8vTXmJ3-rdVsDE0WWpnP8Pcty4-_fQRwC4pDSrBxxq3bJL3Q8gJbesMnfxCMM8xPlxQrpAANUREJm273t4LaLDoCNXNR1Vh9_3NJ42ZbPRh3hMohcWpgrHNuMMNrjDNVrEd4/s320/My+Needs+Last.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5751507411147900178" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 250px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Born in Lewiston, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Maine in 1953, Anne Taintor attended Harvard and graduated in 1977 with a degree in Visual and Environmental Studies. As a student she enrolled in a class on collage animation which would become her technique of choice (hey, me too). She eventually moved back to Maine working as a cartographer drawing maps for state atlases. She continued collage, but </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">her art was more of a sideline than a full-time occupation. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgid5M24QsAtuxZ69FMTz_6l3TAHYPukFktyYMVmcUxFegVP__CMiGhIoout7YLrjtZpzLHXNuP-Pr9vVbcMKv3l8KvZngqiyf3mG4Bbkdy21VKMsh4Y7ZyMpmU7fRE682HBiah9z-aIRA/s320/Volunteer+Again.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5752511990638966578" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 250px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjskcrPirlYgBkbyS-5JRT2sz5Fouihfp-1Z7Byji5GqxvcIaypXycO0Zl9dFaRvoJOXEyUCopT556cYF4dAhVC6rrz96FgveQnn6E5JQCuEUgnCVtc4LJZSlhW1RdODnLymshhJ8hyphenhyphen5C0/s320/My+Whole+House+Was+Clean.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5752617621472527426" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 250px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Then, in 1985, after working many odd jobs as a single mother to support her daughter, she began to develop a line of collaged pins and magnets she </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">would sell at local craft fairs</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. They were an instant hit with her customers, though it took awhile longer for her to be brave enough to “quit her day job”. </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In 1999, with her daughter away at college, Anne and her husband moved to a tiny town in North-central New Mexico, and in 2011, they returned to her native state of Maine where she now resides.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJy87JggVIswvFvI8OIHphHrqgopiTP3HbEWjSRzwnqZy31Zgt0r-DlIPq1VOYAiJgbS9rltBTOvEHUBv87-bcm6Ny4C37iMjT5YLbfi2BqXUeJuj36FNiLMQtFxf1qZWzYW8BBUO0Dgc/s320/Dinner+Again+Tomorrow.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5752595284262572722" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 250px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtpwqU3KUg0Iah63X0rxftRD_krezHP0XEvX3J-Ft18d6vf5jA3tfwRuH4G5cceuo8J_h2YgbXIOYNvlBW3MBCFJnb0Ms7fQDhQ7hm4NkM7i2l70OQtbk4rfvfTVsc89mFr_joQyCe9vU/s320/Housework+Rules.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5752595287185602658" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 243px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">What is it about these 1950's ads that is so ridiculous? Perhaps it's the ever-gleaming smiles of the freshly done-up models in the midst of household drudgery. What better way to propagandize something so menial than by making it appear glamorous. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZRKln7qq-y97Gup5E9ZBQtWmy3vMx3YUQ0oQhiMc4TSR4cGH1AUzySLXP3qcujgKR79ioTNlp9yi9lMNn35AyTmXj9SeAylypOuzk30zDdTIoQvIIj1W8nMNj1xt4cQsK4BEGuk6o5xI/s320/Make+Your+Own+Dinner.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5755991848014344802" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCldZzRK_GC1aleA6U-i5D7R3zFpwowO5gmKOzru2WDhLNWqUvShYM3mIt3CIUcAIsd87VDh5bp3TDANVnEGFltU03GJprwjAM5iItbsm5sHQWt3WPFL_HjDyB3UWpS9WgCBrvl-GhlMs/s320/Excitement.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753734594261209490" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">No wonder housewives took so many valium pills and drank too much. I'd be depressed too if society told me I had to look perfect, clean perfect, cook perfect, and act perfect every second of the day whilst doing some of the most soul-sucking, humdrum labor there is. And you were supposed to like it. If not, there was something wrong with you.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnDtGhUaRfVh7tVwgzqsONw_UDZ9l7iSi6l4TQO-9rFmlFGIBg4lS6ykea9oNivrh6X90Uwblqr8SZgiQD9ofiPFcwuyi9PB3ebC1UItLtNt1mYlv3GbexMZIXYBTKF5a6XUtw7gHeDI/s320/Bite+Me.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753734568841849378" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizWFuD9FaIRwR1buDA8QdRBWs8dbK6W_tgMbI3Fm6fw0YxomubMe3a7yAPdzPAwpI5255P7yMY24sQZ3BSVecKWHn4OGNamxFQxF3dSRdtFT4J6WuU0lTWBWqUI3yXeKS9CoIkHNyXCDc/s320/Trapped.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753734573162664898" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">I don't blame Anne for her tongue-in-cheek critiques. I mean, have you ever really looked at 1950's advertisements? They're extremely sexist and racist. I'm grateful times have changed.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8xvdV8OA04xz0VH85cH2OunX0fCP4gpz9T0aTLeg-ylEjvHRnCI6TKRz_uUjJQGb3Gv4VRfjY7yUVLYEx8TANFFvBqiiixG4Fq_lJOyXwJMXMSOrx9SIab1n6jofNMvR9s79paRaLVo/s320/Pep.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753355230133015298" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 215px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj64H8HUhAcPlXWBlj6t9eAvOpR4srkWZWHUu9AHMKEGrAev-DFv5w7CNF8geSTA7XqOCcj6nuxbjxYqmoD8exgPMEatve9jVPRI5OgcgsCODTprSpFMTHFl5f5Znsd9x8uLXhpsHdBGEI/s320/Men+Better+Than+Women.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753352903878263426" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbrQX8memKvlwtwH0TRuvN9egMvFp1RGzK4L7MoI4xeLedPvL9qbhvtMtQJdQeTSZb67jvquFFUqwG-tcCBwIaLGLmEpbmMEbmLTK6uRCPclQsYCDcaie38IxVliQr_PkvQJOxu-lvE0/s320/Where+She+Belongs.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753356920188804194" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 253px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg328_4L-dnOfs-kwNSwDaPPh4Xvew8b0F9zmr_pvpqoeil-El2Z9lVw6zsM15LJmYwS4GVnDzQpA1ATH9Ed_DcUsXu71yiI4SNLcpm2VBC4RDwj5R-dsOIRX2tst9V7MkwS53destjw3c/s320/That%2527s+What+Wives+R+For.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753353727757616978" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 317px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">While on the surface some of these ads may look harmless or even appealing, the underlying messages is everything dark and insidious. Instead of encouraging healthy human relationships built upon mutual love and respect, they encourage ones built upon competition, insecurity, and jealousy. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"Men, make your wives self-loathing and insecure as they realize you're unhappy with their looks or domestic performance and may act out in passive-aggressive, violent, or unfaithful ways. After all, it's their own fault."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyGDb85cJVm3dulUy0VFhag9Ivk-GVFDt8WhecBkyQgnghMX13tFC7Fse1FMrQxIwyDdlOPdq5c5HonAkQZsGZgxiS6LX9xqzABJKgy_oYA_fvBGpyLgNMi-2C9bDa4AnaVWtcLLOtjWE/s320/Lysol+Douche.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753352910898346466" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 149px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPzd2ZzStjdQ_lE8eOaE0-0_3CukTtKjgocmYsX_e8wlolou3trv8ahh0FiAAxoRK96UgwFrOsfQSQ6inG-tdXmWdl4hOMYCz7J1sz3BzwStEYZnzpsPZQZwgeIE03GAO63aqXbwna5Lo/s320/Not+Young+Enough.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753355236209189378" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 203px; height: 300px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBCxZ5ZbgCx5naUVQBYR0mwWYEFW30LmBEwcQ78uWoHeVc8z31nsDSCqQjLZTdk0sJ78dziKg6UjvTuDaPdZivv1XcZilM2z6DAsYaXGElI4vaHVOsAtLAHp3MzTeUrWvvmTY-FCSsP4s/s320/Didn%2527t+Burn+the+Beer.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753352914596681314" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 219px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcAf63fJYQyHYOH0ILWUHc0sS-jmEH9FXUTMYCgbBdaLNA9VcXQv4imPAUXJAEDpC_SjWjMB6mQ39TIVHMvuVzcurLhzfv9dJEAIPreNnuOgyQaK2dpWfOISRDSySJlQieWkyb_3lWCU/s320/Beating.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753353723982727506" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 285px; " /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"Women, make the other housewives in the neighborhood jealous of your cooking and appliances."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy-PQvsCRxoji3H7k5z51Cm3pyaH9Qohiah_KqfoLxS9u-8kW4HnKSKb2dny71VyMswcb8uAXr5-JnixvmLESuA0BUrGTnKkW8BuP52Ibc-ZQ9QD69AoYKS0-8N1gLfkSYFx0bcbfbqKo/s320/Blank2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753358754876879586" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 266px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgswoiJHXzJZWz9aK8wqZh1X0oVqLaI_QSfiWlYUEi3QCkpB94BU3TmUrjttSywc2GhE0Ab9SDb2OMGKQkfMhfBXB6xf85zeSRXst-tnaDUeqBNsz1IdXvBD6sp0F2NbYyFHO0hy_vhhzE/s320/Stuffed+Fridge.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753365862216728626" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 317px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"Girls, make the others at school jealous of your large breasts, tiny waist, and loads of oggling boy friends."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Dh4q-CMg_9RURieYBNkqtE6abiESsoOLG_f3ynDFXARWW8LYaNnaO7xPyqTC0MPAGloT6XAIehJWzFqLNH09q8wJRi_Pc2D5Xa3M1IfOdLZwDvBXE1N8pb4rcW9ntzpuB7Zxe9ZctWk/s320/Projection+Equipment.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753362486618401394" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 191px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhakLN5VIuFORELikT_YOLKShgDdASlRniMpeaku4P0LQVjHpJZp0mlsBJwgjIVI-bAQYsDamDpzMR1LaXgg3d02w2t4BEJTTYc2xJgTIPpushrb1tNYw_cM9Kg4FfHmmrTcZrVJrHZjt4/s320/Permalift.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753369211370871650" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"Ladies, you're dainty, delicate flowers so play helpless. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJZ9Aai7jjO6Wc63ROA1U7z6lpX_VDfZk_J9Y1w8fpiCePYS9t5jYa9sGCu32NVrqnTjkTlW6x_-wjL1hng0NxeWwrAvC-D-keSmv2AmY87hqLayeQhL822TS_tgqjLlbHYzXCJYHfnLI/s320/Even+A+Woman+Can.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753366517472887298" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfi6loWocxVytH9aT2B_X5gklu7mxX291wfzYv1-W2AA7gm3rxVFfqn6m9_R_stKg7-FylQi_IMrSgLtkL3d8pnSkFrVRFyC7YPEABsl2grE3FCy3ZEGyLdBdU062AGkM2vBDe1ARSSmw/s320/Tieing+Skate.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753367031500936434" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 320px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Wives, your sole purpose is to adorn the home, so dress accordingly, and use your 'delicate disposition' to get overly emotional and manipulate others into cohersion--especially men."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWdQYGIDV2S8AUEDSU9BdYHQGPDrI9CyVA653BMLxLwev7ZmuYVL3f_Ud9qWRi9AusUcuyFWLUnT5FBa0oAYDQYT_JHW3vnwvYVC0ueTgXGosE2MKqW3uPndyTDYTo-VZ_zfDvujT1sQ/s320/Wife+Dressing.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753356928715876338" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwL9LHf4T9MF7nv46vdrQaI75p7nITdkSTvtnU6-5QZSKfkH_LhTR1GLU_vcXe4vE203WYZxNIujVlZzUvivr7ui2Tp5wHAx2iZymuoBYUlkI6WR1E4ZaL7g06yrhTql0_2R9nwDe8ufs/s320/Wives.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5753352912685695634" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Some people may look back to the 1950's with fondness and nostalgia, but if you look closely under the glossy veneer and glamorous smiles, you will find a dark underbelly of racism, sexism, ignorance, and oppression. It was a time when women were restrained to lives of domestic slavery, and anyone who didn't fit the mold--blacks, asians, jews, homosexuals, socialists, the mentally ill--were portrayed as backward or sinister and had their rights limited, or they had to stay hidden altogether.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj14ovqXqGmPbPsjl-gLb6Po8iTaCLqSUmJ15FJHYbCraTvk2llj3Hw-iuL29tsh2Sat580_G1IlQFJB20WvG1feHZ9WXdYEmhH9xDUSOcMMy98Ttn-Tlk6Vm1Fs13EEcw3iQJtLJT9E4I/s320/little-rock.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5756001233952148754" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 274px; " /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUiKXJT7IvSNgJ_VFkyKC78-8BTZ6NVLFnlPTUROMXR852qhkZPapXpGEqmGuDiRQNR-QcdSavgmuhef7V0A9LX_Ha343Gx4ERqCFWy_NJK8-RmqjlKdKjl_N2y24dO66-upHdGRzzYtQ/s1600/birminghamalabamafirehose1963.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUiKXJT7IvSNgJ_VFkyKC78-8BTZ6NVLFnlPTUROMXR852qhkZPapXpGEqmGuDiRQNR-QcdSavgmuhef7V0A9LX_Ha343Gx4ERqCFWy_NJK8-RmqjlKdKjl_N2y24dO66-upHdGRzzYtQ/s1600/birminghamalabamafirehose1963.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUiKXJT7IvSNgJ_VFkyKC78-8BTZ6NVLFnlPTUROMXR852qhkZPapXpGEqmGuDiRQNR-QcdSavgmuhef7V0A9LX_Ha343Gx4ERqCFWy_NJK8-RmqjlKdKjl_N2y24dO66-upHdGRzzYtQ/s320/birminghamalabamafirehose1963.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5756001247500676802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 246px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTyFVBlsNrGuP7jdt_gq6B071mSE7Odiqr8TqSefdqP8x17lpD2l5fizYZUJ3brvmDx9wXbl7LKmJXBFaV8PpBIKROzHHuNpspPl83gFV2v_rXi5uBSk69Vt3PeuK-kIWeVR_GO_cZuOs/s1600/anitabryant.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTyFVBlsNrGuP7jdt_gq6B071mSE7Odiqr8TqSefdqP8x17lpD2l5fizYZUJ3brvmDx9wXbl7LKmJXBFaV8PpBIKROzHHuNpspPl83gFV2v_rXi5uBSk69Vt3PeuK-kIWeVR_GO_cZuOs/s320/anitabryant.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5756001242307121330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 304px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Thankfully, times have changed, and even though things are not perfect today, more people than ever before have Equality of Opportunity, and are not restrained by societal prejudices. Thanks to smart women like Anne Taintor, we can all look to the past with a giggle, feel empowered as individuals, and really be grateful for how far we've come. 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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Spring is starting to rear it's little head outside, and since it is such a mild, pleasant day I thought I might share an animation that so wonderfully captures the essence of nature in all its precarious ways. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Please enjoy, <b>Volgens de Vogels</b> (2007) by the young Netherland-born animator, Linde Faas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It truly is art in motion isn't it? I love the look and feel of the sketchy pencil lines, and the movement of the animals which is so subtle and lifelike. Linde must have carefully studied the various flight patterns of different birds to achieve that effect; even the perspective of their bodies as they fly under and away from the camera is skillfully executed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I think because it is spring I wish everything were more colorful (even though it seems to be set during late autumn). Despite the monochromatic palette, everything feels light and weightless as seeds and leaves float softly through the air, and silhouetted birds fade into a misty fog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Born in Zeist, The Netherlands in 1985, this young animator, Linde Faas, graduated "Cum Laude" with a Bachelor of Design Degree from the Art Academy in Breda in 2008. She is currently working as an Animator, Designer, and occasional Illustrator of children's books (images below).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">She has a wonderfully whimsical and atmospheric style; sketchy, dreamy, splattered, and drippy, almost like a Stephen Gammell illustration, but not so disturbing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Check out Ms. Faas' YouTube <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/lindefaas">page</a> to see more of her creative animations and screen tests. It's obvious she is an extremely talented artist and animator and I hope her work will continue to flourish and receive the exposure it deserves. In the meantime, we may continue to enjoy the lovely detail and nuance she captures in each frame. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div>Susan Maxfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454449486304228243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794642080897544146.post-46991454348560206642012-02-04T15:14:00.037-08:002012-03-31T20:44:47.826-07:00Su Blackwell<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxPIKIoj26GlHn_KL4rRnXdSroQWg5lSiwnnPP8FH3TSKbqlPHnlM6RkTRTgpC-sd7vh0jpE2Phvn-DLRFIaO6vSLmOmPB5N7eeAJMOWjQTe_8gwrC3Bfjk6MrNUz2RuUNHEu3Hub3R8/s1600/Portrait3.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxPIKIoj26GlHn_KL4rRnXdSroQWg5lSiwnnPP8FH3TSKbqlPHnlM6RkTRTgpC-sd7vh0jpE2Phvn-DLRFIaO6vSLmOmPB5N7eeAJMOWjQTe_8gwrC3Bfjk6MrNUz2RuUNHEu3Hub3R8/s320/Portrait3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725895958247718690" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></a><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Oh my goodness, there's nothing I love more than paper cutouts with a touch of whimsy, so when I discovered the marvelous workings of artist and art director, Su Blackwell, I fell </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">instantly</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">in love!</span></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; 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each one had to be so meticulously cut and placed.</span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Lyu_Q-rH56Ioa5jRVV9NwF-YVeeS4iA5Wl5-ZQxCkT0YotdmIGJSYMXr52aUMOlDZjy2u5Eqxv-wY0dufVt4a8h5aLgjEsVu3LDCeJ-Utkv9DK_lZLdknY_5YpKytkcy_q5nW_HRXcw/s320/Libelle_48C.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725895973185182802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhPDlxZxML5eqkdVkeP9PojoXWnnLxoBNnSP3IeWHpDn5rdAxNL7xwiIBcNdVRI74ZEBQZ81SQJHOLhBSuft2QqnDqKAu8MIgS0Y-pSmTNbCOAEy7fNGbs6EkpIy0RO5cJwTSKjQUJuc/s320/birds+in+forest.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725946011885746898" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 244px; " /></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJgVZ7glesRqA7RhNTPH8LbijDzU08jm8UGaARUpj9rDT_5N_QgRLJLROcTzmsq6zPSwFcvbrxkjQifFhTt2Bw3vwKmjkSbZ-ApJM2b88eqk2B3bD76Eom4Z_GJmV4vGy1w_JNJzrEBk/s320/forest2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725946342520605842" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 263px; " /></span></div></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Born in Sheffield, England in 1975, Su Blackwell grew up frolicking in the nearby woods and designing fantastic stories to vent her wild imagination. You can really see the woodland influence in much of her work, and I can understand why; there is something wonderfully magical about forests (it is where sprites and fairies dwell, after all).</span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir5Ob49qXcG44IVhN2ExhNxj6hDPaqrO1sdVG4lvH_Of2m7yfpnsBZfA7Nw72MmQtTc1V6eDKmjP3BKAuUk7GdiNC-mmCbzPMdS3xBShgLzMR73HAOQKqWqCeyrXIuvDZmKvBt9B8TwjU/s320/secret+garden.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725946629101460418" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 237px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qTcYiWXtqALImY-K5js9bpfz51giuXJ32bNoFIX67ThjiL3_uHe9owXvZXl_aH43cZ509hohaOX8nzmTxH1EvUwzS4MsWdgzfrBVugmGt6qNPXfnkH7nwASbIhwvj_g0wviYuP5Fu7U/s320/dancing+ladies.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725946010055807426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 191px; " /><br /></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgll4m38mVsIHPYIQNCcdawOq4u8dsdXMvNrk0KzkvhAUVygxOVEUA0W6EDq6DIB4zXGOAQHh2CI8rjJ4LJpjSqkPe-3_2-0qi4zXhA6cZkvSPcWXrTsWrh7pETDn4qD3zu6Ys5kclEffs/s320/forest.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725946014317791666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 246px; " /><br /></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnBd3FYW9Nq-rmTJA2yplANshRUtM1HVRw_oGRX2b1u7Zv7gs_fZ25IydwrFzE5YMI-XJf_-QS6mMtpjZbCToa69fiHBjng3IKBySiAUXWDhiguAuF5LnYF1PRaNceiN-Au-17GZholyQ/s320/papercut_forest.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725895959454815602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">When she entered Bradford's College, Blackwell felt drawn to textiles and chose it as her focus of study. Later, she earned her MA in Textiles from the Royal College of Art in London (where the Brothers Quay and Suzie Templeton also studied!). I certainly love the variety of pattern and texture in textiles as well; you can really see that influence in her paper works.</span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ4PMXo6T_L475WthI2ypNO2RVvbPTmsMTSgaRW4r7Lq8TvyAIL3SAilgOgBRFfYSeZ3ixqQE3fQd7tG7Z2by-gHFrWbiZnyDm4WoQS5MpSlGg09RDowUnlH73uvBtng1911jJqCGKqTo/s320/bookart.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725941706248185954" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 231px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PPXFjURKYmg9cO0cIAkczeFP5wQL_iMuLOmhbznKU4k1jmHrM0Tf7N7a5OBLT7_od1AiampDpWeBP63XuhuQXO052ZRv8o26bGi0I5unnzoZDRdGCjlbVtuwiq-zzR_RCKN3qEIArGQ/s320/Detail_Texture.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726247722552139506" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQrYm3YoO2kIbWAOCpyK4eLYDomAAJL95zqHK7clbHp-hEeOAjW5mXU6iVeAFZN1zFQVVDT2f6fcaf3bhv83xu1n4GWG_bMlj5YeE1WnNLS0FtGZSWdysqpSptpc86Of-loAmD-rmmEnY/s320/Aspen+Trees.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726247191601731394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After graduation, Blackwell took a trip to Thailand where she bought a beautiful second-hand book. She began cutting moth shapes out of it with a craft knife to illustrate a Chinese legend she felt connected to. This soon led her to work with fairy tale books as well and by 2006 she was getting a lot of exposure and opportunities for solo shows and commissions.</span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAs6dE3g9Oy4XBKwegD-GLjCNuN0w_7904pbyOUlbDlxmke6VC2m0h-1ayUYwNaFCrHJG3v4jbEdG5I2a6-x49OrtC2lOjfYgRAJQmG-h_cBCCGZF_JfKsGjNGiuVezHaXygNp0RVaYw0/s320/Ship.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725946952390520818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Harrods Magazine</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6AwwiON_eHF-wH22__U9LaINYu2hGFcsdRXKZYEaq1soXPkXIQeV2AAFKr5vbW-IOaQwcB25n5xtZ3W48fujquV4te8SoNay0M0jkCs7swyZvqvxHr5Q_1I4vAJ5BcyQIwjtEela7xHo/s320/magazine.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726247728875139074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px; " /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Harpers Bazaar Magazine</span></span></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht1pF1KMIQ-m9shfdXPgLKkj_5FkZyVVlwgj3rpVOeACDbC3gfpmrEfv9el44wKhbnuHo3GMjLxFHDxsT1s2Ul6hi-ZULDM97ITPvOPoby3OxB9Jobbr1CWciMk90nJoMjnOQ_xao2d8I/s320/2010-hapers-bazaar-us1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725940968367183250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 284px; " /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">When beginning a new project with a book, Blackwell always reads the book first, once or twice, and then begins to create the work, cutting out and adding details; she says, "the detail is what brings it all together, the magic element. It is a tediously slow process." </span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg3JYLcJy06VXhmtGaBRWjNqSpnjACo1CeCobX8MwaGf_ZksFoYSl6oxAjOGwAgpblIs9kd6FbVZ10gQ08sTo5ZpGp7Z_-opVekdguxkJrwwU6JC3kU6e_oOCIab1_cmfMS6ggpiWYGvo/s320/Alice+in+Wonderland.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725941698801802146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /><br /></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg55G5x3_ppfubaMrmQynN8JU9UKBPwdzKku62N9nOYHrQOaqnhmBKNT3qxyLZK3LkfqasvjlRLmt_nwSoDkDJTmP6pWHRlXbfkfImqJVCQxfUsyznNQ1-JytPnwTRLgdBwTcGFe1mmlbM/s320/forest3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725946591095924002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new', serif;font-size:medium;">I don't know why I'm particularly fascinated with art that requires such tedious processes (i.e. animation). I'm not a very patient person either. It must have something to do with the idea that slow and steady processes amassed over time can end up with such unimaginably intricate and beautiful creations.</span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQpUO5q-jnXE3hn5zFvWRYfHgC41P8Fuu-uAmqNH_NLcn2rI6wAWiUnLmzQxY7TQ1CDwi8T8kb2ogfERIC5Kh76erGq9LxFqBxdXtbXHocsQv0zCV6HCWL9zXa_WJazvpQnlwhZ6yTpBU/s320/ivy+texture.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725950990561738530" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 262px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmBM85Hw81YRQypAxyT5JuS3Hocto-FfgYcjVziUoRuyXRyxrx80Q9g2JeTu4g-xpv0bo3hf6eU0jZi_F0C8wF9RFRRB9eowTmRoE9LT0dsfSpeCx-eD99vQJfyuzrPJLdlFHDbNNO8MY/s320/alice%2526wonderland2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725946008621683698" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 219px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Blackwell likes paper because of its connection to spiritual rituals she encountered in South East Asia. I wonder if she drew any inspiration from the intricately cut shadow puppets of indonesia?</span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IPDfqUK1Q2IFhE6Zb1NFbS7dGLt7bJ1k8-V4H7nytdbasK7BZYWD6W06Yi3nJLf5dfV1zgct9ZOUi7T5eBJAv0-mlMOSivEywGWES9IfDc9cV_wkLgI55_BDqxhqs0t2mw3BAfOmiic/s320/Indonesian+Shadow+Puppet.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726253768579324946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKlKWrhXmvVK4vBr9A5-gtEGqo-w4fQxCUlJhUOF9SjOSZwle0IOdGy48jDpRaSqWL5uGmc1CfTLqnb7ELCOOSr_sMVCEmR_4tfr11WGsvHm9NWLPRqhA5o0gr00jYTTLj4AXL4dsku5w/s320/Indonesian+Shdow+Puppet2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726253774301275362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 264px; " /></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Blackwell says she'll never tire of paper as a medium, and in fact finds it more fascinating now than ever. I know what she means. Here are just a few examples of some marvelous Book Art I've found. The skill and patience required to make these is astounding, and the creative possibilities endless!</span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Brian Dettmer</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(The Book Surgeon)</span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_nZASlhFlovGU-6grRdTUoIvzQ4guZPAGJF0H0d9L0VaRxXjOMX0wOhOoZZRaeFJt1OswjNB_qHFOFQfVRmWi5fWwzLth5KbQd1gUthZCx1YKISFH5CsAnjaFFpg5vqoDQjEFKL6ZUSQ/s320/Brian+Dettmer+%2528The+Book+Surgeon%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726243186517716834" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Isaac Salazar</span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXPkDn_YgturSwHnOzYf3DnTj90K97xekSHcZ5tX1zkKGI-QkB_YliQzrN8kNqh79vXLP1RnR190Ea9nY0uoKn2swayutBzvvp7GbjJ_JgI1ZjTuwMTDp0rezHZT0wh9eIr73bYvMan8E/s320/Isaac+Salazar.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725950991989464258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Rachael Ashe</span></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidx1_obSICwJrxUZJObK5_BlaEV9X6TtS8XBhUGPTAvHVY1yfPjcuJ894-J1lubnf7qR3QS5K9HyWAshWWvcs37FEhgbnJuVWapQr21V7MUN6xEwj_6l0IRvHdZTnC9ppdIdMoXMSkJ8U/s320/Rachael+Ashe.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726245242617964722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 245px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cara Barer</span></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYzus5RY63SYFO9n3lH25LZy8d9yTD0iX3EmQPFjXUFtB-KDj9QoUEqSNnrHqVj_AezYdgHhYDP1Eh_OWxo9ws3z92fwjobPbFBFJvWguseay0fJtysTCS86O6VkHpryBYVD2OStiE9p4/s320/Cara+Barer.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726245236253439234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">What is it about the book that conjures such evocative emotion within us? Is it the mystery of what might be contained within its pages? Is it the boundless exchange of knowledge and wisdom? Is it the transportability of our minds to other realms? Is it the endless creative possibility? It is all these things and more. Books are personal and shared experience. They are timeless and constant--and at the same time, ever-changing with us. They are doors to endless worlds woven together with words, and all we need do to enter is turn the page.</span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMKg11wwOQ9_Yep-F1JwY1neVpkoAcGwAmsY2ToPQwB3eaOJTGDeG_vqEE6OLPJprjhLDkzo2eST6Kn9BPBawGsHXJbNdt3t4FXnySpjwFp89rqzkS5ClV0HhcHpSNjmMALIJRRZLrD8/s320/old+books.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726268676112170162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWALkqc_QvQq4RI58DVwXnKZdbVc5sU-vNuxSujHymvtxabnHF20LdNSZZlP-TC1Sp8dF2W-kadOV3bD2-isQbSurgvolk3sHPGd9RXWdaOhi3XiY1jjcnEzBrSOg5PhMrrOk98o0rHzk/s320/Library.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5726268665087720786" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In her young career, Sue Blackwell has designed dozens of book sculptures, magazine spreads, installation pieces, and commercial projects, including the set design for a play based off the Hans Christian Andersen story, "The Snow Queen.</span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7H6pax0w-J7uvDt9WZsdZn1Yz4v6UwQVho2JXO8EZKXW4HvkVngvL-AIuytbWWiDboUXGuX-YFcLnB_chhxdeEN2MxJKKZjntWQ2Px52LCnM445EqJHlgCObpLNVftoKw8owR0UZ9AA/s320/the+snow+queen.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725950983960819618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlvUrLgrLQYFb3at4MNW0tPqG-TlsBE-m-4thqM47q6Qy7fgHeBBi1gGtH-JVNQkqGkJRLcO_E1-Ort1ek0tIrBGO-4-BqeY6rq6RPorQojg7BmnYM3lIAdJWxzJFbsdnwEkUBUhyphenhyphen170A/s320/2009-penguin-uk.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725940956341115730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 320px; " /><br /></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWZbvlphzh1GHyPXYRtAQg2RKawn-n6bXaN4-EdsJJn9S2Qrf4Bv6Y-VHdlw5U8NYd8u_ei3NJZp-odKvoOty7bSDRGez3UAIuOJwnkLkO4YmzmPjZxb_I6gHkrTNZuiLJkIb9Q9J0qM/s320/nicole_farhi172.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725895964412522578" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 218px; " /></span><br /></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUDusAtylwMsGNCyUR3H4GFe-GtRapL9SZSy_KVOBnOzpknvFdDAYUTQOS7W-a3r62BLeXbZs_1-40khZqO0qJ_UOwnBdSIN4v8btp8K_ypyGeVGcK3cKICqQPuwp1N-Qix1TP43rIk4/s320/2009-sha-tin-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725940961561742546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><br /></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrRQbK0PC4gKt7DfGKwzswkFKVccqanV6JEzHxHrXWKPZHdbH80B3IH5_iWR42v0zJKfhyphenhyphenWXMYq_eDdXqlTQ0bF7p6MnHgR59ET1u5_RAU4NiiSKJIj3GGwAHpYfDGvvKQUpyZ2snf5s/s320/Installation+Piece.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725946597956555714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioq-kM9RyXARtoPZ1Xdk48zp2d9cPb04qTp60WX8IWNtGCvTD7BUkCLDR6pXTGA2kzZVXVtO0ofDGqOdpH9Bh5ZFqt_AQjyJ_epScwieaKFSTew5jmEwIsfsfwJDbDUHUhXViUMx6hPBo/s320/Dress.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5725950992892886066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 294px; " /></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Su Blackwell is currently working on a book of her own due out in Aug, 2012. She established Su Blackwell Studio Ltd. in 2011. Please enjoy many more of her pieces <a href="http://www.sublackwell.co.uk/">here</a>.</span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I wish her well in the future and can't wait to see what other magic she unleashes from between the pages of a good book.</span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div face="Georgia, serif" style=" text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">~S</span></span></div></div>Susan Maxfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454449486304228243noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794642080897544146.post-25123633634413157962011-12-13T10:23:00.000-08:002012-01-09T22:45:54.364-08:00Dianne Jackson<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Well, Christmas is fast approaching, and with that comes the annual tradition of pulling out those classic holiday films; </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It's A Wonderful Life </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(1946)</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, George C. Scott's </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A Christmas Carol </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(1984)</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, and the beloved animated film, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Snowman </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(1982)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRC3eIJIQPcZg-7rNZiNzYkUUYoo6sp4SgW1_pnALOuQDmfYRJ2Y3fJxcJa4QXgu15tTr6hCXDRzORGshvBoOvvcF2BN-OmE5gZ0GYiDYsX1sY2k14QAfGY5LjkfiAs3ajb7g8I1ta-A/s320/The+Snowman+Movie+Poster.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692083227203312546" style="text-align: justify; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 217px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Oh, what cozy memories I have as a little girl being curled up on the couch totally immersed in the magic of that story. The motorcycle ride was adventurously thrilling...</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj50BDLqG5A-F8_0YHFw_aDgpw8lIRZj9uAdQAY9OeuJph90uRG7qTMomRqlsxvkFqNPHWEX_rRuAMaz1_jGAIrTGsttNF7rLMaGCC239_wzU1pcCKrfNCNSM17twv2AWhUV4Ooq1J0Qm0/s320/The+Snowman+Motrocycle.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692086775174340962" style="text-align: justify; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The flight through the sky so beautifully chilling...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Y4VrF13pYwsSCerPXk0CvGgIIonPgQg14hd8KypqH3JyrjmjviNUbURbFrns9Fws5kCQ4kgAAWN0J9OlHYORNmLeIWitOtBsD4U-RtqZWd2ZjoGlw3qVHPphbIBG3O-VjM4QZbttLqA/s320/The+Snowman+Flying.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692088010529232482" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The visit with Santa quite warmly fulfilling...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5m-1AijGBpjfEO7x1h58kng5VLGyijaF5oI3YI3UGxpjNOQ_TGHjqsLGZ-4IhBqhtofRLQkJle3AR57QLUBsvA2t3LqHn70mmbSzxVZLpr_Zu-j0mj1wFDTyqm-ujMEw3n9LvETxV5c/s320/Santa.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692088309442460114" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And the end of the story is sadly tear-spilling. *Sniffle* I suppose all good things must come to an end...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2HekjsjKi-J88-fCrJT2WnctG9C1O55WowEHTtogBEmoZxNhDSsKimT28d6hA3lVYmI9XzwgxvbYNaNpIbNVPBO31sETe8RWccf_z0WQPso-ijth58eAXVFM5cMuP9FisP_FyrRg5E3U/s320/The+Snowman+Melted.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692091804429886770" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The movie is based off the English author/illustrator Raymond Briggs' children's book, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Snowman</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, published in 1978.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tvuGL2yerG1DmPXYzIxCW_UTHZaG1Cek0qy2IMqM6-QNAjTsYndt2Qy1_YYMjtjx9v8JuVTKVjlI8KhPLolOSB4E85mwB7_n2IDtj0FCcUPlbpTvoGIYG6pSV7iGU0XI2NRqiMDpKhg/s320/The+Snowman_Book.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692092601759540258" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 258px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The movie, like the book, is wordless, except for a beautiful quote voiced over by the author at the beginning of the film:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC99;">“</span></span><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC99;">I remember that winter because </span></span></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC99;">it brought the heaviest snows </span></span></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC99;">I’ve ever seen. Snow had fallen </span></span></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC99;">steadily all night long. And in </span></span></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC99;">the morning, I awoke in a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC99;">room </span></span></em></span></span></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC99;">filled with light and silence. </span></span></em></span></span></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC99;">The whole world seemed to be held </span></span></em></span></span></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC99;">in a dreamlike stillness. It was </span></span></em></span></span></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC99;">a magical day. And it was on </span></span></em></span></span></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC99;">that day </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC99;">I made The Snowman.</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC99;">” </span></span></span></span></em></span></span></em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC99;">- Raymond Briggs</span></span></span></span></em></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The book was adapted into a 26 minute short film for the just starting British Channel 4 station, and it has been shown on that channel every Christmas since then. Hey, that's the same channel that commissioned the Brothers Quay idents; they seem to be big on patronizing the arts and looking for independent, non-traditional styles of animation, good for them!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl4y-sSNUYd7n902KHXt64lzWwehI4cjHx6C6AS2wzEpaL58ReocUwkVKcrM3HVoHN1sqIANKzEcxfaXWH-N-afy-rpOYg-TUkU-BSAu_0xxeq7LwyMjE0vMzarOgW2bhqKFC6Z4LOXCM/s320/Channel+4+Logo.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692772110789957442" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Snowman</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is an enchanting tale about a boy named James, who one snowy day builds a snowman, and at twelve o'clock that night the Snowman comes to life! James shows him all over the house, and in return the Snowman takes him on a magical flight to the North Pole to visit Santa. The flight sequence has the most hauntingly beautiful melody, written especially for the film called, "Walking in the Air", by Howard Blake, and sung by a young choirboy named, Peter Auty. Please enjoy it below:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ubeVUnGQOIk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">*Sigh* It brings a tear to my eye.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The film was directed by animator Dianne Jackson, who did a wonderful job keeping the style of animation similar to the original illustrations drawn by Raymond Briggs. It was all hand animated in colored pencil on frosted cel vinyl, which is a truly monumental undertaking by today's digital standards! Just look at how flawlessly the change in perspective and camera angles were executed, and all without the aid of a computer.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Below is a sample cel from the film (1/24th of a second!).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGJbA9_851z89G77Mn2GsyeKwyZ2zTOIZouSqV9bsVwcQTliqqQXx1KbuHgv9ddpk_p0-rrP2SZ5K7nQx2uGZTpi0gs9oeKMZS6_SrPZysOJZhp-YKw1hW4If0HUNgUte1z4X0Efvj1oE/s320/Cel+from+The+Snowman.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692788662528544034" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Page From the Original Book</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiheQ5__zhaSUwQsgbEvHXMnUJeIzC2Yf9t1EKqSU1MX8uA7rrW6-uyQ50-NbNlirYehTIp849XygkQQE2pj95QesYbyyXHNJCjJYGoUrgiLDm3xjvral37tlYRkkaElqYokUXTHaTUzaQ/s320/Page+from+the+Book.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692793368633255218" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">I never would have imagined colored pencil could be such an effective medium for animating---what with the sketchy lines creating continuity problems---but in reality the way the crosshatches dance about the page creates a liveliness and movement that is just lovely. Every frame is a work of art, and at times it has a very painterly, impressionist feel to it.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPFmid8ZPvItqZ3um7xob0u1vl46MVKUhX_Xwg5m6OUA_CA6t4hVcHdXQ-38taxAMtz_J9OPYhQoAL7Wyh5N9Xp4LkzHljHhEwLkHx8WytSvQ3tdy-UM5lwHQp58Xpx13FKsdBNQ0v2rM/s320/Town.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692798035486882946" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 176px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGj9dmmQpFVk4PE_O33gP_xEf0Qjhy2IpiG8D1M2nWdgHDgcIJCoKT8lYKbNiMJj5xYtPoXu0-D8z5F1s1tym7_UBah_FF3imsER7p3xZsZUjUmmahL3XRyScSF51p3Sldx_aGWOdhjrM/s320/Owl.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692797895125778642" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 162px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The film was nominated for an Academy Award for the Best Animated Short of 1982, and arguably I believe it should have won.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBVb8CQsfFCTHZQO85kySJmdD6h4Ca5qHcc-jA_zbHvNavETkgBFLHhJqmKWsZtAWvzGG0Vko5Xd8lozPfjXn5ZqpTLUBAzXF0oo5g3GH58AL8L_YulluSLKfh5xh_CqcHNy1wSQxTcWY/s320/Snowman+Intro.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692798287036471666" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As a director and animator, Dianne Jackson enjoyed a distinguished career, until her premature death from cancer in 1992. Born in England in 1941, she attended Twickenham Art School, and then in 1967 she joined TV Cartoons (TVC) where she met John Coates who would become Producer to many beloved animations, and Canadian animator George Dunning who would be a vital mentor to Dianne. One of her </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">earliest credits is as one of several animators for</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> the </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">colorfully psychadealic, </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">1968 musical homage to classic Beatles' songs, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Yellow Submarine. </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipN3KRITByX3LiceCIbVIZoJNN3EbwUS6x9jK08q9MfPBvct70VpYAkKeZ2HRqP1hKRhGLVChhqGUl5KpIlFV7IilsG2-QQA04cglSZKtlJuGt0MFGsUewrg0BtKUsazasDgwce6NcaDA/s320/Beatles_Yellow_Submarine_poster.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695393313037079490" style="text-align: justify;color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 217px; height: 320px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After directing little more than a few commercials, John Coates picked Jackson to direct </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Snowman</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, and to stunning success. She even added and personally animated a dance sequence set in the North Pole that wasn't in the original book, but which maintained the character and integrity of the original story whilst elaborating it effectively.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNV06yiNwpoHVESAePaOdPXhw8UhV7bcpAYw-uxBANJ59uTTHZpi4UUNNXEbN8KSgVQJpLycpcX4vGj7yeq6BsmfCv776HNgyN-QaZilJTY_MvmVbQQC4DzNmQZmYsugT52v-WuZrJsVE/s320/Drunken+Snowmen.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695415392295383042" style="text-align: justify;color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 134px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Next, Jackson animated a fantasy dream sequence for the character Hilda in </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">When the Wind Blows </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(1986)</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">based off another Raymond Briggs book. It's about a nuclear attack on the UK by the Soviet Union from the viewpoint of a retired couple, Jim and Hilda Bloggs. There's even a song in it sung by David Bowie. :)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMpst6kVpUdt8oQ5zpNuHgYYZsnY1Tap9XyKSFkIaikBlQWZ-PfVA0M0-ww2ZakcitqaRRBaVCo7sTQPYUdK5K2mLjFV-qgFyw1exRTMYuB48fJXKaMPU2UShhZBRnJXxeqfPIoBLTt6o/s320/When+the+Wind+Blows.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695418858435249602" style="text-align: justify;color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 317px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jackson's next directorial project was a film based off of </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">John Burningham's </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">book, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Grandpa</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (1989),</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> about a girl who enjoys playing imaginative games with her grandfather, pretending to be a princess, flying fighter planes, chasing whales, and even swinging through jungle trees. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7PBzHqjDNpd8wd5jNVoHscEzDUvG-8JKeKbJWtprpMNuEOFqwjG7Z062yh4b4RBOD3dWhaYcdQxv0Y0_oXG6uDoCf5Jkh_sySTgyi19EGSrhagFJUVldS3rNrGQNOoZAPNRlBMRj42wk/s320/Grandpa.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695426794895114786" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 185px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In like fashion to </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Snowman</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, i</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">t </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">maintains the same illustrative style as the book, has the same signature camera pans, and i</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">t</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> ends with a similarly mournful death of the grandfather who brought such delight and joy to the little girl's life---just as the Snowman did to James. You may enjoy Part 1/3 below:</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/iisSLlv0-B4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jackson is credited as Writer and Story Board Artist for the animated short </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Father Christmas</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (1991), based on two books written by none other than, Raymond Briggs of course, titled: </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Father Christmas</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Father Christmas Goes on Holiday</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, published in 1973 and 1975 respectively. It is an enjoyable film about what Santa does "the other 364 days of the year" as he vacations in France, Scotland, and Las Vegas, and then returns home to answer his mail. He even meets up with the boy from </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Snowman</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> and dances with him and the other magical snowmen. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRX_i4uiz0W_rAWfGMknA2k-44Mn17Z7cRbGYwhXp5ii5BNqsua0V0WZNS2Ywf_ncU7Ja_Ij_qZUTjb2syCy2C1YZK6RIOceSaS3Dt2ap3yzItn0bv05WMdV47hJxpEBiUs_lBy92gRpw/s320/Reunion.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695438026762585362" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 237px; " /></div><div><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Just be warned, this film is much saltier than your average kid's flick (i.e. we see Santa gamble, drink, dance with show girls, "swear" (can "bloomin'" count as swearing?), undress many times, be rather crotchety and grumpy, and skeptical of foreigners (I thought he spoke every language in the world?), and we even see him take a poo in the toilet), but hey, it's all hilarious. I guess Raymond Briggs imagined Santa as a real (English) person </span></span><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(I always imagined him a Scandinavian) </span></span><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">instead of the glossy, always-jolly Santa we imagine him to be. His job would be incredibly stressful. Anyway, I think I prefer the dreaminess of </span></span><i style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Snowman</span></i><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> to this one. :)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdfTRQxpJ9Rh85Ppk7q2HDYfpyDxU_R2GRFtwmS2uJGFlLGM4ffrkmIHaoHq4P4j8vweHm2r0Dg8QnpVW-ZqAjdCVCtqoJmuhTzfKMoIt0O9qwRAJLeTG1fP-JbEumw4Upif3O2JPx28g/s320/Father+Christmas.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695427390010499458" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 320px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Finally, Jackson wrote and Directed 5 of 6 titles from the Beatrix Potter animated series, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. If you've ever read the original books you may remember that it's a magical series inhabited by disobedient bunnies, rambunctious kittens, and practical hedgehogs. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRRpvZtak2oJn7bbuz49bafW89614OoDKwFXYgU0Ca8e7BzCdFo-4qhMR9lkxfyc7OvMG4_9BgeVyq2qPpUw6xVl3OEnEnxPuX3jtLYN25O_rfO_zb__Tea2R1XaicmVL4dWSLW3QP9SM/s320/Peter+Rabbit+and+Friends.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695443135668316882" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 175px; height: 320px; " /></div><div><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As in all Jackson films, the animation is charmingly crafted to match the original books, and is paired with a few live-action sequences, these ones filmed in the English Lake District at the author's beloved Hill Top Farm.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Please enjoy two excerpts from the episodes, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny, </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> The Tale of Pigling Bland</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/MisrUJX3QGU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5CTCm-QMmRc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Alas, Dianne Jackson passed away before she could see all the films released, but she would be proud to know they were completed with the same integrity and quality she always brought to them. I'm sure she was content knowing that her body of work helped elevate many beloved stories to a level that would endear them to countless generations of children forever. And what better labor of love is there than that? Rest in peace, Dianne.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">~S</span></span></div></div>Susan Maxfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454449486304228243noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794642080897544146.post-71251477039493923942011-11-15T09:58:00.000-08:002012-02-04T15:27:11.505-08:00Tara Donovan<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvecw2b1yxd3vf0whu0b9bJKDn7ZCJWCF1xdxbwwE7usqFxCzuxSD6dq_xpuHtYAo2pEmCihb6KE-7r4xh1U7DRr7jKP7o97Tdp-xLwFKfDYBpHkv-gofIuWUTyhoRFfYKTuppy46mJvM/s1600/Button+Coral+CloseUp.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8wuEZaeCBuSyKNCsQglnUotOEMNEXygtdNPPQozA-BgbQaiWTukGpCZeoMebrKiPLOreXBiNYkrU9dwXw5mOLA0GMyJL2tnb6Q8qwil2OtpqYKNfxR1qjdAF-b88jP822iXDUu5ke7Y/s1600/Tara+Donovan+Portrait.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 269px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc8wuEZaeCBuSyKNCsQglnUotOEMNEXygtdNPPQozA-BgbQaiWTukGpCZeoMebrKiPLOreXBiNYkrU9dwXw5mOLA0GMyJL2tnb6Q8qwil2OtpqYKNfxR1qjdAF-b88jP822iXDUu5ke7Y/s320/Tara+Donovan+Portrait.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693635558461163170" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Attending art classes this fall has exposed me to some wonderfully inspiring artists. One in particular whose talent, vision, and method I greatly admire is the New York born/based artist, Tara Donovan.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi614da9dFRcZ7MhvQugnc7E2TT_dusjODMbQYsgckN3fMw73QXdY5UISXHoNBnQNBd4f775mcjNrKJp6xNEm6FmJmDkUJVq7oBwiQVj9Vr5yoKx3Y6mxrXTEINI9IszXuIPDesEgJu9D0/s320/Straws.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695152569032135826" style="text-align: justify; text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 271px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPQgnyrvcoXxH2_jemFB7T4zccS7L4OZ_4a4ikHRQR_-IokqqispbEEERMYOqM-ghcTBxnIHqepngRieRLhZ4aMPl987LcMbREENwX5JvSn8vQ5EDHaHYw2oh56GuwyrGbzxCIj7w2Uo4/s320/Tar+Paper.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695156967665828354" style="text-align: justify; text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 271px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Born in New York in 1969, Donovan received her BFA in 1991 from the Corcoran College of Art, in Washington DC. Afterward, she waited tables for six years before earning her MFA, and didn't quit her day job until her first solo exhibit in NY in 2003 proved to be a success. In 2008, she won the MacArthur Fellowship Genius Award, and has had shows at the Pace Gallery and Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, among others.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUHUo76ZIpy8XBJWLgzvjRFbMVi-C66DQsjG3Gp-ErJWhyphenhyphenYs7s8QvayrVaizyEttP4z0qrR-hDA_mSlohNXMigGDpUQm7hmjZ-53uaq9p6rYRckZoWDToMgfZoY-jYXNdpS5aO1GD_8qw/s320/Tar+Paper_CloseUp.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696232404408019634" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 271px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0Y6RYR7HZII_PIN4MUkvQiCwpIHOK8k0fNEoYM9Ez4YeEmvMYgknSETrftn5I6iXZ9JmpC8DWbslzMxfm7J3xBPRAuh-t5UdCjxSOua26hmiI6y8CssXomyAXQxm2BFvkgpLO8LRWQE/s320/Tar+Paper_Outside.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696232406910422226" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 271px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">From a distance her sculptures appear to be beautiful homages to naturalistic structures, made from polymer plastic, or graphite, or some expensive material manufactured just for her show.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But what could it be?...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk9SARqlOp1Vch1Bwvr3jJNyYW6q6U0WdDPRzpYSom1IqZ1VHvoXKHpXL4gyGqoZWFCydy5VI75MNiGqSu25ONTnHA2HtKweixHDuKAAKNpveDc88_Fiv9p9EqcY9cJ5nQMHklF2R5fIw/s320/Styrofoam+Cups.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693636519949316162" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 271px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">...Styrofoam</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Cups</span></span></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglrRrUt_I5rQTgxZaFzSm7Uw3Q31xA_xnhWn1Rl_1jT2hfiTcNW2DZXDDGZHlzfZwM3NtaGPhTta357cIvhmJB1lnrJaLB2wsPKrw0ODqSEpYrv0o3a6ZY5DlYh8LrYtOv1suIVFP47bc/s320/Styrofoam+Cups_CloseUp.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693636642983129874" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 271px; " /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But in fact, her sculptures are made from everyday "found" objects such as Scotch Tape, drinking straws, tooth picks, buttons, paper plates, and Styrofoam cups. Upon even closer inspection, I was blown away to realize the sheer mass of individual objects present and the number of man-hours required to complete the overall impression.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">?...</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYsP_8o50QkXqPmWIjflr-t5-UFJLeAK6PLz38uLKBlRPSEGqZ7_PfovmXDEaZ7vdyJ7L8Bm7znrmDsU6ueuVnxnyBzkQO7IPbt89Lhx-koo_wNVCrYU9MXJtaX_sr-tZbt0O0IJilJU/s320/Button+Coral.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693636837202364754" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 258px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">...Buttons</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvecw2b1yxd3vf0whu0b9bJKDn7ZCJWCF1xdxbwwE7usqFxCzuxSD6dq_xpuHtYAo2pEmCihb6KE-7r4xh1U7DRr7jKP7o97Tdp-xLwFKfDYBpHkv-gofIuWUTyhoRFfYKTuppy46mJvM/s320/Button+Coral+CloseUp.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693636375233762594" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 298px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Donovan takes commonplace materials and "grows" them through a process of massive accumulation, sometimes called "generative art". Using a basic structure as a guide, Donovan creates a system of processes that she then repeats in incremental units to seemingly infinite possibilities. The results are large-scale abstract floor and wall works suggestive of landscapes, clouds, cellular structures and even mold or fungus.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">?...</span></span></span></span></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyMh0Ykv3cHQkhFdiRq8z71l246Zo9uRjmeGr0f8qRHhCGcexd_f5QNks3W3s1DcgvrfLrAYMvq6RQx43RHIw4v1EYffDGDfjGS4d855vFSeVPRVKeHlr_W3mdMKyKULTl7fJvNVf9r4U/s320/Mylar.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693664393044623346" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 250px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">...Mylar</span></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1HnBn2VSKoedub8pazgUB0oT0V6Lx5JBX8-p4TqLe9u6h8j7XNlABF-V0hcEHcvJ7dwVqSfanluDZwInB_IIbhiWfQf-j7w0NXpcOBLlw7O6YHVG1FGiqo2szrgo15FJJLZ7wDlXOOdg/s320/Mylar_UpClose.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695149792472977682" style="text-align: justify; text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">?...</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xWSo-loXzYEyoRTfe9cjz_AM-bg8X995E1BbEVGuPasJvqzl2FcyrdMFFfkpkkI8-A3Htu1BMHTMnX_e4BIIOjpaWa7HhsQ8W_g3Kfi6Zsj2-vYYIFlPUQZsUMbGpFVMle9wS-AhjOA/s320/Pencils.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693664549040054706" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 250px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">...Pencils</span></span></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBQJaGbCLYE94Mc8LvDfGKqSF9igjaFfYlKG5GV-JyZ2AhRXmoqEGdYBD9RjBxcFO-Eemjd2gXltxoMrOKGAgLe8MzPArhOMS0hWBYVi9x5mmaUl_DXPqFSM_1s8kuPbaMoQLDvIBz6Ak/s320/Pencils_CloseUp.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695149932666234578" style="text-align: justify; text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 271px; " /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here is a beautiful seaweed-looking piece that consists of 2,500 pounds of plastic sheeting, loosely folded into a wide box that is glassed in the front and back, and built into a freestanding white wall. The light streaming in from the other side is all natural sunlight.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqNbCc8dpQ2i7TWLzo9NYlzxEdtFjWU2yCf-ea0psSslM-nDuMDaPK-_RncVMJ0r5qVMP4zjVaKolg9JIShikDZ5fobfBzm1Jo0qoauxhTrElM5XaHaf7yajA3mq0NN7ez5pqllALMKlw/s320/Plastic+Sheeting_Lit2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696231821186296498" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yYx4Hh1-Scp7c_1YRgKgU7LP-NQ0PP_6VxltD4ICstZQVdEx3t-AfeWT08IO95hBZaqMI2ZHQKSLeeSGVPT2pWBhzh2yutv8G1RmPugA0w3KoUhskcpBR-u84xkIs8QNdaHDYaN-DUQ/s320/Plastic+Sheeting.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695148749957723266" style="text-align: justify; text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 183px; " /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></u></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiBujixdIaNFkhjQsYeXcoiqJgjfYA2SDCAZV_3RdzqanMKr7wSCCB9eL2fHACsL4FntW6kOLbhbJW3KN5kYp5Kai2gyos0UoC3Xxu1Jf71_tIDmx96pX4JTtxMH3phkkUO6Cwx5JJaGM/s320/Plastic+Sheeting2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695148978395174402" style="text-align: justify; text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Even though Donovan's sculptures look entirely organic, "it is not like I'm trying to simulate nature," she says, "It's more of a mimicking of the way of nature, the way things actually grow." She considers patterning, configuration, and the play of light when determining the structure of her works, but the final form evolves from the innate properties and structures of the material itself.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">?...</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnkCcbRdC3VvmOkzuxMRWbPnu5523Wq5YQcARjTA6jsmp1-tHk7RydYPgYh6MqbOyxI-1wcJ-KgGMJk8Dl2LpWhQfXMRlho3n0xQVfltxiYTArtTYi8tSij9ogH__OVLJuQI7bHvgLKAQ/s320/Paper+Plates.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693637263882438098" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 271px; " /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><div style="text-align: center;line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">...Paper Plates</span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT7rN3HToYtXWmKtCSfYdGs1oxNjIjEClRUvx4Ci91MrMr1i_sfsYzMXrqhXBZu7smJLOGtfUEMxI5-vvfwf-dmznKTPIyQobkV9BOm5U0UMP6spgZBGZ50mr2tVcjT-rhDdwlUhu3cE4/s320/Paper+Plates_CloseUp.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693637100895337490" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 271px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">?...</span></span></div></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmbmRIST-LqL4lOWXbnt3ttGTcOnAeMkpZ7zvuDKYLwlaWOYf4ihZwNxmoCN3Npsq-XLfs8ZRAxv_XERpXvn-cHsvOp7mqAhyphenhyphenTzpUqrsmXS6UjRSFZE8k6HownAUaXXyzX6ULIHnjKPE/s320/Pins.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693663949682435090" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 162px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">...Pins</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmgV14sMJHa2AQeODQAlJKtDRl9Rks_mMsQhMHiynaNTBlqLLQEIC0t_H2JGJpQNuztFNYhyphenhyphenIMWqnUKO2FfGRrKEK2Gks2qHnDo9V3d4d4kBETXzeX9m7G51y-fgt1NbPe5qEvF1kl4WE/s320/Pins_CloseUp.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693664138113132930" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">What a great method for appreciating the complex formation of natural structures that exist all around us! Just like Donovan's button sculptures were constructed piece-by-pice through a repetitive motion over thousands of man-hours, so are naturally occurring formations like caves, stalagmites, geodes, ant hills, pearls, coral reefs, and canyons, all developed through slow and steady processes, drip-by-drip, inch-by-inch, deposit-by-deposit, for thousands or even millions of years.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "></span></span></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-R8JuNuB-1vOb95ppsTM9kS1MkVMlDKCzBFOrUGxFgSRuXs-ZUGlVsGuJf-_MQ_7E6W4gditbwC5-jhX8Dbt4EsMKTPd6R6BrvBvUii0uAo8llAEaA2yUiXKAMShi3a-t9p3-54FcsU/s320/Lechuguilla+Cave_.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695146436758664738" style="text-align: justify; text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglFes-dwlPGBObRU1htpI9Y2xzO9pYoI3AoXNqoXO5iXjVmDucEkaaeBudlHmWsX3Uv1DCBYoKu7h-YsCA-JXd7tsgVD6dqjoRrzC7NMsA7bgXCXKhiEotWRo73mGDNCby6_xIYdUmKRc/s320/The+Grand+Canyon.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695156360828384066" style="text-align: justify; text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 211px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPZzDDlTqw7e33-6tO6DgWsyRLs4RMKE6KasEVH29_TIyxFt_z6sI_5pow2tOnbMMOMTG8PiJvmo-KxftodX9oqt63JN5mfgtwMdvpM_CRWLDXSWJ7XgYMoEk590wa7v67vqCM_BJl_Q/s320/Coral+Reef.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695156257545617554" style="text-align: justify; text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Perhaps more striking than the inherent beauty in nature is the knowledge that it takes so long to create itself, and yet it is so delicate and easily destroyed. I'm sure after an art assistant helped Donovan create one of those fuzzy "fungal" shapes out of thousands of strings of fishing line (shown below), they had a greater appreciation for the slow and intricate processes that nature undertakes to grow simple structures.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqZo-b12bETbhtse6qCfLCP1AuZ3UOVBNb3GchJL86xxHvHLVoEUUhg65Zq6DFGzapsj6gA5hPUhVTi8lnsISSLQyyAuIdW0fvAsYyuGuGv_NTHj8bfbGAKQ0u5VC1cfKWKDZfC5WP0dI/s320/Fishing+Line.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695897498071868210" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 271px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2UvQW62lelwLjZ59RtO2Lq4Jpuk5GzzV_-M9g-_fPwHQlcOGNxpyc6P1-C9C0uZPHmV6xGGjQDPCawLU52FoVYZJ2c-K-MSL_EQqBmwAJjxXmYYPeLibT7YVtX4TNFwDYFFhcVAFPt0M/s320/Fishing+Line_CloseUp.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695897571289142114" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 271px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: justify;line-height: normal; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">One example of Donovan's system of processes is the way she forms her large-scale on-site cubes made of tooth picks, metal pins, and broken glass.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQ5HUPjPVy1uP_2nx9_9prQeszwpoLmEblfeHON1LcZtxaVDmpcuz4fqf1Fc_zU9EVankp5BUdRDPERVSrdcfMGk0ZWXOKFA_3iUEQ96NUaL2HNuOaLBemm0eQ5PWO1xFPSIAKcJTSWs/s320/Toothpicks.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695151018850784034" style="text-align: justify; text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 271px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;line-height: normal; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; text-align: justify; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMwEdNUKnNCimXSuMl_Y5lmwY7wYNctwXeCAG6lbIaPs7GAthKYpo6hZBj7NR9su2nT-5WkImewF_kEiVA2dBlZKpaadIbX8N1g03MD3zS6gTWlUUzAC9BMzDR87bv_Cgf4Oz3rK4jIkw/s320/Pins_Cube.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695150833674847858" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 271px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;line-height: normal; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;line-height: normal; "><span style="line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">First a wooden frame in the shape of a cube is built; then thousands </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">of pins/toothpicks are </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">systematically laid down inside the frame in a crosshatching pattern</span></span></span><span style="line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. In the case of glass, a single sheet is laid down, shattered with a chisel, then another is laid down, shattered, and another, and another, until hundreds of broken sheets sit several feet tall. Once the frame is removed, gravity and pressure hold everything together; no glue. If a corner is broken, the entire structure must be made over again. By the end of an exhibit each cube is simply swept away.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;line-height: normal; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-auto; "></span></span></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhirAZCnBKJ3W57Yh3Hwjyy7ghhY_WYRwDkpdSF1ZuOEbKr9MtKywsn_7HgQgAv_ajZvLNXtkngBWyWF-q8yiZeMUfe2a6XkRIPUSNqprOX3CE0pgaXf3KjuHqro8mzmgTsnODWJo8MIlU/s320/Sweeping+3+Cubes.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695150619013410098" style="text-align: justify; text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px; " /></div><div style="text-align: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It seems rather wasteful, I hope they reuse the materials.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeRv3Bm63XRp9ewDDqG_dQo8Eduxtjxx7ZB5jpGS9xWcQ299zKhUuqWb_Xrbk4aQFl6NDWYUzHaLgGXYZpYxNFtudt8SN43OzR1zAQieMZ8ZzcMhxD-5Mc5sDzrGauF94AWTNnpqLucrE/s320/Toothpicks_CloseUp.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696233521881929410" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 298px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOmjdUmNq5AJ8nCcKD6Hdsd1lLIdKgysqFQcVBifnviS4nc2sONa1AyD_yVxuG4kPQ-XeiJuxy2Bj3tTqONBbtFPcVI3aZMcT9vlDtznThhotbPTKCaJwpDN34PhXAI44UwQWSxO36ars/s320/Pins+Cube_CloseUp.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696233430275366146" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 271px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Donovan's methodology really speaks to the beauty inherent in mass and pattern. Anything, even if it is a generic plastic cup, can look beautiful when paired with thousands of its kind and organized in a systematic pattern.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmaAuScYz8HqDHqx2QqMOACUtdr-2DcZbRLd9Wp_RyRVeZaAG6YHuIH2M9_3XyaVjYo7e4HZhJCtPSgX00zvAaPy5CSccTBGmaPi9DEm7WOpAktnH41YhQ7WWIH9YJ6xc1yu_0-2bBb8/s320/Plastic+Cups.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696232618939977474" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqJZ5QQ63p3aOdwOARcoqPK06AIUaTyVFhkfnISd6mbTaj_1vrgieLVVrT7W8ZThEovT_mCaH4x0Fwobw3JV8iE6abNawPOCnAJrSdUGbQuLe1A4fi6it5bJP5msZSeSdZgp1kq9A6RtI/s320/Plastic+Cup+Mounds.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696232803255983874" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 209px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It kind of reminds me of that documentary, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Manufactured Landscapes</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, an award-winning film about renowned artist Edward Burtynsky, whose large-scale photographs portray the devastating impact of industrialized expansion on the environment.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_SZ3Zps6QiiEf8CUbvZszQoDKiq4YL_7Y3QQZimi8jlIWwUPhXJ5Ir9ZZcEjusrzyheU-izXhjq8cjXX36my4jEvco_qTugzhbcQP0R0zoNjMAw0NXykbzwbPCCfTKX3jyyijAD_5OY0/s320/Chinese+Dam.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697333192782041058" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpaxk2gbvBRgKH3EFT4tGtQjH03Ewit3RMVf4aX7OPZz87ENzIDo51aB0SIi2JvkbZnScYj5IfowLV6v2_SZXR_wNmZPzB6r-pkqVhu5LrXLkXUTYAv55z0tq2LTJEoVD5IH9gijIbdk/s320/Assembly+Line.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697318342744978258" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 126px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEA48OoEGwhZ56zitVw_iWs98WIgNJJkCZEZWnlgcSs_cL8Qa0r7_hIZ4jMQFFzJMdWWQVe03c9l_eYSmEK8OrcuSenNVKP6lDqEiHuUXu2amCF4YpoEsJEc32Oe77C9bXuIYrUeNKSMA/s320/Chinese+Factory+Workers.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697333873649128066" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 178px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">These landscapes are disturbing to say the least. They depict the materials and debris of civilization--quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines and dams. Despite their provocative nature about the ethics of impacting our environment, there is something undeniably aesthetic about their patterns. Even an ugly stone quarry or a pile of old tires can look strangely beautiful when compacted together and viewed from a distance.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe0XmlrrvGILu_5KS2eQAec5agOL7VZONNQLuSXgueBqf1WNCepL6Z0toubopz0COlpXqnCBjBtNmDLltMmCpOjgSl0Lnt_QanZ-1JCCKn9N3eV1WhkusXq4p-UYROrtmXktBnqdHl8yE/s320/Stone+Quarry.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697335075760205282" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 255px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJXmII4R-mgUTiBeTahIZ1QN_tH8geZ3vN36mB7G5T_4sYBS34jaaZFDVYsLrb7U3JryX3dKbUMNe_sUsvS8T3FMk3ks8A8buJVaiJWhBiFf-XqZqwaZa4m2YANiAdKwqUOMf_UDhlzZI/s320/Tire+Piles.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697332863009491522" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 250px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 21px; font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Despite the fact that man-made trash can look beautiful when amassed together, I think I prefer Donovan's organic sculptures because they mirror patterns found in nature which can only occur when the environment is left to grow and flourish on its own, as opposed to the rigid and forced nature of our manufactured landscapes which look unhealthy, and make us feel guilty about negatively impacting our environment. </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A lush forest will always look more beautiful than an oil field, no matter what you do</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibFTvy-LSQJNHxR0-GfOuu7eQvlDW8SzZqAyWvPpnkWNGz88GV3J96ohIFJ_V-s0_ehWvMZLaGyyV5tdse7rg16syVPi8Iex_Mepj9uX1cJHiF0Nmq5ZOPHFIKROrzrMnATC1cfogBHMw/s320/Oil+Field.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697333443328913906" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px; " /><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdH6odlWAcCXIOKNEJ4w20GALPv8LTNBpNayV-VcqUSEjHMxPT76ipGQBZGPVWQ5GWUHXg5pu58jN1Lg4nZtePvDWzDzN127uVzyjTGs1Zu7ixUKDok_4aNxwU4pfWhNV-EAUINoeKhE/s320/Jungle+Wallpaper.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5705426016015804194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 200px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"></span></span></span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Well, this is how you know you've found good art. When it makes you think about your world on so many different levels. I will continue to ponder the varied dimensions of Donovan's work whilst looking forward to her future conceptual sculptures. Like all her works, I'm sure they will be marvelous creations to behol</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">d.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">~S</span></span></span></span></div></span></span></div>Susan Maxfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454449486304228243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794642080897544146.post-78680295679910482332011-07-26T21:19:00.000-07:002011-08-13T23:41:57.780-07:00Sarah Wilkins<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCdfQhjpH0Z7gdOLqwzAw7M4l1jfMM56iGCWRgpBKilZCtY2MipoLXfXbnd-N-mxoERTf5sAlurdrXDNI4aNT2_b3SSnXdRP1kywCPBz7FezSAYv_6IXypVFekZD6JrMIkBNM64Tnuq04/s1600/sarah_wilkins_p3_Choco_1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2Jnc5Bo55TVKweLJXbyOtLQLUv2L0jhE_gAhGpl4lBDoqQt9TdqERqUGfelhdaYM6U9yoeL0JBPkIUsBsvNl59ZSZeMFE-AxrJI3UKft_heR-oVvBFSeKtQUSHmjrojDT-DOaxWTyZI/s1600/sarah_wilkins_04.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2Jnc5Bo55TVKweLJXbyOtLQLUv2L0jhE_gAhGpl4lBDoqQt9TdqERqUGfelhdaYM6U9yoeL0JBPkIUsBsvNl59ZSZeMFE-AxrJI3UKft_heR-oVvBFSeKtQUSHmjrojDT-DOaxWTyZI/s320/sarah_wilkins_04.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638282860220400018" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">How about a touch of whimsy today. Her name is Sarah Wilkins, and I fell in love with her art after buying some recipe cards with her images printed on them.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">
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<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I actually made the orange glazed chocolate tea cake which was divine. A very fine, very fluffy texture with a rich flavor. Mmmm.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVvkhecZYzxskAZzZ30g1UxOe1einEFEv2f2TfLOu_yCGQlGRZ2FOCDpBwpikHY-aEODmkSxwrr1VacJSIUY5mL2CSe5q4LOpHrGjYKtrTCDjB0bCaB7PV7Vsl9XNbphY8AsBAbx-jn2c/s320/Choc+Tea+Cake.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638695131014356482" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sarah's images are soft, fanciful, and often surreal. You can find a wealth of symbolism in her work. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcBRpQO_MeF5ktIzU6InKLH2vmdL-7XyMCmaWjvfiCENN7OgvYDMAUwo6OaKkx9JcrI-hRBkbqICCsvkq7lKq8Sa9DK2ZPrZq8Pivkm0wd_14M9_iApV1iiRnftBHqNFP_Aq8JagrHgY/s320/sarah_wilkins_illo_35.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638689711834147170" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7aacu5uYKJHtWhvO8OO0pzo6JTXo5qmaQbGevUyQrPrSxKsjcBSiHRh9VFINt7lomlZ_KQ4AEYoofJVK-mJ39NDOK1DDuiLe_YejU42HGJCEdvzzoAjly36z7OOvJVKcdlOu7KT6qAY/s320/sarah_wilkins_illo_44.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638853953197704642" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 237px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuD2RC5Ueu4lD-q6OH-FQ-wQqE2MuKYr7JkN1Vm_4NEFI4Mm-7-6XQsMyx0joRzbbL2KyRHBHMjmYLssaYkLO0OmnSCAU14wHITzL-OJdyZ7VDPzfTva0yvf5aZ84-LlF1HuQaPgTwXJU/s320/sarah_wilkins_illo_46.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638689920849975522" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sarah has stated that at times even she doesn't always know what her images are pointing to, only that she feels the need to express certain inklings.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">
<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcfe8DDlKP7WXITxOR-Y2dzSXwilAND8w6oHgERuqRUibLo1GT3Xg_4zpOJbUkymS-FqThiFdhokkKYP6HIhDi9ynBf-jVM_5Env91z7glhe8AJWCzV6hLHJx7UK6l3n_p7etPGAuiL4o/s320/Sarah_Wilkins_Computer.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638690234197584018" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 266px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto;"></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicz5hLMqfyTg_yyhI3dLYgijVatUxLztMaUZlw5q1Wjc13tmilicz0fopj88jGS2oVG6-tV9HR6t6gDrdbqH0LuF7r62qSdOsksUpVnxbcgQC1ufLX8N_vel-SBWE-KAEajc5zDdEVlTs/s320/Tapes_Sarah_News.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639049109105998562" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 320px; " />
<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZixNMpukRPaIKCg1TKakS0SyQRd9sjfyjIIGI_OX6iML50Bnha_3jX0nlwp3NkQvZ0ruEzuf3yh-Flz3A1wt31Cbi5QcO1TKMod9M8vhff6oBXZS7aIGo6IlBx_J68WxxsZOeaqxmmk/s320/sarah_wilkins_illo_33.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639063860378541922" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 211px; " />
<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilTS2-PJqVVNxPfq59SuvR63taUDy5MG8z_9FIbpWw_WWGfbhEVRn5Bf1HCSQSTxdhNKoxpKGuxtElWqQ-zmTHUPfLVUFoljJ-C4uOekzLy3W5_-BSK49ATkBikd6eWDDKpUfn28eRL9o/s320/sarah_wilkins_illo_04.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639063768689258322" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 320px; " /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#000000;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;">
<br /></span></div></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">When her imagery is paired with a quirky turn of phrase, it reminds me of the humorous stylings of Brian Kershisnik.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Kershisnik</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqM8dbHYmcym_ICpVA78HRi0NL1PGMjYy_F8231hVYN8OvPztjCKjDBvtzK0M-FsWp_7s6U0eS6pYQQah21cndX_e9BeyBJbQLINigl5RaJpO1nlUJdzvIs1PX2bTPIDuPQen9wlYbJWs/s320/05091_im_just_doing_this.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639064928330084498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Wilkins</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCElO4aC73sb4ZBWPwqqp8sbYvR3npiW_2Tm6g09THQGvMRvfuNPKs5Ig_Pg5Y3dj0cPw_Btx6OyedwgOu4Qly8m98Qq-4ZUaIaI0E0n2P1H73XmCamaVWYedWu5KfPuvzD6JCWryLXBw/s320/sarah_wilkins_couple.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638690403882598322" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 295px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Born and raised in New Zealand, Sarah graduated in art and then began to travel the world working as a freelance illustrator.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#000000;">
<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivh4eo6oJBD71A6itZfLCq7gXJTkq4-yWUTQcS_fc_lCKRA_ln9trO9WzVYa72ynrJgmla6M0xsPLy5X4wX7y_mE8mxJGKV0Cq6yvDmfW-zhC22VfJJnfOIgsrdVj5ae3TO1ubV-QYsto/s320/Sarah_Wilkins_ACIS_3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639062722177197010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 320px; " />
<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMfhP1YddRxiVHgBRiOKf_yjsk64Le_0hVrOD1nweuw0Kodvpj2dw08h2fg-oqRa_fAPOrMKISFIbsHvKNDbDtW3I2CtPtNkpguUW5wjqhSB522dfDZPNVPFy1hafE7hvyPeS4oAn6da8/s320/LA_Times_Sarah_Wilkins.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639062927913405762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs-7vhJ4Cis-9-UIqz81t3Fv7ryKagSd7KymRiW8wRBvzWYbplx58vnIMmLtVtFAIcxvknSxjF4qfPEsTnAlmaahwF9_7q0DTXlyzDTX8OtZ4oZ8Y3EXjjXiZauZEKktGGOHHykR-Jdug/s320/Sarah_Wilkins_UA_Miles.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639047666428445298" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 234px; " /></span>
<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">She currently resides in Paris with her family where she is commissioned by a variety of clientele to design everything from book jackets and magazine articles, to tote bags and children's toys.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoZi-vZt4GOSidTKooBLN9HmtldHtlXOvtFZYIhBoVjmWotbe-aKBFvSSSreYp-cDQ5UJFY_pBea5fc7mwBdFhJTVATOdXzX6tYJTQAVLhpp3XG301wgTTcPQzFXNeO_j2aQjEperIV0U/s320/sarah_wilkins_p3_little_indescretions.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639037758154609442" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjunn3Bdz8d8Lc_EEHsmVKvLtatrDVc-eA2EU24afbfGMRlFxA6_DY1gey9elKGdziP4uiuGBjClNffko8EDcmJStXrdeNpX1aJ5AJ9jvFGzsjvu8zBIjlkCQctF5KFlK-kLJzRisDteDY/s320/Sarah_Wilkins_Yoga_Journal_Sept_09.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639038814471900706" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi89agb6BdoojiAuNqZDYyAHuxYloCBt1pUepQ8OsWRvJfKYwX-0YGWShuWi2J8IBGZwj2a2tZ2U69nv1Fzvn8Bi-cAhIXZ7wz-PxCTYn3qEGu8r3ZBEKXGZNVC1ljdW7anusoAshZi_3Q/s320/Sarah_Wilkins_Summer_Tote.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639037969036596322" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 247px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidj-93I4t89MOF0IwgL6Y4G_t-nRNoUu7p2JFQTlzT4DZwI0yxDSdE7IxdrTNsmxXSXzQwlHdD-aWBFFFxiYTmfPPhp3C_rSxrPjKFWGC32PEYMdrCHE72WoeDXTzccDrf7JBnBtkQWO0/s320/sarah_wilkins_p3_abc_blocks.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639037584013020674" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">She even designed a mural that now sits on the streets of Paris. How exhilarating to have a piece of yourself define and be apart of the city like that. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLd_Ne9kO6ZpNPtgSGGHVLBUaiyYMcIbbzi8MdRX4zbGfF1OT-6jDpemj2HzoGjk44ZL0afxXNmEd2-WtrLnTFNF5AGMKuVTBcKLb56gC_Tu3LWA-Dg4TjopUZnEKvLKIytHfGMhKcQQg/s320/sarah_wilkins_mural.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639045186271915794" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 278px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Either Sarah has a strong fascination with books, or she is simply commissioned to portray them so often that they have become an iconic symbol for her. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5yR1mcDrpSeqK-LZh_qoW1xAfJoqv20dfEClse46__5aP2Ey5lv3maP-VE6wyC1Fa5ZGNNw2YxXAZwG60pDPlMGOdPFQ55IZ6hrx4PHwfvVZY0INShP68y1ps7xd9DloZBASddNBhMc/s320/Sarah_Wilkins_nook.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639063266981067714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 320px; " />
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKpAUhG7NBo0rzn_pZY0Wv2LPCFwLfMzW0KOeCPzgEViABCfhK11JyeOtVbM1Ku94FGEiybWll06REG4Q4Zf33k6U67xyVQGvhbM4MtZXSfRtwGeh7d594wLQXF0-BeTgcdh1tOfYOoI/s320/Sarah_Wilkins_Spence_School.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639040115103064226" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 291px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyRGpXj7t1fPYFtdqppcS5IMx5Nlj1APGJv92B2Htpr7DtEkzt7N5rfq9CwvPy8m3o-uOIcv2En3z5jAPFrWkGCW-XTcFkmlFYNFiq3I7IPeUBWSk0yXqUxCVX8BEZt1PbAkUI9rP0CP0/s320/sarah_wilkins_illo_03.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638282536952207794" /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I can understand why; her inviting yet thoughtful style is perfect for exploring the wondrous environments books cultivate within all of us.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_oJCfjSLU4qNR4cYyue7zfsBLZiu6aCW8LZ16VKo6Bx9xov8bEdAuLolQMBlArHR7FUR95Eb1g6Z9ZqRIDDlPi_gFDmUJcOB7QqZTkRuJABZ5FcwHDgahNMsH88TCaoB2bYFilfOQXM/s320/Sarah_Wilkins_Good_Book.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5638691824210693042" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16J9TtGONw-ZIAlya9pUOmNAeHFqjh3UC-J3hz-VBRqUBvW1R2gjP6GLzf9pslUS1Kltg9VJq5MsAxpMWGNrqO3gS2VJrwfMXzfUgxMCA8I7fQnfjMyFmSuApcPg9rAhAFSceyqYSCQw/s320/sarah_wilkins_barnes_noble_summer_booklovers_tote_bag_art.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639037328710974370" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 253px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sarah has also developed a delicate, hand-curled lettering that adds a signature touch to all her work.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPrPG-F-dY3hOGQkaxkY6t2VhFkGzE_E5VUPu_xzCn9AB2OzBtO6qzlEPs570_L0nc7gKU5D7u66yJ6LSNbc2aYSs1w-ZTSS5TIhokB_oTcG1Fu8vX9Cfba2-jVn7AhCdzRaZL1l4EoPQ/s320/sarah_wilkins_16.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639062583427329714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZphQhEj3HsCMBBUN4c02u1ozEb6p9E64DTqSmxCzt1F0EFd0toDpf_K6-bQ-VAKweekxfSavqj4t94-0Tna4cxXK89Tz3hyphenhyphenUv-wyI2ib9ZFqApmLjP42SNqJX3pHSgEXJ_jOmXBQFORE/s320/Wilkins_Book_Tent_Tote_art.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639038361531267938" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 282px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
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<br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">More often than not, her art is simply a bright invitation into a world of finely-crafted trinkets and magical visions. Check out more of her artwork <a href="http://www.sarahwilkins.net/index.html">here</a>, or better yet, see how her ideas get started, at <a href="http://sarahwilkins.posterous.com/">Sketch</a>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">~S</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;">
<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE0xPYQ7gfb9QPAcC1SyuoKN3X6zk7izbeKs_Rvw6nvZGLDIhejOammr0Bmavz9mJry4EcT6wD8iVRUQVtFHtEZDV5JBWeDfG4IOfWemyyV4HfNXIf2ObU4mUU2zNVtTq5WXq7nggmhns/s320/Sarah_Wilkins_Bloom.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639044805542973058" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-WZ3kNO0RQYXjZHt2LDxxco2tHSRXDaHpRrGydPvyQUw86M19aSj0x4UY_BC52imI-4QLNXUSpHASHN2QzQ8pQA3lfZ9X7yfsqsaPTK_wAe3-VD4MrHDF5_9z3B44ZPkRbZv8fTnYKg/s320/Wilkins-Floral-Stroll-Art.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639048893458080946" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 284px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
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<br /></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilvWzvZRdkrOuLkzNkf7RVUpaq-899jbYYfEuxeW8r_ZeWDE9S4S3Kz7kW1VSJ2bVf1WXUrRUq6fmWDjM8lCNRXSCquysg7ddNYUfR82Cj03Pe4S8Pa1lBi8TIKX-XY33QBX5NacwwVv4/s320/Sarah_Wilkins_Steps_01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639047417936868882" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 320px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#000000;">
<br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBjhnt7wDoRlm9qo-pVG20nxpYyEnfjw-uq3K8c93aDo1RqIxOla7IzqeH3o-ik0Nqe_6P4qb-yv1aoFJLzWvG2PzNeDRl-l-hWfiyo22WWRHXc66m2pOVvBGKCcwq4_GEY0NVQxpksUo/s320/sarah_wilkins_02.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639044478456657010" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 308px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div>Susan Maxfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454449486304228243noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794642080897544146.post-82621764200257142432011-06-29T10:55:00.000-07:002011-07-31T12:15:51.366-07:00Andrey Shushkov<div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxVvR7NZ7dKsUvxAfELSIs8nbjlOlX_aWMkGI66SmPhQu_E5nJ4sWPI6Igzq_cZ5fZTVC6s8gRsxAlAF_Wn_v8KyvSifvVmVvfUz5XRTImpLVWMlHa2pygSBrgY4krSrw8oxbQoGMjks/s1600/Andrey+Shushkov+again.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 223px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxVvR7NZ7dKsUvxAfELSIs8nbjlOlX_aWMkGI66SmPhQu_E5nJ4sWPI6Igzq_cZ5fZTVC6s8gRsxAlAF_Wn_v8KyvSifvVmVvfUz5XRTImpLVWMlHa2pygSBrgY4krSrw8oxbQoGMjks/s320/Andrey+Shushkov+again.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635385555961973074" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Having just posted on Anthony Lucas, I wanted to take this opportunity to post on an up-and-coming animator who has found great inspiration in the steampunk silhouette style. He's a young, 24 year old Russian film student who has just completed a very promising film for his senior year thesis. Please enjoy, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Invention of Love</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, by Andrey Shushkov:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PTdzCAGH3lU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Deja Lucas, no?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Even though the style is very much like Anthony Lucas' </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jasper Morell</span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">o</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, the story and themes are completely different. Andrey has taken the idea of a gadget-cogged world and made it his own.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCofDfN41Of_JswmZTr3z8s2W6rQJyJ9wfTrRpf-xUtP50KttwVL65S9O3Pja6vACrKHgGCpgmoUFHZD6BojpPImwFZxQ9pt_E9dqCdHJKds9JVAZ592UFlyziPJ8vc_BX0d7p0Y5f44/s320/The+City.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635223510925671234" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 161px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaUICkKEmAQv_kyIBMDVMgEHIRVH419DCAlQRTzyHR7rlEavHz8M19c6Xfzz9NmuQIorxQQn3ly6Sgyi3G8RLR3l6NNd9CUN-m39rldPNOX-tVg92M4VJhnrnhZIG_7Uu4gt0xDy92goc/s320/The+City2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635223430215105826" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 162px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I like his take on how technology is seizing our modern-day lives, and how easily we can lose touch with nature. How many of us work 8 hours a day in a plastic-laden office where we're lucky to even have a window to the outside world, much less interact with actual living things? It is an unfortunate reality for many that I believe eats away at the soul.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6DHuzF6noS1_tvErFX0EXaeVzbgbJMvkcg3L4X5gJrDUuaIgCR2LmOhDVkHtAFMvtE1JQ6F4-2xlcgLbapRubrZt4j_y2B3eitisATnGzRBVmV_G0LB-beuZp5o8jfUFENfkFsJQDc4Q/s320/Wilted+Flower.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635223694838195250" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 162px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpw6lvcyUdbXO6wK0APeOSVd66cKUkTWA6UXIIUbNduyVnvrJKpU0w3mcVZzt4o9kufCtZ77U7YqLuaq1WS9Is34rDr2kQ0CuWY4eVs48AxFddwQnJWWE5CD7P-q2rMsz71Czx481O1Ko/s320/Mechanical+Animal.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635225063265687762" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 202px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ironic that the very thing which kills the woman (machine pollutant) is the very thing used to replace her. Worse than an inadvertent dismissal of life, is the concerted effort to replace it with something less substantial. I suppose that was the only way the man could cope. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYPG5ITHYV3XzxIJRRGxbV4d87ruwcH8Cw9WGN7EpdO4VElQlKvu8zhk9yvA254CSQhaGcmCHwCYj-LPX8fHOWfGe1TxSqTpviEsEJ8z-f0vcrxR_oUBPiBGSi-EP3Wbezz-IaJfozmp4/s320/Pollution.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635223948930300146" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 158px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZxzyRiAQHvFyluQxDP2yVOpXao2B_jXa4H7VTfnjpyF4xSwFmWKjVbhrDHwoOsYSvi4Sd0O_niMlB8OJk9W1I5ELQWCtttAQGem5EO74EdCdQNzNNltn2vdcQPvnwXVmeZ_ce-Igzfw/s320/Mechanical+Heart.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635224794883968050" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 188px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUIi5nGvovpHto20aOIodZv4tI0pLCjGLu8L07R8er7RWINmUsyAkvhvxbkZzucTI5ycMKPg4MaK3ANdIcVQXRtW7aURBi1MgA4UTxyS2HSs_VCOGUo_pwIOUdKrbPp6zpXZ0VVD7_yNY/s320/Mechanical+Wife.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635223852280527890" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 313px; height: 280px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Unfortunately, even with its precision and longevity, the cold gears of a machine will never come close to the tenderness and depth of organic tissue.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9dxDiAIi7BP3CRgBFP_L2o5DptArUKGJB04afZZsHOWV6jT6xo_Q7yBUVrBLIamVvOS-cKiV-DgnvLtKFi4bJ4w_I_amsC4zvhdrx7Ee7UUnwGgXCvfC_ESdZ2_86492Gp-FvWZSDljo/s320/Mechanical+Flower.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635224534313997266" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 316px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TDaiGaWRcvJzGgOzqZu8VXCE30kuKZTbmaUwN4iNNlSydi8vI0rGzxrrCGtksQTE8gPGKE1mKrgZa5cl83jqZauTx7eEABaV-Hk6sRS2muttHnCZTQJmD8tMqyeeuwg32eAJ6fJSY94/s320/Girl+Smelling+Rose.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635226132285389538" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 162px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I love the scene where they sit under the moonlight as the cool misty clouds pass them by. Everything is fresh and wide open, including themselves. Times were better when it was just them in the outdoors.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTJQgwxiuW0g5ojb-Xbh53dWNbgDsqR8rUNwLKHnLL4B1VMTNlWaVvWr24DzvO7TQKFYBy-fpd8k7Rd9BXIdEMnZ0SZ8A9a_H3DrjpPZx5BF4GvPciV74w8hpmDRMFZKdQ-vJp4Zj77EQ/s320/Misty+Night.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635221218210179954" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 162px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5MxbkbCCWrSLo0farpin_ezaUuCRrW1mQYqQ0N5p4RwvqIBN862DQAJ0oWo8d0wxtv7fT0GJDOJgntHyzcE-jtyuYw9W1au5ACnMtl-UectlnQUEUE-YREzGty0yvJdvM3eeIV5Uqa2A/s320/Horse+Rearing.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635222408822074610" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 162px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Doesn't the leaning tree look just like the tree in Lucas' </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Shadowland</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">? I wonder if Andrey made that decision consciously?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsEiFZr_xo3ceHyqgf5P88rSEt6jcObnE2s1AybZH3ggsi_XJ1soozdtbtQrAdJIhFNfy8vd4Q03o-_-ZJJIEV83-4CXyqUvTM-UHqgu5tdkihy1zAt27QkEqnLcsmTa3yGy5af9_TIgM/s320/Shadowland_leaves.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635222748513174770" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 188px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghjsDfztywI2Uyzm2DlxwsrRvodAnJh2F1wBobKUu7nJs9m1htdFDbuuc9IJHrbR6uJ4Ig2JNpKm9B-v-ffeoxxTQqJZUYF80D5n8ZrMh8OnyiVeKtlS6ZXietCp23DHZkQt9pA1WQ0RM/s320/Tree.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635222539032242450" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 162px; " /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The music is rather pretty as well, and it's an original score made just for the film. Yes, I'm certain Anthony Lucas would be proud to see what he helped inspire.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYWh0xp8OnGBFT33hahfzKKmL7JBVz0JZhjiv34CL2-UtlF55zH1U25aqcpGTRSDJUp_215OzZVzz9Ef3K84ywRfRbH5seB8UI_yo6Whq-h8szub7aLy7kOvSgXmKuu2W0N_nSNlPyfgo/s320/Music.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635223098363814834" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 161px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It's funny, we look up to certain artists and filmmakers our whole lives, and then learn that they looked up to particular artists and filmmakers when they were young, who in turn looked up to so-and-so when they were young, who looked up to such-and-such when they were young, and so we find that we're all just part of one great circle of shared inspiration.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC_v7xPYW3TJUVhXfqldWNnwdRWcX8KHijoUSJ_ihwJx_lsHKnFIxSY4k1F6Oq-3AD8JonSQ2WvZc_niiLYbzTqtt9-JSZAb9eDOnq7Fo03VPQsaoTrcOvJ0ybp9XhyCo-B5SGkRZRci0/s320/Abalone_inspiration.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635375700103855650" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 197px; " /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNf5U1upwLCh6bxbjW3s1Q4HdWqhXItIX8dz0wHsd2hEWa9IghR5IN6DFFwsoZGbr0AXBWJclRaET9q1s_q1bKeTUBgxZK6sQetEn4O7rrx4XFdhCRBmFFPSK3fIjFkoXpJbOly_N4cAM/s320/Apophysis_golden-inspiration.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635378826952284882" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 197px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The comforting thing, however, is that no matter how many times an idea may be replicated, it will never be reproduced in exactly the same way twice. Each of us will impress our creative sensibilities into a work of art until it becomes our own. We each have something unique to add.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuUiQ22pNG1sa-JJotPbUCxmQFqQEVUZBiOe3k5SEHKIepuT8EQioX7SrSJ1BzW4fGquZDXu5SmpxmtAjgU7iJFhSsxZljNOHat3MrrOv35Q2x8yjpm6xk6Y6_349oWiq6R3r5ueP0p8c/s320/Mechanical+Butterfly.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635225722576517314" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 162px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDaKfn7vFEg2Qh0zMeMx9NJBDlECsBpY-29vbY_NE0uAj486qyVG7XYOET0Ziz33ppX-tEf8P-qvkVPqDh768vik1Gh7VlB5mL45YIix0jmfIm7jjrnC06yoYtW8_-CLOaMNxXISoxxGg/s320/Mechanical+Plant.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635225859445779970" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 164px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">That's why I love watching the same ballet over and over again, because I know that the french ballerina, Sylvie Guillem, will dance with a sharpness and strength that will leave you begging for more; yet, the spanish ballerina, Lucia Lacarra, will add a divine fragility and lightness that will take your breath away. Same role, same choreography, distinct interpretations, both breathtaking.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxp2Eh7m0YsA2alRIhk91XM3QFwqnMt2ZfU2_RyOU1b1Z9m9Bdc295J3yTxDWEqVl5BZitmTQjutBkL6hGkX4jQr6fqmkgXxYJfP-bvsZaACVGNS9uT-6q2gEQuCEbOjTq6u2MOj8DFSc/s320/Sylvie+Guillem+Power.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635237272847032994" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6FbOEtnFBmJcPUCLY-lzkuWNTj53bbF2XKQ8eOZRVQ9CbwugoSAdtXmNZNLu-bCJbcaqpDuJ4q0Rrz8jciqV_-LrnJdojio12jFTCTZx4ixGGrX4jJJSIeKoB3tn5VlU0IElYxwVTZzs/s320/Lucia+Lacarra_Swan+Lake.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5635237381961248018" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is no right or wrong in art. Only, how well was the idea conveyed? Did the artist make me feel what he feels, and see the world with new eyes? I certainly like the world Andrey has created. May he create many more like it in the future.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">~S</span></span></div></div></div>Susan Maxfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454449486304228243noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794642080897544146.post-73234108082456207862011-06-25T21:52:00.000-07:002011-07-25T15:02:30.199-07:00Anthony Lucas<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ggBIWnKJJl4Suaxb5o4BI7pnjufz3kQqzCsxq-RcGhjcK8LVhGBHcV3YP656hHJ08TS5YBeOolrzbrQN6EAFzBxt1NjTdTVQNvicK99m54mcF6hwifhPp2TbYXk0y2u2pAsr9DfDyWY/s1600/Anthony+Lucas.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ggBIWnKJJl4Suaxb5o4BI7pnjufz3kQqzCsxq-RcGhjcK8LVhGBHcV3YP656hHJ08TS5YBeOolrzbrQN6EAFzBxt1NjTdTVQNvicK99m54mcF6hwifhPp2TbYXk0y2u2pAsr9DfDyWY/s320/Anthony+Lucas.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633155668660053218" style="text-align: justify; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 314px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">What a joy it was to discover Anthony Lucas, an Australian animator who utilizes my favorite style of animation to perfection! His films are ghastly and wondrous. Think the video game, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Limbo </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">meets Lotte Reiniger, meets Tim Burton, meets Steampunk. Oooh.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqab2jfMa8s8b-lqU63ep58TTaSVmcesNfdiUox7TJxehQp5wwAGdSRw2FyphEkCXFHTQz6kRFNNJ7JxUvcNHgE4xKqC2fCwyZdmSaSdtvOWKUjRN7ZoR_2Tio4cg3NGsG4XXbf-ByhyphenhyphenA/s320/jaspermorello_cogged+machine.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633157615211762850" style="text-align: justify; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 320px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">At first you might think his technique was inspired by Lotte Reiniger's 1926 </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Adventures of Prince Achmed</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, but in fact Lucas stumbled upon his signature style by accident. One day while working on a stop-motion set one of the front lights went out, "...I had the models on there and what happened is they went to silhouette. It was all very serendipitous."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Lotte Reiniger</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWhIKzJfbSNZ0mu-PRMGE2e_vHmkbHvavyeEB0031c-SshkTThr23T-CxoITk2Mdo7c55WKiRm-Ni5jKbhVFwPJSqW2i1c4tcZZ_tkWb42-B774BXrrdYekfFr7BHfwWfPUzmRUlTTso/s1600/Lotte+Reiniger.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWWhIKzJfbSNZ0mu-PRMGE2e_vHmkbHvavyeEB0031c-SshkTThr23T-CxoITk2Mdo7c55WKiRm-Ni5jKbhVFwPJSqW2i1c4tcZZ_tkWb42-B774BXrrdYekfFr7BHfwWfPUzmRUlTTso/s320/Lotte+Reiniger.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633339100701352754" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px; " /></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Anthony Lucas</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); line-height: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7enLWIRHlw_Zy558s57XSsAtwyjkMxV6v2GJ3tt9y7pF1iFfDRO13LA7nkDCIduFCrp_h1CZulsWwWr7nFfsotp-Bv_tqYcM8ho9QCc6uOhF_bV4njyj79OUKlOwDhRhwRPsd_8gggLk/s320/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633160499747646402" style="text-align: justify; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 170px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lucas' approach uses intricately cut silhouettes of cogged machines and gadgets set against beautifully layered backdrops of light and color that move and fade into the distance.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIJ4ib-3px3iPV2QoAHiwxxYGfRX7T6F6NGpiCWJL7mJgu_Of6DaEc4TFpgJ1U8qsoL9Pik2pgHy9tFuvCJNBs29RGcwdiP_ADmHNeIqqtxDlWxJIKoA_kqprB-xP4BZmtctmkGm-xiEA/s320/mysterious-geographic-explorations-of-jasper-morello.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633158114171982450" style="text-align: justify; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjehIcWQg3W_Pz-qCjlvF-7B5AHBUduG0MejEXXPFZYGDEVQrdfrjVQEXvQln1-GOc2aoaIe_M-qyy2QAxHLPpPJ7FJHwY89W2GmRKfMoKkT9I2PKoYQpA_QzD0XQaIK1Pb4aX93iXk-Ds/s320/exotic+place.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633165162109124546" style="text-align: justify; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 186px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">His original vision was too grand for plain 2D cutouts, so most of his films incorporate a mixture of 2D cutouts, 2.5D texturing, and 3D CGI effects for rotating objects and atmospheric clouds. The three mediums combined have created a new method free from the confines of a flat plane and static edge inherent in most cutout animations.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgIr5fajL2EJ9-Icer_G0tzJDmJeYHb0XcCmmWpT6OrdwRm6pVE9-RzIo8SheenBOwBthyphenhypheng_gbTaOYu1A3sDtnxaVSGCvdVziynjnW26t1dPFX3pkx8y__QWPIEv0gQlQc9B09pqdpDVs/s320/intricate.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633159839531989746" style="text-align: justify; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 170px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihg8EAkphwPVejzvtQp_Fn9svUGsOSa-DlKB5JbDRBN4AEnd9_qUbCiRroLKCDP0UAU0KgoJ6A7p08khiRTj3OF5V_NEMJFAtNaIHPynN9IJWOdH5ubhB_2Kkx5TTpqb9KBOPhL1KWjnw/s320/jasper-morello_folk.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633167526970295170" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lucas' crowning achieveme</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">nt which best illustrates this new style is the 1st in a series of 3 films, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello. </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short in 2005. It is an original tale of survival, adventure, horror, and true love.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEvMAs350B3x71M6ytwuee8s_3ZvL6EHGskwOXnPL7SGkNimq8V1eAEVbS9l2-mmOG5O-pnOnz2qvYx8bpCPAxigiVGQstqRML_nC0QTcrf2aSj7D0vV5Biz2VwFMtlGnz8j_tEXpi7CA/s320/the-mysterious-geographic-explorations-of-jasper-morello-poster.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633157892798996642" style="text-align: justify; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jasper Morello is a Navigator from the city of Gothia, a post-industrial metropolis with buildings that stretch far into the sky spewing forth pollution and steam. In this world exist floating islands and massive steamships that fly in the air like sail boats on the ocean.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7GQsHZ98LDJ5GhQnsyrgkqZpOeBflLW0AZw8dUTR1iqgzK1b7PjDkhpX717QVJoBa8pkYIP4iTemgCBFD3jVYkxETSFQtzCOioIueI5Bf6-CXAp69JUiGNXAxx5W57vtuKsl4F56_Ho/s320/morello_floatingisland.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633162147557795634" style="text-align: justify; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 186px; " /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgax84vI9oLyaPaffJKrz-C_FxnKjzMZl7xyoP8vWWuFVTAptjyQ7DCXL3BYFz8k5jYKlUtWzeG8S-xtYQXrmXH0MsEfk7CK_sIzJT9Ys4Dc-BcE84Q-C7p4W6ZDofDEEqIrZ7qp3hYe-o/s320/Jasper-Morello_steamboat.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633158758086502002" style="text-align: justify; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 195px; " /><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Please enjoy the film for yourself:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><iframe width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vORsKyopHyM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Oooh. What will happen to Jasper next? To his wife? To the creature and the plague? I can hardly wait for the two sequels to come out. Hopefully they will since this won dozens of awards. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSg0oLWAgj6B1sNcfOr6EvVrOFWV_A4q0AWsfaEWi-undUkIEqONCurAhEo0Oiq8c9L2Br9G5NZ67atxxmkU2x6k1uaa2gZl75-tJcxkM3o-AN4gvaL99ibtEXWbUzElnFgXwwSRm4Mw/s320/coggy+contraption.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633160684256147522" style="text-align: justify; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 170px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip7ioAEqLkMDadfZAtBiDSvjMt5_Fl6MgNkubkmgdTMmPYVVuUeFNa2zjyVE3JDFiIzL5SWEH5Lao6DhLQGm8NGjGm8djR0Jt6X6J4GPZlv1Scag0yBQKY_BiRfLHdF5A9lijyQjLUuy0/s320/light.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633168152805673634" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 169px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I'm grateful that dreadful Dr. Belgon is dead (his large skull and spectacles remind me of the Professor from </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Nightmare Before Christmas).</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> He seems to represent the worst in a psychopathic genius. Self-Satisfied. Heartless. Calculating. And with a most chilling disregard for human life.</span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX5wvs2Ga-yl9t-yJRzBmBfQwkHejDln28au6iguZURl5pObEi_YLFZJiYXJXOLsrfo0fjP2pl9BgMlwpnDy5PVQlM8xws35M6bUdn48rqiNpHKwIIP9qqBoJr3LHppe3EfPviC1pAKrI/s1600/dr.+belgon2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX5wvs2Ga-yl9t-yJRzBmBfQwkHejDln28au6iguZURl5pObEi_YLFZJiYXJXOLsrfo0fjP2pl9BgMlwpnDy5PVQlM8xws35M6bUdn48rqiNpHKwIIP9qqBoJr3LHppe3EfPviC1pAKrI/s320/dr.+belgon2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633164205221043314" style="text-align: justify; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Professor</span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Nightmare Before Christmas</span></span></i></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVLAqjUPZRygGaWFdboGebP4bbkdC6pEC6TNleDPLqhsrqveLIrIadqQD8eMQ3e4SIYLRjHQr69zD_iyfbFN3y9iSVzZLV97fXj7X-uR-p1kB5wxhcwz1TG_ETjRj9EGesMsOvkll4yQ/s1600/The+Professor+TNBC.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVLAqjUPZRygGaWFdboGebP4bbkdC6pEC6TNleDPLqhsrqveLIrIadqQD8eMQ3e4SIYLRjHQr69zD_iyfbFN3y9iSVzZLV97fXj7X-uR-p1kB5wxhcwz1TG_ETjRj9EGesMsOvkll4yQ/s320/The+Professor+TNBC.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633385934156279538" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 182px; height: 320px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"></span></span></i></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"As with the ant, every man has a purpose. He must serve that purpose no matter the cost." The most disturbing thing about this phrase is not what it says, rather the way Dr. Belgon has taken it upon himself to decide every man's "purpose" according to his own mad design.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHmgCz3Lsq1Ds63EDZbiVwDiY1l_uJ-GR9NNNomdSjSEPoEpwPCZZwAD2y69suiypwCH9ZbqlhrkdVaaC7zukCLeMt-IjoFw0nQoxPJdwjFXFjQeFL3URKjS08h_dMevnsp3Y_ofY3dwo/s320/hands+up.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633364947607326290" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 206px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lucas' realization of the monster that lures its prey in with a lovely song, and then transforms into a hideous creature with mangled tentacles is akin to the deceptive Venus Flytrap.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI1PPsCPQWmyyfIzYN5-cS4Z2iCj1z5WHAruRFEcUS9CX4a9VbqcaJIglXCbpaTGuxzlcJoRKQgqS51nJpZoeVFMhXBv0FEEm0KXDf-39ef6qfzwRXTuHq23A6Qz3upt2a0QRFcOjefyw/s320/pretty+bird.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633361119122548946" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 220px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6CwohLNKiSQ7YtSKNp7uff0rYmT5ulwhf9AkOPkJD0HbU0ye9Vj6vfbvkm6wIkNJXtpYoS2vtfUrXr9FU3y3CSU96OPIW33EyklOll0pah-sxWW7IqzdxTFnRTHtAWm7j_THUHKXPZ0/s320/red+stomach.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633360706573167922" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 190px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The creature kind of reminds me of the massive spiders in Limbo, times ten, with even more tentacles and teeth.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Limbo</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuF4MAUmvlP1p-kxwAqWOf49P18q_zdclnnq_b2tq2_15k9WZCpotU3i9ANk8MSlYWBVRoQ78Hi_uETNgKTpqShBhBns0SEkr3Niba-ggEyilyXoeezumOIRQvsqq-SIzy110YT79FeFk/s320/limbo-spider.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633361580433285698" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtlzXPa9sKIsFkh4xJcghJ3ltLUsKmm5f_Wxa99hOOgh-_sMck9skPtKHw9_0IW0UJhGAwk7fQssCcvxDQt5ODL8bxBI-6rcMUKVzRhKaa86KyZq5a_EiwuIUC9t-Q6vxuIlzvhGnOQA/s320/the+creature.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633364254459078482" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 171px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">They grow in cacoons, and their transluscent stomachs glow red as they feed upon living creatures. In our case, on humans.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJ-pQfXN_GXCWKyL6vduoYb9QUjm5l-R6vc32ohSFLXb6rY6x95J6HU4WtyETtCpofeiI-4k8UPY0zRBjs8SmW1bHpuTIXFhdWsnqZqXeJroyC15iKIzOYUDJbhQqDWEZYDkAGjYQncg/s320/Cacoon.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633357615361799010" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 230px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ZHN_W925RIFB6O3R31xxZcUFiFj5_P4kELVHQS20_2YiRoHy8oZi0skW4grCiqL7u94tbUSJ5HHNU7D3qHOEOI1dI5N26yXfy4L2oX_nwt4kOw_V0nkfF9Yj3H7kqtnr1bSi8w1iak4/s320/Feeding+the+creature2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633363844152227218" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 170px; " /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Anthony Lucas is very good at conjuring primal emotions within his audience. Even with seemingly "inanimate" objects and voided silhouettes, Lucas still manages to make us feel dread, loathing, fear, remorse, and hope for his characters.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixgkg5s3K76Fqx372VMt9HTYA0Di711nJvNBnEXAprFtHGzZ6H2xw-3SBpxVfmcCTVSltRBFXXA6KwFGJRUfAe7N7oo93KD2tA5cW6rfabYcmhtNn4L6o8e54yqxbh8hKuXk4kJchWvA8/s320/morello_plague.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633161199757233874" style="text-align: justify; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 186px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The hope we feel for Jasper in the end is strong, even if it is tinged with revulsion and irony.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE3q12bQuV7vAGwP7_2Y95BCiQa2L23Jhz7k0p5-vzYAUVDZFHXrcw3PVq7otok8G063_sLEXMnjFfnZ9cRzl6EZbrfuP3CxM6AztWz28C8JTitCSWfpTXRrYfsizss8xPYA4tC32BWUw/s320/feeding+the+creature.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633159379000896706" style="text-align: justify; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 171px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">One of Lucas's earlier animations that best illustrates his ability to make us feel deeply for his characters is called, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Slim Pickings </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(1999). The style is completely different from his silhouette style (claymation vs. cutout), but the raw emotion and potent story telling is still there.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><iframe width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/XnbfA3-UBGk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Agh! My heart just breaks for the poor, selfless tomato plant! Why did the creature not look down before he committed the deadly act? Probably because Lucas likes to play with bitter irony. And now the creature must forever live with the guilt of having killed a generous friend who could have sustained him through the times of starvation. So tragic.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic5zTVoaN8UMxIbklUQbndM84pEzH-hDlrfXIkHW_jtTAxUhJptHj8cONUsxr2d_Qx_5ah5y-AGk5xO5jN8B_6PLNPA8JEBetBUO7hvZMYCxIyCOI5lXxJbNOuFziC6tbdK0lVqSpvvvs/s320/the+tomato.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633377482216708514" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 220px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdGqZTOHz1qQvnhbSTckIilxX1w3jEN83eWTLnM9tC3RiZmqGkD-BgELbwC5L8xVmGvra5Wg5LzYEr5vGYI5-rLFhz7JDYndToBFKkezIo-ZIu4Fs0Smhr_49L0b03iwLqhSLFVAkvx_k/s320/No%2521.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633377194848465970" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 170px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here Lucas took a very different route, but from a rare 1988 version of his film </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Shadowland</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, we can see where the first inklings of </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jasper Morello</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> were emerging.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><iframe width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cYgQxJo8_ZQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Interesting how he utilized organic materials such as leaves, twigs, and insects to achieve his visual effects. Very beautiful and unique.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9NskluQSHFr1smbzMtfxinun1ykLyjHp99uw2IWu1RTlrwY8iMeAvUWgAHFDgGtqeikC3y4Sf9nPojef7PvZU6G4TUqZkEMbzoN8PVdUhlmfFdxWrvnR74838wYktp0CkQJDpKd5NbxE/s320/Shadowland_leaves.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633387229923350834" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 188px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfh8u3z5pWiR1FCYOhN-vxqx7mIaHeiPvYfANl0yVrfybQkym6hNvXSu0lRerdzQ_Mnw0a_zXRfjEj-pFyMjhyHkc1MW6BYDK1zmAYh1EgfHVRx12_byOLjh59VnBT4Q-lh7Mt6ygkoCo/s320/Shadowland_winged+man.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633387367739954514" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 165px; " /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Jwvpn6fJTLMeVU18XNj3q3Eens-eh9TAYOPnp4a8zcyTHW2JKrlFWWVHnmRpEjilQNf3XPYc752FUZL9nqWpgI48EOOm7mKb5T3rvegrLxW10ZIYWpEKWE6s-CAUG02M_U_tw-HFWlM/s320/Shadowland_insect+wing.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633386829839285954" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 187px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHU0nx8rFdDVORdtOcAhkZzRXD5PvYjTvNhLMkU46YLTOyYgvUsNK6tflVXYk5KwtSZTCYKfjptVuyYCQU72oi4YgczXAbDrEe7hZ1zuZk76itVhRs76Me21HDgNzl3q8fujxn8QQGNz8/s320/Shadowland_locomotive.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633387100414949218" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3DPDQRLvdsP9E4cp4GDRSZjOW46hvY4U3MJx32Ieccwjje9TSJYhb3owtlAicGXblwd3X727IKJRW44-MlZgFO-ZFMYjJL_ikbo66VUWRVKsbqeEB__kwcxuCrk2ZSp-jXJe14z9kC8s/s320/Shadowland_twigman.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633386938051591698" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 221px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In his 2002 animated short, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Holding Your Breath, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">his style continued to develop.</span></span></span></i></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><iframe width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/O9zYC82rgd4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Again, so beautiful and dreamlike...</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOzkcM6gCtHt_qivckA51O9vYxNCGKv_Or0wDOAU_hApBEu026gAOQxD4w7Tvnf4WWxkBeSHseLNHlxBQfW1-R1SFBQPfbQrTvALU-Ysc4QZ3b_0hGBadAVryNVdPLXqCL5O7OoD6ziyM/s320/Holding+Your+Breath2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633405894420411970" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 159px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidi4NQANUMFDgYRw_gryGsrjqyv0WW5AwC4RgcoRrQSAntBld4Jzi5XU_hmfc6ve7fvFzOMDnkvIwik-dck55JDFmGeiJkzXYKZvc8263hZbWmjwUDswD2ExTePi_6R_Tu6Iir9psj7JM/s320/Holding+Your+Breath1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633405681761366402" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGZ41mv5czP3meRx2HpSVS_pmFqpRI5a1UBzgmntIlhwBBMtGYF5SE-yBoIn-jcKEG5gKI-hzBetkV9l8fHU-QhWMfySi0Y07KbcYsp3WqOKUgQNPReBnET_PHS2RQ1kDDZMzoGKHcLBo/s320/Holding+Your+Breath4.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633406977460754866" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjAFCmpjZNkwcAOCrcXR2mwHfopJL_MaNzuZ0e0aCwQS4jxr9h5TK-0PMIF1_44E2IMRLnMn7gvzbw2raenLXrHNupvlgi8PO7C1NREyN7YRUK97nCpGgdFveToAQysSk-lPO3UB4HY-o/s320/Holding+Your+Breath3.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633406825679081218" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 158px; " /></span></span></div><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:CourierNewPSMT, monospace;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;"><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">It's hard to find any basic biographical information on Mr. Lucas, but he is from Australia, is a self-proclaimed sci-fi geek, is married to his producer, and has made an award winning animated short with his children about his son Henry's rabbit entitled, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">My Rabit Hopp</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">y (2008).</span></span></span></span></span></p><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglzIv4P7n5dTFOvvnRYdN4EODbvElXuljjjzWUfz_4e23vDc9jZyrHXZNxc9Q9SgjQriCF1xRM1w65f7wit0bGcaMOyrvLdTSvi_-c15RtSG8SF6AJqbeU-Z8BA_heaEhUeUyJj02tQyA/s320/My+Rabit+Hoppy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633409905472813650" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 211px; " /></span></p><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Since winning the Grand Prix at the Annecy Int’l Animation Festival and getting his Oscar nomination, Lucas has been receiving a number of live-action scripts to consider directing. </span></span></span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">He also served as a third-unit director on the live-action adaptation of </span></span></span></span></span><span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Where the Wild Things Are</span></span></span></i></span></span><span><span><span style="font-style: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSoibU0R_qKF5DimHzxAt4nfdKKWqLOa-oPrn2FI0BglT2NmSubolDPflM7aaL-Jb9vQTW42U2Zcg3lzvgsjF-2Nf-vbIqboV9KQfNbc-bNu1EE8-kQa3HZLyGFJ8Eqq9IOyfzazBClTE/s320/WhereTheWildThingsArePoster2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633409464389212802" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 320px; " /></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Right now, his passion is still finishing the story of Jasper Morello. Either way, I'm eager to see what talented project this filmmaker has planned for the future.</span></span></span></span></div></span><p></p><p align="JUSTIFY" style="margin-bottom: 0in"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">~S</span></span></span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Lchq12BAMf3hxXL1-ko-JKeDOIYu8pQNtICQlDJwcjiAy9VKnlME4POHPVul5AbfsoLu0YgSk-7YbRU74YAaVeoVyoIBC6vUi_n5zBCXBPBwPB8Ck-bp7jN2UnK85W7a4rb6XArcdSQ/s320/My+Rabit+Hoppy2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633409257545299138" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 197px; height: 263px; " /> </span></span><p></p>Susan Maxfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454449486304228243noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794642080897544146.post-41798196941832445122011-05-25T13:01:00.000-07:002011-09-19T09:22:40.545-07:00Sioux<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX8h3e6POF3dJX7AzfFebTxhzzgn26tDpqGgpZ7EKD9I2gPuPWv1Z-sp2dvm7viqRPUCYcbhm8gAk5MWDcwMH6qe3C4bRABgnufWbcU3HJ0FbCTOQjZU4f2LoUexuUKnm64Li4Rd4p9zI/s1600/A+Blessed+Breeze.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRRf8_kNaigrXM9nnB9Y_D0zkGVcPcyViogqLvQ2zmBnmen17GZADGgKH5KXhBZQ5GQTfGHmzulA_OT1EcJ7qkUHAQ4ncgBFzErCIfqjjoC8okgV0ZdFYROBCnv2-5enlc5GidaGyFDY/s1600/Sioux3.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 211px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRRf8_kNaigrXM9nnB9Y_D0zkGVcPcyViogqLvQ2zmBnmen17GZADGgKH5KXhBZQ5GQTfGHmzulA_OT1EcJ7qkUHAQ4ncgBFzErCIfqjjoC8okgV0ZdFYROBCnv2-5enlc5GidaGyFDY/s320/Sioux3.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653949583432623922" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Since it is a warm, pleasant day and the flowers are blooming with life and color, I thought some images that highlight the beauty of Spring would be appropriate.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDbQZrsvvRnXeHqEcZkJCbzngZ2GTOR6DGQJW_eZe7WRLK8__nKfZ7HwyqeNsoJyodIigF1U1WdTlMd84bsEZLttrBGVJ-6dkMaCqUCiBKzORsaRwIDmE1P34KiVbIYVYM5I6OXTLgZA/s320/Sioux_Waiting+Girl.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633456200578623042" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3l46cRLxKwKdhCIxV801qymVlHwnfFe9qtZiabr03UIhwYD78_xqAcX1rrhbUmVsKewTx062G023XHYlbZLPO1NjQqkMd9HQK2FCjSFLdBS2qB8kZ3z6fvsx1Vu03N-sVkYjdIrSJ5k/s320/Alisai.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633460865944722690" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix000_co4zd1XpKOUGVLSHKxpNFVPKot9tgXzRob8A4K62gRcOV8UP0jKf9mtbU2PvFTGgwIywMZcuPHI_bhdsYLcxo2h467uk2Sq82rit_IyFz0uIZfzYhwMcPlmY8D3jAoTzvx2qJEY/s320/Princess.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633460508423992466" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBKYpLEdQnmFP6CFbZHuA-4WNNvvYwaxgcznwhqfqMavTXx6E1NKsV-ZZKoKjWr2joggmqgn4oKcdgChtY_9dZlvI4Xss7WJ6XqobF_qYWLpGwDIZhYdY9NI3N9AYUkQQzQxeEl_qEz4A/s320/Shobu.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633460205489895506" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">These lovely images of manga-inspired women are by the young Japanese artist, Sioux. Based in Tokyo, she specializes in modern-day "Bijinga" paintings, a generic term for pictures of beautiful women in Japanese art. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg3wnRnk59JBFXst_cYaG-10FC6ccf9ZZtjtm7BPtqCXmCdOx6Zmwwk9IE_ll448ZahUKJFxBiey9K77Eu_Tv5rLa31_UhG8sIb2emt2u8vY2LdU2b4m3mj6E-iXftq6hpEgcHjSEgO0o/s320/Sioux_Buttercup+Maiden.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633460004088713666" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-pE_3Q0k0uzMwA9aRh0Qo1Gkk_6ZsmOQYbkFTPQ4CUcevVm66t_sHezTWMannzACVIUNONUO2r1DKpNt3te_3rlsDMllHEKDxaR0dqhRQ9Xn0zbkOPvxsGcP1_yq2HTWtx-YriCgVTqM/s320/Sioux_Yellow+Girl.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633461445006127954" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZqY7-jbHfd6hDhopu7j0mpa3V6l0EQERiYGjSJGvrxun1D0qAcPjXs6Zb3TCaJVkQz1fDs-2Ter3xm6sbzLdr6_s-fhtLFxrWfdx7ywTrPfZ3lRnHyOXXRgQvtSzarNL2zSAoBDlf5ao/s320/Sioux_Suzarun+Dori.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633459723286597874" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Working primarily in watercolor and acrylic paints, Sioux highlights the beauty of Japanese women not only for clients of fashion and illustration, but as fine works of art.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvum8FdyEipgRh_83d4HtF_kqbYfVcSCxIAZvrcTMcxQQtzGLQuDGJoVe6w4azeemA1Lw6Qswkk0444eB7PP-3D3mVTgs48JkdoxPugi2yTHsTLmY3PjmBS_5uxT8cOJxywnY_cUfUUE/s320/Woman+W%253ABird.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653963272667274722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX8h3e6POF3dJX7AzfFebTxhzzgn26tDpqGgpZ7EKD9I2gPuPWv1Z-sp2dvm7viqRPUCYcbhm8gAk5MWDcwMH6qe3C4bRABgnufWbcU3HJ0FbCTOQjZU4f2LoUexuUKnm64Li4Rd4p9zI/s320/A+Blessed+Breeze.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653963133519977778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 230px; " /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Since 2001, Sioux has worked for various companies designing book jackets, CD covers, magazines, greeting cards, calendars, journals, gift boxes, cell phone covers, and stationary. Currently she works as a freelance illustrator, and since her first solo-exhibition in 2009 she has participated in various other exhibitions throughout Vancouver and New York.</span></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Z2tmX0QcejVy4gXqZ1pTAKVnLf2rq3F-Rw5DD34XqKtAlYE5dAwu-ye6XYbkEEdPVvld6pxZEV3XVVpWClVm6Xr-lW6Q9-s9a-lvj9TzmdyAQlPSydjnkbMc9cOxLoysXHHE5Vb7Om0/s320/Autumn+Girl.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633461120459018562" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzx9jBCC0SkeARjkCedKxo4PsQHJb-J_wkcV_X6qozwlRtrvhsCa8Q-nyQ21RCKUTJpsDJZyvnfIORZ20HwG6w-JawgZsQ78o61AWz1KUwZ_qGN8UEiV_ZNScYHX0BwOKioppRbH6MRj8/s320/Chrysanthemum+Girl.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633461641013856002" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvPSkf-vilApuprTEPJnGI0MAv1420o_jeowKzHKaeia0tQeSbcWmIYluyzDBBvet_6Qsk1rhZ9DCKMngKD2jp8jrgiJRRcJfjCFGDQ1ilCtPkOSh0MQxgvv86qbzoLXDdWD-pOFwJl8/s320/Ninja+Lady.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633462369172822658" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIEo8I6KLzw6T6PTxOjUIyUHn6bc8CGf9d7-WyqKOg-V-8FWMfr3GAqVX9bW5YXbVWMX8NPOcc8AKxrK2tcjXEeCv_aI2ckqy7-8GFV_blEAAN2tUleVEUJSOTMdKKtgky9X8Izjnn2CY/s320/River.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633461998182958338" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Her images are soft, sensual, and colorful, demonstrating a graceful portrayal of the female form. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">In the future Sioux hopes to design costumes, and to one day illustrate the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, especially </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">The Little Mermaid</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">. I'm sure her delicate, ethereal style will suit the fantastic musings of Andersen very well.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZae3WE13QdWh897jXKYhh3iF9_vPXkNZeHyOLKgiD_sMcUFuO9O3DxN1_95ZnSftcIl_wVqND-1l1iqoG6FV3oqz9qA37TVU9D6ZV76ayiZsWPDSqJBPXkZXAxI5r5iyjrhFJIV7n0A/s320/Valentine.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633461313332649554" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLa0dMsRMotdCYne8t2FAvtzzHAPEHcP5obj6cIOac7yF3SKqixSBthF6IDa7OzTa2Ygwpy6MeeQ4DMHmUeEkrZ_ruQStC5ucpl1Mq-xiuvVXvfYmt4SGhB5s0WBtfyQsmLN4hej4E4sg/s320/Model.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633461857047326274" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKie5SjHucuxMbpbl-BWR4t18IP5Xg0Fddyz-aQTqandVANy1kz4m5TMtx6ryT_BvhPTSCdlWJFSgJGKWqT57YMqRBfbycqjgdJOtab_TH13TW2s28rCG_sahxA3yPA6of7rHU8LxyR_c/s320/A+Red+Berry+%2526+A+Blue+Bird.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633460710812615170" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">May you have great fortune and prosperity in all your undertakings, Sioux, and may we all have many more days of light and warmth this year. :)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">~</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">S</span></span></div>Susan Maxfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454449486304228243noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794642080897544146.post-70224578287110406062011-05-19T11:39:00.001-07:002011-06-19T12:34:42.869-07:00Warp Graphics & ElfQuest<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfHd0qzNVjK-2dBoEbGxCMdq3NYIp6E28VwtGefUBur3UdCSyTSlrB3IoUwlQNgvBchmwDfUU-qBQUNEBqmVn9WB7jY0wsU6UxAn2Wlo_k9ZN0PfG-Vg8tvQqcrmvHpVmoK4SjmWnmSGE/s1600/header_bios.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfHd0qzNVjK-2dBoEbGxCMdq3NYIp6E28VwtGefUBur3UdCSyTSlrB3IoUwlQNgvBchmwDfUU-qBQUNEBqmVn9WB7jY0wsU6UxAn2Wlo_k9ZN0PfG-Vg8tvQqcrmvHpVmoK4SjmWnmSGE/s320/header_bios.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617911330746563010" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 138px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Due to a lack of comic exposure growing up I never became a huge follower of graphic novels, however, one I have continued to love since I was a teenager is the great fantasy saga, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ElfQuest.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmydC5ld0-EI_lwYSnRvqpqncgdwQfjy8uICsBWkN5BBPp5esXIJe_aFSYs-W2G4CKdNgpHiRLPL4c-CyjIZGHZKsiw9KWLhykjbo05zD4F0qzkM8oR4lXUyi6OsaySa9cRhZykqLjN4/s320/elfquest__characters.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617942909815552786" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i></i>The series was a precursor to the huge influx of fantasy popularity in the 80's, and proof that a self-published comic--and one by a woman for that matter--could become an iconic success. It's written and illustrated by husband/wife duo Wendy and Richard Pini, with Wendy as writer and illustrator, and Richard as co-writer and editor.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih8-I93Dh6g3fjbVffQHPsVOpwe5rJCwrAPuQWJZaxxrNkZdwf9wdlcuiIkUL4F5G4ZAoy7ykir9TeguWn2I0G_uPluzpuRMXc-2Ze-Z9qWJmjpj4ITrKb_9GfdA5bHjcfdH_18OdzgYY/s320/800px-RichardWendyPiniFanimeCon2010-05-31.JPG.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619657822646461618" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Back in the day all major comics were published through one of two giant moguls: DC or Marvel. To not be under their brand meant certain death for a new series. These companies decided a comic series "about elves" would not be profitable enough, so Wendy and Richard turned to a small midwestern publisher. After the first issue came out </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Wendy and Richard were so disappointed with the quality that they decided they could do better on their own, so they began WaRP Graphics (</span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">W</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">endy </span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">a</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">nd </span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">R</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">ichard </span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">P</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">ini).</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4uciRW-H58fWD9qyi0h43msm38znqF_zaVg3018YMUzHHntyx825etIBqAZEDu8RFd-8x0xMTI_K6-el5Iw35dW8F6AndkfM9Cm-sgyQlarEgu5yUHSMNqtk2pHtwyFYG_bRZV2q4-ds/s320/Warp+Graphics.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617914560836024210" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 87px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Wendy was born in San Francisco in 1951, and from an early age demonstrated a great talent and interest in drawing. Much of her inspiration came from Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Disney, Erte, and Japanese manga (my favorites too!). The story of ElfQuest was one that had been bubbling inside her for years, and after she had decent success illustrating for other comic books, she knew it was time for her own story to come forth.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7vEAV2b8LbSvgRPJrvfQ6kg4HopuLGP8Y0B7EzIHxiQg6FqbneyrSCtaT1BC7p2fHURfvcOgpZubfrnrFJkkShtYdhXd2VEE4frsLdIthYHjgiJp4OIGPI5AJhtww5u2R6hAy6TfqTY/s320/The+Girls.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618333449018800578" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Richard was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1950, and was a highly successful academic. He was accepted to MIT's astrophysics program earning an astronomy degree, and then worked as a lecturer, photographer, script writer, and special effects technician at Boston's Hayden Planetarium. He met Wendy through a 4 year correspondence that eventually led to their marriage. Richard's love of comics and science-fiction greatly helped in fleshing out the story of ElfQuest.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisxNrrpi-JOG5-O2E8E_KZWSf6-a-xtruPp7WSziekEym6dn5A_153E1jpc6YVmbjf9hmYwZhctWtpVGjhwE5CXpy9uRfYUkvECXeu_G0zFw_WkQ_Yj-UOBmXCklc9pgf3sk_wvlM0Hvw/s320/Winnowill+Cover.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617940979652145842" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The first installment of the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ElfQuest</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> series was published in the Spring of 1978, with each additional issue coming out every 4 months. Four months may sound like a long time, but the depth and quality of Wendy's illustrations, and the rich development of the plot and characters made it all worth it.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsiiR4ROgM5m3nRsbFtfzlqJdmUmsbNULRF91n5Ze1MEVde1j_uJDLqCLylexWDq9XlLfvXHb1ct7Vxd4RZ5vvtxt3iTUTW0WRwDFUUvneglfYfB4BRMfDaKd9sbr6ycIBSuNQqwaQhBg/s320/Leetah2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617939967543944098" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Original Series is about the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Wolfriders</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, a band of woodland elves who hunt and live beside their wolf companions on a primordial Earth-like planet called, Two Moons. Their chief, Cutter, sets out on a Quest to discover the origins of his elfin race. What follows is a brief albeit a long summary of the Original Series (it is 21 issues after all), which you may skip if you like. :)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0FmrZ2XCPQ5y0Y35eSYlO4rQbzqr_ehUGjgNbNccz31-tgoYUT_tc87Ypaip9pNrLp1PeGuENrSVF-4PHsRs2Ta7gYoFu2d_jeLWz7K4ECcLpimiVLzezkEdJSKYyia4SfoYlbaEpbfQ/s320/Cutter.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617916004979780594" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On the planet of Two Moons live superstitious humans who long ago witnessed the elves descend from the sky onto their world. For this reason they believe them to be demons who must be destroyed. Their deep hatred has caused a bloody war to exist between the two races for centuries. During an attempt to rescue one of their captured kin, the elves kill a human in the process causing their outraged leader to set fire to the woodland.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOIMmqz4-k8gXl07v-q6IAUSN_STv5O4uHoGTksNs_naFiuWH-nep_1Jem87N7HUAo3HCunX9Bf32r0gk-96YT2vs6ABKJMLFXB6k4utE8ukCWarY58YEw8jVpsl2NHmdf-tvinX48FE/s320/Burning+the+Forest.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617916237964491042" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Wolfriders are forced to flee to the entrance of the troll's dwelling in the rocks. The trolls are greedy and dishonest and trick the elves into believing they are being led to a lush new forest. Instead, they are stranded in a barren desert where they must wander for days until they stumble upon the oasis dwelling of the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sunfolk</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, a tribe of dark-skinned elves! Their leader is the wise and aged Savah, "Mother of Memories". She is tall and elegant like their original descendants, The High Ones.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy0AgYh2xsDmtajkPVJP5Hta-006Bdccfd8JkiW7HWbrljuyjGQGR8-P_rmt-27wJPD2kLuD1qa1WCEJn7PqtDWktHEuKvBKF1kOczE15Oj6kAt7oFUVL2XtYXORBtbA6RBuhNpluonwk/s320/Savah.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619732784891833282" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cutter now realizes they are not alone in this world, and in fact he experiences </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Recognition</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> with one of the Sunkfolk healers, Leetah. Recognition is when two elves are meant to be united forever as "Lifemates", and it only occurs once in an elf's lifetime. Elves may have plenty of "Lovemates" (The elves are very sexual beings in fact), but it is only through Recognition that the elves can bear children. Because elves live for hundreds of years they may only bear 1 to 2 children in their lifetime, which is why Recognition is so important.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3iPcA2zbUYream4xTAL5lPXGotbe1W1seCorhWMqVi6ZJc60CMcu6g9_kx5eIShi5pjHwlc6_rPTjfqRWOXbRadUDLXBj_f5DU1hKZ7Xe7N0uzd9vVUvOfCwmoAGKVvv5yt_FtEAW_oM/s320/They+Meet.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619753606533079730" style="text-align: justify; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 221px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The problem is that the refined Leetah is not in love with the "savage" Cutter, and another suitor, Rayek, has been seeking her attentions. Rayek and Cutter compete in a test to prove their worthiness to woo Leetah. The Test is designed to measure the strength of the mind, body, and heart of the competitors. Cutter easily wins the strength competition, and narrowly wins the mind test with the help of Skywise's Lodestone. Finally they must face their greatest fears to measure their character, and Cutter succeeds by crossing a tall expanse in order to save Rayek's life. Rayek leaves the village feeling disgraced.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg53Joarxvmdj2jTjJ8H-ty-8nCMsrEFJga9irCp5StYUiC5dXiZJqsbBAxo6E4ZhduDRS84lMN0dTSykdw0jdFqjP3ZEqXEeZHQ535TIjRpmQMcNkHDF6MiZ3jt6t-n86EniSdsxwlq-0/s320/Rayek.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617916730113759458" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After a time Leetah's heart is softened towards Cutter and they become united. For seven years they dwell in the Sunfolk oasis, and Leetah gives birth to twins, a boy and girl named Suntop and Ember. Ember is firey and brash like her father; she is destined to become Chieftess of the Wolfriders one day. Suntop is more empathetic and cerebral; he is destined to become a great Healer like his mother.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkGnAMV_yLAtMFQSaYTm-wYI7pHjJlpjtgXcRUrpXR4G8vZEPP6rOyskg-hCun3D8w6jsTOKG1QKGZn-mZ9F8JgQnQv7n2U83cvAbKbEBzUxwbIISB84HToK5C4noeQHt5znCTqxCDro/s320/Leetah-Ember-Suntop.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619730098027119890" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cutter grows restless and desires to search for more elves if they exist. He sets out with his trusty friend Skywise by his side. Leetah stays with the children, but secretly she is afraid of the unknown. After a long journey Cutter and Skywise discover a forest filled with unusual fairies who spin a web-like substance that keeps living creatures preserved forever.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipH7A3PcV5XSqVTYXaZlDPyOQ8m6QmDfxJcKXylFsAMshzpQ3fQeN_mLWatJj81bI8Y1A2ShTPRuK_LIorfJICSCXqFiUjLy0bbiGkzNCH-cbJziZUMU0DdT3IQQkAU9L1UQgKHR_inys/s320/The+Preservers2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617923081238763554" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 288px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In the forest Cutter receives a nasty wound that becomes infected. He falls unconscious and is rescued by a young human couple! These humans are different. They are kind and actually worship a group of elves called "The Bird Spirits". Cutter knows he must find this new group of elves so he sets out again.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-3jxgkHEPKtrPhgXGBskwp6KatvTdAlP4VLZaNuF43rsAQM2dTUHg0bY3Ntpasgf0TkiptLTg6u_ogTSBlSg_5WDvWs41ccaH4VqnzBZR9ErURm4Lv2of9wnCnB5yI9xnzKr-XGgRn0/s320/the+Humans.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617939138567675474" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Back amongst the Sunfolk, Savah looses herself in a trance-like state trying to warn Cutter of a great danger she senses in the distance. The gifted Suntop feels this danger from Savah and tells the tribes they must find Cutter to warn him. They all decide to set out, Leetah and the children included.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9QFb7aK1FJWBuEhytGAftVhMqMwGE83rF3RENz6t7BULifPu5lZUdq-MNmwLRCm_-IWlezpLVnE4l5qB31w1mkGifq7sgnmJsnDzHZBoBnYEHSNoez2mX-nb_EoWERPS_IfSc1uYz00/s320/Goodbye.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619807033806392722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 218px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After many weeks they find a giant bird and hunt it for much needed food. After killing and eating it, an entire swarm of them return, swooping down and capturing most of the elves where they are taken to the dwelling of the Gliders, known by the humans as the "Bird Spirits". Only a few escape, including Leetah and her children.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibnXqHSbii6kGCjOsh2duVO9ZVXjw2cvxJghepl9cb3XnNkvT5mxkBKJYqsUQB728QJ8qqBeH-vQUAWtOJdPPzsysps1qK_XReOZe77lr7yYbnunyQcNMTZUer9Z5uqwaw8iDz5WrK_Jk/s320/The+Birds+Attack2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617926075538511810" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Days later, Cutter and Skywise come upon a strange mound of creatures preserved in the web-like substance. It's Leetah and her children! They wandered into the same forest as Cutter sensing he was near. The family is reunited, but now they must find their tribe.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiItMUO51md1s-J_jjAvgiRHkJHShhqmwQrD_tujzdDAUc_u6_wsjXALvfCg6yGsywCGJNnovSNMCcIAmErDdznydTWXcT7XYjqh_atiyOs_NhNcxmmPT9GsE9_MZas0rEA-ZO5g7rGVYE/s320/The+Family+is+Safe.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617923432774353170" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">They finally reach Blue Mountain, the home of </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Gliders</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, a group of tall elves who have retained many powers from The High Ones such as the ability to fly, heal, manipulate/reshape matter, and telekenisis. One such Glider, with long black hair and piercing, malevolent eyes, is Winnowill. She is the danger Savah sensed, and the one holding Savah's mind hostage.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYYajhgDYu7nZGRk3gOar5Ia2pE273Ksv6hF1pdMBuzJ5R3KlXrB5g1BfjB0o2XA9o97Dq3_TpGMZs5QpINScA0wlHLSev7LQYb4weGk1ZzxGCD_WsagA5trpdwZXNpm5pJj0Kp7NPLA/s320/Winnowill.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617919471959800562" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 320px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here Cutter finds his tribe in captivity, but worse, Longbow has been locked up and tortured by Winnowill for killing the bird that was ridden by the Glider's chosen 8 hunters.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHD97e5nyd49CweNXkyrTfiF0EJM4JC0dlYg5AgvJb5qighdFu18GhjH33ybgDpppq5x3CQHnOr-6Z3fB-hzu6p0jdWWFR7J5JgT6d-VMUz6vBC681TYtMBf-hv-SFX4MFc45sZTpYjiQ/s320/LongBow.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619764073884435442" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 237px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cutter speaks with the Glider's leader, Lord Voll, who now understands that the killing was an accident and agrees to free Longbow only if he may see Cutter's children (for a long time the Gliders have lost the ability to bear children). When Lord Voll sees the precocious youngsters, his hope in the future of his people is rekindled.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxI-ZZaCJiXNd19d5I_HCIW8o-6crFaeQWJI_Mua_Pa5r3ajOQZ-PC-BJrP8J4GR1lamwKiL78bB2V5JgaaWyH6I7TX52dVTodVjVPf5Ti1o7OZnU3RcXWFkB8npDJTTOfjfT7lQkXHC4/s320/Lord+Voll+Meet+the+Children.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617927093383717378" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Winnowill informs the elves that the Gliders ARE the High Ones, but the Wolfriders cannot believe it. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6UCYbN08ZOuZ4ykrbF30POdHUji2BFXE6eK_v4K5kz-aL5WDjwVg7P92ki96_DnOYNr13cuRt6zlr36_MQPLkQz9rXxB3rAAyueElYEnUj-tn0t4ADz2aztBd89hynCwmtC5CzvHkNbk/s320/We+Are+the+High+Ones.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618256595888751698" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here we also discover the origins of the Woldfriders themselves. Long ago a High One named Timmain tried to rescue her starving people by transforming herself into a wolf (Timmain was one of the last High Ones who had retained her shape-shifting ability). For a time she lived fully as a wolf, even mating with them, which produced her son, Timmorn, a half-elf/half-wolf that became the first Wolfrider Chief. For 10 generations his offspring led the Wolfriders, eventually leading up to Cutter, "Son of 10 Chiefs".</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8D8tiwITTLua_UneqE4JS722qvAb0Jd_tbG9NH5TDFpSjaSIvO0n46LwKqAaRgdTn0KIHstCuR0AV1xXcHchIESAeBS1BG_u7r8GZkeZTUGJXZLIjRijQj5BgWKfHs7n5u2mJ9wBeMg/s320/Timmorn.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619734372913621362" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 307px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">With wolf-blood flowing through their veins, the Wolfriders truly are the greatest hunters with the most accute senses (and they have a taste for raw meat).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYrBLiHGGD0UkR4S0omJ6H4bMQQoUx1vwb-4oQhnn-QER06KHiJ4K1jGKWs0u-1eLKZuBP3gouPdDEyRadMfOhARu0qyJFETApJlOG_1zyBF9EvPdKfSSCGm7THeKImS-ZeGw4jxoarA/s320/The+First+Wolfriders.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619735214900319074" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">One of the Gliders, named Tyldak, who was transformed into a bird-like creature by Winnowill's powers, experiences Recognition with Dewshine, one of the Wolfriders. Despite his bird-like appearance, Dewshine can see his true appearance as a beautiful elf, and he can see her true appearance as an elf with "tainted" wolf blood. They both despise each other, but Recognition cannot be denied, and they unite for a time (In another series, Dewshine gives birth to Tyldak's baby who can fly from birth and is eventually kidnapped by Winowill--but that is another story...).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnusRm-jQuaW2WR-6M2J448mEwrbYrS9D3LvVsfAvT5Fai2eAKCKyD-Xds9Rg8en8sGXzhsqDbzO-UK4WzARpNfC7gc7DsnMrqkMzIRIp4L6qFMacKn8clnwL-LD-_njf4diWtfqBnPQ0/s320/Dewshine%253ATyldak.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617928804419731186" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 313px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Even though the Wolfriders wish to go home, Lord Voll kidnaps them and flies to the location of the Palace of the High Ones, which has now been taken over by trolls. On the way there Lord Voll is killed by the trolls, and the rest of the Gliders escape leaving the Wolfriders to fend for themselves. They fight hard; One-Eye dies, and Cutter is mortally wounded and almost dies himself. At the very last moment a band of mountain dwelling elf warriors come to their rescue!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin5_g0ApysnKOViXg-CeXOF6Oj7vQ9p5vSej3JVnFHYLG9l5zuWvUZXOdJwfWvpLdE8PYMXSionB1pkzkEq-4IX8rkphoZTbYPcHGtCYef2k8Kc9QW4EImdBQbY-sJZOGzoUhte28UlgM/s320/Go-Back+Rescue.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618257977728075090" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">They are called the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Go-Backs</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, because they have always felt a strong desire to "go back" to the Palace from whence their ancestors came. Their chieftess, Kahvi, is a shrewd and ruthless survivor. Leetah tries to heal Cutter but he is too far gone, until a mysterious elf helps her... it is Rayek! Leetah thought he had died in the desert long ago. Now he has repaid his life-debt to Cutter.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyovdyJkPl6neAnK5EMTFCF0liiryf4Eg-Ybi3AB2b8JnngPPDjRYsSFCyMT90LTC80hAIxr4DctXCH_j50sR4TgEHTWWGN1gy9J5H6DEqo5Ngtgj2GOB2zsiaNhhAf8sDhUY4jIKZqE/s320/Healing+Cutter.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619739691839531026" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 179px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Since their numbers are greater, the elves decide to storm the palace and take back what is rightfully theirs. Upon finding a secret mountain entrance, the Wolfriders notice the trolls who tricked them many years ago are now slaves to the new trolls. The elves decide to free them to form an alliance that could favor their odds in winning. On the way they meet Two-Edge, the half-troll/half-elf son of Winnowill.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZWfET3QU0F_9YQfH78-jnXZUsNut7_bR-onh0UtAihcZ6K5XZSFhFHDgWtGql8IFveGO1OTwtYPGMNxHBQ5Mke7v7OI0uzaMZf5cMXQR4J8HIJinwej99Jzq9HVg1cG8RGwH8jfU6Wrc/s320/Two-Edge.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618324758111803586" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 195px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">He is a great metal-smith, and has created a room full of armor specially crafted for the elves. For years he has been planning a set-up which would pit elf against troll in a massive bloody battle. This is the only way his twisted mind can decide which race is superior, and which one he should align himself with.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfRdbf-nyRl6UZeUyjMOfMDEgkRc21Mun4DquAlyXgYJvvFFM8c7v762UjaLqhZ_s4j8ZrfiTOA_r0WDMtoZzHNSOkZIGNfo4G0DpT8FSSvN2NeWeKmmGvD7VxWXTggGordg5-4VDMos/s320/Battle.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618325011758268738" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">With armor, special powers, and a surprise attack, the elves manage to defeat the trolls. They enter the long lost Palace of the High Ones. No elf has entered these walls for thousands of years...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnSYqCQFdaCrR6_FEpsUGJKrVY81S5_HRNH7tycRFh0oMlulSNTmcfmhk6VGMgVn6_zm-J_klfOrWCeBPdZtavtP5egeeeTXeba3uvejCDhW3OaYmEg_Z2Lk88QrRhOcPaoSNiKok67c/s320/Palace+of+the+High+Ones.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618328773591696978" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Inside Suntop finds an old she-wolf he tries to comfort when suddenly it transforms into an elf. It is Timmorn, mother of the Wolfriders!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAoXddyuVA9QrpJ_mjnc83RegQf0RqlqZilLIUrpEgjauuSYB1w_x-zXMYmaBmWr4EPTk1PJWzScSeR5bSQOvUYfOARcfwwHjsSn7tGDSH6FJqb_bAaOjZoZ-udCdOjwcOY8YdW3glKBA/s320/Timmain.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619744331339065282" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiyoSWmYzy4cz935LbmhPE2aXgu7-ronPsis60tJr1JaihpKPhxX_X1MpyW_1EYZV83WmvK76B7cFsXhpBlI1apADXGIPat5KiLv0OAhyjpbC-Z-xc1JK12_hkb1uCRwBTLn-psms-Ap8/s320/Timmain%2521.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618333101274541506" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Timmain has the Preservers wrap her in their web, yet she still communicates with the elves through Suntop. Her powers unwind some anciently formed scrolls that reveal the origins of the High Ones. This is it. The moment Cutter has been waiting for all his life...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6R1rSxX-Jz3AVSLUdHNmrgUPuxQp4Zy7QsIY5oWQtJoBzijEaqV0-3ClK-SOsIw2xN2-fCLhHg1FNzjpRY9SY9GJ8V0Igum3qu6QrYy8vf5oyhbqqEzjh3XU2mCq-XPNOwfZKSRngBq0/s320/High+Ones+History.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619737561562996370" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Now, I know I've dragged you along all this way, but I still don't want to rob you of the opportunity of finding out the history of the elves yourself. It really is an exciting build-up. We also find out why all human cultures have so many tales about enchanted beings.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwjCOAvOvi4NwBxO0JCYC3SEJO3CRl9oXE6cgzD6jIOZeXcMzirT1pbGQB6MCvFurTCX-4jg0UMsSzJQSe2lWUVtqCfjW_C2TaBFwXijKp1dFN6OAyXVmpDz9oV1z8OIczhIQxWDMTKk/s320/Ember.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619757617771371698" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Even after you discover the origins of the elves and the ElfQuest adventure is "over", the Original Quest is just the beginning. There are over 40 spin-off series of the ElfQuest universe that delve deep into the stories of other characters, including Ember as Chieftess, a human being raised among the elves, tales set far into a technologically advanced future, and even tales of a race of water-dwelling elves called the Wavedancers. All this and more can be found on their website </span></span><a href="http://www.elfquest.com/gallery/OnlineComics3.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Gu4mHXinekvpmuLCNTK3o7OKJFHLYsnh-EatHUpTQkwm-MOi_xOHzvezY2UnEQz1ecXeW8ThhavvflnHUlwg38XxR7Mi9pfmlsisojXKbgG62v5lS8iyzofWu_iq9h14njsPqD_czQY/s320/Wavedancers1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619760359838299618" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71ylhYkfnsWDIXglU1MNlJJJlmvxZvsShXO4XjO1v41ED6dwvsDUf_a5H4PONUVn2nxHpfuGLwTnopMCUjIzNJRFxcu1qPSCg2w-wcSqxt-HS-QqdSssjvjeGwvOy0ChEDzaQmJvVCuU/s320/Wavedancers2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619760487143632258" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 314px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I have a deep adoration for ElfQuest; it's story, characters, and art. I mean, look at this labor of love Wendy has created for over 30 years! Look at how much attention she pays to Savah's delicate hands and cheekbones. Look at the way she gives as much detail to the background and the glow emanating from the stained-glass window as she does to her main subject. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "> </div><div style="text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgThrd5DchyuYgc-UpVsiWIfrQQiOk3Dzm9Ow8phJMI4iCqDpYrGFOSvT-CwY89g1XWoItQ4RZAjpJ6ptnEumrqWQ4b5dHoy8XfoKj1VU5M98pQuXeUgM9g1TNNW7ASmsZ6Mha5YugwG3Y/s320/Savah_inward+journey.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610310086338683810" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The large eyes and anotomically perfect bodies of her characters reveals a strong anime influence, but there is a competence and fluidity to Wendy's lines, and her skill at conveying the emotion in her character's expressions is beyond compare. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6OTYzCmdV7Fg-digmcAltusCTToUpicjNH903-GKiGIxp36H01hrZf-r48S4Mr96Te1B-Q2wCQh_55HHR3zjUMSKFXcTJts5aGmidpf308am5IsBfv76DPBjbwQQURRslFXA10_SCQ_E/s320/Expression1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619758740861783138" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 258px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigS7Cjv2qqBVixYT0lOOkB_-WlEOIL9JlTjZJXZUuu65oF3ZosQVgGLW3f3BwrjUFq0saXWl8mLL6X3D6zd5tJXfOvaKAyg-SrX-X5G5mAj_FwovVkisypJLp7F3GpPUXhLmHy2mPWk-Y/s320/Expression3.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619790329860749602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">I can't imagine how many hours have been dedicated to this series, but it is a legacy that will surely live on longer than an elf's lifetime. :)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivh6V8cGmuGTjyWxyx4WpKSdRZ6FVMLdEoT5BUDMyb_JWb4ggC2sRCWFZFvHzVIfzSh_u5tUZjIJWVY16OXC3MJFJOl0sDlRengj0pbJDeW-qLAe05ZbxKDhcZajLQ_v_czy-JJGbPg4M/s320/Expression2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619758901438526930" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">There seem to be various themes running throughout the series, including </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">prejudice </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">and </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">racial commonality</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">. For example, when the elves first arrive the humans prejudge their entire race and assume they're demons because they look different. Then the elves assume all humans are evil (not surprisingly) because of the way they brutally murder the elves. That is, until Cutter meets the young human couple and realizes humans can be kind, and are very much like elves in a lot of ways.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJTL1oZmbM7DmFCOBB97ruGSoXIjfi3TQIBntyDGJ9GjOal49xrmteKICOAb8pi3uELgILR0gpS4meqT_pwawRRpq9I5rEi4K0imOzZqC3z21mhdL-7INjDUGhmI0d6i9-72Qyuw88bOU/s320/The+Humans2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619732050233466242" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 267px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">In fact, as you get to know all the elf characters you begin to see how deeply "human" their emotions run; from kindness and thoughtfulness, to brutality, stubbornness, pride, deceit, and jealousy. It's not until Cutter meets Winnowill that he realizes the greatest evil can arise from within his own race. Winnowill has great knowledge and undeniable power, yet her choice to use that power for ill-gotten gain makes her more guilty than the most savage, yet primitive humans.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivp8J2qihUbytve6BG2jKcFwIZ-Lkdmy1HzT7dkRWELHZSQF7xWdN6KFO7o4c18WkoudQUS4uQiQtQTgggglzQJMQWKiCwkc_A8BaN62Kg366koadFygL1Az3-o8VN66vdvjFd0MqSz88/s320/Winnowill+Evil.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617938674643427874" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 249px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">I think that is a commentary on how we ourselves are always confining and labeling each other into little groups, yet when we actually examine the personalities within those groups, we find an even greater diversity of character and tastes than the differences that existed between the groups in the first place. Even many of the hunter Wolfriders feel more at home with the pacifist Sunfolk, and some of The Gliders feel more akin to the Go-Backs or Wolfriders than to their "own kind".</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiseb9CRTd5uDeEEhD8tg5W-GehrdMvqrmzk_jk5WyTHZXtBTx91Qcbm9XHZ5koNTtJWZXu1EEcdFDoIU9NhYehYR8JKtamCN1ENHLeVdGi5s3VkatbMcM991xNoz-09WGXXjrxLhCvn2A/s320/Four+Tribes.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619742286556141074" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">That could be another theme of the series; Finding One's Place. Cutter is searching for where his tribe fits into the greater scheme of things, just as Two-Edge is trying to decide if he fits best with the Trolls or the Elves. Even Leetah must rethink her future as now forever tied to the Wolfriders, and her children will always be bridged between two worlds. I think that same feeling is shared by the large numbers of multi-racial and immigrant children that are raised in the United States today. How do you create a new identity and still honor your past when confronted with a new one?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxP9sKAqMyHq5zlgcQqvpkVAwI70cHh6sdbnqSfP4oi96RFJ_80r46A9qsQdUMQNh0kgy_5fp2aflKCFyoYmwEQuwsDXmVzkfHnEvAD4BnoHai3uQew_HvqGNFgapf5Y4fWrum8xI6xkM/s320/Leetah.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616850868067537538" style="text-align: justify; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Wendy really has created a universe with as much depth and grandeur as either Tolkien, Lewis, or Rowling--certainly more than the slew of Superhero blockbusters that keep coming out--so I'm surprised </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ElfQuest</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is not a bigger franchise than it is. I think that is due in part to poor timing and the belief that their series was not "commercial" enough. Pish posh. If </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The </span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hobbit</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> can finally get made into a film, then I don't see why </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ElfQuest</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> can't. Maybe they should just go to New Zealand to have it made.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPAVIKBzmd09cG1LmJGtYRJYj3i6QJEnQkgu1CLkIO06vjCKEAC7nq6sWzhz02v9PNLwXy8x1BnvDa1_DiWPEwPooA3pQw8eJrYWqyo11Y506ZG8BjPYdF6AOWOv8J2rWRI_tyAm5XkzQ/s320/Redlance%253ANightfall.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619742676819729298" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZukQXdI2u1mXPbWSmj-s-IxOG8DF0IE1EtczrfDAUvBFDQvOG-o6RBD2xhidXqZmqSBIs5UHn2qLEob3I7lm2cHd_MIdSHwA_986wg6tTk9esp1s2pASF4Xh1-bxgvti1Win0mI8bh9A/s320/Redlance%253ANightfall.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617942219612874290" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I also think it makes a difference that Warp is very vocal and demanding of quality; they won't give up their rights to just any old company, and rightfully so. They should be protective of their fantasy world. There have been attempts for many years to make a full-length animated film, however with limited means it has been difficult for Warp to find a company with the right backing to support the quality they wish to maintain.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh313N6jA2HKZw4OhYFReumPgeD4SEvBPpcuh0QzBLBM7s8MivsOa72EHyCNNRhW-bCTUcFD-zPJSCs0Et3SxkgfvIPS3UrQ1psntHBpMw33_8J9BnR1q6Jw7fAv_V39Z4GDtM0DbZeXx0/s320/Cool+Poster.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619757167652675506" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Despite the setbacks, I believe in time the quality of </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ElfQuest</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> will outshine all the second-rate series' out there, and someday a company will step forward with enough balls to launch this amazing narrative into the realm of exposure it deserves.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">~S</span></span></div></div>Susan Maxfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454449486304228243noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794642080897544146.post-24627572530396331072011-04-26T22:05:00.000-07:002011-05-16T19:02:41.655-07:00Andrew S. Allen<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP9nABUmQVcDhdwo2wLOEv47VCz_9ViMKq729eNQd4Tea029G7mzhv0rqlskrIxgayVvBtZaRmnzh5nYNITotlXQoU8JrvVGpNDhIaO6uMloCtdOg4UTgpT4xhYeq7ofZeJy4I3urIej0/s1600/the+saxofrige+proj1.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNVca_zdg5fDqh7ehurKLpo9o-0mTCiywJ0_AW7QRD7ayHOf9TD3cb5CrzOSExHVAVm3xzR5DHa3_hewrqm10EHcwvadPO7UVt6Cebq50w346lyU9mmsR90E6ECMQ0kO93mQSGHfwH_uM/s1600/andrewsallen_3.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNVca_zdg5fDqh7ehurKLpo9o-0mTCiywJ0_AW7QRD7ayHOf9TD3cb5CrzOSExHVAVm3xzR5DHa3_hewrqm10EHcwvadPO7UVt6Cebq50w346lyU9mmsR90E6ECMQ0kO93mQSGHfwH_uM/s320/andrewsallen_3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607184057591635506" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A friend was nice enough to inform me of this fantastic animation entitled, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Thomas Beale Cipher</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, by producer/writer /director and animator Andrew S. Allen</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It incorporates many of my favorite artistic techniques: rotoscoping, silhouettes, antique textiles, graphic prints, sepia tones, film noir lighting effects, and of course, good story telling. You must watch it right now:</span></span></span></i></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/19115071?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe></span></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hm, where could he be headed next?</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Apparently the Thomas Beale Cipher is based off a real American legend. The "Beale ciphers" are a set of three ciphertexts originating from a pamphlet which allegedly state the contents, location, and heirs to a treasure buried in Bedford, Virginia in 1820. Today the treasure of silver, gold, and jewels is estimated to be worth over $65 million dollars. Beale gave the box containing the encrypted messages to a local innkeeper, and then disappeared, never to be heard from again.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNUABY7BVPz89dMdk9akdizXjmpJ9m4NwxK388maADwax0kmHZZRLBatesv_fbIPCgFltvEG0Oa9zNbrgsLNgWFH8itfl68ISK8UBoNgdzldKkfYjkiWxrLfduFT9oYx6s62czxg1toxU/s320/message+to+innkeeper.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607175391669768354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px; " /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBvWEvPw1x16RAJccd94aRRcCxK4stl05kHJ_PU7dj6wRXO1QCnFrihaGEsM2U24bKIKUI1A643ukvOVPyNE5sEkTaV5bth-qq34AFMHufMtUh8pDX2AveD8_Kp7OLNFIUyQzxMgxMswQ/s320/innkeeper1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607175186628057810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 195px; " /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I wonder why I've never heard of this before? Maybe because it's a hoax? I mean, why would a man with such a vast fortune choose to bury it, create encryted messages about its location, give said messages to an innkeeper who comes in contact with many travelers, and then "disappear". What could be the motive for doing it? Why wouldn't Beale simply enjoy his wealth rather than try and entice others into finding it? Oh well, all doubts aside, there is nothing more tantalizing than the possibility of buried treasure.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjquugm9tJG8ykhmkuH_THj859G5FeZ93nlVWgk4ESyiWvM99z-SbksDmYZzGlLxfml-0BX_6xbws8PHJA8JOvROTuthcrWjT2RY_RaG8QMO9FoG4iPii1pTG8kD49Fn4PH-QyOcEZGU1U/s320/encrypter.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607180495443708658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; " /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7XryA23Z-gPEXtFnSP-aQCjw0d0YVviRVEBrHWCP4Q8ka11RrKvZLK768DzIWelLYHAjbLqT-39q8lKBV1FbUfB3mhaMlxAsDCSHIVUlXHfWKnoCnzz0b89DmfjaQDVbgY37bAcpHY6o/s320/encrypter+machine.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607175871140885538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 166px; " /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Located inside Allen's animation are 16 hidden messages which are clues to the characters' secrets. While watching I noticed over 20 unusually placed numbers, and some backward sentences and possible anagrams that I know are connected to the hidden messages, but I don't even know where to begin piecing them together. Spot anything yourself?</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">"160"</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd9c4KzaaqUo0W_rad1Wuzyz-s4sWLcbpFkSprpJUMcZFEepHWagR8KhWBZo2IlCqOPjyJWTruF5ynxpODGhlGrgD0xAb56lVBiiWMIE5zBwyh2rKamBlzCW8iqDHFpK82VhVum2KdNeM/s320/160.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607180014608607970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 166px; " /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">"12"</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwK3YiZOKxEKod0FcDJerWWza3rv5p_297dSZuv2T5mnlBiIkLGZ3Nj1uVbPWza5ElXlXZBXH_l3fPZmIKORv5zHOm8dquWCLZQOjZGPbM_HjXC1ovQO3T15zFBoi4ih78n8RYXBjKz6c/s320/12.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607179290381621618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 186px; " /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">"211"</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc_U54wHFV0f04ZT0mFdvLuFqKVct5TR46jiujTXnqjI5XthSwQYEOFrPposiSSmexRZu9MN8YxcPx6M8ScHm6Cp6aG6VUHMi3ujJcpXIKajOf35ikVvLH1edI0iMNFymqFTzJUDSxEF0/s320/211.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607178310878398146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 162px; " /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">"111"</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi872rjt-lxvRCK67devXrg2G0xhmNdvLDZwshHDjEe0q5o0995D5t5ofxI9OpJ9e8zl195u1Vnqw1QRI7Xx5GY0G-ZVap6YaOkMoJNAiZVCy0Zb8M2Y0n3BuFV8SI86zA6N5CHrzV22Mw/s320/111.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607179610740417874" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 170px; " /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">"88" & Backwards Words</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2s-IO3y2NWES_oNvxJwbtqa-nzN500ZjjmWFNvg4qFEYP_yuDChhV-QJd2o_ZuQUY3WwByNkpnCoSHgjyLtdI1QEQHSmt7fMWRAHT-ndmV7IzYUQQztrr-xq50WySf1kL2IQxPc5v56g/s320/Mirrored+words.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607177504316861794" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 176px; " /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">"131"</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFoMXjLqo8YbJhlYHvO1qxBS5aN0fCIw44n14jRznmPhsGZn8qdeHOnrNwu4bzhlvVj41b23-dxRlWVHt3dP1nNQwKUvUUwC_5xNG6NtkFT2UdMyfZAQ0dpY4pEtL0bYJg84SEfQc2Wjg/s320/131.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607179830422385330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 111px; " /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">"110"</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJF1_PpVTSUEFLSh2OR8b85D451RkAYkbt-r5PlnPHW1ENE-Oke3lTNoRSietn8T3e7izd6ZIG0YIG4ub83D4miAIIyG-7mADsuXXI6JRTd-NBcvYxc9_kZRDYoffUMBAAF_4tG9LYdWw/s320/110.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607177199760076930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 320px; " /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">"Meet Me At Platform Seven"</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyR3lpyqq-nBAtjHZOHM6UHJMfvOTF6n46bSFUzNVRLa6gqpfpBtG_ZtchQGpQpUJ77c4pHUbqiLIkOPIFHECpb9NS1TBSqifjgXePaiv9gF9DrnX8ae4L0E466AGE7tbOA3O2epf1aRo/s320/Anagram2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607175709220288930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 153px; " /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">"Beth Gouldog" is the Key? Is her name a possible anagram?</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUT5A0w2HaWFXIqV8RAADE2FfzFwJpxHsnqmeURB9YT22IkTL86v8Bbti9cRV4qReMIGd5OFaI95LCj1OKAerdxPd39eOQlMxNrJUyhbYz5e7Ih-qldXSICNQNx4w7MdBgU-iPgTw3GXg/s320/Anagram1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607176320271086754" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 270px; " /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Most of the animation is rotoscoped, so the movement is entirely lifelike, however at times it is very simplified, like the Ticket Taker and Woman who are plain 2D cutouts.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTr4GPLMKBFY_bogbj4r44e_fdrsfKKFMMqQQjL9bc9m0ewtcIDjT4zAnkBO7N0rbx7Mqu9_2OFiBNX24kIxx4FCn3ZkiDAItnnU7SYWs8gNt49Khtclu7I5J0-geUQQastQADsHqTWV8/s320/ticket+taker.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607173192277830690" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 177px; " /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicwyXFW3boCo4dIheoJHKGk2jgxHS-_cmUy8673Y6a1hCEODyH6n-xtmyTwtGCAa6HXOG4m5h7Im9wiZsfA6xohsun8ZgP2kTOMtsWhDoCawxz8LLfLh5kXT-RWFOoLFwYQvMo4n3GmuQ/s320/woman.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607182233031614850" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 183px; " /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I like this practical approach to animating which often becomes tedious and burdensome in its frame-by-frame execution (and it's important to emphasize the story over flashy effects), yet despite </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Thomas Beale Cipher's</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> less-than-labor-intensive approach to animation, important details such as the glance of the eyes, or a reflection of light passing over glasses, continue to add to the film's singular style and mood.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2MysqNjz4aE8MKgKLp1QZNO134E96KkmXVmSUJcxmjWfbUpVXkzm0b-brdmQBQYbUkmXa_TU_JIBhNzh_Ti9KKY_Hh37vG-zWLn15jnNDHZlKIidLSXGk4YFnc8Tdrt1AEd5QuHchqo/s320/thomas-beale-cypher1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607173367522515266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 175px; " /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7d7Pr7V5B-01gUEmTlVCMroCl5S03kALTvCLODYe-KmpHFIJa2DMETbMMuyzLnI3xQZZ4ewJUlvKsLH0W-Pan3t2hoZENBcZVIu7Z8xH6HtNRjPiV6PTYF5r1jHdPQWP1QHnBEn8m5iI/s320/film+noir+light.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607174043122711330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 166px; " /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The constantly moving images in the movie hearken back to a time of jittery film reels and the clickity-clack of swaying trains, back when trains were a viable form of transportation. I sense Mr. Allen has a great affinity for trains seeing as how he uses them himself to travel within the United States. Not a convenient nor inexpensive feat. I do wish that we still had a transcontinental passenger train system of some kind in the US, instead of only highways.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7vNgYr2rq0-BRwczguIHTgirxnT9QUe3y7fkvQbWJ0tCR4dPZKGlBA6F-DjA9Zs55Z0uv6QE578hm4VaMkO8Au7Qj_itCqhllQCvbojFP_fl_E3NWu2gcRdR5rnqTs0q8rweaOYuCVF8/s320/long+train.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607174375256249538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 120px; " /></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Anyway, </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">The Thomas Beale Cipher</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"> is a clever, well-made animation unlike anything I've ever seen before. It seems timely in its aesthetic appeal, and I'm sure its unique style and head-scratching puzzles will continue to be a hit with underground circles.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqwGKwBM6wZG_QTtzpq-8T9LIif_KVrc_rJ1IjBJNVYcZGYzh2gJ0D4FgXljw8n9EqKF0q5A9xTP31NdX1OcvS6sWHLgn2Yw7jPYp2TYO6bk_rS_6bT8bi5IV2ujbCTh2swnUInFP1wrA/s320/4+screen_thomas+beale+cipher.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607182567189651298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px; " /></span></span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I can't find much biographical information on Mr. Allen other than his impressive resume you may check out </span></span><a href="http://www.andrewsallen.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">here</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, but he does seem to be from Alaska, as evidenced from the "Ode to Andrew's home state" opening sequence he made for the 2010 Anchorage International Film Festival:</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/16715628?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">You can really see his signature style peek through. Allen also helped bring about The Saxifrage Project, an Art Installation project to help rural Alaskan high school students express what most inspires them. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0GuFU_uT9sWJmbYyvJ0xZq5iP_VZ4VkuA3InS45xsUL8nArS-VpXES0q4AFuiFqYpjY_phMq6so4Hb1MbmB5G2Hh_aIXQMsaTCVKjG5GUa2PGLR3SdhcoY0_lp5hZv8JEbEC1v5_qAkg/s320/the+saxofrige+proj2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607185908503041986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 178px; " /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP9nABUmQVcDhdwo2wLOEv47VCz_9ViMKq729eNQd4Tea029G7mzhv0rqlskrIxgayVvBtZaRmnzh5nYNITotlXQoU8JrvVGpNDhIaO6uMloCtdOg4UTgpT4xhYeq7ofZeJy4I3urIej0/s320/the+saxofrige+proj1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607185770464388658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 178px; " /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">For his day job Allen aids companies in creating professional branding, design, animation, and interactive marketing tools that utilize good story telling techniques. Wow, he is quite the multi-talented young man. Is there anything he hasn't tried? If not, I'm sure we will see his competent outcome in the near future. Good luck with all your future endeavors Mr. Allen, and keep telling good stories.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">~S </span></span></span></span></p>Susan Maxfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454449486304228243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794642080897544146.post-84663776279827893472011-04-15T09:52:00.000-07:002011-04-24T23:12:55.792-07:00Edmund Dulac<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHlaT5LZxrsIlgO5gQw0o6yVHLYOwbLutauhNbnpi2tn_YenLVrEVEV3Fp4cMHykLg4yvRIizMzmM2ukFBg5DJ4rvrHom5RDZjgrSI69fF3XFuIHKXxKYeo70meXEPoFaYIMlZmQSmb0I/s1600/Edmund-Dulac.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 176px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHlaT5LZxrsIlgO5gQw0o6yVHLYOwbLutauhNbnpi2tn_YenLVrEVEV3Fp4cMHykLg4yvRIizMzmM2ukFBg5DJ4rvrHom5RDZjgrSI69fF3XFuIHKXxKYeo70meXEPoFaYIMlZmQSmb0I/s320/Edmund-Dulac.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598645805657190674" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a name="ed"></a></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><a name="ed"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">A list of the most talented illustrators from the "Golden Age of Illustration" (1880's - 1920's) would not be complete without the legendary frenchman, Edmund Dulac. </span></span></a><a name="ed"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">His images are enchanting and dreamlike. Each one has a magical glow,</span></span></a><a name="ed"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> capturing the essence and whimsy of classical fairy tales in the most lovingly detailed manner.</span></span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCWAoNKQlDQjzDSZp9akw0dPxoHt9cuyoVDHfKXeWdhDsT0sreSalsALBgbJT4XC7JeeuPm4O27CC4hniu7vgMil2zuA53wqQGDjLt4RGxzsSQAlj-1GSRQTU9A1gP_VVHopJs8GCJO78/s320/Sleeping+Beauty4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598983262734930130" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaqr7UdLPeYodimNozR5qyv-RICH_Qz-c_xYKtniuLBFgLkKWMPPb5K2FBIJanKyCiFLNPKQqDV7ZQFzuwx5hvmNYIKTVBBz408boeTQpVYE6HLbGBkFFk1OZETWrlGI-jqeE-ejpmTw8/s320/Princess+and+the+Prince.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599232802356952386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><a name="ed"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Dulac's artistic temperament reminds me of Arthur Rackham.</span></span></a></span><a name="ed"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> Like Rackham, Dulac's subjects--whether ogres or nymphs--are gracefully drawn and adoringly detailed with ink and watercolor textures. Whereas Rackham predominates his art with washes of gold and cream, Dulac uses iridescent palettes that pop and dance about the page in a rainbow of colors.</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWtcrBDKK7QoKUfTFEbMQZWeTjkZ4GaTdZZYLJZcBcHhO0NTlIgJasvW9vqCiFCoBaUoZ0ehnwg5_MvnkyPjehkbtTp6V6L4D24OEWeuqigna_w1R2ToHrfQEUpainCistL1nW6ZVbAG8/s320/EdmundDulacRubaiyatofOmarKhayyam4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598942737097788498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw2rmFNBULOtJsvtRKoAn6bmLH-ScDIPuvwrIS-Q6ZB-bCx59UBYb1kufd6k8074WITPdWpvw5ksP0oSWomSK2qg48UO0zex3qbFByyWwzn3Lj67UQsRmyU3nkBqWRbDgrJRn6vV9LS_4/s320/dulac_princess_pea_p.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598649652307862866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 252px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">They are mature, and </span></span><a name="ed"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">often hold an exotic mystique to them--no doubt an influence of the Victorian/Edwardian preoccupation with </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">all things foreign and mysterious. Such faraway places were the real lands of fairy tales. </span></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNJnw9qcXi-NzDlm5vXJenoqNyUF_5PHvwa-a7NK1mjarrt70tNaMkY45-nyQwR-SI8tENWI89JzmReT7QaKO1-kIksWmTrcseRxBihDzPo1WrNygDMim8LtUlRncWQJxg90J7IatOOw/s320/Arabian+Nights4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598981488066643586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 320px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2GVDzfGKFm4zkqzRX2wdKnKmyNayWs_CgYp8AbWiWx23IwL6gdv-sZPMSzNmgXVQ0KrbI9rrmf9aqvwMPWPqXZr59sxXj1GJo6tvP_nnppetDTIARRM_SHugoRWI1lIz3Wmhqu46zwQE/s320/Picture+Book+for+the+Red+Cross+-+Asenath.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599233183771667650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiMWrTT6jtC-swxp2XaFIKtYScymiPCGFnLrplu2l-SioZNVNglIGaOE9-_1SbDmKnNeHI64LfCwLVrCJ_d3OCNKlEZeA7TmWzsLfYM7IW9aTFIZp-xhmpriq6RLbwH9du2yjv7MSnOm8/s320/Firebird.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599035733269488610" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 320px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Born in Toulouse, France in 1882, Edmund Dulac studied law until he became bored and switched to art. He moved to Paris to continue his studies at the Académie Julian. In 1906 he settled in London where he enjoyed a fruitful association with the Leceister Gallery which would commission paintings from him and then sell the rights to Hodder & Stoughton who would publish the books while the gallery would sell the paintings. Dulac produced many books under this arrangement, including: </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The Arabian Nights</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> (1907)...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjX9rMXmffatq00ha3MeqWMLpjcaW_Eh24c3yXzbNzwOcfDx1uej9xUUK6sBBesJzzWVOENRUZQrDEij7GjPPL15IPrOHWGXB-eoQ2zFSq9Rx8_ZPqy7NVfbH4P1Rzf-f-uaWr4Zuqnqk/s320/Arabian+Nights+-+Scheherezade.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598981350501185810" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 320px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMtdfnqaQSC1unfW2HR8f4S3v0KDZfvicgQ0l8EYaHyxPBXJ9CMbog4b52B7Ck95BkYFOazxpz86yZkb3j4Dzt_-e7pz5pnfonYu5PBV7tpavZNsOLAtsq-RjqyqG0cPwAWBvQEMcx9gw/s320/Arabian+Nights+-+Maidens+on+White+Horses.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598981208412145746" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 320px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSbU-nm3FIBG0AQzZ9MMcQC6f0GoAeQMkHE7t6uajQjceBCFRMwO9IsgjZMpxYgqBZBxQYrjI9cAPz2LZeEKe3udT7V4QEYpY5-WZiggBAz2r-_Efa6EDfhZ3tJMQsACkSSHoMDIE84gA/s320/Arabian+NIghts_Queen+of+the+Ebony+Iles.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599033626194547538" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 320px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Shakespeare's, </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">The Tempest</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"> (1908)...</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 203px; height: 320px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhulVqR9y2VsDcb0CJuddy4zlhkCwrXBuUJ567b-1Km1huqgu4fK628p8LRyMe1sinakW06pDG7h5i9Bg_JC_CXLMhFNt-4b3EohEC4qFAj3gvEHOvSFz2zfbB66f75_6Pmvd_PKPU61JY/s320/The+Tempest2_Miranda.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599025628893093346" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 320px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTo2oA1Znmcv1sgCoCHCO07sC4YXGAhb6gStu2rbE-cH2u5PvaxB71LFgnVZAE_S9hwztVE8Qk_w0otjYEXyL2wuXFWk8c_i32dYKEd7XXuJrINLGa337lZo21HKsLzdqWMbKBzpg4S_0/s320/The+Tempest5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598989724322797538" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcU4V5KbNUuJhGOtCkbv98Z7KezhgOadKPB0QvQimM43VrgistsQuSgmN4zCNOcAGraUykZclh8vUuJreHrL2WGn0hBTBeKdIRq_iuq6s3DMz7YMB1-66-otxfeEwfZ42lr3I4W68Q5E/s320/The+Tempest3.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599026010413352242" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 320px; " /></span></div></span></div></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The Rubaiyat</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> of Omar Khayyam (1909)...<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; 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cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1sXZ6MYl_HwZkf-J9KaiamVn_bE-TKTUtrEtZIylQ78C2s2bPo8ga9jcQFPR3uC1KuhwfZ9NzWCjMeH1BpeV-4_OS7K8Ay3Vo2ozmznAKeUNl7laKBLQsUfHcjvJXJvfcv_2sO-W-QZ8/s320/The+Rubaiyat+-+Look+to+the+Blowing+Rose.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598984611660506978" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 320px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqorCGlFPbieSG4GoxvScbpQL2PWBL6i9GKjefEj1qQNR0byfHI27IEikFJ0CoKnTtfM1hw5hQk7TDstSos9NYZTKjr68oG8DSWBem3b9xstjoWP0PPlcdHmcrkzfzQB67_U10_LHv8IU/s320/The+Rubaiyat+-+Human+or+Divine.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598988551954817298" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 320px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1kkEqY17obnirQ5IgJ0h3FUE0YFWX1WXiAcrlrxu8R66-ekwppPcaccJ6rgpSh0ceSbUh_Pe0ImG1Vy-eKVIvktUz4u92Fviz5idxivq8aLz7JkLCcjgnq7xTeCsqnt2J7gxgMHZhsA4/s320/The+Rubaiyat2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598989036380031794" style="text-align: justify;display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcgJ2btBO44PBpB_xPeLz7nmeYIX6G3pcuuMpL3PvIXdfbvEYcc7jzfU6SvjzyXMreMaazm19oHnRE_9wSWiK7GGFxE1arY9wNnlrlCzRdY5XmmxessS-f9vFyKwja6rhImgFzJJPxKqY/s320/The+Rubaiyat+-+The+Sleeve+of+Night.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598996252199627714" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></div></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The Entomologist's Dream </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">(1909)...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6PVsRnHrENsrpsaobSRAPJ6QFyJW5wXYVJZxNw3e2Wh2_wFSh7nVKNusHLoM4wTExdqYWBx83Rd4M-HmXRqPgQTBQ4Oopr4ZJ7Jzl3-jPtXehmGNESGn7Vtz_cS9VdH1jFwd-KUzX4HE/s320/Entemologist+Dream.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599237120354918706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 293px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The Sleeping Beauty and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Other Fairy Tales from the Old French</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> (1910)...</span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicG8k4v6i3scENIYcksR7L5nxKsz4uJQUKLxYJegp7M3jCdTmwUAUB9kjq0YRvhEUZRi-xLPif6cvSRDTQ_xw9pVyteLO3jbrl3Dw9VKAP_I-EPWMEqurlJ_mlmlDpWMBkM2nbp4Jx7ns/s320/Sleeping+Beauty1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598982006954956306" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_lWMGoIDg_KycslawHbwMp0u-Nxt-Wysw2cwiwBzs1LlpvjywLp4nBCd8rj_gxb4qBNO6hX3JZuZzeWpkAihLRV6AH3rf1igBpCPxWJImNAEXWNKbRGDacOrVxwt73XGNuGD50-bfl0/s320/dulac_sleep4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598944112366303890" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVBY-BBpFngHbMtak83ZOvptRVLZtbWzNqWDYHUHCnThLAy9bVfmJFozwKIMy0E_uImy8CzpEHl1YAixwOROBGWrgS0cpnCjp88t7zUGquG09jbkCFQXi7UyngvDWe6SNlLE0TFwjM7bw/s320/Sleeping+Beauty3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598982956254228050" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMlzIQ9wohjjQ4Q8YHybRBiPqDwngRMrkJkgIfSFkJq5iuw5mhWC0MDEN1xLs9Bkdn1ZXBtCtGgpDhY3MbMOI0sQ6tcpUk3ym6H2nMdqfWLkl5YQ0ny-u4YYZ9NRjgGy5gw8r9DSSaBM/s320/3241603679_19580df44e.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598941809334426690" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 289px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">...including, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Cinderella</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-PCz5yAEcMEe3ln_EPK-Io7Dcjj3yOIJq3j-JZIVJs9bHEk4fXWYJwsx6yaWHPnffkTkaX4m7BXpUrH25YOhQ2OuKFtJ1bVBnLjk2IvZAE3fBJIbgzETKBI2aYcyC6CtYWE6flx3UGr0/s320/Cinderella1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599032286935089666" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvy4Buf1Nvmq8GUcIrKzAog9rQwYMtqdWSrGDdaQKssL89g9ug7BXDDJXjxAvZGM1LfcietJQ0NywN0MsG083MrPnn1M82qD2WNzqrCnaZ08t6YVRpNbJZNoa0vkdHfJf3y-0dEKQsdDg/s320/Cinderella1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598980282819397794" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJWB_fHihSYNVTp7emVlT6DC5tD75xFC6V9MCqcWEl-HH_FLygkEp1P16VEKr89ciAiRoomHhrB5sVxneBe7Xmn4Ejul6MXsC_0oQ3xgeoaXpkw7JkoSDYK3QuyKm9zOwP7LAQEFOl-o/s320/Cinderella2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598979923984236658" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ9vCv3T9aYvGbO64AyQqTtN-bOt8T21aO4Ajy0ERwjEeQbshDKJSY-nQ7MSzL3vqagOUzx_nlodjCV5tYpTcMTr8xMXTfGgbnKs052P-u80CH8ITx54tpN1dDK5VMUY9WNxtlkGZuBU8/s320/dulac3+.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598650684413604962" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh91SGKIaGmOwmmzGpwjo_AcuU5xLT4uQLs_JNrVMozCVugFjXafvLVS4rpfhY5EhX5oBzllS72GS3hf9tc9e2fhr6nunK5Ybt8FuyRfmnf5f-118Pu6lqdBmXtcxLYCktiJiU_ydXZlzk/s320/Cinderella4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598980136262135842" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">...and </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Beauty and the Beast</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">...</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitcf6tQxIvGyN2APv4L-h2H3F1EsuISOd4VC1AtWRCqsIGOq0N0YUgiL_cZsCmBZG6dN1fCA59G2dlWdU61rdE7Rht1itBXHVIkabKrUlla93eKeJAN9keYSELAKJB2RD0Huw2zq4aMeI/s320/Beauty+and+the+Beast1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598980415814918850" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTUZoGvEYl7-XCrTZ6fU3k-1vzwGDI_t1GWt4M6LKIZW_4Y20mXDkSUJttXICr71yZk8kj4G1NzgKsK_flIkrzouXAuLPv3letWRRwuPl42EYBm0-WXVQLPTv2BnZxBfqJlm0fk3YoTfQ/s320/Beauty+and+the+Beast4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599033174454265634" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPYmUwNCISGExYCvP2_B9RE8Ri2XkdWl5mY3bSH9lIQmqWy5uq7oldzlw7PsbVwIfiKMP4y0BABWjfa7iNcilV3Xp16Ygt1xEN6eSgtIC3uh69XwPhBJcF9azpf4HiKqixftYJfkKlwCM/s320/Beauty+and+the+Beast3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598980664484525746" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 320px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVH-78PWZThXKa6500pYHHOHaMD8QvoholBCU1DcqA0zVZskA_R7I5A_bmlcMgVyyangKzlhS24U_LqkEi0q1r92EcR51JsOS6jCRxp8apfq7QIk-NZa1fnFJSPDpshP3QrFhcVCZFsQA/s320/Beauty+and+the+Beast2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598980523508287858" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbHjR3Xy8ib5WNHmWfMDHAGfSt3UMqClq-E1OoTRY67EjcfVvzbnEpzc0B1rW-6bIlryVFAgWqCT_f0A9T2JC-3RH97KNyjZb_FWqyxJjZtVJR7u5drFdadvcrvRwoIX4Ml_P6bOlDDLk/s320/Beauty+and+the+Beast4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598980791493330114" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJDhu2FYP4y_V8-YOb478cRuEz0hZ9V0ImGy4_VXGjiwcn7yNrnwnApGLHwNqjvINAr5_2_Weu07LCZ1VchbEq8zk0wsURi-B_463EE1xF6H9i9KCqkfWivykBtAhvU97qg4-7d4EKaM/s320/Beauty+and+the+Beast5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598980908467603858" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></div><i><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div></i></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Stories from Hans Christian Andersen</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> (1911), including </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The Nightingale</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">...</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBqTQ4Zt-1e8ql2gHpQCxB024bvfBn_S3H57UHe-_FBUQT0vPVFX7yRa-Gbv_JIrXfwRDvjJZrMxtGEqP8p-TiJQQ1CCVQnY-Tqi2_-xIqIyBGjNzttD2dX5Vcc1FetWWs4zqrs_EX8Sc/s320/The+Nightingale1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599029320201210050" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD06Aj6-Fsn86UeUd0vlfAL4SQLwy338Bmj3T_wkNiiEc_m2GDdNh27vPIylIigeJmXN5f5MyZXw_n06M7KOSmQXgCHYOuWBxJv-Odfdg3Mdzn8diZUvmCP7eB-GBCvl3zTOpahfJewLI/s320/The+Nightingale2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599029460034666050" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The Snow Queen</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">...</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-3_CU0g4-JEKI0RHXVhz_LqQ4mjAZaRc65Gyg7bzERd6hyyvquEeSS6I3ArGXH-jQglLq6wF2IaffTOqjPN5CS6YetatDU4Myxc9kHhC-zRapA-zaXi6MSOWT-R0wusIvU2gd3CI7hU/s320/The+Snow+Queen1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599029668042931762" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL12hbyKoDPb7OYptUpEsoDy-VJTAbgxGNdjcVLxG1RxxiGgKfq1gaPCVTpQfA2Bw9c_RcZ6ls2kWwrRf9NTKiCD1DqV7p0Uu9vNUzM8yJAB8IFcuLunvni-XjuUEmyiULTexVUG2qb3Q/s320/The+Snow+Queen+-+Gerda+and+the+Reindeer-D-Cont15-Br3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599030082987789458" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVH-0MdaJOclDf5iCr6tZkKnXEoECCco7QCX9WikxHnUJhEAOHxQQTKEUzROdGdeZdFTV2LONXJ8IIvWDIlZZKvxFIap9k0YGFPajvSxwTSrZV4bKgnyrIUkqoXJUICMf_RPISVio2sFk/s320/The+Snow+Queen+-+On+a+Winter%2527s+Night.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599029945808214610" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">And of course, the tragic and unforgettable, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The </span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Little Mermaid</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">...</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsgUu7scmVa5TpOHmIVWVZ3uvf3P379AlxQXW6Rvjf2aVlK1PszKra6SQlN6TXiInlHF-ESeWlvTxApL05vuayy8fZpeFHwQ3VLNbaKvfN3YxH1-OKTn-zHQqaEKrbOswT7Y49bI00ucE/s320/dulacmermaid3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598943498673508770" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 320px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsewginJJ33WzhDnP9GPEDO8Q6L1oF6WurSJEdzyA24hKW1DmJvsr31FYG8I0Gbuk9Q19Y3SkSrm-hMjRU3p5Vhag2Ljynl2f4dR3V21jSoM-o4mI2xwHSjDfGcayq8Y33uKepaeFnku4/s320/Edmund_Dulac_-_The_Mermaid_-_Merman_King.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598646998879350066" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLe3j4l1x7fdVHppiOrM29H6f_8rSl80k7NIqLQ8fT9xncyaZG4g4YB-tw6uOjzfmoEgGltxCMdpZU-3QGqIq80mbSSMM4cIFIVQLWt25OuY-5vTwCc6Sp3GLEIfolbwxLrJlkRwhThqk/s320/Edmund_Dulac_watercolor_painting_The_Mermaid_and_The_Prince.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598646787833627362" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRMAjGybIdJuU1lNiSbEu1hj3DfRha15ab4WjkSqPAqmatA9lLzbOOgjsxUe1iGwi9m0BU9MRaB35LFqF8nfhYtYX0pT0Qy2hiiSWNGe8sK01raHHJOp0xxeENsTeswzy6sYsdh6ue_bY/s320/dulac_mermaid2_saved.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598943951683423010" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUqUeKnGNcjJD95LjXnkQ5u3xltx1py5JNlSKd5-iOA603hZnvlq6vX_QN3g8H0a0HBfsN0J2JxgIn1ofmCJH1sfYlBFTBruP9AAuxZpXYyoKJDveR4Vue9zaVhAfY7-Gcl8No_t0z9w/s320/Little+Mermaid6.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598983608434030034" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Then there is, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The Garden of Paradise </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">(1911)...</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymxYhI-vECPrEmJiNVp5CDs62HWf9PljwC11UpgafjpqPk97RqZp5JgXjcM53AjDAMmbrYg_MIB1bc1_x4vF9yU4lgjvglTD9hHRx9YP9flfVtYbIazH7Eaj7sqCUIecOJpszF8bZ9H4/s320/The+Garden+of+Paradise1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599227689738578114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 320px; " /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcdC8GuCyvk5fdFUiCiEJp2p_tszlIwQtbWLTxW1IBka4NpeyRjFwHTvwkdkuOFa043u7qOcoDqpkGZZX7-7VpUSenlmuAboIUeF7PRAn1-g8np2dOFxc6iEotV8T3BzlQ1Icn0U-Nu9U/s320/The+Garden+of+Paradise2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599227892615284594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The Wind's Tale </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">(1911)...</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQ9vz1UPbmyVfDGupxqy_kHJQ4UP04XJtlTvV13DaO1fEEedKAKEQADpQEIHLG8cNIVIQiqnsAqvQ1aT87F5-70mIOxE5fuX8N9Rnn_-l11QZlPXrbNIeN9nXdDMgb0WbR4n2uuUu8Xs/s320/WindsTale.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599229630833333090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtZd8zOpnOQlcpaRyT5hvflfZaPcP3k4Zc_4ZNJEIqK7YU9yQSeX8rwJpSPFu1twTH4OhKJAzL4OvW0G5suP22zPf2dYlkOVOdN0EdvnwjuTNJ4YwdZKXKYzeeoPfJRk5Htrsw4UQI7SE/s320/WindsTale2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599229758280609554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzs3VsGlFw0axC2EfCZu-PfqU59rNU9OlVcdkji21YdQEBPpJwi3uFd50F8B2miPYpikq1zGQlemuIuhHXP985-DAqHro1okyRM6s7ZQLxEp4Ydx6hzBlks-PwQCFw32Z2axnaDa5Ekwo/s320/WindsTale3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599229879638434818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The Bells</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> and </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> (1912)...</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:'courier new';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">"The Bells"</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuiCo_U_B5Hruyp3__SuWB0KK1s1gW7ch0-Q40Fi2Rvat_J2NRQzAhdFLvFai41sKTcjEZTQ9Tzflp7sH_PU-FCxVn-vrwP92X1KqGtRhsbGlHTTOBxMUi623AObm4kabwgN00D5vg-lA/s320/Edgar+Allan+Poe_Bells.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599026838460617346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">"Annabel Lee"</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQCm3ljpZI1PUIlowGFHB7BX__qqT85ZmTifJV01S1pSnl_yRgTaipyca_vBPn9xUUl_pxFvUjBgPk6b6VTRdy4nFvlN90tO9TLResIvsm2h20U0roCOY9SrzYdWR945N8J3xuE7f4PV8/s320/Edgar+Allan+Poe_AnnabelLee.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599026673259630194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 237px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGM7CSOwCuk-PH0XHSYSR9BWCoWdZdkrSJcBnd2-Ab3lVqZglEbx6Jc7ezavNSHeg5J-7zBnLWXSgLP8qpQC4BLTHPhNGYt28VhQAMi_1SLVhjKUc631dZk7fTejhv1vQCzbOJsNgtYSE/s320/Edgar+Allan+Poe.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599026959086220978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">"To The River"</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghqMx_80jX6nCqixyl6sRrwwv2mPagUBISV5vsaUalZoOV6qABgBJFHjHOMTq4up7YEHJlumuOyjR_zpRzqX0I4ZXoSqcdWkdeYubg3_M1gSfxKeihO2ka-IGgkAtzFcvJhCmZR1X22uE/s320/Edgar+Allan+Poe_River.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599027127705793538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">"Fairyland"</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxs89EkzlDocZ8vsjBnPcpoFLzCrCAqkO8vWzV9qdCoeMqf4WTZxkfyFXhOL_GKVW8LRFsi-4ACULI9RDbI7Z3D7ME9PgX7vruO-BXyEu2Jrb9qVwJeLXofe62IO9s4h40RIqZmomg3qE/s320/Edgar+Allan+Poe_Fairyland.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599027534824076450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">"Lenore"</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLRXDfVW19p2f9i20ZPaeQw5VRub-mHJhbyTfEaEnyAAt52KfydF9SFI3lH1neEWKLVGIWzR9Iwotue-ZVo2xH2wOLXqZVXbWKIGU38vH1xhOuSMBeE875dfFFriWRfcvcGMmETlMEwo/s320/Edgar+Allen+Poe_Lenore.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599027855671633874" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Princess Badoura</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"> (1913)...</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU1L3mcKHqC_o6KOzjLz31-J8QBrZ0CLC_WpKqTD4elC9lXDgryqg3_C-AFWpCtaDs3R_0zB5_a2OPi2MKqIY5ay3x6Zu2k0GqEfwDEgFISms_RAWMawrWB25W9uVcZGN8xv1h3-feLvg/s320/Princess+Badoura.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599224614942301666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKS99XYlTnDg-ksD1hnKh3qchX4WihY3N3gb6sncuYSE46Abg5SQbifV1LGf1R_bt2A7MD22i9RRg5J9NfFrnxnCRqSzR0e2InSfj5pJK2gWgp_yok1JQutRLHfoTw2jJtx5RUZ7q88FM/s320/Princess+Badoura2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599225411563503298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO7dsk1Vfm4HYq9so1PXtbKjji-vnxeeADLKck5eWxUShDacGo6pTlxUvuxRqhazDQZBI1M5bm_NFaQIyGwiGWsUT5SD7onzddi9kYrcwP8GfaeNdq3E_Nk8eZH4vaujfbt4Ku6C3dczI/s320/Princess+Badoura3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599224950807259906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOJ4aDiWV5n25pzzb4pEaFCcTFew_l4prHfTynGL4DxPxwLlQ5GlGjtuslPZ51m5FbXbOSU7nMxQ1Ck9UuKYeJQOUtBk48dE1fD_YU_1_IE1-gU6darErplijM2gzGnIm67Ptx60Tf7c/s320/Princess+Badoura4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599225196454637698" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKwWwL9i3Za8pZDt4W5zcwqA07NH6EkCWmM99TCVRcazTKIiktPZt2ysnDfbta2oAVOE0ymAbyWU_b94H1hJaiBhYV0xBjIVY5UzOKk1vA-h-ZW_DsEhkSJde4shgi3bDHIMlipohgQ0/s320/Princess+Badoura5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599224782809971250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><i>The Dreamer of Dreams</i> (1915)...</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSkPJmTeqFg484psmhiLDoujp_NrV9r7I6a3YO6nt8dhiLKzuJfqN7oVUBRnIrRTDi-Alna-DFQX86rt94BJkAPOGPsysH9pog8BmaXtTJnOlIAn9oqWyzksFY8vLAjBxSNLSduNCqhIU/s320/The+Dreamer+of+Dreams%252C+by+Queen+Marie+of+Roumania+-+Eric+lay+now%252C+at+the+feet+of+the+woman+he+could+not+leave.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599228224991465442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-vujqA3My9A5UIicgR17gqVzb_BRngdh2eAvWtFSXU1nZluKIi9GeJJ08UWwU4yWKS6oPkvv3jPuRbIkL47aFju38NvjJ-wMXL8xhqYrZpHeHOkQT8Y_9E96rJ_NwV8RxSH_ckCamHs/s320/The+Dreamer+of+Dreams%252C+by+Queen+Marie+of+Roumania+-+Leaning+against+a+moss-grown+tree%252C+was+a+spirit-like+being+out+of+another+world.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599228315311502770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 252px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGdncvZvaDyalkBUsEJ6mzgZXTaiuWrLvtHQ9eeEN41-zHWYGpqfzaNEYOW8KhdMrfSlEoSVhy0eTmUlc2BX0BaJZF8aLmiWVptwh4ZZHPy5Vx3qltEmL9DcIAMm1zoat8y2pk2oRW7c/s320/The+Dreamer+of+Dreams.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599228449882197666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Stealer's of Light</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"> (1916)...</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_PoiDEwN2mX40Z2tAXmioK-riWB3NVpkK3-Ou4HJvalSefFue4Ivgb0LlRlMReYVePrOGhSnXxvhjL4GHT12HpQWj_YcfBSsL0ILq_MHVRqY0NyMciBRMy-xkeVGDjIh4tR-HAW1Gjec/s320/Stealers+of+Light1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599230483711781042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBnJ1bR2xMTe7wazwbCz2-0RtwlWTNu8TXBBf-LKyyUzq51DR0eLvPa1W6Mk-VrN7gt1zC1qGwwcXPoYgsegYWHRRLm9LIABCAOG1QViU_bXxCadvulDWD3KJW5bIXMDPJPEYbr0x-EAs/s320/Stealers+of+Light2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599230590016540370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">And finally, Edmund Dulac's own</span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"> Fairy Book</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"> (1916), which would be one of his last illustrated books.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdUXHeu0ZPmClyItGfwrNkfJcT42KUBWc5Gl_VVIS8y6DlqFqMgU8cHouuQWjqj1peznSFKA_xPvO1_MYTAn3Zv70SN3WgdRnUkBkclAuJC4AG0Sd4hhbf2HDrMeKiPI8VNIvDMYT5DYQ/s320/Fairy+Book-The+Bluebird.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599233467078563394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 273px; height: 320px; " /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg8NxNj2B0UXlMsfPDDgKPAb1qHKczNkTEHLNGUWGujpsb4H2Mk2ufC9RftsC_TozWEtKP9vvAv0e95xGwFkQUo2rpEGKOt2EXxwDHboHTBlAbQQiNcCHsHwGIK2bQaqcwzsjuz5AggMc/s320/Fairy+Book2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599233309862012482" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 320px; " /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5rqnBPqM_buMNpqbHLmO9l2yiX2LHLD9AO3R5aEw0svnbHyM2zfrK0fU5L8zVCEkd8iO0JXf04oG5ch1j9C5RGZRQ29A3LXLxkfGA0YSD7nlIGclK9WV1FxI2OnNA-AybvKF6xm67amY/s320/Fairy+Queen.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599232613973947634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 313px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">But this would certainly not be the end of Dulac's career. After WWI, Dulac spent the majority of his time working as a portrait painter, costume designer, set designer, newspaper caricature artist, and designer of government and commercial goods such as bookplates, chocolate boxes, medals, banknotes, and even postage stamps to commemorate British royalty. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjXfc_emczpwzl_V5Xg3vQ4ac9jUubYZJIPoNtdVy_A-k4F3xSUwsmS5JmbQvk2fQCzuluERZu0m0Qsom-uoTBuRs46gzzIZWCweQaApfkhtJGfDbbJn_HJdXC90k7L6E90tWnBVxRgo/s320/French+Banknote1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599248423559505858" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 201px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLXHtOaZOLSVRKGAyk0psGcarQT9LZ_k6ES9mXYlMOvh9UmGIcC6T-6G_ewueiVS-EgNBVj4FqrUdYAdUUPFVhvEvPADttQ2Ckj34kCX8FXYLeoTnIM_p-_Ir76tvRmGzNUBVRetYrd7k/s320/French+Banknote2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599248596330429714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 179px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT5NdTxV91bLq2Jq8GYiEJIfgXWaancHnVDmr1di1RAGHheh9eEetJ5-Zacuox8gK_l0M9BeIayjtbpfigI3KiuNja8G4e6v5a-keysqf8WmkigG6pMyrOONt7vTIgY92P_PCf8cHf6HA/s320/Stamp_Prince.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599246845270246466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 199px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLWpJW_l1eqEml9CVWaZS3xl5sLgI7MzT4Sw-RqGXuXNZG3BT6bEhdxcmx5C7Gjf14oaBBLmXOGNjQPVhrAizFpxdStGuoAWWxM5_EyE3tJSCajylmsESTL1wZL2wzKion_cAh_RMIZZg/s320/Stamp_coronation.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599246093546275730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 193px; " /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAcvA3gzKliaq3vvRL9qHmSE_varB8EOqoCGENdbesDxr-Jyk6eXL2nfIQT3BzotvRcpEleHJ-Ugu7H4eFekRMkNC5BVZF2MPt7ZVEpb1eM6qrCMX4jWTSIjoIzggi1E678JQtIpVqZGA/s320/Stamp_Queen+Eliz.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599246687779266066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 198px; " /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Edmund Dulac's talent is overwhelming! He had such a fruitful career that touched nearly every aspect of art and design, but none of his works will be so endearingly remembered as his charming fairy tale illustrations. Their magical depictions will continue to enliven our wildest dreams and fancies, and forever make glad the heart of childhood.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">~S</span><br /></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div></span></div></span></span></span></div></div>Susan Maxfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454449486304228243noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794642080897544146.post-88149417950950618752011-03-21T22:04:00.000-07:002011-03-31T20:43:21.580-07:00Sumo Science<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggocwSRzQQMfozjLrqAvXDdxVTfF93q0T5bHq5Hg9MatxN10ImEeGSqdPG9N_ML29JdxlOZ-x_0IE_iIPl3iabgJJnIfMuMWddf6lwuJGUV3aFaBohBPTfkD3SqmeZk1xjh_ZJ1I4RxIs/s1600/sumo+science+men.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggocwSRzQQMfozjLrqAvXDdxVTfF93q0T5bHq5Hg9MatxN10ImEeGSqdPG9N_ML29JdxlOZ-x_0IE_iIPl3iabgJJnIfMuMWddf6lwuJGUV3aFaBohBPTfkD3SqmeZk1xjh_ZJ1I4RxIs/s320/sumo+science+men.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588980164724382322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 179px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Yay, springtime has finally arrived! With that I wanted to post on a little animation featuring spring themes that are very "little" indeed. In fact, this animation is so tiny it holds the Guiness Book of World Record's achievement for being the "world's smallest stop-motion animation". Please enjoy, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Dot</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/15055444" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I love the bumble-bee ride over the ocean of pencil shavings. :)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzxc5zkWXIaVNDubJQGiq0qT0_G7zwYYyz4TnUWCSu7uEjaoaib77wIzCkUFUr8ParI_DZaYLkxuN4n3ZqE_Zu3srBA4SwTVWqvLaLCropSOXiB_4IF1Wp4m9jgF9X3WeQBwVsvBJH1q0/s320/Dot+on+a+Bee.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589267490243463778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 176px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Dot herself is only 10cm tall!...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEWKAXTf5fk9HZsTM0EinxwIIa5Gm3N1xN1BjhnulC3IROOTvE1mIIlh3HqZZmJaxiuusPuKHsa4YjFYrFSVrzQDudD0Yj87zlQ6GsSGly0q7z3KU1I3BxxRnTbBor5JaR_GNsaE9_XG4/s320/Dot+with+Pencil.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589263489571420658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 177px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Much too tiny to manipulate in any traditional way, so instead 50 different poses of her were created using the resin drippings of a 3D printer (cool)...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "> </div><div style="text-align: justify; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrM0mwNWOQG9bjXviWqR3y8pTTrPsRYAF9f52lmMGyzkTfBQjV-EgnuYp248UjbX-ZdTSA8QsCNMjHLcs_eNt6Ny6YvckZgTNVv7FvYk1WlpPUNj4QSOXO1jhVf9Wk-fqEw-keTRcpXPQ/s320/Resin+Drippings.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589264198314534322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 174px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVUYnw0J7TJndCv0nz2VUhi-DyCYJY2dQu7-5Rz_Qnn-6V5pGCYtCwa8Z7bS1dfuGOILItj_ya_lBLRwsYCudUBFEYJQFN0Ci-EeTRYoKUFibcTZAXzzECcipPZ93RF2fvk-FaCGHLSpE/s320/Resin+Dot.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589262956694287666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 177px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">...painstakingly painted, a</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">nd then switched in and out of each frame to simulate her movement. Any smaller and her tiny appendages would not be able to stay attached.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLGgdvbtNqyoZ-ZhvuIbFGRWUrWDV7GKxI8tz7xAIorI_NwbP-piS7XBXd0c5WTkwl7ziMZgXbxpQPtu-Hiz_ZxaPNcUlxCfIPLoH7eaEPRFuWhb7RJE6zacqnN-FHmMQDrp5lwippySk/s320/Painting+Dot.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589263082503676546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 175px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The entire movie was shot on a Nokia 8 cell phone with a microscope. That's right, a cell phone. It's specifically called a CellScope, invented by Professor Daniel Fletcher and his team at Berkley. It allows for doctors in developing nations to snap pictures of magnified blood samples and send them to anywhere in the world for instant analysis. It's brilliant, and it saves lives.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhSHiIalg2NEG4Wep6FXtwM86mhXifoFZsUxIh_z3QjhvNCpqkEKcEViWGv39PwK9OchNQenBnx_yBRve3GibzV1g1sQgS6gK8QAzTso2oa2wF4YS8PyLV8Velebd2KwUURZRu7nP6DJA/s320/cellscope.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589264889132081298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKqRwo37IWwKP-K9vftu-npgnccnxVrid5c5CBfr9zluOfOZtDEEauB4dJFIakwlBAXtbT8OTOlBe3PBYaLepHwXcCmltAcQ4SV9-2AyGBHly5OY8hsJ2Z6m1eQxyAQI4amcIMdQ9UqaU/s320/cellscope+sample.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589265702267684178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ed Patterson and Will Studd, a team of duo-directors who call themselves "Sumo Science", were hired under Aardman studios to shoot the film (yay for Wallace and Grommit :) ). On average they shot about 4 seconds of animation per day, meaning it must have taken them about one month of shooting to complete the whole thing. Not too shabby.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGbDivfF8W6vwSbhwU5D9XcyVM9lyUmVXyjtLYCYZgK7pP2EW2d_ztMJ9B294YioUsYA6tdaeHaXKTCJtfnb4AvDoayf0UguYCevtqw-B7YTayxcqTPsL4wNa37efBuGNyRYOrXYWI1Qg/s320/animating1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590331877084109522" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 176px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAH2eq9P5sMpwsJIC8EJ2ng_K1F2RDCAUCj42aPVkwIxauavyvRo9zhqFc8X1lo74qhrDJMDet0BjKO8euSSl8IRkMWknikqf56Q0ykiwtJZNHJ38D2qedJtF1z6is7j91CwQca2aSuIA/s320/animating+dot.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590330471746606594" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 170px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Both Ed Patterson and Will Studd graduated from UWE Bristol, and since then have been working under Aardman Studios helping out on such projects as </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Wallace & Gromit, Planet Sketch, Purple & Brown, and animating various commercials.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNj3NxZYQsH3R5apxxbl-mHwdbaT3gjKd5EA98ZPqeRglwnfkKO6gw4CsXCsbP-7Yy8xz3euBYrFsvKCa3q7WZ_FXL4EghJnHH-dns28QTx-XJ-PsjiuDs4cfVYvQBNSP4usnarQf583E/s320/planet+sketch.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590427959848566770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUt9goccyyDqcYUdLuSQEsPRXOBQYR8nJzKoWzQr_YSZKLrxgZRdtJjAC4hmhqG0EiXt0bQLfIFQlOCxOaSL-jfs2lfUDbkEKE_TAcQi_GQFmMaTZSAMg53RKS2tw-Vx6MHUzkDuf7Kjo/s320/purple-and-brown.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590428088260671922" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Have you ever seen those shorts of Purple & Brown on YouTube? Ah, the hilarity:</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qKm2Gx004hY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sumo Science uses traditional stop-motion techniques with everyday objects and sometimes 2D animation. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I had a chance to look at some of their past work and I especially like their Innocent Orange Juice ad:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/10237103" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Apparently these commercials are so popular in Britain they have a few parodies. Here's one for fun. :)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lRIqOFxRvA8" br=""></iframe></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"Plump... and ready to burst." Mmm, I want an orange.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here's a funny "Stuff vs. Stuff" episode. They're only vegetables, but you can't help but grimace when they get hurt:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/10239062" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Here are some of Sumo Science's creative Idents meant to occur in between commercial breaks:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/10257483" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/10257689" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe></span></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And finally, here are two animations of theirs I just like: The first is simply called, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Plates</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. The second is a 2D animation of glowing </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Clockwork Plankton. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Very dreamy:</span></span></span></i></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/10353636" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/10380800" width="400" height="320" frameborder="0"></iframe></span></span></div><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new', serif;font-size:medium;">Have you ever seen such creativity be expressed by two people in so many diverse ways? Each animation is as unique and original as the next. It's good to know that stop-motion and 2D animation are not dead--quite the opposite; in fact, these styles seem to be teeming with new methods and fresh ideas coming from all over the place.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4u1GxBiNZ8NHSlTv5-ewdNFPqcNeZUkzkqwso1FzdoSOFauMKczZsPxOecrxw9yQ4MvNtSvYY9t6lw5gGcqWoqZV6lpnvR1TQmB8QYNMUFmrNGGSG6dEjwmNnr0_DGH2PGODjCoWuGy4/s320/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590452932648880930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 169px; " /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgidgJZcWzObxXDWTevEFmCyCGYlBH6WyNylQy4OiPoIbzLcB_ZB-ErL6xWXgI3pWIVhgr5l6jtcbfDusv4wu9lSMIo0n4eSwkbnv0CEfBirCJHOyRM4kzW-2poFbYSGQtZFZwUyprAOuU/s320/nokia_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590453089204183282" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 176px; " /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I have no doubt Sumo Science will continue to be a leader in the forefront of this stop-motion "reawakening"; constantly brightening our days with the cooky antics of their characters and the colorfulness of their imaginations. It is a welcome renaissance.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">~S</span></span></p>Susan Maxfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454449486304228243noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794642080897544146.post-40604844205987945912011-03-11T20:28:00.000-08:002011-03-27T14:03:10.404-07:00Yelena Bryksenkova<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJkw7X6zxnf12fN42upYwV8__-bYGd5QWWachN3UyMFKH8SeDG-dK3VDkisp_ZYflWdrlktC-YHUrUKdMhrxFelsljCd3Qr0DGBr5yqleEVcJPnZoF4uCf4Bu8gMmURKlfD1f05GQUPF4/s1600/profile_photo.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 220px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJkw7X6zxnf12fN42upYwV8__-bYGd5QWWachN3UyMFKH8SeDG-dK3VDkisp_ZYflWdrlktC-YHUrUKdMhrxFelsljCd3Qr0DGBr5yqleEVcJPnZoF4uCf4Bu8gMmURKlfD1f05GQUPF4/s320/profile_photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583686226675233730" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">From the moment I first saw these inked/watercolor creations I fell instantly in love.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOzfrMGVkDriU1_bWFLqiHe_PUx934XH-uSE8zRpGgGO_9A4mmDo8fgX4T30FjE5LTXghbttc1XLIqqvTpliJRrB-ckKaqPiYlmtXCwb7kwJlY1zpnX8GER1JANmgy7V9AYqB3VAEhS1c/s320/au-revoir-simone.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586764225413788738" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanOzFu9xOt_yHDdenaVzIpBV9yFTygJAXKydx1d7W8RgMiTkojMmb9uetxa38cuiag_JLHMQPIctXMWVLzcItcvJurStDpka_4gvaxTEVoxHZ472hAYz1TwWwt8udog5Yuwe-5ZfKb_A/s320/el-quijote_web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586764613294906434" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCT3tJX_tYzCtYasAh_k-d6PCTZjq9NQhued2KAYND5JWNIXTRUMdcoHmk7KcABPxbB0uSpA4HkF5Go8lAoJXZDA78KtIvFJKI6JIMhd38h1kUKJ2CbdFexR4H45yB1OkACqXqoyfdNk0/s320/alice_web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586764339326385906" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 320px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">They are by the young and very talented Yelena Bryksenkova, a Russian-born, American-raised freelance illustrator based in Baltimore. She seems to have recently graduated and is now ready to take on the world with her raw talent.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhidChb79ZFR1P31Yvh2oCb5s_BVh6rSzgJxpCCRwz38GCaTYUyJ0R8R3n9uNR1dqla0KQs6qBILkC-gzg7bFLwfGgaJscBpmWxGA7-k1EqeGHpjoiDuSjZ_zO4dmKU5I7sU9tTzZTVSOE/s320/yelena_bryksenkova_eloise_jephson.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587441133367716258" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 320px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWmHrPAVI_10XwbD1up7XUh1AWJ7_NshyphenhyphenNBCCKRhmXVvE7r4iNxGvc-XONq2hbYzMWGR8mB_0i4oD_oW68JZ-prme2D_m4T2neSXunkqnMYgCVo4-YsDa3yPSCLREtnd6ka0B9WRwIksA/s320/Animal_Bandido_Yelena_Bryksenkova.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586764443095907730" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 320px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZxwrYApRW8TkMcTjqCQEOw7y5dwyou4nFnJQhTgT5LVZFGRUTvCOPqcsbkrIZtTFV9HHgOnV1BHf5_q0mK4Bie_ExV_OMnW-CuY4_yS3cV2w9E22IR9EvJNboJeltj0j1y32wgAUd2_s/s320/minnabyyelenabryksenkova.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587445778162616914" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 320px; " /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So far she has received many commissions from fashion magazines and specialty clothing lines wishing their products to be featured in a more stylized way. Bryksenkova accomplishes the task in the most lovely, tasteful manner.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8MVSDGtPFF9pto94NoF1SBw25psZfdVBfSFBdNhkhJOJO26Xkd-gQNMFuHgV69faHCT_bMl0gyjg0IcgGpzZYEo01hyphenhyphen7R6IQMo1Qo5Vls8Yy18Hz5B00Z_1_9P6jd6ugDICblcS6qlU/s320/accessories_2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587492443150646114" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3UjB9CFsJS2QAN_5zQ8pbGNzL50HQMxyEe199zorSpU-OjYeaa5trgHbuUMmijDghJSyTEZkk0mBrmvVwFmpw23xhnfoStG4ucgHY2Fnf5vs8_yOqj0WcY4-b0dG6YPzeMnrs3UgXldc/s320/accessories_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587492328065636754" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZefRxgUc6zob3sEKtpGJeyHN9TFEx7DkPp0X4w_zLDDs9C1hyphenhyphenJhb7dgN00Y6d8HygIUfXD4-FAsF3mJHNQh3YnoIVh1FRfoo4W7EV7I6FhVniazYfPEASwJeyMqCdiqNnErbOdN2qP2s/s320/accessories_3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587492164912148114" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">..... ... .....</span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNSHwG97Vn35JD486pTmQnR1GvOOiClnI90Ijvr_IAoy_mZw3Ojl5fEJNeCdSpHfkUFnyt201rvmX74_ET3xnwAdgodWTEPvYG9z2SLk2sKkNP8G13r8aOGnLv6H8Ywodg4kZ3x3L_pHw/s320/izzylane_1_web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586763876363172866" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-es40RZpTeQ4c6Q96n9zu9Hsys5S-vAzmbGHjixgn5asaOI76PmQViLWLNVrHxRSTE6_nMhZ3lPLB_RwkN1CDVriPSWsJX0gb7FxW6T2CUspo_-5kMX73YIYliGciYa5jVc7Clg2sMP4/s320/izzylane_2_web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586763972129821954" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCMWW9DpqGxHwelL3GCOWWD8T9jGY_83luKcDaCbwUNb0yjWG2LMSVlnNKSVcjZc9c8pqX5xtp_me964sMQczhhsrm5eGJ-CjFrvuP2ePKgtRvJYWM1ccFQ1oyYhIH2E6w_T6S9zbIVnA/s320/izzylane_3_web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586764082410886114" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Bryksenkova has a style uniquely her own, with color palettes, textures, and patterns inspired by Eastern European art and culture. Here are some pages from her travel journals to Prague and Russia.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLvaCmqkDw0jCNTKOLJTpTZ_N4EV5ap1LMPtR2EHE3bJsNryBRt9CCwEQex1iTYXTN24jjHCGNp8j1RlDF_YWDZeOzNL30DaNqQd-6IIy-to2U9Jspbxziumq3XxldsssDRkjVbar2eDY/s320/sketchbook001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587452996981018178" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 159px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVR8I95utao0cS-yDf7IIQ4U8EEndTGCSZvyk-JLGGZVK7Ftmfgfy6g3LQuP71my1-3BRconSiKRu2tmBQF0Ft2DVPOXAiL6H98liTonorUNozrqwPJGYs0Dno7yRoGwY0qN3sI1ly738/s320/morava.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588867268432731010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgyR3stPaVTaoT8QCzssbZLAKfDhztsFBeoNZ6YSqWee7mlQrXoSI1LrTTamqsHe6-vlgb2lM4uU78PMjZZEY3uSxRFvtxQS8XGbUfx9N-T0zgMrAVOHnacu6lj5S6DIXMwFZ6449I4V0/s320/prague_nabrezi002.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587452850639819922" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 157px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0FD1lWp9RHlV5aL7zlGorWZcfoDipQxj9XprBf0Ooylkv7pUjBU_Lp3iH4QBWkf8xSFSxVaxNDvu3E90JQ1r5-tQuX2MQM_Zc9NmkaA4ja1Wp32H5L_GsTe90poMWiYo_WTqYG2_d8UQ/s320/sketchbook008.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587452730262924290" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 158px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">She also seems to draw inspiration from the years of glamour and fashion long since passed.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEC9uimoJIPEWP8pB-V8VRjVC9P-VTQ6q6JzY9RkStoBJHWMUZwePCzf9_b3eqECc6-EIJMa76CZHFOMq1Dr7dd8tVN_cQ-BMUYLZYyK8-pPgyoN7xG_kmGmyInsv_Qz1yzYZHysxS9js/s320/ziegfeld002.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586765708131842866" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 320px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb-83AGL0OYm3jxs10xId5Xo1tes5dzc0duZ0phCpFrxOd8_iBg-IW_6ZEL4tlj2ljmcj6z4T5_WDYJZGrDHEikAheCHtS617KWjO4KLTQ9hSlxiAwGaP5ly3bS0HFthxuHpf83HlkTJM/s320/ziegfeld1_web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586765549244303202" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I absolutely adore the way she draws hands...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikbQ-HWZtDBNWtH8YC9X4eszavwBBDGXRoLC6x6N3p7B0y_oZ6NWfLNcQAEk7LG4yW2cU5Q4MsU-aTySZFwO0N-lY6_rtpyWlGp9UrkKD1wDVmPiajarqpJ-wniFUZQWmPscWjJH0gESY/s320/ziegfeld001-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586765432485133346" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 320px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbAdFJRJ7edqSQpHFCRoEDEi351c4EeZ30qlvQ_XQpOPKh0PHKcwRSNyPE3fLihhKekvQFm9n9zfsuPUZtkQhwQmGCyZHFiAmEZZ2NkOP1jX-mXucL2CjxO_yRfdKr6bACJRcWLTfprM/s320/ziegfeld2_web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586765306011576018" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />Perhaps what most characterizes her work are her delicately hand-painted patterns that dance from one edge of the frame to the next in sporadic harmony.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK99t0crmWT5a6phF8V-QCiyw-e82lILNOTgS9qKfd5S7CQT5BqA9M6WG4ii4JuiNbDNwP5-qzCIeO_Bme_1Uw8dtDAL1JfkYnWJnFanzClRVhwrJTaJEM65J9-CAFWuDOlQeimkiHr0A/s320/elephant.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587440721995139666" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixwL25OlMxlRJpoFape9Z-dWdgOpi213I91r_4Z2b2wWOd_HHKW7R2LAqf1qYk3MbYKroDNEH_1ysUA5qoz7IDEKTHvzyKouauUbGdYJRI0eOLLyYEEaBn4HoaKjTdGbc6Pcd991l_3RY/s320/floral.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583686469613225042" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 318px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJkw7X6zxnf12fN42upYwV8__-bYGd5QWWachN3UyMFKH8SeDG-dK3VDkisp_ZYflWdrlktC-YHUrUKdMhrxFelsljCd3Qr0DGBr5yqleEVcJPnZoF4uCf4Bu8gMmURKlfD1f05GQUPF4/s1600/profile_photo.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJkw7X6zxnf12fN42upYwV8__-bYGd5QWWachN3UyMFKH8SeDG-dK3VDkisp_ZYflWdrlktC-YHUrUKdMhrxFelsljCd3Qr0DGBr5yqleEVcJPnZoF4uCf4Bu8gMmURKlfD1f05GQUPF4/s1600/profile_photo.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJkw7X6zxnf12fN42upYwV8__-bYGd5QWWachN3UyMFKH8SeDG-dK3VDkisp_ZYflWdrlktC-YHUrUKdMhrxFelsljCd3Qr0DGBr5yqleEVcJPnZoF4uCf4Bu8gMmURKlfD1f05GQUPF4/s1600/profile_photo.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">They add a depth and texture that remind me of the intricate patterns of Erte, and the organic nature of Alphonse Mucha's work, both Eastern European artists themselves.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Erte</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBFQnNOSwb0lrhQ4nTCy1HIVsNsBtfjymvYWq2IcdYF78YCMAujYbxG8s8LdCP0KWa4YNZrbBsO-ZlPcfeaG1s-xlowzaw9pcQ-qltrOLpwFs-cASwkv_j6UQVuMCYI0KX7bALaXPR9M/s320/erte.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587445219284892818" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mucha</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpw4lYmJdoSyd3i1Y1VDJ_5f1TuH0In8AHAsgOz52cg957nj3hPs0ZWSvq9j3pfTKYr_jBAOmoMSVCDOwXv9vKma2qKZPJSmLqBYnqYjtTB5dTZx3sNlTQqh-IBy7uV5uPkYH-dh821Sg/s320/mucha-alphonse.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587445061738650178" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 320px; " /></span><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Also, the contours of her figures and their relationship to space often reminds me of the work of Brian Kershinsnik.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Kershisnik</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfigW42zqDnBLOjQyWIElfgiGh76mocJyLm_Emqb11NJwjdXuOSi2_sfbPRWKE8deqntbsa9zNOf1tRGgI2VPu3yINJQo4CaKa7UVYgJ3axvhv457iESpifEi9agvWnnuirwUoWgXjx34/s320/kershisnki_eating+peaches.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587479993776073474" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 320px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Kershisnik</span></span></span></div></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdrlhcFUudgaWAS9GVfQZ9gNEdYSK59dclVdekjcXFKP45B3zXbR4hS418X9H95CLFIzL7Jf83TOgd1uPWJr-AJiyKR4sLm9Wh5XlBfQNXac3mNqcCALafNjMktqRH4cGf_1bixeGqdxQ/s320/kershisnik_dance+class.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587479862048250418" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 216px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Bryksenkova</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfcb348i68YeVPObWsYxbcvLs-recyPlBvrRFadwZRsvydT_-OsJp980uJTGW3ELw_x7btszmaG8VLVSPTXlXkIM_4Fi-ORJQ-y-Smt-BBo1g2a9EF_dC0ZVVMyh-ZE46TqOGaZdxIjjs/s320/circus_web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587474861861002082" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 251px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Even if someone isn't an </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">art</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">connoisseur,</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> or doesn't understand the "rules" of composition or design, I believe the human eye has an innate ability to determine if a line or drawing is amateurish or refined, inept or "beautiful". Yelena's drawings certainly have a refinement and maturity to them. You can tell she has a deep understanding of line and form, balance and weight.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQBzcfzIuS6y7qQkU0KwhBoy5h_IEGGv3vxqVA84fyYoQjNW4M3k7OIUIHwGsiSqGA1kbhyphenhyphen9EedYoq6mDCplHO8mGXxNeLhM1uKVW2X4s2vyl0e1oMdVSO2wIs6AcT7L6tpl0Q8i8-ZM/s320/jazzy001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586764910248578258" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZVFRWdSKOwenrHmmuP3NLWjtt8wlNagPFeGqNzSHNb7rA73S0xDDHYYmoB-adVy-ylWfB1-2vhWumBzv2Yqy7r3xdchseH9fUVE3wkc7leLbBQgKmJD1z8c2aMxPQ5eF9pa7NZacSTho/s320/peaches.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587440024099563506" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 275px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Nature, and the whole universe for that matter, is embedded with mathematical equations that manifest themselves in ways which are beautiful to us. Whether they're the Fibonacci numbers found in plants, flowers, and trees; the "golden spiral" found in shells; or the "golden ratio" found in animals and the human body, we all have an instinctive recognition of what we may only be subconsciously aware.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLYg_Pz750N4Uxb6IaSMw5IKNOyCOTJ0721Pw-oBWl8ySRecSC-cqW73DSo9WuX0yFfAk2I09XB8zXcFSOOQl-8sEH70ZwtqC7KW4isTHu0t5ssvK5xo_-mnS6pXtqJhF1rdOb3M6kbI/s320/fib-plants.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587501694196333122" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 310px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Ljg56eH66X1xVf5jSu96MPV2le5jmmIcgNUrZS1k5tyQLgJz_UaA3hI17JrXxJRtDwXpZKOFTXXQX-Tk-6N-hrTl47MY-AzLJLRGiCpwMW2VN3p053puTYBvNaIUvz2ucuSAULFvAiw/s320/winter_tree.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587501809884110866" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVE8rRaMqA9_dLMQFmMwXn4crvQiI9wV67rKzLWRPt1-FzUsMnR_unzdc9zfTQ0eKmL1P_ynSd3TrN3O3XxGGdH_AEWJN4NxVtLnTZbok-vZ-tL-uTO8sjDuupiIKKMivQKUkLk14x-Ao/s320/golden_ratio_face.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587507825507648418" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I think that's why when you look at Yelena's drawings there is a sense and affirmation of the beautiful. I'm not sure how, but I think if we applied a randomness algorithm to her patterns, or the golden ratio to her work, we'd see that they correlate very closely.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwCKoXcDzDryoMKA9P3xysCC1y-Ee5GtxY9dR3hPXn8iOTEEOXjzd0O9eVD0YaEWwoR3AgXuhUMIPjzdiP1cvq_XfV1C-_b-kbvFArX75OBa-dyzZJ7DZCa4sTWh1ta983lHhe-jV3WI/s320/swedish-horses.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586765166052669890" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr4f-eReQxqMJBmp-MbhkASTpr3DMkj70rBwt4yOy6bo0_vCU7EqqgXzuy0v73tXCQiZEu2iz3Y4hRX_APhyphenhypheniQPbXX1WMjwvDB1EYZ8H8YG9cq4qHZhOV0NMs-uYhPfikzpxCP90nJ5A0/s320/sleep2-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5583686931187835922" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Each time I revisit her </span></span><a href="http://www.ybryksenkova.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">blog</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> I'm constantly taken-aback at what new pieces she has crafted. You can see how her creative process and skills continue to develop into more grand and intricate designs. It will be very exciting to see where her talent leads her in the future. Good luck, Yelena!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">~S</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH4epuzrltUKMW6wqYcnuO3lDLafW4qgd1Mn0ocE3y5EG1bFd-ZCEgF6qZWNP_9E8gkjNugS5lGSKMXrCMtnI9k4K6H_pmRAZ1TXLC_7Nz3kr8YnM9OucJ-oSR8hNNhD_UqP-Qzuffq0Y/s320/maitresse.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586765029241796594" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px; " /></div></span></div>Susan Maxfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454449486304228243noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794642080897544146.post-72550442625307678772011-02-28T19:29:00.001-08:002011-03-23T22:32:01.890-07:00Limbo<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBR2BbPyAjpzylkHn4HLvpqkId8ELh7XilHBYmVXwYxyNVxYih-KjB8jsIX9BgUo8xC8H2-5YoaQM5veSRN7wuEGze8e6UaP3nRVCv-6P0Gllsgw-DC0aeS6uImn_fpybTHG3s9vSquxo/s1600/Picture+1.png"></a></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWzPU3BzJBAuZVWFvDT0bJB9QdWeBIpsD8j_OhN1DqOXiw6AkNfxZD24IqKZo4R5akn7VzikYhUmfo0aqYD3hV5rACMKxBgbQFEB33LXnCnf-khaW-D5YspSy7O8G8iRntpL-MJHoxYrw/s1600/Limbo-boxart.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 268px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWzPU3BzJBAuZVWFvDT0bJB9QdWeBIpsD8j_OhN1DqOXiw6AkNfxZD24IqKZo4R5akn7VzikYhUmfo0aqYD3hV5rACMKxBgbQFEB33LXnCnf-khaW-D5YspSy7O8G8iRntpL-MJHoxYrw/s320/Limbo-boxart.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580402011321178802" /></a><p class="p1" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Several months ago while surfing Xbox Live my husband and I found a free-trial download of a game called "Limbo" that I fell instantly in love with. It's graphics and story are hauntingly beautiful, and since the game industry is a prevalent type of animation in today's world it only makes sense to feature game developers as important contributors in the advancement of animation design.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBR2BbPyAjpzylkHn4HLvpqkId8ELh7XilHBYmVXwYxyNVxYih-KjB8jsIX9BgUo8xC8H2-5YoaQM5veSRN7wuEGze8e6UaP3nRVCv-6P0Gllsgw-DC0aeS6uImn_fpybTHG3s9vSquxo/s320/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580405682912937714" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 171px; " /></span></p><p class="p3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Now I must be honest, I'm definitely NOT a gamer, however I did grow up with 2 older brothers, so I learned to appreciate well developed games that were entertaining and beautiful to watch. Such titles as: Wing Commander (PC), Tomb Raider, Resident Evil, and Silent Hill kept me wrapped up on the couch in a darkened room absorbed in their worlds of mystery, adventure, and horror for hours. Limbo is one such enrapturing game.</span></span></p><p class="p4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSNw3xl1EnPnJjoAVjTA0Vn8I3_8npvOkQ4OowrdXLInryx_RCy7QF9FLavFW-YQ3cA13NR2_JlAa_MXIhrn8mCB4jXlg0YXAUO-YkirANrFOSDcYTAXjRLabu3CmDNNxZf_5ceJnDjY8/s320/limbo+landscape.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580406686769591922" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px; " /></span></p><p class="p3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It was developed by <b>Playdead</b>, an independent game company based in Copenhagen, and founded by Arnt Jensen and Dino Patti in 2006. So far it has been nominated for dozens of awards and won several, including the "European Innovation Games Award", and a nomination for the "Best Independent Game". We shall see how they do.</span></span></p><p class="p4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JGO3jF_pRIvUS9pV8tWXilIK9UF085FTeSTwnYIIy-4YRg8ywmShPOLlJun_vTL9LFz9npUGPG8oJ6bAeoAyYfuVhSi278uhuDvvBwgeXO1n1IcFSJbEq40GEQXnH9ej24uxw56jnOs/s320/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580406865109615202" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 174px; " /></span></p><p class="p3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The graphics are simple black and white, with nothing more than a few 2D planes and a 2D silhouette of a young boy who runs and jumps, however the film-noir style and quality in which they are executed is exquisite. Again, it's my love of shadows and forms that allude to more detail than is actually seen that causes my imagination to run wild. Please enjoy the teaser trailer:</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p5" style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Y4HSyVXKYz8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ooooh. From the onset the atmosphere is grim. Eerie fog hangs in the distant background amongst a deep, dark wood which seems to flicker and dance like an old film reel. Think Hansel & Gretel meets Nosferatu. You, a boy, wake up in the middle of the woods with no idea what you're doing or where you're going, but you soon realize the moody landscape is riddled with creatures, traps, and puzzles that must be avoided or solved to advance.</span></span></div><p class="p5" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMKseWkldqqhNAN3umQbglvoIlb6LW0CidJzYgoaIHS-YdCMJdX_zy3itDz8ZpXtsrd29ys65QkHDPSb6HVrviV4MA6sb13IEYDj8eKRYKNMsAwbuZQj5jM2DvtNWeiq9HzMSXeeVXY34/s320/limbo+spider.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580407071625774530" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 197px; " /></span></p><p class="p3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSEu9_tKUV2ueO-uGatmqq_wmZFTP9s_QJQaiKUIkDmu_aa48qVC8C1IyWG15z1D8qQyDVakR4XRkPRTS3gwzKd9OXfEmZl4CNX-XSwUywzDPS7AfGOcvNAIpr7nLQvaZ45IpxmIrZtzw/s320/Limbo_Screenshot-woods.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580407290565237090" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; " /></span></p><p class="p3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">To solve them you die a lot, and in gruesome ways (images of a young boy being sliced into pieces by a saw is something that probably wouldn't fly in the U.S.), but it all adds to the feeling of ever-preset danger and the overwhelming need to press-on and survive.</span></span></p><p class="p3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; line-height: 16px; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy99rZlZi2e5zi4xy7Xc3f4r4KvC6l3N7ElWYJlPLpjRz4IUbNQxN-cgackRzP4jlJDYTQQxXvzNZOiZ0Pm6NfIW-h5_WJS5RZu6CqQpf4X4sNSRJvkbqCrT24isHQBFE7ifPNyU5CGTY/s320/LimboGame1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580407485067252658" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 160px; " /></span></p><p class="p3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Apparently it's much shorter than most games--about 4 hours--but for what it lacks in quantity it certainly makes up for in quality. Even for those who aren't big into games, you have to admire this one for it's ambiance and stunning visuals. It is truly a unique piece of animated art.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; min-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: justify; font: normal normal normal 16px/normal Georgia; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">~S</span></span></p><p></p>Susan Maxfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454449486304228243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794642080897544146.post-36966258613420255492011-02-13T16:29:00.000-08:002011-03-04T21:35:34.599-08:00Rob France<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnhzum9T9iXDmN7K1dEVeZ1Z6pSkeHD4cXz1g7p2jWHPk78MojSsJ3C0XCjOk8kSXC0rNHO8UnC5KujkV-ThCQ0Pd_e6Sjf9RtiYflzVFLLaHuGaLCPq31KO6QLw1lSkKcRQs5WWfd10/s1600/Rob+France_20%2527s+Woman.jpg"></a></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRVg6rjjAMOhD45oeqw8QAOCsOMQPCPukhqK18vpQltM2Mq5LN1uNd9f5rqp85h3xFdwg9H4aYzANZlwrWWQicV-ggNJFtG_5bBzRJG8AyXWplo7tbSvniCbObkiyPoZQb-NqCsvlXkQ/s1600/Rob+France+UAF.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRVg6rjjAMOhD45oeqw8QAOCsOMQPCPukhqK18vpQltM2Mq5LN1uNd9f5rqp85h3xFdwg9H4aYzANZlwrWWQicV-ggNJFtG_5bBzRJG8AyXWplo7tbSvniCbObkiyPoZQb-NqCsvlXkQ/s320/Rob+France+UAF.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578928541037439186" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Two years ago I attended the annual Utah Art's Festival and was delighted to stumble upon the booth of local artist Rob France. It's a little late--I know--to be featuring his work now, but I've always found it to be inspiring, and there's no time like the present to support the locals. :)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjavPaPFVPQEqXOQVIgX_0F4zZHc9vLaARcGlPLKfpitPvEvne17quVBd7si310pAxnbw7i4wmJrlyjVY-1AM9F1aKZ21EnYZT_8214RyTeJKnfIqTChd8KFVyOIN0PfI9wmvgrNIj4XMk/s320/robertoldroydfrance.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578943420225917874" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 320px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLhWKyTSukcfXqzFcq0LMeR48fVEewRHT3TFp9aL34On3rFIi3qgmaILSNjOMq8yREg0nLjo5jCZmEi2KqRXOTLbbUJVQ2sC9gH22-Y5VUQcdSz_fxt0KParApVzIo73R_j-ZVVN5DqR4/s320/Lucy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578942507911727570" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 208px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I've always been struck by the simple elegance and unique style of France's ink drawings. His subjects are primarily women--bold and beautiful--with sinewy limbs and swan-like necks, who adorn their mannequin physiques with sumptuous, vintage fashions and jewelry. What more could a girl ask for?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0hyphenhyphenvRDbiZB-H4w07gPUxrSIEaphQNalg6iYH_Vl-A1rZ5kCwdfq9yha-BiBeBcPEq6NXK7nHnWTmSG2innK2txeB6Y8hr2itp52AtJcxUE-agasPBXip25a9EKGCRMP1w-RbFg22TjmY/s320/Rob+France_Mare+Girl.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578929851263471554" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqJrBXVwlw1ozCNhTY_zQhBfTrjVYFlDo9uSrVlwo-UJfzRArlsQv0PuDzOS0rll1CA_LabUynyAkV3wSayureAdy8Cj6JL3QqtCRz86MZSEZnN7O5bg1HxPzwNCgFhR16q_FJh87e1Y/s320/Rob+France_Blue+Girl.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578929242070734642" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 131px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">At times they have a very "fashion illustration" feel to them, and other times they hold a haunting depth that draws you in to their world. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiH4Rf8F2IN2XbaCgUOTj73r5nPiY34K2BhWHvxdoKXOQ8GYm6MijUyTnbYdP649DX7BVGDCjA6jBK2U-EcTYaNWhCVUrvMIOYfZ6oeNUzExZf0ZtDd1XHWbYQh2gewqgAJ3heZOFlWM8/s320/tall+%2526+slender.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578944588778142802" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 117px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnhzum9T9iXDmN7K1dEVeZ1Z6pSkeHD4cXz1g7p2jWHPk78MojSsJ3C0XCjOk8kSXC0rNHO8UnC5KujkV-ThCQ0Pd_e6Sjf9RtiYflzVFLLaHuGaLCPq31KO6QLw1lSkKcRQs5WWfd10/s320/Rob+France_20%2527s+Woman.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578928831484065762" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 320px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I wonder if France knowingly draws inspiration from Aubrey Beardsley, whose illustrative temperament seems to perfectly match his own.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Beardsley</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBRfk2gv2yXQE_ff8mSCiQqxcCFVnjXh4AQodNqJCIC15TVysb0TOKYX_QOJLYvHmkmgutqCZtDN_BoGYbayDuJTvVM6Sm4IOwSMv8tpjLSHKjVmG9ipK1b3kWsHrUE_7FgQjVBt3Z_uk/s320/vintage+lady+beardsley2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578877123767752034" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">France</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEholNdEmu3hAc8WIEQX1eZmcQN21RANgamkE9g3f-ijsjeC4PZEMPldwlr4GfxE3y3Ytk-aCll3aWYDf3z_1fx8xQ6QhSrYd3Hy7Tb8hee0UGtuEm2ttYZ9gGH9g4xpnKrMx3yudy-VPTw/s320/Rob+France_Print+Skirt.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578929395736553666" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 146px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Much of his work also draws upon varied cultural influences for inspiration.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgibBDUwTsNKxSsjjQOcftBh1ldbsx_Q_jciN9m7GmHNByHjdR6WZ18YSTQkdMlTMXdh8gApbTLdWnmG9J_25oFYVNK0RdPH_Ck8Sc-c9RdYFpljnGr5hR5_buZfvwmG15luSHudC033-c/s320/Rob+France_African+Woman.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578928941111766978" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The piece below projects an eerie sadness and suffocation, as if the American Indian girl is forcefully confined in a European-style dress.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Gj-hw-MOsCXZMVli5xVH5_DrjJRQtXJXS9yVS1QqCPlpu0YRlAnLMcRW0sNDyecVHB9k2C4dQHqhS7OIPXSgjQibM1Jtxbi_MJJ4_eGO9u7ucMjvusEngbBY1WiSqkUW0NjSIElifG4/s320/Rob+France_Indian+Girl.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578929101479585762" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 153px; height: 320px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As our world becomes increasingly homogenized I think France's work is a perfect depiction of what 21st century aesthetics are becoming; a balance of modern and antique, light and dark, ornate and streamline, east and west. We always return to the past, but must infuse it with a new sensibility.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigPQ5JmZ_W6b1Y5oNOTrbwSeieLg7sZLMJTtSyb0jVqvWXM82IeWAlPiPT2ER0chRZJM9erufcHtdDxR_fyI2M-3v3RsfMg8MQCTnTsDm7_qetjzG1ol9X2DooJASJk9phqrXLnPrVh5A/s320/Rob+France_Long+Hat.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578929976291734466" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV6o9nLB5_37SgiOCz96Xxs10XOYbHh8zOULEGdoQjJZNOxt6kIavpSPV5xeBo2r1zwdzWtUzNepC5Oj0pyj9GrlA4rNEEHVV1wl2AY3Qx6beyhXx9-h1cTP9o5gKjEsteVbN9MUTnr38/s320/africa+confined.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578944756557183874" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 157px; height: 320px; " /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Please enjoy many more of Rob France's talented pieces at his website </span><a href="http://robfrance.com/home.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">robfrance.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">~S</span></span></span></div>Susan Maxfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454449486304228243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794642080897544146.post-5724199131233924132011-01-20T17:31:00.001-08:002011-03-09T19:50:27.366-08:00Ryan Woodward<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_xHVaxUZHKeMV0uUIt5yYK-ySeb_bOiXeGEt8FxSdn9ThazCuQZYR-_pVlCnCF8uzZBJkzRVUDq2DzV3saXCAGt0yziu8CXUTng4H-m30XEJWvkLDN-W578Foa5UPdPPh2QF34H-lL4/s1600/ryan+woodward_sepia.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_xHVaxUZHKeMV0uUIt5yYK-ySeb_bOiXeGEt8FxSdn9ThazCuQZYR-_pVlCnCF8uzZBJkzRVUDq2DzV3saXCAGt0yziu8CXUTng4H-m30XEJWvkLDN-W578Foa5UPdPPh2QF34H-lL4/s320/ryan+woodward_sepia.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571914144914893810" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Alright, I'm a dancer at heart. I trained in ballet, tap and jazz since I was 6, and since then I have danced modern, character, hip-hop, African, belly dance and almost any other type you can think of, so I had to post on this marvelous dance film that's been making it's way around Facebook. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Please enjoy <i>Thought of You</i> by the very talented, Ryan Woodward:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OBk3ynRbtsw" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" width="640"></iframe></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Isn't it amazing how just a few lines can capture the essence of dance so well? This is a prime example of how line and the allusion of form can feel more real than the most detailed 3D animation. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20-h0bFEO6N-mpw-4kwlOM8hTXuZYds_Bx5RW5Tm-nGGQlVvE44n5Z_aVTSA7kEIlDKQBcgzZCR2G6IZ9BpFC3KOmyOyitwVDMVQxmrvc61jHzSu4XsPxGGbr0BueJ9jgcoMJiDiISR4/s320/woodwardswirls.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570477288447628530" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 250px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This piece is a traditional cell animation, and judging by it's fluidity it was most likely drawn at 24 frames per second (which at three minutes long is about 4,320 drawings!). As an artist, Woodward has a great talent for drawing graceful, graphic lines that appear to be moving even as they are not, which is probably why he gravitates towards animation. The movement is so lifelike in fact, I wonder if it was not rotoscoped? </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7CxXYwmwE0MzJLSVO7VOtkG0XbTDnjwLncvNl7BkW63OA9H2He_YcenY9kD6sDruDogykAO6gM1ZNAnUBwn2VzMOvIl6psgA_KPMqRwyP6HavkheMKoPwt8g8mBUMPxIt8GS4n0N0yQ/s320/thoughtOfYou-4-600x337.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570478672052186050" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">All the dancing was choreographed specifically for this project, so I'm sure Woodward studied the dancer's movements methodically. Either way, he devised many creative effects to highlight the relationship between the man and woman, such as drawing the woman as a ghostlike figure to emphasize her continued presence in the man's mind, and using imagery of wings to create a feeling of weightlessness which emulates the elation of love and of the love of dance. Just beautiful.</span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtOeJraRc-BA8FneR6btYlaz-H8CdRg-IjooaNJDSjQJ-Zr7t67S2F79o6ybmJxlNQhXsVcfcJ_a83mMoF6ny0AKaFA1y46-CKvab_MHLuzOKbyILhQZsRzJDtLwy9idkKGe6JxZDndR4/s320/thoughtofyouwings.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570476893219488818" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 228px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ryan Woodward studied Art at BYU and earned his Masters Degree from The Academy of Art College in San Francisco. He has worked as a story board/conceptual artist for dozens of Hollywood films, and continues to make his own short animated films. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmF1zrXjlseYB8Mmzov7PgvUauaNm9nHO5nVrXrpyBx2Cwa7aiD0QxurBfXm3sErWMhw5FBVmOJYsNykIh-2sqpHa7UqWYX46xvSoWzTd7TKjZ1sCH3unk4KQgwscX-L31uKeEUiHM7Ks/s320/thought-of-you-01.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571905278131337058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 207px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">He has brought the art of dance and animation together in a way I have never seen before, and I never imagined they would complement each other so perfectly. I hope he continues to develop this concept in his future projects.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MY_C6kYdzMHzhomxJcMY_06uJHvWBS5MiDTQX1HZjmlRYQx27TEaSbpnnvHPV9NoG0i9mgfG5Vt1oNByq8kcRPHRpFBU10L1CyIpSR70YUdTB0DvM5AjuafF7mJh4M07AY8AYT0beCE/s320/the+turtle+and+the+shark.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571919993602923410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 305px; height: 174px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Another beautiful film Woodward created prior to <i>Thought of You</i> is an interpretation of the ancient Samoan legend, <i>The Turtle and the Shark</i> which you may enjoy here:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ydDi9iuKbhM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It's so beautiful! The textures, dyes, and patterns of the backgrounds are taken from actual "tapa" cloth designs made from the bark of trees native to the Pacific Islands, an art which is almost forgotten today. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCOAaCf9D-T51Wx1JVCzPtcHekcw8TN9WCepcePZt6SpknJmm2wi5YQEh5wkO0VOl3_mv3-O8TnHr0gfP-lx7pWCo0-lM010SU3rXZJPj-Prr20MW6-2G7OhzfVGxnp2_phIfGh9sWHQ/s320/tapa+cloth.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571904331470764082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The fluid camera pans from scene to scene, coupled with the silhouetted characters, adds an indigenous mystique that transports the mind to an age long past.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqYAUUUfFFVtPXwKEA7PQAGLWKSy76IAfIDhCfcZ9HgA5ioZK2BeDHgR2jairBXvdaEc9zAwmhjtXhNsRpWJMmTLnLel9YM-eXM7xqN71M3SjVy5xx6MjpreN2sF6LhMZ7sMsqsPAzHcI/s320/turtle+%2526+the+shark+x+4.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582291394437775010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 182px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Woodward is probably one of the most underrated animators in Hollywood today, creating films that are both elegant and subtle, yet thoughtful and full of substance. Perhaps we'll be privileged enough to see one of his animations as a full-length feature one day.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">~S</span></span></div>Susan Maxfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454449486304228243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794642080897544146.post-84847945682325715342011-01-06T22:44:00.001-08:002011-12-13T11:23:20.520-08:00Silhouette Art<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDzKdjwC0NAqMVt9ZvTblNELXO0hwT7NKcbB2dRRDtYFhjUAQQkmo85Yau211MeXv4gSH0H8KgpIrGYM0tBZpdupBifGCvve5UHnXI9z4HdjZhHPiVhH7qBy8WwfHU9nf2UA2IMo7N4zY/s1600/kara_walker.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKhMotpDOORjCm3I7Erv3rdYWb1CC2frwgIxVHl-hQ7VDQSM97rMXyEMdui2LKJGZDfc86F3cU3Ml_sjYknUj_EuCoBko3oTRF87Qocr5Oiu3uk7_NO7pCtHvmjW1v-qWLfj9qnwYACUM/s1600/silhouette+are.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKhMotpDOORjCm3I7Erv3rdYWb1CC2frwgIxVHl-hQ7VDQSM97rMXyEMdui2LKJGZDfc86F3cU3Ml_sjYknUj_EuCoBko3oTRF87Qocr5Oiu3uk7_NO7pCtHvmjW1v-qWLfj9qnwYACUM/s320/silhouette+are.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563564978453174802" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Feliz "dia de los reyes magos", or "Happy Three Kings Day"! It's a popular holiday in Spain, more so even than Christmas, which falls every Jan 6th (the 12th Day of Christmas) to commemorate the day the Wise Men arrived from the East. It's celebrated with food (a sweet fruit bread with a hidden toy inside), gifts, and parades of "kings" wearing shimmery robes and turbines.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBOIPIegQWbL0II6vG1ZOnv4VmRlt-iXxCCky916bZ2Ko0ahuJXGqoHg32G7hUwT2dQXSsSF8isYDV-GEvSKYCM8PSODJtp-YFCcN3OrXjDfFTRYzkPE1z0bNQuGXPKls9q6AOTkC6yA/s320/3-wisemen.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559675874664611906" border="0" /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I had an enjoyable Christmas and a relaxing New Year spent with loved ones, I hope you did as well. :) One item I was particularly excited to receive this year was a book I've had my eye on for months called, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Silhouette: The Art of the Shadow</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, by Emma Rutherford. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSSnhB5mbZ72UFzval7J1hWI838ySu8eypNFY-LRZs4sn13LVFg_a-Wq-QCz-J7Zn5kCw13Ws681hqwAIYgpVdYZ9eKCUOZVD3RM67au2jgW7ikyPrcos1Uv2cTYpDKjSv6pXZ4MYq8Gc/s320/Silhouette+the+Art+of+the+Shadow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559676757840406418" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 295px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It chronicles the history of silhouette cutting, etching, painting, and drawing, beginning with the Chinese and Indonesian art of shadow puppetry in the 11th Century; proceeding to the original coining of the term "silhouette" in 18th Century France (so named after the thrifty Minister of Finance, Etienne de Silhouette--thereby labeling silhouettes a cheap form of portraiture); and finally ending with the modern-day resurgence of silhouette popularity and graphic appeal. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Traditional<br />Indonesian Puppets</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPsYGC-OKt8Maxu7_3ZfkB5eSg1z7NdISsA0jUY1p-Q3olP9MSNIpT3oYS2oRq5M72AiLeuggam4tAFkvuZjxlv3d07quw3pG0ojw8uSAxSa4W6p8h_GL6fJ5L7_pBet2gZah9SFaqVf0/s320/shadow_puppet_01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563054023444849282" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhawRr_hnzO1oteFvjv3xw0avjb5ZPPqLZ2BF7WQeUf1IyLGk_bbGZJywm-Dxz5wMKkqEODEW2_4e-kLFxv-iQ2Zl1kZ1VAdDbgbPoBNDlwmuUqMiSe_VAGpaJ4BxBVhj5UiMf47fPSuaQ/s320/shadow_puppet_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563054127790186850" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Modern-day graphic artist,<br />Chad Barrett</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBwheePOzX6QgSVBHw9HTmD7QAf1nO4JQqY3mcyhvuOpRTRjGUKJOzfeoF9bCMCLo5JOX1JapEd4tKM87jiOks-7XUZbys2mPC0SdHga23uAtoJi1bkvqrWZSH4WpGDPjvtHzaRmk4U9Q/s320/barrett-chad-baroque-silhouette.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563589505992654914" border="0" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Modern-day graphic artist,<br />Wilhem Staehle</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEDosyL6ISmTpjJ1l0dvj-Cgof1DxWxLWliaYQCWbAi-DWKKx74x6U83ZjS3jlYz0ysnj1gEjtig4Gm9bpEyRsJLQXLcO2BSspKtlv4cbkmx8ldwjtH8FGD7a05A7UDhMrt4OJGO3imQ/s320/mrsmixalot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563590661131924850" border="0" /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">During their heyday in the 18th Century, "profile likenesses" (as they were generally called) were used for everything from Neoclassical home decor---borrowing from popular Roman forms and motifs; to ivory silhouette jewelry (given as reminders of loved ones passed on); to </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Physiognomy</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, the pseudo-science of determining a person's character through their facial features.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqiy9hdrk9XZdYMCeSKD8DnFcnReAB2L4OL0KEQgPodL5CLfk4ziJnGdEMBjNLtQKEzupVLp_6RYef9QxDijO-TK4FxJXTZgWXwrHNpfu9VZmNO1618q0DW30IcN57P5L2BIcvaAXSP0E/s320/roman+portland+vase.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563057112742694258" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0xwrZWrD2VXX_eAL5Lp1zOeWq3TKQG0m-d6DVW70wLQu_92eNlorRP03efi0wp74fuxf89fnWiyupZtrjcluqeRQIHs_T8bFA6NzUjp_8WBurcIrvqXRYBWILj596kNUQ94wu_gbnbA/s320/roman+cameo2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573339150546848994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvvSz8l6W0PAeKMlgbliY_jmC7XjuUMyYr3ZcZrEf8m1rkNAqnV_A4_Fv9F6eyurm0z_yjCUKnq7iJM0Tl9gjz1Fgdjg_zcqctj1dLjmxD2qIRfW-Lrh_SRTRWpZRLnNoXY5gHLUgqVEQ/s320/silhouette+necklace.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563058103303022866" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px;" border="0" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As you can see from my obsession with Lotte Reiniger, I am a sucker for the silhouette...</span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbbEYeLMNRWuD7ls7ivenDT43jN2njRDW7knRSb9fhs7ST4056ZlpRePyXQfLK09XfpFB-FpFIOBx9qFlreQi3D4lxsiblnj9CuXaajCB5Na1C_7yMVGluW1GYKOMekWZVNraTbmofGkM/s320/thumbelina_lotte+reiniger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560008103847299810" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 257px;" border="0" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1vqKecAr4w3vzLG5s8T69Fz2MJBREo_6qPCXS4Dc2-vTQ_hL0iNGYh0QlzVLmF_Z8Vw3z8zH7E4DK74bXSFnBSsdqupnsJt0u4pgtREZXxcTiFGt3Vh3ezlxt5J3G9KmwTDwVazdYpDU/s320/achmed_lotte+reiniger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560007987592450098" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 251px;" border="0" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJHA_HQuRqh14o8ili6D6gpdhsuX4vgxa_8xbD4HheVX-w66VD7YQJdlnS3Llzv10020QwLtqpHNzil4fD8OcEg7qjv0jJWXBVXzIUwQk2XSwRIw1xx7OKp0nsNFTJN81eM9R_hnDxfhA/s320/frog_prince_lotte+reiniger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560007887094864994" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">...they </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">are simplistic and elegant; pure line and contrast. Despite not revealing much in detail or expression, they </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">allude</span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> to so much detail and expression, more so I feel than a painted portrait. This is because they were the actual shadowed forms of living persons traced onto paper. They were once </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">described as "the truest representation that can be given of man." I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">n a time without cameras, silhouettes were certainly the quickest and most accurate way to capture a person's likeness.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX6pI2EIm1EFWiXtPSIM7DoUBS5BIkTEio6-xnqsuTHI1h_6vNIIoGDOCUBXTvH3BAjq04D_G-D6qqBvBLLRYQxN54BhLHZElsANILaTouJiDxVPCjoPrlnYV9a_A-3-mJzrKRD9grzpo/s320/Paul_Konewka_silhouette.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5559676229756578338" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 270px;" border="0" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU9kYgc45Yopax0vKsldRp-OXVC7T2Ftic4jijAySlFD81e2oLbf38WezGBNLI32HTu3FfVs1Uddo-CJgTW1lJ6ExU-3K92RuBB9i2YxxZAekv64Jc10AmsV_vrANN3u3SnSmNbDWIFsI/s320/lincoln.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560054982069141090" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></span><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">More than being accurate, they can be imaginative... and haunting. A dark void staring out at you from the abyss, or the ghostly figure of a great-aunt long since dead. But with that mystery comes so much potential for the viewer to decide the details. Here is mine and my husband's silhouette side by side. :)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5b-rlYzUVsHc01D5OAutbDyU8dzdHGcasHD8H60_nIZtqGkNLJjg-1HOf2x-cU_SDU72vcE8WqJd11VARnA4sJSdy-VsdNp0TOeW_d5zdl2UfTn2isxlEJQU90En1HUVKvR3Pn7WssCo/s320/S%2526C+Silhouettes_inverted.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563389980053281698" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 197px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The technique of the silhouette itself has evolved from simple black and white cutouts (in this case blue) done by machine or hand (1750's)...</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZI6A1Pk4xqncxunocFKumQ6jBkKZLtR5a5ATu9xHtdQpDhVDHHdQ6wKPYkVwtvmRhd2XtI9u3jAorCs0sXuiUPWWqlC7acYpPICWU__BI-5AASYCC14SeA0i8rA3AGA84CI7SMFFaZY/s320/blue+silhouette.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563045503250596706" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 252px; height: 320px;" border="0" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi54e57HNnspHu1xQgz1CvnLi8a7e1Zewwyfm4nFkLHjWTVak7TVe-ki8LcXdSbxt-88hA9uVJfWklyeRQnGT1SkKQmSmhLl_Aeijg_quCvgasOU8X_vBRvbNK7Tzqtl-YmeRmi5fH3V8Y/s320/Miss+Palmer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561210426241826002" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">...to Francis Torond's delicate inked silhouettes depicting family life on which he quilled lace and frills in such minute detail (1770's)...</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLg4wk40KD86H_5aV-cgNQxkhleFCxohBfvkr8ikZBR6t1DCsC1skFGY1pBfE2ufKNauGRLSlqODhfZelouaPuqypNDsd9Eu_-bTRC4TWy3aOxQJyu83ZB_hfzYeVF-fGm2ypRbxCLn0/s320/Francis+Torond_caged+bird.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561202293216638914" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrE-sMklbR-llIQ2VKdkDEayL_Ds4wv5CkkmHmZWa4VeGLJUoky_71J3X00fnD5I-Ik3iIZNSIVZNi8uW8g6FXxKrGiRwJf9UUNibaj2UhDWrFrvqVE5D0LyxxE2-2oggEPYLzUYjv4cM/s320/Francis+Torond_playing+cards.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561201814644678322" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 270px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', serif; font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', serif; font-size: medium; ">...to William Welling's formal naval commissions which added even more depth and detail in the clothing and objects through varying saturations of watercolor (1780's)...</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdFPSTWDML14yeQzEW7ZSZnF1dJF0sLYOiJXucOjPxqkKZhMJ-ruuVNhCB7FS8T5sZPL2qT7zW6mOZ7jOnexWwIjTZXo4gTShMrNegyb6hOhB1c2xuUKZr295rhgl8vU4KrFx1n1HW1WE/s320/William+Wellings_naval+officer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561210760449254274" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlF6LgGul3tCZfHBghez7I7famZbk39uv5sqEV8g4nBBt1WaIN-76oOSNhoBBYUuSolKKgKvlF8sfA3Oa09TK2c4Bhbt999b8riP-AdAc7zjpQFW8c18-I-R6Z2fkaEzzzMhnIuWTVeeA/s320/Willaims+Wellings_naval+officer2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561210902050013506" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">...to Jane Read's unique style of sepia paints on the reverse side of glass, creating highly detailed and realistic portraits (1800's)...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQiTroSwUZq9LWRbKfYUWHE95d4mqjayDU5ecCXQ9Lwu7ELIhpCpr28fE-5oBHw1pnWKTv_49AdvQKqkETaCilUen0VpqYcR6oYB9GuJTH91ntR3JI7PgdLnhqYbGMPuVwOgmedzQIGHk/s320/jane+read.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563727971143794754" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px; " /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KGIGqlLLI_qvMLGIRKhyphenhypheniVo8_fKE-MFjp7qqjSL82K9v2ib180keDOkNM2sDz_uDdPLL9XKeE4SHSavjtNqBQEn1g6jClXtBKRAEZdcnBa-9Qu4r1Epn3qJCXzIdTf4XWmY8W-y3mFw/s320/Jane+Read_gentlemen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561209830343381426" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">...to Jacob Spornberg's and John Woodhouse's "Etruscan profiles" painted on the reverse side of glass which created a wonderful two-paned effect, which when illuminated by candlelight, caused the appearance of a flickering figure which cast it's own shadow (1820's)...</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVvtO0lzQv8O0Cel_BIuoi6N4iqg6NZGDZJWDZ1ZMtxAnUnXAzzLGKzP051s3KJs6QjhSn9Ba8otXL9TRkgw73_PJhNgdLjZDRrv4FQCRm_i8n0GtZWRTXBmP94dxLldw38IetNexE1g/s320/John+Woodhouse_gentlemen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560834570852999522" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 202px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">...to the Royal Victoria Gallery's technique of bronzed embellishments (1840's)...</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwf4jLFrlLY1Ng9dBWB92UgGlyVKFc1Ok-SBidIzKKM94Rsf9LAAh1sa0X1UPoVZVGhP2K68xqSKiSy4hQeTAPmDDkKZ9d9dFpi27oFDwJy09irnN5kd30SPhPhrhC3PkXSfI_z_Z7A_M/s320/Royal+Victoria+Gallery%2529Bronze2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561208026141875682" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 245px;" border="0" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8wasEt37cqbB2srDcwwFdraBhbNekx5UOrZgfM6UylqC5q4PvECCR52n0WC8NQTIcw-qYI0J8vxD6oA1zmsVMhL74QX4kxIIRvx8ckPJ-sebCxNkbpbI4dgmGB9-FeQbBqQuI4ROJ9o/s320/Royal+Victoria+Gallery_Bronze.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561207877751955586" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 236px;" border="0" /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">...to whimsical drawings in children's books as envisioned by the German silhouettist and illustrator, Paul Konewka (1870's, not included in the book)...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbFa2ORnSrZ7Mc3l7b0JvaAwQEzkIIkS0y_Q6n0Oxb8PsQci-poF3w_gi4zgWcheiPTJs6OyX9mNhrBRgDavwdI4yLHosNnCnCrVB41WDrBM3jDW67WsTYozHxhjJNugMhJQyxKiUbRA/s320/konewka_titania+%2526+donkey.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563051379636278738" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 279px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacp1Mfv6g3cr6qXfErelY9cHK7PHabmt719GIWP4C-dMXegUL0acDfQd4XQ3wRjtAyiAYeom0yykEZeWg9VGvAm6E6SJDtLyBXYMdZfSGXfmgOxGwk1DtWmL8yFQ-BgvrPINTg_mWfa0/s320/paul+konewka_traveler.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563051595581896258" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 244px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFBYdYKH7TlxLYfURvnGu2Ox8hU5rxPjwAQxWus3qAagNxEpnUx99fLMnQJjF1QLiaxTyQToRhX5fgs-kwGzwWGfOOdlOBcBKyLi5FymiNc-i67Clzai6DARyxdX_I5vawUeR23IrmW_8/s320/konewka_fairy+boy.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563052051871865058" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">...to modern-day graphic artist, "Jezebel", who has rediscovered the lost art--and by giving it a retro twist--has found it to be a profitable greeting card industry (also not in the book)...</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1UFpdwZt5uU9LDRjSkxhnPQSWyM6ZxumF6kxnlBHLo64nrMRCsmWg2wx4TTBNvA101NyTfXbIqzkKFgEftum7FVO26IeXdemfDNTB5M9qVXCCViic-uk9BBG25d-rEvp-aOU-COID8o/s320/jezebel_josephines.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560802516622103490" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 275px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQGuBgeKY1_xZ-U3oP2d3FjD93j_NiZPIPxrEPAA5qgizGnQFXQ5rM0BORMNpoWu9z2MLnFqdcXe4_2nHg04b91e0jv3Yifk8u1_KspOLY9l8nau1qTo6B5Ld9qfQ8plzuXnAlApQBEg/s320/Jezebel_darlings.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560802367493144738" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 274px;" border="0" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZPwlVrjuZfRQBxrNe9VImkRHVAtbn6iKxkUGHK-9pAI3of7P-cjSF4rVXNiFyoMGM81wAVuySgxehyphenhyphenpYeiD4FkdOCsx4WXbWi4hbMoIZnL3hOgwHGNSlvRbRcZfHhh281Nd8uNYw0LPI/s320/jezebel_blanche.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560802262229870370" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 277px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhakPCZib1F92Ij5oxU1FmsKW4gvM5RjXlNtK_x3lMgrgxgbM0HGk3BozT-LLthJxHeHMlyBMrscaPkpd1zH6Wh5zrluP9jUFEgYTmP2vKGBNgeCayHzAvBZAU89Q7Y8enK7zqA9VSmIEc/s320/jezebel_prune.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560802665527432786" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLgfZ7SkxTsSX3yBhyphenhyphenM-_TXy0mmaWnmVszx_h3fjOPh-TufMLa71zLuIScTgPe-kOm_VJRPhves3OFxlcWbNNaHmA4ezMYlEmtn2LU7ZrfwZ5McMqfVX_lA2tSnAUp53yMM-FGjeA0kyQ/s320/jezebel_thaddeus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560802752425616242" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">...to contemporary artist, Kara Walker, who has reinvented the silhouette by infusing it's conventional politeness with a raw and horrifying narrative that harkens back to the darker side of "genteel society". </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3bXAvr5ve_nsCmOLoyGTU6jQKMcRILJBnb9h4alaM9KoCd7cso0W5YOA10uBWbjQNaglDFyXQTJ8FI5K-FtOlRYMmqnbs2HQv5s-xLmnNKJWZ3FCN6rf4LTZS910_pPoTF98Pw8nx_lg/s320/kara+walker_slaves.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563399084509957282" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 284px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJZFVDbMjk7dM99_px6dLGNgR3LcCsfi9PuaAwe1HlszIE7M0JyMeddrmfR63M1e-0kKGan1rTS97poP-Qi8OyRnLNUTiMJEpweMc1ENm4FWHbyQ-ruRU3rKLydslyyLn_ac9Y_IZkv0/s320/kara+walker_white+woman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563401920974101346" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDTpId5IXCt0Uef7V17dpVYHIhtKCfckRy1jTQ9o_6Lceejl7AEXT1tdRmJtWpSIz27-U3AwyzgmDYhnN1wqq7Bp9UvausoMAvnOUdn0mjBZS6BvnojdqUVh8aaYWjyDDY5LiE6w9jHC0/s320/kara+walker_ridden.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563399294171353138" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 252px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The stark imagery of slavery is compounded by being life-sized and plastered over a huge wall, forcing the viewer to traverse and experience it's full impact.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpJQHmYjF5wHKBRQv3Cd5jLkAdrzaVOoRCvjfKwq4UptP8unAg7GZ5-DCyOGvYNHVAmvWdmBD30OrCuK_smKfJMV8MbDMKqYMxJV98JUVmsOC65XSEm_KCqRdXIKsAyP7qSogT017HZE/s320/kara+walker+wall2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563401340694291874" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" border="0" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMEypo2FDXaBLTFwQF7Ezo6i-QNkGSB1hepcd4xUKxpK47QJ9X17hHpC-WrJ94uBz564S_4TR3rjch5fPxeXaFcFyywhf87BjATGorQIFGMp6LqHxE-teVZcd8UisQlArdMKN_6SU_v1c/s320/kara+walker_praying.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563399441675956194" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 320px;" border="0" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDyvbYIdVPd_CV_4r3fqtyaZlbEOlahxdRlt22JmPl7zc05GweubE86BF4H9tdcG7Yp_ZaZ0nV0pkA5fYeJUf7BsFL6KlfyPl9_6uykoWlDmJaYP-9NWv2DladbqoI_K48t9iox_1S77g/s320/kara+walker_cut.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563548385031547362" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" border="0" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As jarring as it is to see, the discomfort is necessary to remind us of the barbaric and demoralizing treatment committed against blacks for hundreds of years. I applaud Kara's courage and imagination in taking this art form and making it her own.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDzKdjwC0NAqMVt9ZvTblNELXO0hwT7NKcbB2dRRDtYFhjUAQQkmo85Yau211MeXv4gSH0H8KgpIrGYM0tBZpdupBifGCvve5UHnXI9z4HdjZhHPiVhH7qBy8WwfHU9nf2UA2IMo7N4zY/s320/kara_walker.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563703569778775074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 320px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">To all silhouette affectionados I highly recommend this book, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Silhouette: The Art of the Shadow. </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">If not for its depth and description of an obscurely recognized art form, then at least for its inspiring collection of full-color images.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9UqNQfCnvvuqTwRp9t521BYmIJPU3Fg8Y-CCCWXuCuDQBFx5OWh7nHGsHpB312oYv7YtJiiHmtLDY9RrMbtuww7c0TwT1ZlF9gPS5Fmbt_utZlJ-FtbbINHSTV-WGW60hM3aFuq6Ptx4/s320/edgar+adolfe_lady+wearing+silk.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563730810773415122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH-SEqMFdJuiRDVJlYhQYeOc4XQoDD-XU8IyX5Su1p_taIVKHutBuuGllW3-SD2X71_BNyhJ7aJr6HH5FP5DuPIm_rQ3DznQ7cb_L4TasbtlQ_tf8nDdeAr4QfwOYhXaRXVl4o0Z2_65o/s320/continental+school+profile.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563728278545374610" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 320px; " /><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjC-uy8h8PpwfNR8SQtnSc1S-GCiJJeAOSnagN7qQgZnxd4nSJRk3MPP3ImmSTbfZEb3WfRcw1__guQvLp4RE3Ge__emgBILt25-W1ADVtKZeBAA-qwv_O4IDYZgZeoaDZjcpEEPdqU34/s320/royal+victoria+gallery_two+young+girls.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563728570957088706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Silhouettes are a beautiful homage to simplicity, history, and elegance, adding an instant touch of antiquity with their very presence. Their accessible nature and elusive appeal will no doubt continue to capture artists and designers alike, evolving from the whims of the imagination and creating as much possibility as void. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">~S</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"The first picture hath been nothing else<br />but the shadowe of a man </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">drawne about with lines."<br /><br /></span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">-Fanciscus Junius (1589-1677)</span></span></div></div>Susan Maxfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454449486304228243noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794642080897544146.post-53659279836209755902010-12-19T21:04:00.000-08:002012-02-04T15:41:27.047-08:00Jum Nakao<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3U8yAHDSkUuESdOzHNZIVkBBn3_nTbzhdMEsEYQWbHKagEn4tm9HZf28adSuMDbC3ilsbReOr1qC6VkWbVtTlmJnphg-p5T0yRRIpKrlB0tO2UiGTZQQrPKuukGqZdxsDlknczHIJm-k/s1600/hoje+e+dia+de+maria.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj45pbjsr-zqzSKrnvj7oK-eLS-nyeVzVswrcu74MkBCk3hVnze1TUVS6mADm1c4nlpvxqjZnMqybUG3xdpdUj1UxaQ8wYaP1hFWCwjB2vImiDout1d-BBW2JG0QFCaTCA1a7L1T4nkkoc/s1600/jum_nakao+portrait.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj45pbjsr-zqzSKrnvj7oK-eLS-nyeVzVswrcu74MkBCk3hVnze1TUVS6mADm1c4nlpvxqjZnMqybUG3xdpdUj1UxaQ8wYaP1hFWCwjB2vImiDout1d-BBW2JG0QFCaTCA1a7L1T4nkkoc/s320/jum_nakao+portrait.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555965696373041650" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I'm going a little out of my normal mode of doing things by posting on a fashion designer, but it doesn't matter because they are just as inspiring. His name is Jum Nakao, a Japanese-born, Brazilian-based fashion designer.</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOz8rAZtt4GvWnuA-waUjobkmTwpVccktKYcfkCp8IhxtOPDBgJgXWY99dydtcvMyLSuWmdkAaKAdqDoGvOzH0BCdwWb7ZwgrU4qogta2t0yYpOQjdXpOuOlbVvyurvXBaUcOuOZTphlE/s320/winter+park.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555976613209952786" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Seeing as how the ground is blanketed in snow right now, I wanted to feature Nakao's delicately paper-made creations because they remind me of a winter wonderland. Well, a robotic winter wonderland, but one nonetheless. :)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyHzPc2HnLMjwjL0wDdPsF8w38MDps3UhVMoXesjYa9u5ABkPug0M-T5s1_aVHj0-TpG8WnkoL_zYgDExi3hYMKveqc4GLLXZVMw1EOgU2ybppSLz9cUIbLBqi7Lb_YDJtnaEGfSBYLH4/s320/jum+nakao+puffed+sleeves.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555941131343922210" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9zVvwEct8EIt4-dkWiGR3ud_J2ti7z2aXTNs_q2xAwzCxVuxJIc6QzC16JggFcvpSDvt9xxtnNTpUXvMUfjtIXN-pk2tH3aNb_-FPUNzqdjPuW1WxRPsLQ2QHVYtpG6zeDx8AvZPsj1E/s320/JumNakao_corset.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555940729169235922" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 271px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Jum Nakao first began his career in engineering, and then decided fashion could be a more interesting mode for expressing his designs. Being crafted out of paper these "dresses" are certainly not practical, rather otherworldly. The very nature of paper is slim, angular, rigid, and stark; the perfect medium for an alien collection. Notice their lego-inspired headdresses?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwG1BafNH9Ja01IHKEAnO7-Zjw2Yx5rKFrfJ2CoSy1DVaUWmAUXZg0351ojSc_3AjeEcyOowiIzIloW1MQAckRYvAK2iDTTEzRobPT9Vt6tlsXWSDLukKYdwb3C2SYtyinjvd8QIRO7p8/s320/Jum+Nakao+entire+collection.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555942681946051298" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmwgUixdP2_5-Iyo4rFc6jfhG-Bsjc5PwHeLYkxN2KbSNgFoIHWhbE2SgD5MbU1SWZL3cbyKcNsO8f7y_ociY99SzCle8gEfB1HN-xV8X6oJHlFPxZPJYthyODV7IJcRuwxuTvqJU4Qo/s320/jum_nakao_narrowweb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555953691850886562" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The designs were meticulously cut with a laser and then assembled by hand. After completion they were so delicate the models went barefoot so as not to risk catching them. Underneath they wore black to best showcase the intricately cut patterns.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPE0V3vebtXmjNf4NYzlpgg5ssDgMabKO4XRIwKZSsDW2wewbL5i588WuD8rtm182WazSwi-bABCyX6q2SyScZ089DYx6wkD9nK6eiRmzeESQ8XgJpqbzt0UFYFEF8m536U__MWaBwyiU/s320/Jum+Nakao+laser+cutout.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555940408998750242" /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxho2tQB2Gr2Kww6-s0J0vZy1RN1NIYGmR1Ph4IK0OPAvMSO9m8Y1M8Inv-x6E9AXzVFcidHBPzv8hyphenhyphenLs9oEsMw9fukgQbh2CgG21GzYPDAzHV99AB_CeFjwF4VAAF5cZhe8uzfZspPig/s320/jum+nakao+dress+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555951750660020962" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Nakao is an absolute visionary. It's incredible to see how he could make paper look volumized, draped, and lacy, all at once. More amazing than his skill is his concept, incorporating Renaissance and Victorian silhouettes with an unquestionalbe modernity. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Fashion is about finding the right balance between timeless elements and innovation, and I think Nakao has achieved something truly inspired here.</span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYirjCkPi1UusO9SJtIEaXReYcvyLRSiuBySJZYbtgMUGApYePCVhDzPV_ok3nz5plGh-bfiBkHCFArL9-OQf3Wodea7BOXZjRKsjishyTE4w4lzZCHZzoEKWosFgR0odmVLOqcGAfA0c/s320/jum+nakao+lace+frills.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555942548158552386" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 216px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDg32BPz7gKFnCwdScfeh1sHaO6X-qIZMULGjxT8o_ShpBrglife8o9IJgFSOVRv8CobtWzYoPzQZd2HXUYKioNgODB6oRgSjVq_MhWEaxGSklGlpHn6CcuyK6m0yI0FeKqHLYZSQPbJg/s320/jum+nakao+dress+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555956743784308994" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNcVougRq6a24xerxOqaz-tIyAYi-4rkT4r8JKPhpmS0IoFJ_sW_a0oRf81ptvHP3xqr-V7APdvQWSfNaaFdNMeKhOUtJBBL3qEydB0KNEh_D6uP8ilOnhDhCnsKGR69rnu2XySPtqttI/s320/jum+nakao+dress+5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555953311559622818" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Please enjoy an excerpt from Nakao's "paper-couture" runway show entitled, <i>Sewing the Invisible</i>:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iEuTgRiOKzQ?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iEuTgRiOKzQ?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Shocking! How could an artist who spent hundreds of consuming hours designing and crafting these masterpieces have them torn to shreds only moments later?</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcF5Z-vgcmODQ98B5kvc_LcSENEhaA_Gt3SZ3ZossaBYPi1Avb1g0Ybh4L3LTq-L82lR48j0xpKmXVeoazVi-E3ShBKSGQGF2VYoEJ9BGZrpbkX4ypc4egN4TxZcC1gGRG2_1KbIJGhrQ/s320/jum-nakao+tearing+dresses.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555941516709010210" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 319px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I was half expecting this to happen actually... and I think I like it. It reminds us that it is just paper after all, and fashion isn't everything. Perhaps the tearing reminds us of our need to let go of the material, which is temporal and insignificant. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-KFvj-npPDZfLbk7xMI5wc_iz8E2Pg_0wrDVxJToVJxVrIjtinPHefoKjzW7SktazTfAK4yw4M5OnOa2S7O5WuGPevIdWqy6n-i4SYHorqfw1JmCFmaEtQ3byMttZ_JQ1r6DxThFSr4/s320/jum+nakao+dress+4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555956445901335250" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrZZMVk1noVWIib7pDL35Zf37Z2YiWL7atC2BDCPP3IX2DHOId-Z8j54xsjtXodPZmiUeQ3PZhCMZPGFlSvoTzMMGtyt3lDkMoCQQ5RworqHklZ3GdnzP2VqHFbbw2-qbK6TkMrLisV_g/s320/jum+nakao+dress+3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555956897284376626" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Or perhaps it represents the fleeting nature of beauty; as an ice crystal forms into a fragile snowflake more unique and beautiful than any other--in mere seconds it can land on the wet pavement and be instantly annihilated; an exquisite creation gone forever and hardly noticed. Such is often the fate of things unique and beautiful in this world...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYh-V90OuLy30TUkbQzI0SqEa7AOCm4CskCKj6Yc9e5SCq33X91fwqQWnmFIG1cg62miL5bSFpEo_EBqzzo8LeMlSCmN04ldxXcvMSspNpSiE8wGzuzg0Yi4LsmbcQNEH06VXWk5IGd0/s320/snowflake3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555978653163802050" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 275px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgObWGaB0fvDweSvYuJUp4j7Xyo1DRll7XKXvjDPH7B8KF81WU7gUpAtmBXDK7HmcZVoha1CMDuIETnBrUtJFxx4mDvP2Arx7E6iiNW4Nh4wOwKEJKrwz7HPTpt0CyVaRrksbadyQ5DmQ/s320/snowflake2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555978807171202850" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 285px; " /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Along the lines of socially motivated concepts is this other "couture dress" created by Nakao but made entirely of garbage bags.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ddL6ez5trB2nRGGohcCM0UVVtZdZvib3GbezYGjhX7giG1JLE9tB0Ue0jQ9E_lWMt3sRVnlEngCagTKolRg70JVJvuomYso8RbM2nS2ug9PnA_80tggD2PQtyS9463CIJz4wWpJ-8TI/s320/garbage+bad+dress.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555960575702593154" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I think the meaning here is more direct. Is fashion trash? Can trash become fashion? Are our obsessions with trends futile because everything ends up in the landfill? Should we cut back on excessive lifestyles because of the impact they have on our environment? It could mean all these things... or not.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8NFHqGHRr3fH1U9hvzljAsadSm_oyTki_o7GwoGe2l1rCpw133GZj9h0HxCgTn_Q5kZt1a9Des2_T9Ijr7RGlDxnPedDubqMJSDrUiWi-rN3HZk2Nx4H2cMGOMYV7AVwqHq-babDLXpc/s320/garbage+bag+couture.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555960741673451458" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 320px; " /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Aside from creating socially provocative pieces, Nakao also creates imaginative, whimsical pieces. In 2005 he collaborated with Luiz Fernando Carvalho in creating a short </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">animation segment</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> for a larger TV mini-series titled, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hoje é Dia de Maria</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Today is the Day of Maria</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">). </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3U8yAHDSkUuESdOzHNZIVkBBn3_nTbzhdMEsEYQWbHKagEn4tm9HZf28adSuMDbC3ilsbReOr1qC6VkWbVtTlmJnphg-p5T0yRRIpKrlB0tO2UiGTZQQrPKuukGqZdxsDlknczHIJm-k/s320/hoje+e+dia+de+maria.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555972483930572066" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 266px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYHo37kiX3ZQJ-xF6eg5GF8wk_aUEUEJtSR0tKwtPtH8jcZuCBzi3Md-XZ3S7uMWHYQB1bomLKX6GbkiVJCOa7lseQ7txhLfuJNnWCMEFPowGmyQlFM_6Zl-_3yCBGrlvMpC3P7a602w/s320/hoje_e+dia_de_maria3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555973230007060306" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The plot mixes elements of traditional fairy-tales with Brazilian pop culture, creating a fantastically rich tale about life and emotion as seen through the eyes of a little girl, Maria, who soon becomes a woman. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-oU81TLFk3UUV6n30cu_4bsWNVGs6c40lz9rwvYHvKQrCSM_XsdYGTyEXlC6nRLiuiBaB3bugpTHF-otPGwt6YqLg_rX-RAPas2WbPkUV9z5WZ31GpMLLIEbXKfA1FqP2E_vu05gFf-U/s320/hoje+e+dia+de+maria4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555972807060549186" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This particular animation </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">sequence features a dance performed with greater-than-life-size puppets and costumes made of metallic-sprayed paper, crafted by the very talented Nakao, of course. Enjoy.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0J7lxNFTrCkK5OPM1x-lOjBjUOz6a23yyT1ppFloWJSz5b2UH1NgAjnZ0NZ6Z3o0UbFXdkT5vVkh9FZRxghaoS6Qacoa4F7FkiuXp_6jns9cPjbUCuA03PcUfuiugnuvZ1rWJWs7dFVo/s320/hoje+e+dia+de+maria2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555972598619755378" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/r2iIaxfyCIA?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/r2iIaxfyCIA?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Lovely. On behalf of aspiring artists everywhere I just want to say, thank you</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Nakao, for being a fashion designer, engineer, filmmaker, innovator, social commentator, and all around inspirer.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">~S</span></span></div></div>Susan Maxfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454449486304228243noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794642080897544146.post-89174882406443452042010-12-08T15:32:00.000-08:002010-12-18T13:12:15.129-08:00Aubrey Beardsley<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2f6kRXyW3R6hRmKKoccqwK-GIn645oIsR9H88OM18yZFJMg6H1gF_399NpMxfK_p3ixeTcjaAcBkU4UGuK1mGi5k4qlWLap9tmuHLwOLWS5EEM7l5SYReyPZL03e062uiYCOHqsq94hg/s1600/Lady+on+horse.jpg"></a></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk6rzbQHxGA4d1GmnBdjaidzknegC2UGQL9kyNx1LZ-QS1SxVYdkwgC1NWWPAwp7bYwaICrablJysbu-3H4g9lKNqALSfZyl44-TeQ3eDGw83SCW7ene4NzuXTPgepbA49HJ_paaeiYho/s1600/Audrey+Beardsley+Portrait2.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk6rzbQHxGA4d1GmnBdjaidzknegC2UGQL9kyNx1LZ-QS1SxVYdkwgC1NWWPAwp7bYwaICrablJysbu-3H4g9lKNqALSfZyl44-TeQ3eDGw83SCW7ene4NzuXTPgepbA49HJ_paaeiYho/s320/Audrey+Beardsley+Portrait2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551536076226692946" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Art Deco meets Art Nouveau... but with a grotesque twist. His name was Aubrey Beardsley, a young and talented English illustrator who despite his great potential, passed away from tuberculosis at the tender age of 25.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 232px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsDAtkrZb4tmeaNdJGy2WmubIgKRTXkUOI10NpkzwCGwgye16eD-ijq07x-Jw779j4cpghT8Incb1NYXsI6O5phsEmnKWkyqf3iUWhyphenhyphenwVaULX5gckEZoWP6xFHda4aHUX6lS30-g5weeM/s320/Aubrey+Beardsley+Portrait.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551535900111802642" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Courier New', monospace;font-size:100%;"><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">His drawings combine the organic and often risqué elegance of Art Nouveaux, with the exotic allure of Japanese woodcuts made popular in Britain in the late Victorian period.</span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwuxDxPE38rE_dLECAyqfo8kn7N9EsvzQYlwyJxqa9-4KIpxyxW4gwcr48d9-v0fy_Tpfi69d8btFiTJM0RqotrCZNQqocDAiEmGW3Gi_5V9WqPjvJGIycTjuT5LS2vbczrdz1w5Z1q8/s320/Of+A+Neophyte+And+How+The+Black+Art+Was+Revealed+Unto+Him+By+The+Fiend+Asamuel.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551530889168688562" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 320px; " /></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: center;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoBdF2IBBwWPDQuS2N1Q-pV9VWMGy_gELvpGh-JM2JJNgx_i2yQHBXM0ppni1RJ83tTthHaQexAuv9rdgsuNVbQDIQA5_KaPbF7KLmMIBnEYnfF9zjVGA9kDU9nMj5nrbDjdJy65R1H9Q/s320/beardsley_450.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551528897113378082" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 320px; " /></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Beardsley executed his drawings in ink by juxtaposing areas of intense detail or black space with pure white space, creating a stark, graphic style decades ahead of his time.</span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRqpfPiBSNCu59IvfublB8ChKGWAvIN4lCKcFmZPKuz360UWG2PD3iGNYGF_kRmEFKTQOedPVNsaLuq7rS1SSe3lbaJ8dYgGSz8o2nrpePVxD_dVHb-X1ntxWdUMGtae9kAR4vrVUODOA/s320/Aubrey_Beardsley_Edgar_Poe_3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551529248004516146" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 320px; " /></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBb3oxFhIcv6Qidhyfn6HJ4MwpyprPq7t1XKIV6AiH3-ptkG-B36PslSnoeR9wVRwC8cX0bnVBwgkx_F6PzIuzijfezWbf9IotIJY3IXsUtDGoGonB318uG3QgZhfzRfPvcX_vCmaCxXU/s320/The+Wagnerites.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551533096477408866" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px; " /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuSSDP1nTEqjop9cRVkCt7_kgFiTgf_lCKERwe-ti4H246qiIv__qPS6BIwN7gvtpUQERHAn1t7e9IWjwkrFZugZRIP0XqAcHgguiRwAFKTOiunZ1Qs4zgSiAlFVkxDPueuJyTwaS2mDM/s320/twins.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551533406498828706" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 223px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">*Sigh* I swoon over the general grace of his work; the delicate balance of line and space and the marvelous intricacy of detail. How could someone so young be so refined in his aesthetics? What a pity he passed away before his time; imagine what he might have created in a few years?</span></span></span></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: center;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiElnUIjoe6vi46nR4tZJDI-8Vkwi0tWWUn5epFKrEtaNNobYU_J0ryLHVDyn61Y9pIEDhgvDiCYZdrECsr_txbk5Owx4vjiro2c8ae5XmoB4MosCL2wt52jlJdKuLcrLUl5N1DQ2ywAbk/s320/Lady+reading.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551529655883500242" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 320px; " /></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT87BnQosK8FQCpBstNwHEIYORapHt51kvj-a5jcmT6FHk1XNAkzlGX4zHXXvBxinn0b3Xts147NK6nD2H4IzlojId0Ngi2gSkgb9pTn0Yb2-MaSr69Dthsywpc1U1lymQqhj_1ZaAvIY/s320/The+Dream.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551544104576000706" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 320px; " /></span><p></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc7mAgXVc6cGy4Ls-gCuDh_VRa_RToiRSNtx4u5SOIXbrWyqv86xCeOySirUbt4AKfFKAkF8OXHwwz0P18QTsu3EZ0aoaWCmuouNowtz7fiPeOxDI21if1ExTnoXHmBR_ovfa5g8cDA1g/s320/md_frontispiece_vol1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551536657623364002" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px; " /></span></p><p></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2f6kRXyW3R6hRmKKoccqwK-GIn645oIsR9H88OM18yZFJMg6H1gF_399NpMxfK_p3ixeTcjaAcBkU4UGuK1mGi5k4qlWLap9tmuHLwOLWS5EEM7l5SYReyPZL03e062uiYCOHqsq94hg/s320/Lady+on+horse.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551536426221333458" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Born August 21st, 1872 in Brighton, England, the young Aubrey exercised his verging talents by performing in several concerts as a promising musician. Later in grade school, he wrote and performed his own play, and soon his first drawings and cartoons were being published in the school paper. Later he attended the Westminster School of Art, and after being persuaded by two great artists of his time, the already ill-prone 19 year old Beardsley took up art as a profession.</span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUSl2BM4WUZBN1ecrHzr-VQqCcQTEQo8lfNNxqBy3DhUZQaaxqV6aNI2kWC-Ojxf0MQOJp17TYCCmjb727MCdhRF4LTRHIO2M63oMrHVeLoZd9iIqSLeqBLiKS0SxS2alpfAXiUHdFJTM/s320/beardsley_cinderella_color.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551538450219937154" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 320px; " /></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhLgbv4DAzi_a3miS5KldAP_9wXVYl8maxd2p_xnhV9tfY_skag-cNx8n5GB7O272vgu-OwwOCW9gTnp93KjPL0Pzs76Bl9eon8EUhb8Y5uq3s4zavLCYSh10lllyF92YeoSaTKzWlrw/s320/Girl+in+bed.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551535455922836082" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilH2hQ72bUE7Bu61siI0m4O9X_Jp8Ge3yQKIV2LSN23Qta1SNKomMiP5L_8-Kw_HwVCwPLXeauW1hLDMgixNa4K4diwywe6lNwVLoQl1xl3IWGgo4ug-rqrXGX-wwVUOyMpF4Osn4J_hc/s320/Moska.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551909353889915746" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div></span><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Beardsley, along with Oscar Wilde and many other late 19th Century artists and writers, was a member of the </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Aestheticism Movement;</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"> a progressive group that rejected the repressive constraints of Victorian society. They celebrated art as an expression of beauty rather than morality, and created art for art’s sake.</span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHygqbZwXmMIYz-y2juvnbE3pZpnEwylHhniFnzUduwjUhwy_IRPiFN4XqHon6w2hyphenhyphengvoJh3eYnvFSsvvBFyBdgH90bbZeWFZVcsc6uKDIhqhO46Yh3tK5_g2k93Zkf6xLKc6JRFG4rOo/s320/The+black+cape.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551532589116697138" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 320px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghE5vXPBDBnF0SxhfLXNUvuRv1SnAZ-5kyFK88yxJSDZBrOIkVSbymQnZ84nZ5j7LtlrmQ0b5sa_sjqLrSdsoQxqRbAh7Sok6NJOlHELDB0Cyeu3KXYD75nwVKx1f53AHcieLkpoQn2Vs/s320/A_Suggested_Reform_in_Ballet_Costume.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551534736330875666" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 320px; " /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpD2FqhewJzrLKV_MPgxEGaYBdseW5olDxI6hM03qPqk5MOhd4zyQEll1NlFR5xctlQ0BkdHeFYM4cdgV4ZaXbsS62JcGMEqmGtQnph5SFZXliV9T-U8RTkvb2XWj1-_iw0qb7vlyzfBU/s320/Invitation+card+for+golf.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551899367593513282" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 320px; " /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Beardsley’s drawing style in particular gravitated toward the </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Decadent Movement's</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"> themes of eroticism in order to shock and satirize a rigid, hypocritical society. In a way, the Decadent and Aestheticism movements were seen as a transitory period between the idealistic Romantic Period and the cynical Modernist Movement.</span></span></span></div></span></div></span><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: center;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Ym6cnzmRJeFNHiqu0VLp9enwaSzr0XY8HkW_Rb2SPCwCCX7KtToIc-e7kAVmktJ6yyWoSXa5oLsTc08U7CJthj0VHur5G1nP8LC9Bn0upV0-T_LysyTlbkH3mZDZLsnb607ApBiTQtE/s320/The+Fat+Woman%252C+1894.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551532180567743282" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 320px; " /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG_Z9U07VyX_LF4YARkFmeJsLASN9nCCJ7K9HU4myS7Q2UR5EF39g6Akt18inpBRi0iHkCW9aouY6DvAQ2uc9xhPipLIfc3eQI10jtZATYsWDYxEcDPLM-PtZS8CUGnE6UK71c2pcvyE8/s320/Death+of+Pierrot.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551538930521436066" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 320px; " /></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: center;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmkJcmPxAIzgmeZ9d7XwEZOh8wifM0Heylg2Nh6o0bFadR0-j_NSqB3IoOJzVBPcxjGq4B0vn0APFzyIYnMacC9wt0kyRCtNy-_lVvptE-xzRFbrMLyHqVHY73UpDf2zPYEw2C8CWM_v4/s320/La+Dame+Aux+Cam%25C3%25A9lias.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551900943930497890" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 320px; " /></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQx-4_tTnub52gZwIRg2tGcsp09Fs-YL7B1VTVY24CaXx-cTgU2HhDWrAS5FTA7TDWbrw7uyMFNcTiuJzyE-9El30VU_L__xv9i0LLUpJD2QyS97EmSn7E2gso9bq7mGI3irAw5Ue3jGI/s320/Savoy+Cover+1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551534255633969122" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 320px; " /></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Beardsley noted that as an artist he had only one aim--the grotesque. "If I am not grotesque I am nothing", he wrote. For all his "grotesquery" he still drew many stunningly beautiful pieces not grotesque in the least bit, which is good I suppose since I'm not a particular fan of his “obscene” work; a tad lurid and distracting for my taste, but I understand his aim. Mostly, I adore his intricate period pieces. </span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLPfuQJB93wHGbSDZFdnJnpKjIdevgHeShHhANJqQIqdsRwTeKdL9uHuMUiBmPKs3lMd5ozfflXyPhLCZ7gQ90PFF1P4SLTxYQdybBD1TEaQ07W_URtyyqgpcQsiNklTk8K9ant5nMfH4/s320/Cutting+the+Lock+of+Hair.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551544514351621250" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 320px; " /></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF7IzUJ4xjPptrKf_2sWEBAm2RnT1mZnyf8FZHE2ZGKJjDv6PwjVvsJ5CiiUVSeyC5ZNmLY9n4is_NMPbwOX0ea1QYHJ-kTQyq9fxmzdRzsqbkwObqVGVKLyqsoghuWekNiqSnkXIXodw/s320/The+rape+of+the+lock_the+toilet.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551842051753759634" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 320px; " /></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQus-zmkyDEu2RNiuWF5QVkma2dJYbdp_kA0XYMNUEb8htcPTAifOx2aqsfpYGE1Y8kTAh8eLt0kZKg0YrJZPVThjdAdRwQgqB6Sx7-fRJhfOgDZ1KUSs0O7-4vCoAENhs6GVCPCahUz4/s320/The+Barge.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551842378687958786" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px; " /></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw8mMADlshODhIf2MAEK6yQ6I89dMO-EYU5yXWBw1yE9MIL0UwlkMzBUT9kyB7w39Rkdy_caUD8fPUIixvhh8bMZmjTuUO0n9q4X8Ym2pc3GjN45oWiNZOcF-7V2j3KZeIrENKcpixk7U/s320/Mrs.+Pinchwife.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551902923250964850" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 179px; height: 320px; " /></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Like the Pre-Raphaelites, the Decadent Art Movement found inspiration in the same tragic and controversial characters: Oedipus, Orpheus, Ophelia, Isolde, and the ever intriguing, Salome.</span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlV6dEHc14qz5zwEVIk2Cy4sDKdsLgDcDbjd55qsdVaOVask96sEmTjsmWV7hPEeP_urZ4zqNgvQY4ObADedlXBkomeo2s9dGL9KZloz6A6tphkmzgqxfpkSqaNrqxKoEwHo7YmJC6NQ/s320/John+and+Salome.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551545804890453970" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 320px; " /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEingjjaUE-RK20EJxnuJ4iQvw0HX634TYKdkGu0oHxZIAtnss8witC6L9BBOMLASz_MaChnN5BzVw8thrxHWEzeOyVlyA5hU9pKCHxa_J3-qBJIAwT74j6bWOarfSIfcbo0B0HKuVDCN0U/s320/Swirly+woman_Beardsley.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551531804269692178" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 320px; " /><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZHD79Kg92iVfPa3cR4DZXFcx-fFEzb0kLqRiARMth3yxPepqeyzG0u5wqRMUQkOBl2cTvrs0Pgyy5dmeRK9MzgQJayOH4K_-NmbbYbrvJO2sCkXW26EwCt1iI52OM1MhW6RTgwhCEJm8/s320/Isolde.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551545419337896386" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></p><p></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">In 1895 Beardsley abandoned the decadent style he had used in favor of a style reminiscent of old engravings. He borrowed an 1893 copy of </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Memoir of Edward Calvert</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"> from his friend, and the luxurious vegetation of Calvert's prints influenced Beardsley's drawing of decorative foliage.</span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj92wl-wcXwHMehFYoem8qFIfVFkB2XNI9HzDfa3bQaL_PPrWXMjPj_pgDtrIedBtsLee9nUpx-GsxFuLqoGOF2JvHjxmCmlvwQ3oz1jEePLnH4brXAJ3ggd0h3CIWnO67UZfdTPolmK0k/s320/md1-1_uther_sent.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551904579060225746" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 320px; " /></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: center;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhffE-tzN8n3k8-DCVQGeHZIAwyKrOzmpzXd58uutARgssXSP3-VSDiQsYMLGi1CPANx3LrxdVvZyHDkJQ55LRh1gcNHbVcZuIoE_vtND7VOCZNquhhw27ho2757f0nutPYp_0C0kRF9FA/s320/md1-2_merlin_takes.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551906039419530562" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: center;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWn5fF9D3WUFhlSsfjTMbgomI7_QUc8hLHX4Z8COGCPvp3dH_s7pb2yUHF7MUsu9-kkBLawXrCXkzQfLJYetMxRcgQGoIGMFQZfmnL3c9Zmj-rUuNZPOJfhVxssq4S7780bHQrqaiBZCg/s320/md1-3_lady_in_lake-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551906322981139410" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: center;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6pgRTACuNkr9XW-ag4IYBoVSyQW9N7WsPv01XYNoPxk965bAk7nwbdEDyqhn2ZMiGAYsJrFOcfxYGqMrSaNZ6zmY17zWnM3NBkZcsfLhDTp4tlpvOtdcXM7oC9x6HSq-8vEIxLmYH8a4/s320/md4-3_strange_mantle.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551906611433186802" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGCK9XVx62eiRSAthZ2KHk-FJ4oHkWRRkGmtsBwqobe0fSsQGVYhByRcQgvEEyAkezLdv3T2gtFA1Xb8vcgaqwnY12ezcjDoJ6ZgleTV30ES1Te1QIfKYIecoF9orGbJ4LrqOVI-PRKps/s320/isolde1x1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551908803831070610" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPA2UFdIrqyGPF9HQpr_-UkWqH8WasfKEJOoHehH4mIEUK38GC1_vWo1Lsgi8feYlS4JZZlKpMEce-wnAbw6yWdbXDdewJnHJRbCgZkFDxs80r8G3OHtGHs2LVLHgbgyVg-hYNYXGiz-4/s320/md19-2_queen_maying2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551903579390882786" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 320px; " /></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlGSrzbAbSGIG1_qetUq6lW3pWbmSc3CinLF6wmAeh-THOOy7AA2WMrDxCSPaEk8Li27v5rGsdCmyh89UmB08H_UA_eh9J9s0ilFQGH7AX7Na4f-75HRy7tTAVS4xOL8JTsqTOI9d3zQM/s320/md9-3_morgan_le_fay.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551905209867128818" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 320px; " /></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Nearing the latter part of his life--either due to pressure from his tainted reputation, or out of a genuine concern for his appending death--Beardsley converted to Catholicism and subsequently begged his publisher to “destroy all copies of Lysistrata and... all bad and obscene drawings." His wishes were ignored and Smithers actually continued to sell reproductions as well as forgeries of his work.</span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiD9WeOgtFOTLMeGf1O0unCUmXOMlRoqtBiT0yBDmm4SHlqPQr4HGgGgZxzaFbe3Lc75Q_NPTxs8squNo5v9QIkXr_Op7cN4Vtt9Nc0Bcz-FCUX6OcXUbdjjDg23Z5ZyUOxHNiu_oDxIQ/s320/md_frontispiece_vol2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551535759023021634" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px; " /></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzS7r_qsUKgOS-e9p9CFOT0nk5avKAJCatPftgyIvwZiTJdwhTR0FybQbi0s_yjbrMco3jWZt6T4c45f2izM5ToUSglSFNGUlXlYYamo34upLkWd16u9G4bS6W-zQDYcdf7pV5jlQ5_qc/s320/The+Ascention+of+Saint+Rose+of+Lima.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551545099659565826" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 320px; " /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5ugohpiFsAKm7UtvtJESr1b-z5Qdrruce-TDCroRyLFQsGvLv4JWfs6WAHI1AH2uFkpLl7HrC9mNz5rfLZQONjj7MGLMpSVXjBYaH2cD64BReUJgN9HdyY7MwmCUQMw0BGQC5mICYzMk/s320/A_Christmas_Card.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551538168111868594" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 320px; " /></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: left;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "></span></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Whatever Audrey Beardsley felt his legacy would become, I personally feel like I have found a sort of transcendence in the nature of his drawings; as if a formulaic balance of line and symmetry, black and white, can equal an unquestionable--yet intangible--truth. I'm grateful he was so productive in the short time he was given, and that now each of us may partake in a glimpse of his elaborate visions.</span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify;margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">~S</span></span></p><p></p><p align="LEFT" style="text-align: justify; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8J7c1CWMI1VVgBd5Wr8G69d3pAhxCvR11fPvJpidjZcnM2g9LW4s4GfYBkV3vp_F6SSeMoL7A8ww6qMSKfDz0lQA4Tt4frPTFg5-Y-NQM4_R_keyeVJTjnLNBYreXdk-x1bKN_lCPg0o/s320/Venus2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551534566973200562" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 320px; " /></span></p></span><p></p> </span></span>Susan Maxfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454449486304228243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794642080897544146.post-6759059945080310322010-11-24T09:25:00.000-08:002011-07-31T12:44:01.559-07:00Adam Elliott<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3B043zbHladPjyUl6hvfMfF2-siQdgWysWOFTQRAflw5fzMC7PrB9OS8U1jQ5QKS-ktOGd6_jc4NL00L_blDY-nIE1Wmwwt_DXyN_UE36hLEFPTbsGF86KJIwMFy_-h73OhYPlLEzw9I/s1600/adam+elliot+director.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3B043zbHladPjyUl6hvfMfF2-siQdgWysWOFTQRAflw5fzMC7PrB9OS8U1jQ5QKS-ktOGd6_jc4NL00L_blDY-nIE1Wmwwt_DXyN_UE36hLEFPTbsGF86KJIwMFy_-h73OhYPlLEzw9I/s320/adam+elliot+director.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544422741252056546" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">This November has been especially </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">gloomy</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"> so my mind has been lingering on brown/gray palettes, and one animated </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">film </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">in particular my mom recommended to me a few months back </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">which fully embraces the color brown; </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Mary & Max </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">(2009)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">. </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">It's a true claymation film. Everything, including the tiny props and sets, are all handmade with clay plasticine.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifC3xcjbzdaMmF3Qc7qBPhI5PxdjKtxsqnl1KmbvWhHXA96NDKidDDi9nBqx4VFZcXKzYwsqJujmU3xsRgsJMyXNfbdAE4ikvlfB6J2by3dz4O0zByJ-h51ZUQPDEixn2bY79cSwKgk2Y/s320/mary-and-max-movie-poster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545566131659189522" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" border="0" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"></span><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">It's about a plain Australian girl whose favorite color is brown, with eyes the color of "muddy puddles", and a brown birthmark on her forehead which "looks like poo", who is sad because she has no friends; and a 44 year old, overweight, Jewish, New-Yorker with Asperger's syndrome (voiced by Philip Seymour Hoffman) who also has no friends. Through random chance Mary flips through a New York phone book to find Max's name and decides to write to him.<br /><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PNKxY44rrLZdEIooa9cqHRG0nWcouibSkCMN-RY39oU23RWf6h99oS-YZLHscp2uxyinjpGW1zGFCTRLSymEDtUiM_iQLsmM0OjliR8c2Ki93FdGwpSIujDbwhtLUUtuEba7G9dA0xA/s1600/mary_and_ma.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3PNKxY44rrLZdEIooa9cqHRG0nWcouibSkCMN-RY39oU23RWf6h99oS-YZLHscp2uxyinjpGW1zGFCTRLSymEDtUiM_iQLsmM0OjliR8c2Ki93FdGwpSIujDbwhtLUUtuEba7G9dA0xA/s320/mary_and_ma.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545781559620638994" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_zbhvb9y-dxvI5gfhXbKuV4zqs0Gune_OStu606AcY_3ss0JVotrRtjd2c26vOuyhqwlD1re2Ge3q5fybb5zNvyAVJZvRtnSu0BINWupsF2ao75mdCCV1InC8ym4rag7Beyw4SOrDcgE/s1600/maryandmax.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Max is overwhelmed by the letter he receives and is soon launched into a full-blown panic attack due to the complex and invasive nature of Mary's questions. For a man with Aspergers, any small thing that alters the routine of normal life is cause for great anxiety.<br /><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Kdrmr_fklg4utDun83FEmqJ5OarhyAGvhQ6iNFGl4xbHC5-xAwXZxWCUDULPWa3PKUML4pNkU3IC1gKRPjazGtAJFOisLMxIVr3BkyHsis959vErGGLx_dHvsb1vnxExvC3jihvIQZk/s320/max.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545564981909559746" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" border="0" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Instead of telling you too much, how about you watch the lovely trailer yourself to get a better idea:</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#FFFFCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GkUI3SZyKCs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#FFFFCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Beware of spoilers</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">; if you want to see this film for yourself please skip the next 5 paragraphs. This is an animation you probably wouldn't watch with a very young child, due to it's black humor and dark themes. It definitely hits it's lowest point when the pregnant adult Mary is standing on a stool with a handful of Valium pills and a noose around her neck because her husband has left her for another man, and her best friend, Max, hates her for the book she wrote about his condition.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvqd1g8vczEnUL0dFt2jfU_3VNySTLm1gA6pAkKuSCdm0PlybrIEz9VLCcEHr4l8EGG40UMz-bbNtEqMAwuvYNFO7p4qwXnWvmCjJ5w6z3cbra9wbPSshVAnmwfWSP8xiyPF34MSN-Dk/s320/mary+and+max+book.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545568177287178450" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 180px;" border="0" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Before it is too late Mary receives a forgiveness package from Max just in time, and only because her agoraphobic neighbor is brave enough to face his fears and leave his house. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC93mInRoF2wWGU8jK0pBaTntk99cNmjFIShslkpEHWqYpt2ja7KCh4cboJcTx7hChGUzPkbQnU67RTxs9K7l_j1ycvmogFJ_KYgnB4kp2JdvY9GcuLk98mw1RT8c8ih4ugc9BDu-cbMw/s320/agorophobic+neighbor.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545576464093417058" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 184px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Max's letter is sweet and heartfelt. He admits that everyone is flawed, and we all must learn to live with our flaws. However, one thing we can choose is whom we befriend. "</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hopefully one day our sidewalks will meet, and we can share a can of condensed milk. You are my best friend. You are my only friend. Your American pen-pal, Max Jerry Horowitz</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">".</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfwGO1fyup9zckOztnERBGg9Ck5vSqdEke64yGuDiiMd1waXvlDaDsOqfUvKS9MJV3ILlnna2aL3gJEHkYS3-kLWF5scBE1AtAt7DlY_QheFFsB5iIR_uvcF2XVBXwfrsDlQDk9V2S14/s320/Max+typing.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545611943612902178" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 173px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I was crying in the end when, one year later, Mary finally makes the pilgrimage to New York only to find Max had died that morning. The irony is bitter, but the moment sweetened by the fact that Max's dingy apartment is sprinkled with pieces of her; drawings, photos, cans of sweetened condensed milk, and the crown jewel is the veritable Sistine Chapel of every one of her letters laminated and plastered to the ceiling. She was everything good and meaningful to him, and he to her. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaUiOAMSnOQoAcgHmkACzTaUtWHiY7xXYnmRNIbSpNDACyXgCFr0unidXd1dOTRNCpOTwbTwtT94d2bbdx54MPCKC5qu5XOlk-5RJ59Q2OHhb4th5CnQzZnW8q-rF8yULY73iaPiamdI4/s320/letters+on+ceiling.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545575001825788146" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 174px;" border="0" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Despite the fact that they had the deepest of friendships, theirs was never meant to be consummated in a face to face union. But, perhaps it is better that way. We can be rest-assured that Mary will continue forward in strength, now that she has a little one to care for, and she will always hold her memories of Max close to heart.<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOeLB5H3ZMwfdGvkjEh7Bf5weDNmekasKjCRNpwh3rN7aPsHPnfo2YkM6okmNElFuUoDpVSATc08RfgIX1VKYyA86cJgDYjR6G46wJVDbKfJRySm3Ox-RqSAvqHrmzYLvZ8ZfYMiZwvw/s320/crying+for+joy.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545575226262787090" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" border="0" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Before seeing </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Mary & Max</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> I had never heard of the Melbourne-based, director Adam Elliot before, but collectively his five claymation films, (including </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Uncle</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (1996), </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cousin</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (1998), and </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Brother</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (1999)) have participated in over 600 film festivals and received over 100 awards, including an Oscar for his short film, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Harvie Krumpet</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (2003), narrated by Geoffery Rush, which you may enjoy here (Part 1):</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CSJVl24LRtk?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CSJVl24LRtk?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Elliot is a very gifted writer and storyteller, whether he's telling personal stories, funny stories, or moving stories, all follow the lives of average, quirky folk. He focuses on relaying their sparse moments of joy, but more often, the unpleasant moments they experience in their short lives.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW_ka3GMJzv188nAAKDRRpd6sbeQSGezAxAojvzFEXr6EsrnNVlPizNyesmFywvAT0FjzemhjjyCeJgBd8WviOnfNYQxirAVMqNG8vuJviJTAIFDXobtdLxJhLKAlERB51_bb8N7Xrs4c/s320/mary%2527s+mom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545588092093728450" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 227px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">L</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ife is indifferent and can be </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ironically cruel at times, and death is just as abrupt</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. Most of the characters aren't even aware of their misfortune because it has become a natural part of their everyday lives, such as living with insane parents, or a mental or physical disability. Elliot often leaves the audience feeling uneasy.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaaQZNtSomVVMHVkyPcOqb4sCk-QTGAiOsRYdcI3nRw3DzaV9fcqZjRyRJvjdS8gnCmZuZHr0F3B50zpmYFcN6cYpJX6EeW_2TuJyfNTtySf67AcNPrCUeDT8983zsT6_t1lng5agDyuI/s320/Picture+4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545610242051264050" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 209px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcu9E6vtX6sARa4l83m4Q3CvlQEaIycD0g0r4PqTJQ41tpizUL75FX3Ei-T1fYFRJxQix6h7TVoEWgTtw1DYeHeOEaYocGur5L_BV4lBn9BOrXqAzV8DgsmxZ8eP9jwIMNS4EUa2JOfwo/s320/Picture+7.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545609893512609810" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 222px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">His characters still find joy, however, in a variety of simple pleasures; a loving pet, a can of condensed milk, a warm seat in the sunlight, and most of all, talking with a dear friend.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuc3ZfvLYiiEiigMgc7Iu4xQtgKa7kZRx3zaWCrY1q8tONuf-pcI-hPLSMFM4s7AXerUKNekxCYQrbIfmNKSdryWa5-cTyjmdNvwlhKzMxYktOlwjNeSx2gz4WXVTtpS_2tOWbJMqr7fc/s320/Girl+krumpet.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545607214593540274" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 209px;" border="0" /></span></span></div></span></div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqElVZ4sPaQGt-wBTApoRjegE1rT-ExCh-ZfxTc3ep6C8iAwORBaicu_AOWdeilurGy-R8cuYLli5DN8f3PRcoxDc-x73WxmF6nLeAw3TkSd948qZkH2Lb7fnTyUONxo82bVjRGClIouc/s320/friends.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545608880237429954" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 202px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Please enjoy one final clip from Adam Elliot's early short, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cousin</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/M6njuCt5-U4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I find there is more depth and poignancy in five minutes of an Elliot animation than in most 2 1/2 hour films. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I know that in the last six months I have been more moved</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> watching animated films than live-action ones. I</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">sn't it interesting how animation can be so moving despite the fact it is told with "inanimate" objects? Well, the inanimate becomes animate through the skillful hands of the animator. That's why it's magic.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuPMLDRCbnWI76d2T4oa4LGP6cgB4MYhnuXfipla_f0WzzYFPNKie05Samre2PE7C_9hyXjhA75eglobKSJYx8Ce20HOqQP3Zw7gZGEoVMh26_L6MUecSxnAwOMUZDlb4T2hYm6MYyyYs/s320/Harvey+and+elliot.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545878095543914562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 186px; " /></span></span></div><div face="courier new" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"></span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">That's also why I prefer stop-motion to computer animation. Computer animation often comes off as sterile, rigid, and hollow feeling. True, the quality is incredible, and they're getting great at making if feel alive, but it takes a lot to force a computer out of it's need for geometric precision. Stop-motion involves the hands of a living, breathing human, and with that comes all the flaws and imperfections of human touch, but that's also what gives it love and character.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRebMB1VFjUqVp0xT8byQH3W_SXWEoXRMMxiLYnS7rbLrhCyHbmRvYBq2krIK9LGNoN6gt9Xrk-zeczJMSiarDRvEFrbORhb1Wj4W4AF0FWRnbevdnN08OJLnVuEhWCxCTfnUrcSdgw9k/s320/Harvey+Krumpet.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545877294157143618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 178px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Elliot's entertaining stories about friendship and heartache remind us to appreciate the simple joys in life. He is truly a gifted filmmaker and I hope we may see many more talented animators like him emerge from Australia in the near future.</span></span></div><div face="courier new" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br />~S</span></span></div></div>Susan Maxfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454449486304228243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794642080897544146.post-75703016011265038502010-11-16T18:27:00.000-08:002010-12-11T11:58:07.188-08:00Koldo Barroso<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-OFnMSOLZkJIaKDrptvRqWXcfPMYIpz6DUxYKP1lX9GfRpJDddPmWDwgdh7-uoMJo4iyzdj6xDgq0ncb35SlKIrX_e8ktlv1OOPcLqtGy0vzvimVgqvAtPKGr21WM1t6LNb11uxXEqc/s1600/life-stories-booklet-koldo-barroso.jpg"></a></span></span></span><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 276px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIXF4inoWDkIIq1_HQSWNdT_ddDpqqo4nnPAbHQivP2iThM84lrUwa1r5ANFjOW-Q1QHxMPusX7mzdBJI_ZCPGD1Xf_Z8Nj-378pfwAJd79z6hQy888r6i24tkGUxu-7VPoQdGqavKOEc/s320/koldo-barroso.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543247517645854066" /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">I'm in a fanciful mood today, so I wanted to post on an artist I found online awhile back whose distorted creations and moody palettes are quite whimsical indeed; Koldo Barroso.</span></span></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikWoNN4JuU55FKTq6k1o7pTHcDODQ2Q7xbtt81cbFgA6szEx-U6Zha_ZOwukW7aWFDkOippgWP7LhEJ32eINLw_VxsTnK5Ux8XAGwp2yDQ6JYrUybxB9YB5fFiNTF_sRmYDVNYEzLdd-g/s320/ladyzakharova-koldobar.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543248288502107666" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx00EWd0Gr9rJ9xfp8Nl9Adc13W6Gq9OcvhyZc8w_0nmccsjIFX1_10hp8nNL0GZpj6fdN6mSY_W1oklC4HK0FxOKVn8xRZlpn8I24MsboGN7plI9XAchVV6OjUD4WkAUfAdoFZuhuKt0/s320/Lady+Penington.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543250592707576450" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px; " /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">He's originally from Madrid, but his family is from the Basque country of Northern Spain (where I lived for a year and a half!). Currently he lives in Bellingham, Washington with his wife, Naomi, illust</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">rating goblins and other fairytale creatures in his fantasy books and graphic novels.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Check out his website and blog at: </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Making Visible an Invisible World of Magic, Mystery, and Imagination</span> </i><a href="http://www.koldobarroso.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFCC99;">http://www.koldobarroso.com/</span></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi79mhZUUcLAKT3E7-QezHiF5il9-5UytS54wRvWwKLYLq1ClIPezFw1iR887Z2sN39kLkYDIwPu5pZjJbfXRChVEPLytfhAT7KXr4kmlkXGR-FowqvNYVQqgNBiSXpXbjEZwzzlO-3bAQ/s320/koldo-barroso2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543288490248523202" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 234px; " /></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYhIqbp9jfwi1vy9I5HlM7aIiDwdV-qH-tpJn624jyFR05gpzpeyVcuscr5WvAh7BBScL2TOqRSwhOavtoTJCZKw7FXmlJVZHHQGhJWCgeH82lw7y9P2BF378qjAuiy0mnpjnSbzu-4k/s320/caterpiller.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543287810834840962" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 283px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSpnwt5OEwKPG3WoDuHk6WaK7okBZt4-eoLrvSIsdl_oeeiO21cQJwmv6qHEU7ljDh4n1eUnr47QlLKUNzqH4x_yvqf0qMQET03ERQlzd8V95eaaZzfOQMLXk-M0zSbY3o3B6PcDUatiY/s320/The+Harp+Song.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543251929572313282" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">He just recently published a book entitled, </span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Kooky Pets </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">which I desperately want to read and own one day. The illustrations alone hint at the magical stories contained within. *Note, all illustrations are property of Koldo Barroso.*</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd1BbY5MgEHSL8QoTN8t5PUvJzCX0EAyMcbzGsdR5sxWkNPieofGRq7GVHqqP6K1zuwWrwfNMvRzo5YOiIDaMcnCXNOnMEuAreVM0LAvbFMNTFvh1SqhVU1DFKF-M4paBk9zsSmxEoINk/s320/Kooky-Pets.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543309664417122530" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 296px; " /></span></span></div></div><div style=" text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHDCGVFLeFnyiuvcLaKkvIffNAKJ_9WOJdth0ltMCap20GyFplaIOnzJJ0DZZ11lD24j1Y5Dn5kot1QGNpkUB_SX6YBJYvJzWsOWQlHiDNSMj_4C7b6rOumY1AQ7rbgIITyH7Od6vla2M/s320/sir-zackleton.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543312301737116946" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrcAdL9ESyW_vp5Kt_g3rHXF3-nIPLGiAw8LsNYs-A_ECLhISiyFKnoYj5YX-4REm-xQbCM3HoyGDoYjVTXcOYN03l78cicfG9RBJDpFSdKsLByKpbBZmXk39hOJQmfEt92py0NQ4SDU/s320/prof-portia-vile.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543310672689779922" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUt1DVQoFlYauoYItRE9na-P-l6e99rl6L1dSP_Yr8SGLrCig6k1043C8SlRRy84iN6qxusUyMSCj0BrWG-hrrV3kdnTjtaLerBg9ss7s_8qdSV3ONuaJplDrk_JImWSrp-8z5Q_b_q14/s320/smokey+booky.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543310346683589970" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 307px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Here are some samples of CD album sleeve covers he's illustrated. I love his use of silhouettes and delicate flourishes. Apparently he is an amateur musician and composer as well. It would be interesting to hear some of his samples; I wonder if they sound the way his art looks? </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv-2Gs4q8mmXc1iG2Mz6rahchOt1Jx4utJYWKlDpshZ5wc5cHWk3l89d_Y-XC6WtJnoq5GroyGiUheEygJ4e5jLv13bh9yHa1DD-GmJMkYwtpzPuTs3EJ7_huIDzASuF1BWlKh2P0eIaE/s320/Neverknowing.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543251151680073970" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6KS_qBgJ4S7leb-PI5apRP4HsNJJ4JoEKw4XS_735z65WnJ1E7nPgTxH5jiPRqrjaAbnO-3qkVBgJoGCNKCjfsK6h0prAVZDyTBnI99QDQ3pMRuYYqhZGXDOKPbvOJ1fTMFGulHlm5cY/s320/Talk+with+Strangers.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543251540775971618" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-OFnMSOLZkJIaKDrptvRqWXcfPMYIpz6DUxYKP1lX9GfRpJDddPmWDwgdh7-uoMJo4iyzdj6xDgq0ncb35SlKIrX_e8ktlv1OOPcLqtGy0vzvimVgqvAtPKGr21WM1t6LNb11uxXEqc/s320/life-stories-booklet-koldo-barroso.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543255612098768642" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 313px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Koldo also creates lively character sketches with creative little stories that accompany each one. </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhe1o02UmAbBv-PQ7AjRCsiHyopNxPtIrUCjBQfmJ5gf-yuwAxH2nVbYoRN4qVe4bUwI1DH08Gh8qjXQz9rQeAikRvor1j2nJd86LC1JoOCXpInTg5Hz1lKRN5gxYlX07qKS4h-oLRPJI/s320/Wonkee+Di+Wonkee.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543269780148825778" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Wonkee Di Wonkee</span></span></span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">He was standing alone at the front door of the Girardi’s house, sleeping inside a little basket with a little handwritten tag that said: “Wonkee Di Wonkee“. And he was the cutest baby they had ever seen. The Girardi family, who had no children nor pets, were very glad to adopt him, despite the fact that they didn’t know the origin of this adorable mysterious creature. They didn’t know what kind of pet he was, they didn’t know how to pamper him, and they didn’t know how to feed him!</span></span></span></i></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8t_4Sq6Alh94kuXAzY-OtnfHVduMDmt-8g8z72_ihu8tneN3VpWIvVYaz9tQNjuiUKGGyBVAIesuJY11kVhuR7CVGRbBdqZoxGZS3yjohNN_iwzOS8Ux7fKgkgGq83jrG6P3NnPmziY/s320/The+Homesick+Willow1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543268252198091954" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 320px; " /></span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">The Homesick Willow</span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">This is the story of an English poet who became bored of his monotonous life and his comfortable little world. So he dreamed of running away, become a sailor and sailing the four corners of the world. And he dreamed he was a Pharaoh and knew the secrets of ancient Egypt. And he wondered how it would be to be a lark and fly far away in the summers. And then , one day while having a walk in the woods, he wished he was a tall willow tree. But what he didn’t notice is that when making his wish he was standing inside of a magic fairy circle of mushrooms. And everyone knows that when you make a wish inside of a magic fairy circle your wishes come true! So he truly became a tall willow tree.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 20px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></i></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><div style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">His artistic inspiration comes from hundreds of different sources throughout the world, including a few of my personal favorites: Arthur Rackham, Jim Henson, and Edmund Dulac.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFxb0MXvDYAjGVtYcnjChbnbDyogGk0qkuQl5Lf_RgZDHohNe4xd-DFjfSOICUimUA0kAJpfklCUazXsYNJwfWIPzUC5SAemQIaHdGXEWVRk4Iidvg2XiQhY3H-9Rewy2DUZmxvvc-bA/s320/Arthur-Rackham-Grimms-Brothers-Fairy-Tales.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543261242128992978" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">There's also something </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">about his illustrations</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"> that remind me of the illustrations of Lane Smith (illustrator of </span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">The Stinky Cheese Man</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"> and </span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">James and the Giant Peach</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">); however Koldo's techniques are much more refined and serpentine in line and style than Smith's.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1rt-7T3vS0bLjqu4IUmWRjmboXHMzOq7S-5BdeVrgOCnS0KYQMKjJr9JwV6DFWN46WjBzBHj7kNSlaWcui7GRZ4juwCs4KHh1JtsVDvglvyJIS4vv4QgLXzXK_uwF9W_BHhFHR1iqL74/s320/The+spell-koldo-barroso.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543286541114111042" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnX4tD667dlUL2poZOqs54FerzmchMwjfX7bcR_IGKzMkHxl5-QFTK74ZwBqAVdFLnleJbkQyQ2U3T_S_ssKRb0nBzLyyqUYDUQM2VTmOWVKZIRET4R-DWBkVweuyB7vuuC1HXf0UNMXM/s320/Boombakaboomer.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5543252650787569458" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 319px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">In short, Koldo Barroso's illustrations convey the artistry, wonder, and whimsy inherent in all great fairytale books. I'm excited to see how his future projects unfold and where his wild imagination will lead us next!</span></span></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style=" text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;color:#332f24;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><br />~S</span></span><br /></span></span></div>Susan Maxfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454449486304228243noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794642080897544146.post-80894071990321494022010-10-31T22:47:00.000-07:002010-12-11T12:04:44.902-08:00The Brothers Quay<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBDSK8BADEuB15RMOIb_22gCP8krMH_a3JhWfbfbIhH0ZhfMBHyF8slrwEWEmnDA9XiQiDXdX9J3d1S6VEN3FC-AsMsxoDzi1_tup5tI4gW_3v71ZJxSiJowjZ7E-ZTLnOLIyjwHnS6lQ/s1600/quay+feathers.png"></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMOlVgOc_Ykh8GOJ3WB-w37ivRNYcOaGeg7SCBZeA5LYwNczLudlrX1uxtqyBjlVPRqvWSvFgMsh6YuX2J1u_JwIhu5uUb78rYk56CnHG197r5RfOirevcmYEopFVUGZWLCDlwNfhJfw/s1600/Brothers-Quay.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKMOlVgOc_Ykh8GOJ3WB-w37ivRNYcOaGeg7SCBZeA5LYwNczLudlrX1uxtqyBjlVPRqvWSvFgMsh6YuX2J1u_JwIhu5uUb78rYk56CnHG197r5RfOirevcmYEopFVUGZWLCDlwNfhJfw/s320/Brothers-Quay.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536528448949904946" border="0" /></a><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br />Now that Halloween is finally here, I wanted to post on a talented duo of animators with a dark and disturbing sensibility befitting the season. Many have heard of the Brother's Quay, or at least seen their unsettling and experimental animations, however, it's their blend of innovation, surrealism, and substance that has earned them a place in the annals of film history.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB7XBuHZDq1Vhzpgo5aObdS6RBl4ExoZRB8F88dn9GqkAh61_OCKR_oOZY1gaJmbEf2mPvZM9DuxFPDURfFX9qN_ESeeQBhbEv7KpfZZANfbwdOT26R3sa0DK2bfixStNQF_ktIdzAoLw/s1600/dolls.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB7XBuHZDq1Vhzpgo5aObdS6RBl4ExoZRB8F88dn9GqkAh61_OCKR_oOZY1gaJmbEf2mPvZM9DuxFPDURfFX9qN_ESeeQBhbEv7KpfZZANfbwdOT26R3sa0DK2bfixStNQF_ktIdzAoLw/s320/dolls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536530564411752386" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I don't quite remember the first time I was exposed to a Quay film (not to be confused with Adam Jones' copycat-style </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Tool</span></span></i><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> music videos); it was in high school at some point during my "dark" period when I was into goth/punk rock and Giger art. I remember being blown away by their originality and wondering at what it could possibly mean.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPu2aO6fbEu0nUunfu62A7qTf6Ts5GDvmHs3JcA2UlbH-474SJ1NIjSAOlwoXm7tM7chgMIARc1tMJEq8jvzEFGhgX-WfwxpWlrQW_4I-lSEct5iXsZOki1HhwydE7O4MHKC13FFOuPF4/s1600/clown+QuayBrothers-6.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 218px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPu2aO6fbEu0nUunfu62A7qTf6Ts5GDvmHs3JcA2UlbH-474SJ1NIjSAOlwoXm7tM7chgMIARc1tMJEq8jvzEFGhgX-WfwxpWlrQW_4I-lSEct5iXsZOki1HhwydE7O4MHKC13FFOuPF4/s320/clown+QuayBrothers-6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536531385984674210" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Identical twins, Stephen and Timothy Quay, were born in Pennsylvania, 1947, and would jointly follow the same path their whole lives. They studied illustration in Philadelphia before going on to the Royal College of Art in London where they started to make animated shorts in the 1970s. They have lived in London ever since, making their films under Koninck Studios.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wwJBcUvSydT5GiR78bUtD0vh7lgIV5BAQDJdzcWi-tK6pNEVIHJMTzIZNyIkcaSNRo0uR8vijTR3hpFZnrv6R3P3b8nNbZ7xK-uwLyXy0eixOQ1OLP4sK5RcblJTPHdZ9dNx8E40qDs/s1600/royalacademy.gif"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_wwJBcUvSydT5GiR78bUtD0vh7lgIV5BAQDJdzcWi-tK6pNEVIHJMTzIZNyIkcaSNRo0uR8vijTR3hpFZnrv6R3P3b8nNbZ7xK-uwLyXy0eixOQ1OLP4sK5RcblJTPHdZ9dNx8E40qDs/s320/royalacademy.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536538437260706498" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">They are greatly influenced by Eastern European animators, most notably Jan Svankmajer, for whom they made two homage documentaries, </span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">, and </span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Punch and Judy</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">. You'll often see Svankmajer's characteristic raw meat tongues in their films. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">They have a great passion for detail, texture, lighting, and the use of wild focus and camera movements to more fully integrate the audience in the viewing experience.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /><br /></span></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCDrslel0zr_DdJZ9kyyxG_TyF5s26P23vPKVFW2be0auFqEkISAw0Lgxilx1pAA_bh5HjPHVZ0u6vbFpAtYYRBq20uCz5iHnXCWHbdKVSSh-Mevq5qJ9te-GvHcchZMRojTZkj1cSyIk/s1600/meat.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCDrslel0zr_DdJZ9kyyxG_TyF5s26P23vPKVFW2be0auFqEkISAw0Lgxilx1pAA_bh5HjPHVZ0u6vbFpAtYYRBq20uCz5iHnXCWHbdKVSSh-Mevq5qJ9te-GvHcchZMRojTZkj1cSyIk/s320/meat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536557754280212498" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Over their 30 year career the brothers have made roughly 22 films, 4 of which are documentaries, another 5 are music videos (including a chicken and fruit sequence for Peter Gabriel's </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> </span></span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> video, </span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Sledge Hammer</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">, directed by Nick Park), a few commissioned idents, and some live action features, but all featuring th</span></span></span></span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">eir highly stylized animation. They've also designed stage sets for several operas and plays.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">They are probably most well known for their classic 1986 film</span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> Street of Crocodiles</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">, which filmmaker Terry Gilliam selected as one of the ten best animated films of all time.<br /><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiuhYuACfnBWr_2-3df8xLJ9oj42Yo1PM2PvE9hgVJBNpXEB2XS1xf1dk4y3x2yjvcltxVUPFZ2P3KqcEqbyqJQm7fA5xvp3csKqemhIe8upiFO6aqBwD2v1M5WNsgrPEkXZJoHrWZTmo/s1600/cabinetjansvankmajer.jpg"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5amRPIb3oC1R8fmgSatMROvV5_AQHCkfZTNDAQkkV8oDXGMEp5xsKWMPVSxdxTPA-r4iHfANu97qm1b_mmtJrcpkAhkqvANcq-KmlQI7TmqpgOfuhH7hLb0Cg_TtCiXkTf0KcdE-9G8g/s1600/street-of-crocodiles21.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 293px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5amRPIb3oC1R8fmgSatMROvV5_AQHCkfZTNDAQkkV8oDXGMEp5xsKWMPVSxdxTPA-r4iHfANu97qm1b_mmtJrcpkAhkqvANcq-KmlQI7TmqpgOfuhH7hLb0Cg_TtCiXkTf0KcdE-9G8g/s320/street-of-crocodiles21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536543458113585474" border="0" /></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Those favoring a plot driven narrative will need to look elsewhere than a musically and visually provocative Quay film. When constructing a new film the brothers with often begin with a premise or a puppet, but once they begin constructing the sets and decor, the script often goes "out the window" as they say, and everything begins anew, evolving very organically.<br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiuhYuACfnBWr_2-3df8xLJ9oj42Yo1PM2PvE9hgVJBNpXEB2XS1xf1dk4y3x2yjvcltxVUPFZ2P3KqcEqbyqJQm7fA5xvp3csKqemhIe8upiFO6aqBwD2v1M5WNsgrPEkXZJoHrWZTmo/s1600/cabinetjansvankmajer.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiuhYuACfnBWr_2-3df8xLJ9oj42Yo1PM2PvE9hgVJBNpXEB2XS1xf1dk4y3x2yjvcltxVUPFZ2P3KqcEqbyqJQm7fA5xvp3csKqemhIe8upiFO6aqBwD2v1M5WNsgrPEkXZJoHrWZTmo/s320/cabinetjansvankmajer.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536544739933537506" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Just as with Simonova's sand animations, music is crucial to the Quay's films; they refer to it as "the blood" of the film, which creates a dialogue with it's own language. Just as a choreographer must internalize the music to invent new movements, so must the Quay brothers listen to it until it's in their "veins". I love how they talk. You should really watch an interview with them, they are the flesh and bone embodiments of their films.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /><br /></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZp0LUdk7ULFiT-fNt6K3sPwrFGYfTS6adu8ifqkfQg2iB7vw6LiMiWihYyKKMSP9-GXw0kjje6pQMx-FkbUTn65IrFI-9caT7hl-tJK2-EiGx6BnRZ1U6-hS-woTvvPEC46eHuRcLKs/s1600/QuayBros.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZp0LUdk7ULFiT-fNt6K3sPwrFGYfTS6adu8ifqkfQg2iB7vw6LiMiWihYyKKMSP9-GXw0kjje6pQMx-FkbUTn65IrFI-9caT7hl-tJK2-EiGx6BnRZ1U6-hS-woTvvPEC46eHuRcLKs/s320/QuayBros.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536554532088512914" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Basically you can watch a Quay film in one of two ways: focusing intently in order to take away some semblance of meaning, or with little to no focus to simply absorb the mise-en-sc</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">é</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">ne. I'll often do the latter first, to sense my initial reaction, and then the former to grasp any underlying message. Often times the film cannot be fully understood without the literary basis taken into account, but more often than not, I think the brothers would prefer we free our minds to accept the impressions the work imparts on us, rather than worrying about the ultimate meaning of the imagery.</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3zHV9sa4AkalYeQLBcZ1UlZdClrQWNXr5lDdboHiu7OFTZQoZHWNvfl5GCvZWssTFKeNG19CoezKwQBwJEMvF8Dxjhwf7sDvrR5l1gVLnAgdJI_Wiza7hH_tycnzue8WMhZWUqrDHXiQ/s1600/quay.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3zHV9sa4AkalYeQLBcZ1UlZdClrQWNXr5lDdboHiu7OFTZQoZHWNvfl5GCvZWssTFKeNG19CoezKwQBwJEMvF8Dxjhwf7sDvrR5l1gVLnAgdJI_Wiza7hH_tycnzue8WMhZWUqrDHXiQ/s320/quay.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536545858387348370" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">That's what I've chosen to do with a few of my favorite Quay animations I will here dissect. Please enjoy the clips; you will undoubtedly take away something very different than I do, so please feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section if you like. </span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family:courier new;"><span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Stille Nacht</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> (Silent Night, 1988), MTV Ident,<br />1 minute 46 seconds</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /><br /></span></span><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/K5Mp-xyqQRo?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/K5Mp-xyqQRo?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Classic Quay. And commissioned by MTV no doubt... back when MTV was cool anyway. The animation is breathtaking in it's fluidity and organic nature, isn't it? Something outside is magnetizing everything around it with alarming rapidity. It grows and breaths like a living creature. The doll finds a spoon which begins to attract the same powerful force into it's abode. Will it soon be overtaken as well? Either that, or it's about a person with schizophrenia. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77ZBMjz4V-ENd0YtlxE6HiggREXbn6Gf3lqT79XBIE5J_otxWxLwPQa5vPMZGVJP0SiFV3r8FUZm4ijfZUkQ7oQ64Jl2ZRcH1y6eoC-wHLT_hglYZQ_GlTfNPVfgbb9avw2ZebPDvq0Q/s1600/quay2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77ZBMjz4V-ENd0YtlxE6HiggREXbn6Gf3lqT79XBIE5J_otxWxLwPQa5vPMZGVJP0SiFV3r8FUZm4ijfZUkQ7oQ64Jl2ZRcH1y6eoC-wHLT_hglYZQ_GlTfNPVfgbb9avw2ZebPDvq0Q/s320/quay2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536542017401888018" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div face="courier new" style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">It kind of reminds me of that X-Files episode where Mulder and Scully are stranded in a forest when darkness falls, and a mutated species of green-glowing, flesh-eating arachnids swarms them and wraps them in a cacoon.</span></span></div><div face="courier new" style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPrneXNfbUlSduJnSOq4ugRAg-xMrxr-rwbeRm2xaLST7qPkGa31YrlYcqO2KrVldNFeLUpkFiqwyzENXxdr94IAE2mnTeNVBtIIxvPXRgJ6TEHn7-Xud7dFJcuaGB4dRSK6u83cXBfi0/s1600/quay1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPrneXNfbUlSduJnSOq4ugRAg-xMrxr-rwbeRm2xaLST7qPkGa31YrlYcqO2KrVldNFeLUpkFiqwyzENXxdr94IAE2mnTeNVBtIIxvPXRgJ6TEHn7-Xud7dFJcuaGB4dRSK6u83cXBfi0/s320/quay1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536541891544408546" border="0" /></a><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><span><span style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The Calligrapher </span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">(1991), BBC2 Channel Ident (Rejected),</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">1 minute</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /><br /></span></span><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fgA0WBKQUqM?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fgA0WBKQUqM?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Even though this is one of their more "commercial" commissions, it is stunningly beautiful. So intriquite and elegant in detail, and they actually use the color </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">turquoise</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">, a rarity in Quay films. The Calligrapher is an eloquent 18th-century writer and artist. Like all artists he needs a quill to write down his flourishing ideas. The many hands represent the many directions and tangents to which his ideas expound.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd96S946RFBjEEs1OkiyXyileRicD7FFZTw4HfN1rzNO3OVWCfqxKnWnTYf7HpGz_Lb907Y_cpyhZ0haC0Yoa8Rz13Lw_rN4FtfRkFC_IYRmynoCnI1AbR4_0GJPGQ3BzO46yQDuT3uzk/s1600/the+calligrapher.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd96S946RFBjEEs1OkiyXyileRicD7FFZTw4HfN1rzNO3OVWCfqxKnWnTYf7HpGz_Lb907Y_cpyhZ0haC0Yoa8Rz13Lw_rN4FtfRkFC_IYRmynoCnI1AbR4_0GJPGQ3BzO46yQDuT3uzk/s320/the+calligrapher.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536564571363831026" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">In turn, his ideas become images of wings that set him free. He finally returns the quill to the plumes in his hat, perhaps representing the cycle of ideas from the brain to the paper and back to the brain. In the end, another idea is twitching to come forth.<br /><br /></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWCHZkfdVDpJWJUyslfs3o_SuahtRC2Xcv2eZQmgkHLDs4apH6XeJrKcBKvjXCGaXDKwpsiUQyXEGf2Bhi3RTtx21Y8HFo_knBIt-GXLM9A7Y3jx1VKog-crT_i1UubYoR989qzJI_BwM/s1600/quay3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWCHZkfdVDpJWJUyslfs3o_SuahtRC2Xcv2eZQmgkHLDs4apH6XeJrKcBKvjXCGaXDKwpsiUQyXEGf2Bhi3RTtx21Y8HFo_knBIt-GXLM9A7Y3jx1VKog-crT_i1UubYoR989qzJI_BwM/s320/quay3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536541138199119666" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family:courier new;"><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Are We Still Married</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> (1992), music video for </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">His Name is Alive</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">,<br />3 minutes and 19 seconds</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /><br /></span></span><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fqCeSa8m9eo?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fqCeSa8m9eo?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center; font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">On one side of a heart-shaped ping-pong paddle are crying eyes, and the other a heart. The paddle is held by a woman being portrayed as a girl to best represent her current emotional state. The girl beats a ball around; a metaphor for the "game" of love and hate in relationships. Her heart becomes thorny, her fingers too become thorny (meaning her emotional and physical senses are on the defensive).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy0PhERdGwAdGy__H_4N_TFdMgBbo8xrbObEdMIcUT8x3F9bEfUvFnZMRNh-CmCIc22W61T0ujRiK08ly4Bub5yk6wnjFPVQB0wYABMFLaiC3KlNP1LreyTBGKz-6r4EILTT-EgFLTcFo/s1600/married.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy0PhERdGwAdGy__H_4N_TFdMgBbo8xrbObEdMIcUT8x3F9bEfUvFnZMRNh-CmCIc22W61T0ujRiK08ly4Bub5yk6wnjFPVQB0wYABMFLaiC3KlNP1LreyTBGKz-6r4EILTT-EgFLTcFo/s320/married.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536554667070748578" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">A man beats on the door, probably her husband. To escape her mental anguish the girl repetitively heaves up and down on her tip-toes, trying perhaps to fly away? Witness to all the fluster is a bunny, symbolic of an innocent pet, stuffed animal, or even child; whatever it may be it is equally as trapped and must console the girl. In the end a tear returns to the eyes which close in resolution; maybe the girl has found solace in some decision...</span></span></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafGKAZv7Pvup8m__NjR-liy4DTDHSRg1q7saGoSd_VAhxJ-Kc8kB_DdVVrLT0Z7YG4nEW4E__qK0-eYjTx9kt1rD9AZ2DA4ZaN8z6F3lauzxGepZAQL2gl2YaCNmmVHZYj9aAOIGkp-8/s1600/arewestillmarried.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafGKAZv7Pvup8m__NjR-liy4DTDHSRg1q7saGoSd_VAhxJ-Kc8kB_DdVVrLT0Z7YG4nEW4E__qK0-eYjTx9kt1rD9AZ2DA4ZaN8z6F3lauzxGepZAQL2gl2YaCNmmVHZYj9aAOIGkp-8/s320/arewestillmarried.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536555354673144002" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Frida</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> (2002), short animated dream sequence, 1 mintue 12 seconds</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/X0z4XfzMxs8?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/X0z4XfzMxs8?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">This dream sequence takes place right after Frida Khalo's crippling car accident in which metal bars punctured her legs and torso, fracturing her pelvis and destroying her reproductive system. During the sequence she is unconscious but imagines the hospital staff as skeletons in a very </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">dia de los muertos</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> Mexican fashion. The sequence looks very Tim Burtonesque, but also like something done by </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Ren</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">é</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> Castillo. :) Did you notice Svankmajer's meat tongues? This accident would play a major role in developing future surrealist imagery in Khalo's paintings.</span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><span><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The Unnamable Little Broom</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> (1985), loosely based off the </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Epic of Gilgamesh</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">, 10 minutes and 43 seconds</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/za6tjfT3XuE?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/za6tjfT3XuE?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">A territorial, circus-like creature has set croquet hoops and wire trappings all throughout his box. I'm not sure what the melting ice cube or dandelion represent, but they look pretty gnarly. After he leaves, an awesome looking winged-creature appears. The Brothers Quay should seriously work with feathers more often, they craft them beautifully.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBDSK8BADEuB15RMOIb_22gCP8krMH_a3JhWfbfbIhH0ZhfMBHyF8slrwEWEmnDA9XiQiDXdX9J3d1S6VEN3FC-AsMsxoDzi1_tup5tI4gW_3v71ZJxSiJowjZ7E-ZTLnOLIyjwHnS6lQ/s320/quay+feathers.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536598611706966594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 194px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVygFVF2CV5jfRkQGM90gxqtLLlQFCaZMyNr1KNadPFFGgyfe2YvFA7S5UFcU1yCe6y4n6gNTP6CjLoTZNhiZtUNEecYsHSChzORSBxapoJTBsklTmzqPPw2eeU63pLvob_00bUcnmjw0/s320/quay+feathers2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536598723062934882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 227px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">On a table top is a pretty obvious painting of a woman (which looks like something painted by Giger), and provides the creature with a private peep show of a swinging piece of meat. In the drawer where the cricket resides, the meat appears (looking a lot like a vagina), and basically the winged-creature is enveloped in his desires while simultaneously being trapped by the circus creature. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZFDC0lP37x7DIFJMP_HLNuSzRsuRFeVW5pJ-lFUrJOm91eVfHyozCc2ftqogjOsWsAr3R5M9pj1xFNIW1AMxg0N2TiS_PZNNOlCf2a-tW7e9hTjBwnOfKur5tfSvz_ulSd1ivMRHdKKk/s320/gilgamesh+ending.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536613053202818898" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 169px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I'm not sure why the circus creature throws his cricket away, maybe it's because he felt the cricket betrayed him by luring the winged-creature there? Either way, the winged-creature is now captured, his wings clipped, and is forever the circus creature's prisoner. I especially like the director's use of form and shadow in this film.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqMs_8Tlphk7BMUEhs2ScuEmtFVAV52A1XzDozzpKFFtWZOmoDh0YqSroEjXJ-WNencPYhY9B5fheptj3F3JATlOg3SEkJgZoJh9HIPz9MgUZIbu6a4gAdkF_0yQ5r2vAdvetU5St1ThA/s320/gilgamesh+set.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536600048014471794" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 230px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGli1cpFuJejEHGA622ESJkYJ6ekW7TgeRH84Ftx6E3EE_iti9pSKQs7rPn-Pi8ODSOibANmEfi57D7WqK589iFy4q02Bwflx3HUtJ_Pfvw0vmIsP3DyqrJK-oovM7Kh8K4aM6vuqXTsI/s320/gilgamesh+set2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536600152843567234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 222px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">(1988)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JajPuTn8IHM?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JajPuTn8IHM?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">This is probably one of the Quay's most visually striking and melancholy films. Every camera angle, change of focus, and action is unique and pulls you in. The black stripes and strings enveloping the white walls are especially impressive. The wirey creature rubbing his boil is grotesque, and his obsessive actions seem to charge the rest of the space with an equal amount of tension, causing wires to fill all the rooms.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjwTznVt4v7kwR0l_SXIwfBLEKj0jUG_JJEOuDWZwDikbS2rbnHQihI1986VE7BhpUYOyKEXbGQDjjAr_oWJ7ZLKFV_47k0xbrldOK0y6TM3_HrXj6quVCHFdjwTqVfQs0Pb9-tswIuI/s320/Extinct+Anomalies+Barcode.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536917928682304674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 234px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The image of a barcode is often used, maybe suggesting how society processes it's citizens, or how businesses process their customers, or maybe how hospitals process their patients? I say hospitals because there's something institutional feeling about the stark white rooms with tables in them. And the couple in the dark, central room looks ill, one man lying in a bed, and the other performing the same repetitive rubbing as the wire creature (almost as if the wire creature is controlling him, or reflecting his pain?). The camera moving in and out gives the feeling that they are being monitored, maybe by a hospital staff, and the scribbling hands could represent what is being documented.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> </span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYSATIFCjFZBidT_-1TZC7HYjLsrHDYN5FGR5w_-0cCUAkMG9_xZ0lV18Jev_Qfmxw-Ne9w51yvvQsMHZ5XAx_1VWCoEa6K3ko4LvV0Z6zNDpC9fIU9WcMHnk_j_KrfZUyPM9NEAyMMsc/s320/Flourish.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536918161461376850" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 231px; " /></span><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">To be perfectly honest I don't like the feeling of this film, but I wanted to share it mostly for the stunning visual effects it features. Often times Quay films remind me of that movie in </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The Ring;</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> watch it and seven days later you'll die. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">True, Quay films are not the most pleasant things to watch, but they do address complex issues related to the human condition in revolutionary ways. Basically my motto for Quay films is: <i>"Too much Quay a day makes everything gray, but a Quay here and there makes you think, makes you dare"</i>. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiimh8eQIfmeuJ2pAno1Fu0ismQqL0tbu7LeCZ55PlRAIwe30vbTD4-TL4ieT1_m8OAVdl2riXxB-ATcyan2hsUSPVEu_3eBcGFsZdxHsuP4WIfmRUXBdyHN3DwJe8y_Pgehe4-g0JRUGo/s320/wire+stripes.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536918450780426002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The 70's and 80's were a time when experimental animation abounded; nowadays it seems we see less and less support for such independent endeavors. Hopefully the value for such art will continue to be appreciated as our world of entertainment becomes increasingly glitzy and hollow in content.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I will leave you with a quote from the ingenious duo-directors:</span></span></div><div face="courier new" style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote> <blockquote> <p style="font-family:courier new;"><span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">What happens in the shadow, in the grey regions, also interests us – all that is elusive and fugitive, all that can be said in those beautiful half tones, or in whispers, in deep shade</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">.</span></span></span></p> <div align="right"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">– The Brothers Quay</span></span></span></span></div> </blockquote> </blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">~S</span></span></div></div>Susan Maxfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454449486304228243noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794642080897544146.post-63625978224447422292010-10-18T16:22:00.000-07:002010-12-11T20:55:36.174-08:00Barbara Cooney<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixpqRzJSIcfTdrOgipxgsAyYAt10v2JtSsiM53UFIbVwDmO7YAlaLjL_aLVt3dIL1V8G7zC0UGcHL0nVLPAWm8MyK20SQGSDJZW3YVgzmp-Bw_pD-T2gJ5YYedvDm73rKOKdkjtGQHfyM/s1600/oxcart+man+kissing+ox.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ipps9Y70Qisa8J0PBuXSICCoKEvSa7eZAqbAFS0gbURTMKTOjR0hkeAlnfQkdeXQsFr79ByQhGvrHb90W84rz3oVg6m0_kW5hZVF_xITVJKcY2tn1qShfAKV_wSFnWCznhINsVqFaTM/s1600/Barbara+Cooney.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 195px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ipps9Y70Qisa8J0PBuXSICCoKEvSa7eZAqbAFS0gbURTMKTOjR0hkeAlnfQkdeXQsFr79ByQhGvrHb90W84rz3oVg6m0_kW5hZVF_xITVJKcY2tn1qShfAKV_wSFnWCznhINsVqFaTM/s320/Barbara+Cooney.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531754288596828882" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We're deep into autumn now, so I wanted to share a book that begins with the vibrant changing of October leaves in the New England countryside. It's a lovely book I owned as a child and adored reading over and over again called, </span></span><i style="font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ox-Cart Man, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">written by Donald Hall, and illustrated </span></span></span></i><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">by the very talented, Barbara Cooney.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2FrptcIvta7786khw3ltKK7WBJAQTmhQ4HoZMrkLHTG1F6jY-qlcVDqIO298hdRdbRrxANLhhfT7h40sRyNuCeADKn_UWhJBZ-h3BrrKM0FOmZuftTxV52zcOgsgLTZJvMLm82oE2KU/s1600/ox-cart+man.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2FrptcIvta7786khw3ltKK7WBJAQTmhQ4HoZMrkLHTG1F6jY-qlcVDqIO298hdRdbRrxANLhhfT7h40sRyNuCeADKn_UWhJBZ-h3BrrKM0FOmZuftTxV52zcOgsgLTZJvMLm82oE2KU/s320/ox-cart+man.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531354996515257010" border="0" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It's a tale about a much simpler time; a 19th century family lives off the land trying to survive by the sweat of their brow and the skill of their hands. At the end of each year the</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> father must guide his single ox and loaded cart on a walk for 10 days to Portsmouth, New Hampshire (the original Farmer's Market) to sell his family's handmade goods, and his ox, in preparation for the long winter</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IRmYnZeazGggEVQYu712_RZ2VgAGjfWJC4BNJkAoR8jGiq84LHIfF5u3j8xaNgKtmtdt5NyfcBVb4lWIwIbkBVdBgm8dkW9qpr2VTkqHzYX4cgv0iWCAvJTf9HW92g_OZ5noSw5rz8Y/s320/oxcart+man+packing.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549521580010884946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 283px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjAqhHJRIPbHiwSM4hZ-OQeUfTukPypFwVlXbGh6c43moKUPyEomtI99lusv00XLo3iW_Hti6OTiGM8rBrpkNOM6BpjmOH8ZivFan9tEaL2dm1ccTlCVPw9CJ_di5jdlUoJoNvszhXK58/s320/oxcart+man+leaving+to+NH.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549521841412263282" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 166px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I remember as a child how funny and sad it was when the man kissed his ox goodbye. No doubt they worked many long and hard days together.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF27Q-whcFM48bm5HvGp0NixlnyFGpRw4vLCqb__Up7z2grj68ZLAMr797knysUSABea1rX5l6_Wxb3CIM3PD5qdikcPgQby-wcp4kmfjXmoJlp2bJj0VyuFrbGRlJqbXdHnt_tY4XWcE/s320/oxcart+man+kissing+ox.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549522172704676418" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 279px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cooney's illustrations are reminiscent of the early 19th century technique of painting on wood, and they seem to perfectly capture the essence of being in harmony with nature. There is an ordered and delicate simplicity to them, yet they are intricately detailed and organic in nature. Just stunning.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHo_6qoWet0d04-F4QHFZWdNOZ8uictrIN7xQA03_54ID7rCH9QjgVs8numujwVS6MxoJRfdtwGX3P-j6SwXTgpyz1-SGgK8GbFrVKL-jbGpGBiLre7srfLiXMVYs5-iiIOiSOFmDjmYk/s320/oxcart+man+maple+syrup.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549522394113619730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 270px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgnMZMtReLZ888Lg-19HyhEIQ1jiWEHBNhsqKi53UsHhDqd8ZYquoL9v7EdWfj1fmwOOTIkzC8SKn7bi8FTIOKV3IBNRgAouRy1pCy8e5IUun-bl3D-N00D5lgfOt_cZAx_FFdnRkGkg/s320/oxcart+man+spring.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549522639280295330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 279px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">They almost remind me of those ancient Chinese paintings which depict man as a small element in comparison with the all-encompassing nature around him, reiterating that man is most happy--not when he is trying to control or compete with nature--rather when he coexists peacefully and accepts his natural place within it's delicate balance.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEPR4TPtVsNkY98dqc4G_etessaXFoZ2wjzc4L-q0Oi9X2FO1Jt4mP_DPNPnl9VjNP8rx_D-LA4XqzUNAQCMZ_ZfBJn1qBaQi9yl3d5kjJTzVfXdMmyv888EHmyMmckCjG6BhY7-rLpw/s320/chinese+painting.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531765792433764146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 255px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwz-_-EwQm2gyAnkOixqAlQ1m5bJzbq6Et0c_Aebm2yMNCNlU3yLkmlQvKC6HIp56joyBr0LpsX_8eXj8SETKXbAbu8lYguBKbSRXZSisO36QcfNkBHqSYJdpx_H2E63gvmlEI84r23M/s1600/chinese3.jpg"></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwz-_-EwQm2gyAnkOixqAlQ1m5bJzbq6Et0c_Aebm2yMNCNlU3yLkmlQvKC6HIp56joyBr0LpsX_8eXj8SETKXbAbu8lYguBKbSRXZSisO36QcfNkBHqSYJdpx_H2E63gvmlEI84r23M/s1600/chinese3.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtwz-_-EwQm2gyAnkOixqAlQ1m5bJzbq6Et0c_Aebm2yMNCNlU3yLkmlQvKC6HIp56joyBr0LpsX_8eXj8SETKXbAbu8lYguBKbSRXZSisO36QcfNkBHqSYJdpx_H2E63gvmlEI84r23M/s320/chinese3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530767803486967378" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There must have been something very satisfying in those days about living by the rhythms of the land, and finding gratitude in the fact that everything necessary for existence was provided by the land. True, it was only available after a good amount of toil and trial, but what is more satisfying than using your hands to bring refinement to raw materials? I fear today, with our electronics and vacuum sealed supermarket foods, we are a little too disconnected from nature to fully understand that.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSb-a6-MbM5qESYFGdcgpKXQEvkvmFAlyEMVqF0w-RrGo1TdiDOT6xKpIyaYUtOku8CAauSpwB9Hv-dTlrZPsHXBmIYuGaG8ftMH3P1JOngCRbq4woMW4Y18fbXSeyi-h7Oh5Lfk6lIxo/s320/ox-cart-man.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549522770522217794" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 255px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ox-Cart Man</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">won the Caldecott Medal in 1980 for being the most distinguished American picture book for children published that year. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Even in it's simplicity there's something very telling about it. I don't know how to describe it, it seems profound, potent... all I remember is crying a few times I read it. It's a beautiful tale that will stay in your heart forever.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUwYjlt4dgm_hoOEorvXU6IK59e3Q7qmKSo8Zg5aLWoCPICDs_p7rWpQBnGUJKNSzodNGDA_Rr3DZGLWTdjGOCyVL799CO6ciiepprZAf5KLZ36p8NKHhhNQhVSAoRDQ-z4ovs5G7wbm8/s320/oxcart+man+returning+home2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549523259998297202" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 162px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgvFWcZKxHGFGe46TaUymVTYDxk5pkKFMRO0TrUYoumTiFuQqXW9C4H0wvgKxJ_0I5s7yRuMtdz6cXdRd3OY9xnYlGayIXwz_AwV1c7_-P8N0qaIRM5c2HTOr3TVU5CpUQveC6zKWM0_4/s320/oxcart+man+walking+home.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549523016125944722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 162px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Born August 6, 1917 in Brookl</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">yn, New York, Barbara Cooney (along with her twin brother) lived there for only two weeks before moving to Long Island. Cooney's father was a stockbroker and her mother an artist. Cooney attributes her interest in art to the fact that tubes of paint, brushes, paper and other art supplies were readily available as she grew up.<br /><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimAV9HEmY5Y5ai-h1lE8pUcB0nbQQq6al8OjR0DumW9guxJn-r8huHEXnowWNW30MiOQl-nGoIdpsAKMgo1xDlU8LNkN1Bi-h9tOP0Hh0XNjI14E0R-l2gaYviKiEzyq0eK_HmUJ6Oqcc/s320/illustration1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531831049727531410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 215px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After receiving her bachelor's degree in art history she studied lithography and etching at the Art Students' League in New York City. In 1940 she illustrated Bertie Malmberg's </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ake</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">His World,</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and in 1941 the first of her own books, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">King of Wreck Island</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, was published (which I can't find an image of anywhere).</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbgYdCzD-eaZjNjnE0UHcBS2EIyST1g_MpShpn8sTolSPvj0xVjfUND6TgQEEs55Zl5qvNEYxbl70nwPS5BeYPkVwL4eWWJd5iTfDgGoMhZo43_raHCSH3BPzw_wY_Ec9NZTnY1yQWSfo/s320/ake+and+his+world.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531335644088172978" border="0" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 320px; " /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbgYdCzD-eaZjNjnE0UHcBS2EIyST1g_MpShpn8sTolSPvj0xVjfUND6TgQEEs55Zl5qvNEYxbl70nwPS5BeYPkVwL4eWWJd5iTfDgGoMhZo43_raHCSH3BPzw_wY_Ec9NZTnY1yQWSfo/s1600/ake+and+his+world.jpg"></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In 1942 Cooney joined the Women's Army Corps and later that same year married Guy Murchie, a war correspondent and author. They had two children. Murchie and Cooney divorced in 1947, and in 1949 she married C. Talbot Porter, a medical doctor. They also had two children.</span></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiONXFgNzj3rylk5jCywp2Z5-R8wAcF4Z2FJRiSNPh9RWm9LZ_bxeJR2WpbnJFIrQdcl-cHpwrb3yYEf5Ezn97HG7dzfglmUjhggVfYtvxTZUHo2IQsWzqTBGUV1xbZklVSb0IdLKBPCF4/s1600/The+Story+of+Holly+%26+Ivy.jpg"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "></span></span></span></span></a><div style="text-align: justify; "><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkAMEa4U0hrx_nHgdMJxNpzetPX02KhB077ccIYggDMYWFJhRauPmicZx_dk1F-qiCHaR2QE7OabKlTPQlr5Pxkgk-FhrwrihB2kO8uDKV3QUsYFrMKPut41uVHTnSvmKeL5z7fdoV5gw/s320/Emily.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530764474420852834" border="0" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 238px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiONXFgNzj3rylk5jCywp2Z5-R8wAcF4Z2FJRiSNPh9RWm9LZ_bxeJR2WpbnJFIrQdcl-cHpwrb3yYEf5Ezn97HG7dzfglmUjhggVfYtvxTZUHo2IQsWzqTBGUV1xbZklVSb0IdLKBPCF4/s320/The+Story+of+Holly+%26+Ivy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530767008801683458" border="0" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 296px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSv-ucn6q0ZAwog7RnadRI6oq1_OrG1Aw9dFJ3MiWQOMRozOHCxaD4lrlZATShqaAfhgZWFYtZQ77T8D0drkutJMAa2cZoNE-n1HdeiLTKZu6aZ2VlUXRFjUdX5W7BnKd3wVSJ3u0sTWE/s320/Roxaboxen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530766451315836082" border="0" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 257px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cooney draws what is familiar to her. Many of the plants drawn for </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Chanticleer and the Fox, </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">were from her own garden, and chickens borrowed from a neighbor also served as models. Many of her more than eighty books have resulted from her travels to Spain, Switzerland, Ireland, England, France, Haiti, India, Tunisia and Greece.</span></span></div></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazwK80i7f_JZWWmoMIDQwEyGDgdo0EwtI_-eWqBQfDq7SVxCvIB_DP6qPtlYQI4xHp3HbMktwNVD9Z8WHCNoFSVxNYTNA4CsHMfPHSEPmUncAmp_mKlZazGDV_j7EqnypXzDIx-Mmpg4/s1600/Told+In+Spain.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazwK80i7f_JZWWmoMIDQwEyGDgdo0EwtI_-eWqBQfDq7SVxCvIB_DP6qPtlYQI4xHp3HbMktwNVD9Z8WHCNoFSVxNYTNA4CsHMfPHSEPmUncAmp_mKlZazGDV_j7EqnypXzDIx-Mmpg4/s320/Told+In+Spain.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530767211017913954" border="0" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 320px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyu_ZpPEOqmbjkdN46z89x0IesTA4hE0UZCxMZ1k8LJjuIOsU0C2WyUUakgaqtE-YSKvQYYL4ov9T99qBIACFPmMgZzCpRoBbPy9ubr2WYcWMC4yI22zXklBz3kE1A90tUa-h01b-klwY/s1600/Little+Brother+and+Little+Sister.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyu_ZpPEOqmbjkdN46z89x0IesTA4hE0UZCxMZ1k8LJjuIOsU0C2WyUUakgaqtE-YSKvQYYL4ov9T99qBIACFPmMgZzCpRoBbPy9ubr2WYcWMC4yI22zXklBz3kE1A90tUa-h01b-klwY/s320/Little+Brother+and+Little+Sister.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530765702050447906" border="0" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Early in her career, Cooney worked primarily in scratchboard. Later she began working in pen and ink, as black and white were cheaper to print than color; then she worked with pen and ink with wash, and then she was allowed to use up to one color; then two colors; and then full color with other mediums such casein, collage, watercolor, and acrylic.<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4kaevCt5-vqW9myoyGPvfnjj1e4eBzGC-4G88WAzLurUYZwOytNKg_x6rYVo0lmPMbZthc6kkkjimEr5fcCPLFPw023YihW8WeW8X9iAtgnizS2ECugNYszn9nHg_yZHH4rFklzQcKz4/s320/Freckle+Face.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5532066821865452594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGu9U7VCNjaiylNO6igHlHbgPjflo6etAx_HG-2yDTdRHoFmTZ9L2Tjn04V1eWf7oyTr5DK4BckG267XeOmTrFxF5Bob7W2mPoEDEBshgl0-MhPDPOJ7XvkVswufjlTn0GYbM_bwQt5-s/s320/Away+We+Go!.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531829648378655346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAdKa2X31_tko3fokuTE9F4jj5P666cqW6NHXGrg9a4JszuZVeK2dhwOH_sXk1DY_A6QQCIVstFsEtQNVeO31xt-PoqJcTRS3s8xH8CLk14Ym9CFZNP-G9TPRO4ajngrFSiIOp7MPb8vQ/s320/The+Brookline+Trunk.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530766546550228898" border="0" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 320px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2auzlldKGK4WVJ7Jw-tyCUIwlDycw9vj7Jewb1Y4a2iwrnj-BllaPNaD5gzwJM94ocAJhkFhSypjheqmuUNEN5-X59sLSus0LMqzA9nT7xEDiqyFbEPh-j3L8ImPYQMXGVmY8b6jkzDM/s320/Timmy's+Search.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530767148917678578" border="0" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 238px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Mk7wClcQsDSsQMWfqIlkz0dGHzJKoKu_cbf8CgWpxHtWVypy7-hGSuLHaLtcPK5f65rVMMKzqDOUUfq5HAgU0G7YF0VPfKjf5f_WjGyTXUGEE10Rt1sPX2kugrLITJTQLUgrD4n3FXg/s320/Emma.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530764540184932386" border="0" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 270px; " /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In a span of 60 years Barbara </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cooney illustrated 110 children's books(!), 15 of which she wrote herself, 2 of which earned the prestigious Caldecott award (</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Ox-Card Man</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, and </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Chanticleer and the Fox</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">), 1</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> w</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">hich won the National Book Award in 1983 (</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Miss Rumphius) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; line-height: normal;font-family:Georgia,serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">as well as many other award-winning books, including </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Green Wagons, Kildee House, Too Many Pets, When the Sky Is Like Lace, and Squawk to the Moon</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVS3PXIsG9OX2dbc4cnALDChSRbiSOedsrLPkxnWoJD86Bmp9H4ZXn0UpKLbGBmRlYOeaQUHtnRCtyVqwC3sjULU-lnIP_xdzOFnAM-NLUADkcz2zUszznucGhD45hsq61JPaWOEOOPg/s1600/Chanticleer+and+the+Fox.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxVS3PXIsG9OX2dbc4cnALDChSRbiSOedsrLPkxnWoJD86Bmp9H4ZXn0UpKLbGBmRlYOeaQUHtnRCtyVqwC3sjULU-lnIP_xdzOFnAM-NLUADkcz2zUszznucGhD45hsq61JPaWOEOOPg/s320/Chanticleer+and+the+Fox.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530764222920741906" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZaVMEwuK5fyOLTtOOw_0ln1diIVizefXPXYSrApkbz6De0Wu4cWj4GHJZXtMEBksPeuouQ-P_oPBhHY3CQ0cw5gUj8c5OMh7Grqz-8-tfhYhcMZBTx_yMeHOpLL5Gqwb3xWRfbmoQMHg/s1600/When+the+Sky+is+Like+Lace.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZaVMEwuK5fyOLTtOOw_0ln1diIVizefXPXYSrApkbz6De0Wu4cWj4GHJZXtMEBksPeuouQ-P_oPBhHY3CQ0cw5gUj8c5OMh7Grqz-8-tfhYhcMZBTx_yMeHOpLL5Gqwb3xWRfbmoQMHg/s320/When+the+Sky+is+Like+Lace.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530767279894371650" border="0" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHLDbKV72Ihyphenhyphen8YTchaNgupZ7fbQWa3UQb3BVwQtdeMjARBZwm4EyuZc0QKpV-OVLMucYJmb8Y5A1rw75KH8oqRb-sVUD1XbIJwDW0-9MQnRMz7Wqg4AR8rLvEs_lv5p5yKcPtMs_v58Ug/s320/Miss+Rumphius2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530765958227431266" border="0" /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Once I heard about </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Miss Rumphius</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, I went out and bought a copy. It really is a beautiful story with a wise message. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA4-xKh7WhZCtod8lBAlpah_-BsW1DMwkI80iKOLfu3_LfwV7UhGekuRf_3JCyAPWZbDaYMou-2b3bXvc2xFQPL6OHRLlXBAI-2y9c-Gw2qvrk-vvKzPNuy9VvHKu61H1g2UKztjbjfL0/s320/miss+rumphius+grandfather.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549523547990961666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 264px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new',serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It's about a young girl, Alice Rumphius, whose grandfather tells her about three important things to do in one's life: travel the world, live by the sea, and do something to make the world more beautiful. So, Alice grows up and begins to travel the world cultivating many friendships along the way.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA6B1aRIWijgws52jQzLxooDBx22x5R4u-qwFDodaElbYngmtu9agpEOCjKndsC6sIvdKb60WzETk1Ngq0dntP3Wkof9AZPSXQ-JtEAwgAownwBILFtV8waiNtA-TYlfDUdADJOLx2ubo/s320/miss+rumphius+travels.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549523791331780658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 274px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After many years she injures her back and decides it's time to settle down. So she buys a charming house by the sea.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2RvOzfniibS1jAPO__Kd0VVpPNHtizDM1SW9HfX1MlFmDFbBR2OaiHnGyxbOM6D0ctBEsc9H22TJj6TQg4Ylm222jUxCOm2SHcwuDgfD6PVRxvH0wEl_aeR_E9am6oW6E7aWDNjxIMmI/s320/miss+rumphius+house.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549524008750485602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 282px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But the aging Alice is not satisfied because she still doesn't know how to make the world more beautiful. One day she realizes she can plant lupine seeds all over the countryside.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinXNUX9r87Q3YnZaJ1gn1r-a7hnQUBZ4LttDNqtJxUNlKg8Ow3_uek3VdgQMF3goVgVZpZ7tKT1QYnubWcKqfMW6QFgnQA2CNGuXNz-Lp_2zJh8RLqjpHw5gaiVqIFOOiFqyut_KPgghY/s320/Miss+Rumphius4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530766155573724322" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 195px;" border="0" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">By the next year the seeds have all bloomed into glorious clumps of blue, purple, and rose-colored lupines everywhere. "Miss Rumphius had done the third, the most difficult thing of all!" </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnnizmepqddkTeo4Bw_ko9Ju4DPPb4T1SSiapivDT5QP3fQbQy5WahEy9Is56gLd1B3v-H_RyEWxoI09hE_t297FNFANuDqB9dI9p65QTAsTYbiFvSLXNc-t-Tsw4TsE_qPiY2A87hsyA/s320/Miss+Rumphius5.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549524192967709938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 274px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">She becomes known as the "Lupine Lady" and the village children love coming to hear about her adventures traveling the world. Her grand-nephew has the same desire to travel, and live by the sea, but she reminds him that "there is a third thing you must do... you must do something to make the world more beautiful." And he replies, "All right... but I do not yet know what that can be."</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_tm8Yf3JE3csE9KGipZqUUoPi89xRSUqMm6QvTNqGbH0OlakFTKIxP13QvtVvAJRydmsVd88YeA7GQEx9rmsvt5FbP0I7mMt7mm5VDCBKUVTNdzAeQVo6Q2_imSeXQZOe5WTJOzQEc6Q/s320/Miss+Rumphius3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549524312877563938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 262px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There's something strangely familiar to Cooney's illustrations; you may be surprised how many of your own favorite childhood books she was involved in creating over the decades.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQzPniYdMJhuesTZz7OUeRLoRb4TU9MHwGyttazpN5HOFVcysD0PI7rpD_QJ-pfqkq1t_rA5wQDIlob9zpXg11OzhPgcXTFN13a5vr4oZk6wWFcj0Ad3wwzg6w5J_XOYdV5K3lTte9pkc/s1600/A+Garland+of+Games.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0M-m7EPQMyZuCZvV_KzLWsulhLBe5_D6dmEgUaLyI_GABb0bAO9AFExz4zVzXdrTeNu0d-MCPSW2D4NHAtEU4BF91r-M3xlWKvbxuXeqIb6Mp4_ZJLto8hkAAbQPZXUZrZcnYy9j0-RA/s320/Demeter+and+Persephone.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530764346459460466" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5h8DJbASVmeO_eEYKplGzzln4e66CxrG2cPfjiSqPx7mh0CiNXHBtON9DlnqeNqQqqts6nOSepnXwGg8Nj017JL7uLFO3OSaJoYCNTUxYvfRmJtkhjndx9VB0A_pmYd6oclAtp70L67g/s1600/City+Springtime.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 203px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5h8DJbASVmeO_eEYKplGzzln4e66CxrG2cPfjiSqPx7mh0CiNXHBtON9DlnqeNqQqqts6nOSepnXwGg8Nj017JL7uLFO3OSaJoYCNTUxYvfRmJtkhjndx9VB0A_pmYd6oclAtp70L67g/s320/City+Springtime.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530764292179395106" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4gwYhWIkA-4aDpS9w6EneHVF7FDeIMgcEiy5aG_lWmjRlt6MQfHrw8zT7Ri6l_soIIdD3U_tgNgPrE_HHurNoLPqlXYX89iPpish80h6ZdaFPFuV0jeTPoc3SnVjv8hA4Hj_mqx30WaA/s1600/The+Little+Brown+Horse.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4gwYhWIkA-4aDpS9w6EneHVF7FDeIMgcEiy5aG_lWmjRlt6MQfHrw8zT7Ri6l_soIIdD3U_tgNgPrE_HHurNoLPqlXYX89iPpish80h6ZdaFPFuV0jeTPoc3SnVjv8hA4Hj_mqx30WaA/s320/The+Little+Brown+Horse.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530766634671598242" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I was delighted to discover Cooney was illustrator to another one of my beloved childhood reads, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Girl Wh</span></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">o Loved Wild Horses</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4RdEO5rbDyuthKQVkh0xfva2rVrv0g0vBePrY2JT9tjWB8lmfCTBJRACyWDSY39Dtno4w3sXs2YZXieGMIeiqiQjyqUc71Yqx9jFOMLn1vnkKU_EzmCT0wOKGbXtxQHvuLOJWAUulIk8/s320/*The+Girl+Who+Loved+Wild+Horses.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530763431119517122" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 320px;" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Horses were my primary obsession when I was 8; I plastered my bedroom walls with drawings of them and pretended my bike was a stallion and rode it through the park. So, anything that brought horses alive for me in a visually rich manner was a dream come true, and these illustrations were especially unique and st</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">riking.<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNEz26W-vApLIXtHVvOqdWd4RIer3R0y4BB0NNvA6zQwnroCqanNfcig4VIuxLLzHzLM_3KRAOX4Ut1o5DTc8t3DB4FYDyL3v0SbVRJqkprF6ZaVzLIz8dxUylLU3Ftb3qIGQP4o8CpJA/s320/thegirlwholovedwildhorses2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531836417687792242" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 216px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In the end, the girl who loves living with the herd of wild horses eventually turns into a horse herself. Reminds me of a story I made up myself when I was young. Perhaps it is a metaphor for my own desires at the time?</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPU1Oon_1M2ra-jrTPDAvtLqltmaW76tONXQLLrsk3LmOkvAWkCkSnvkf06rsH_KRubh_tlzZ4ruyNhnQYC6-uvh7YjVScqyvQd_6pLJ_8rQWKp9utDRZgcoQa5HuIXSfYCkYorBMLlpg/s320/thegirlwholovedwildhorses1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531836622968678642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Of all her books, Barbara Cooney has said that </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Miss Rumphius, Hattie and the Wild Waves, </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Island Boy</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> were closest to her heart. She stated, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"t</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">hese three are as near as I ever will come to an autobiography".</span></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioI38n5nk18EyjlbaYVtLQe2PagPHZOlKFGpALluTIB_1F44EqHMYSZMyMssOt21HyIeg20m79OA9iSVqdlQ2IDB4-Y7VO_ut-xWpnJ2TdXR-T1oQPlYCvlbuGInOp35uYfEv772VhK80/s320/cooney_hattie_and_the_wild_waves.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531354278900331922" border="0" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 239px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtRzogp0jBRnI3kS6t4hJ9QcNPFPZYj6cvNhIg-DD2c0DNGkFlDvoRZB5j5hrtMKk1k6rLm7Woc5xa0ml1C3B2kjhR5lL9_usk0H5vLnqmtKC0kDHD6tS1LeNhLIrFcUty-yUpfHKfNAE/s320/island+boy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531827826100260210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 262px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><strong><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Island</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Boy</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> is set in Cooney's favorite state of Maine, (just like Edward Hopper and Edward Gorey, there must be something in the water ;) ) and in December 1996, she was the first person ever to be named a "Living Treasure" of the State of Maine by Governor Angus King. Cooney considered that to be the pinnacle of her career and life.</span></span></em></strong></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJrM9dRs-QWCKGpLbE0W3zSfMhyphenhypheneRqFWlDqETpd_DNx22MwxLoQ3szgkF_QlRoP73emH31CVQyxWjRAb0aDa6X2l-JJn0j2rl4cGQTPDEJpamRphDfs5U5gQjtKd8U___cRad4bBM2vjc/s1600/Freckle+Face.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3pS9vmix2tZWx-VLN1qJ1pe_PVJbO4AQalXKQaWPxTVMrHIx9GZU_yz4VHQVTSL8CdrvTXwYH1xE4pHTG-rKygwweLDLTqHIOHTDgTKaGHCvakz11qfuuIjPqhvs3k5TmTDD8iouZ2Q/s1600/Island+Boy2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY3pS9vmix2tZWx-VLN1qJ1pe_PVJbO4AQalXKQaWPxTVMrHIx9GZU_yz4VHQVTSL8CdrvTXwYH1xE4pHTG-rKygwweLDLTqHIOHTDgTKaGHCvakz11qfuuIjPqhvs3k5TmTDD8iouZ2Q/s320/Island+Boy2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530765450672866322" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ojuc5YtOaF08h7g2qArOMfpIgRN-XTap7Q7jsaFVtreIADOHC41vYh0wm0MbkABk_AQsZqTBBj_d83wsf4UKSpJDsICGhexhQx987epa3KUfi1Jsb6_Nw894qCSxkl54ulo_GtgbRL8/s1600/Island+Boy1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ojuc5YtOaF08h7g2qArOMfpIgRN-XTap7Q7jsaFVtreIADOHC41vYh0wm0MbkABk_AQsZqTBBj_d83wsf4UKSpJDsICGhexhQx987epa3KUfi1Jsb6_Nw894qCSxkl54ulo_GtgbRL8/s320/Island+Boy1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530765389229206098" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br />There are so many of her books I wish to devour now. So many look promising. I can't wait to one day read them. :)<br /><br /></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtIokkynvqJimvsPbaCPZeUhDKXMHy3T1XQEyHEGcL836M83XyJRKLvokiNFWwZZXxSYaO962A-UerZ7blfmHJxOH3e4-rV2SpsS4LD7Vki4zGEe6m1Kp0ZmFalmqtbDOvpLw5-IzXz0/s1600/I+am+Cherry+Alive.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHtIokkynvqJimvsPbaCPZeUhDKXMHy3T1XQEyHEGcL836M83XyJRKLvokiNFWwZZXxSYaO962A-UerZ7blfmHJxOH3e4-rV2SpsS4LD7Vki4zGEe6m1Kp0ZmFalmqtbDOvpLw5-IzXz0/s320/I+am+Cherry+Alive.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530764924423582770" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVCNmH5OyzRWfcbBF5HSMMnjvdC9tclAxJUEs9fldOB8ypyCg6X-BPxovgZE-CTxPfAPYnMd4h2mXS9KfNG2C78RCvDP3O_77fSW2MHAXKaA2AEufQtB0TOm4SD2YYULwsYevfLXSE-c/s1600/The+Remarkable+Christmas+of+the+Cobbler%27s+Son.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVCNmH5OyzRWfcbBF5HSMMnjvdC9tclAxJUEs9fldOB8ypyCg6X-BPxovgZE-CTxPfAPYnMd4h2mXS9KfNG2C78RCvDP3O_77fSW2MHAXKaA2AEufQtB0TOm4SD2YYULwsYevfLXSE-c/s320/The+Remarkable+Christmas+of+the+Cobbler%27s+Son.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530766942927170098" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXdWJV_DiRAmIpIGYK5r1Mcyu-HDP0etXvUva3JdYKnyhiLG7RgCK8F-fm9DL7bIUqgYv8UrWCG9ld4XQAb2Gp6g0w9yl_1zdp3xYC5MAZ9ggMznZZfrFfSeiwfoBb0eBYDI4fOcQSSbk/s1600/Eleanor.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXdWJV_DiRAmIpIGYK5r1Mcyu-HDP0etXvUva3JdYKnyhiLG7RgCK8F-fm9DL7bIUqgYv8UrWCG9ld4XQAb2Gp6g0w9yl_1zdp3xYC5MAZ9ggMznZZfrFfSeiwfoBb0eBYDI4fOcQSSbk/s320/Eleanor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530764405185594258" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_9FpxlGwMZhIXRMyvEXEW0pep8NuseQFvq3fIGRPtR40qQ6tMdrGUwATTFCexJKe8dbg4i5THy_ou3sKOZh7HyEsyldEm2cINckETkrRYN2DtBN2ERJHF-vLOUJspGauomTRuiiitRI/s1600/Louhi+Witch+of+North+Farm.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_9FpxlGwMZhIXRMyvEXEW0pep8NuseQFvq3fIGRPtR40qQ6tMdrGUwATTFCexJKe8dbg4i5THy_ou3sKOZh7HyEsyldEm2cINckETkrRYN2DtBN2ERJHF-vLOUJspGauomTRuiiitRI/s320/Louhi+Witch+of+North+Farm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530765788095361218" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrRtqmqZKIE0oeYOr3ClZE17ISoE-XrECySzvFF-TBCc5GIHa4_Th71y6W88vJgObMEBde8NN2zAHg2Wmk7ELTZRbAIp-aI73yAOhNebK0K840mhKjeysHbo8aJKUj1kGah2XY0pBhjcg/s1600/Only+Opal.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrRtqmqZKIE0oeYOr3ClZE17ISoE-XrECySzvFF-TBCc5GIHa4_Th71y6W88vJgObMEBde8NN2zAHg2Wmk7ELTZRbAIp-aI73yAOhNebK0K840mhKjeysHbo8aJKUj1kGah2XY0pBhjcg/s320/Only+Opal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530766360084987218" border="0" /></a><span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">On March 10, 2000, at the age of 83, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Barbara Cooney passed away. Fortunately h</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">er legacy will live on, inspiring children and adults alike to appreciate her charming depictions, and to ponder her insightful messages for years to come. I would like to end with a quote given by Cooney herself after receiving the Caldecott medal in 1959:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"I believe that children in this country need a more robust literary diet than they are getting.... It does not hurt them to read about good and evil, love and hate, life and death. Nor do I think they should read only about things that they understand.... a man’s reach should exceed his grasp. So should a child’s. For myself, I will never talk down to—or draw down to—children."</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-jy3vk8713sb6uTXtUhp0Y-qec73wZedur1e2E2DuF8bUQSu2mbR9UP8bmNd08t0dxGwoI_DQ91YyTGhJT-P1n367V2YcdhiWA3FRXnFF-gU4ZuY-rBb9qgk_fCyHQ3ETDOTaEhoUsrU/s320/A+White+Heron.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530763792614924178" border="0" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 300px; " /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><img style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 245px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilLLjfTX_AL1dcq_XUF9uT6cA6SFK8USw2SRT2wNYL-ldk7Ra_-mZkV4i-8qT5C1FvPahL9R9Ide06pLWAy1i4cK1k1uEHSqa2ENuHSHbS5f_IDhyhkF66r_DV8ORkTdH8WT7zCLP9AHc/s320/Basket+Moon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530764020190509554" border="0" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">If only all children's books had that objective in mind. :)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">~S</span></span></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"></span></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"></span></span></span></span></span>Susan Maxfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454449486304228243noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794642080897544146.post-22782542375035873882010-10-10T18:59:00.000-07:002010-10-21T20:17:58.128-07:00René Castillo<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOJgD4Vv6hh3H94XfHmZRpy65wZsaEwFGBiUmEtzrQH_7s9AE9hEOTdrwWCi_hAnsfdZN2iUyNkXGvKuWhWv1DwbvNDWXoEOzfAC2GY0V0TX15xOEl4yvAzpbEu8e28QzmMqnDZfaErbs/s1600/autumn+leaves2.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW9IjITMAycZp4zB6y3oGxOMs5JytWgF-WAqZ0u7ou0W_bwe2Kaf2QW_3L1XCacR8bM2JdfAOP16aC2wcL-WNtcSrBgGwwi3-oEURfcYivWDwEIbRgQKXUn5Xh_dgkW2-XWajjE5bPhUQ/s1600/castillo.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW9IjITMAycZp4zB6y3oGxOMs5JytWgF-WAqZ0u7ou0W_bwe2Kaf2QW_3L1XCacR8bM2JdfAOP16aC2wcL-WNtcSrBgGwwi3-oEURfcYivWDwEIbRgQKXUn5Xh_dgkW2-XWajjE5bPhUQ/s320/castillo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528324781103466770" border="0" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I thought I should post something on this auspicious day of 10/10/10, after all, this kind of thing only occurs twelve times </span></span><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">every one thousand years. Today my husband and I spent an enjoyable day in the canyon, taking photographs of the turning foliage, my favorite autumn activity.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw9v3ihKRU8CZ47viUf-5CSilh5MWyXYJmdV4a2yjI-nK5WfkQSMxeLSn0q-GZZxWeSnJg-jFXZ5vsHZnzL4aBhzMVMyHyTDUS_bjCLBKRFDIqm-tikBv6CQGq72vhpzFwG3s0nTPkmuo/s320/orange+leaves.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528394682815763362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimMw_jz5BKNnwElndYuNEz0hH9FgTcg4Rq89Huv4r-w-bFOnCyj6MNq849pmihXtK6kz7dhscnBOQlNfBS3buQwMfzVrA2iuZyRHAYVMkrzSFgZ5HVKuJVO5xXNBFSUvI1NxyzLplo4-4/s320/autumn+leaves.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528393944663269490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2A7yea5IFGvzBaqNGLF-PB2I5gSrnDPdP-C5Wcp59E7humMcMSBl0YZ4Kgo5NKqOzTFIa5WbVUDFrJ1kCZQ3HtJpjbh_Pc5P4Sd3iUr04l99Hp3KDKmJp6SN-4qDCaGA8Q3Ld2Y-u7hs/s320/close+up+leaves.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528394093071124066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggL3FRLZy8CV5fEsnKmozLxOYFfZMqrW2ZNp9tR5X8Q8ds1QxsqVpT-_5rsx_6dG_4JYCRo-7IzJrXTE3mj7Rb-dK5JHeKL59sTIg1aAoQD25VvjYRDqRhbkTsYWU5j2zQbnQEqc3p79A/s320/looming+tree.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528394279210920738" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Along with the turning leaves comes </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Halloween</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, and shortly thereafter, </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The Day of the Dead</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, the lively Mexican celebration where the worlds of the living and dead collide for one night. I thought to pay homage I would feature a Mexican animator I recently discovered whose style is reminiscent of dancing skeletons, sugar skulls, and Tim Burtonesque aesthetics.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdP8WtOJN2RTQdGQ4EnngyMjERbQo_zqK0ZNdMUTDl8Au-ZtYN6vgr1LT3ubja27naoeo5GjCHgSYksCqRdL9R0z6G2__v5HpJ2ycckcP03jUL6cBAEUNnqjRTD5d9RFQaJkRceLvGMgI/s1600/day-of-the-dead.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdP8WtOJN2RTQdGQ4EnngyMjERbQo_zqK0ZNdMUTDl8Au-ZtYN6vgr1LT3ubja27naoeo5GjCHgSYksCqRdL9R0z6G2__v5HpJ2ycckcP03jUL6cBAEUNnqjRTD5d9RFQaJkRceLvGMgI/s320/day-of-the-dead.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528326170081039586" border="0" /><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF58dXMsX3GzRZCFmlKKS5g6C6m-3xLX0YoTZ3SDNM-FPXHql8BNmqAKaNNAlcWE331BuxsqAQrhawwerDZm1BLUCdEvr2Jhymy88rIPzxDxuDXRu8CqoJC5Vh372Sp2Jkg7RRLi8lPBA/s1600/day-of-the-dead-masks.jpg"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF58dXMsX3GzRZCFmlKKS5g6C6m-3xLX0YoTZ3SDNM-FPXHql8BNmqAKaNNAlcWE331BuxsqAQrhawwerDZm1BLUCdEvr2Jhymy88rIPzxDxuDXRu8CqoJC5Vh372Sp2Jkg7RRLi8lPBA/s1600/day-of-the-dead-masks.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF58dXMsX3GzRZCFmlKKS5g6C6m-3xLX0YoTZ3SDNM-FPXHql8BNmqAKaNNAlcWE331BuxsqAQrhawwerDZm1BLUCdEvr2Jhymy88rIPzxDxuDXRu8CqoJC5Vh372Sp2Jkg7RRLi8lPBA/s320/day-of-the-dead-masks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528326288272605186" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJrUJVUv_mC6r44Wzoz0MXVZ77H9qgSCfc1VHKMXjgRbMAVEsgjiPc5gQWGgj6NmcZfjMFmU53oPbZP6g94bRXKPSaNEvR0T7OYN4eqtrTVlb6tbeI7x67D_88_3Vto1SJ_gk_9rgBF9o/s320/hasta+los+huesos1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528401720836707186" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px; " /></span></span></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I first saw Ren</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">é</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Castillo's film, </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hasta los Huesos</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> (</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Down To the Bone</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, 2001) on You Tube, that great democratizing force for art. It's an 11 minute short about a man who finds himself being buried alive in a coffin (a common fear for many people), and then winds up in a moody, underworld lounge filled with dancing, singing, and drunken skeletons. Please enjoy the film.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aM6sP61zNx4?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aM6sP61zNx4?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">There were a lot of original lyrics left out of the film, but here is my translation of the lyrics from the song performed by the Catrina, Eugenia Le</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">ó</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">n</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">:</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">LA LLORONA </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">/ THE WEEPING WOMAN</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></b></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">No sé que tienen las flores llorona, las flores del campo santo</span></span></b></i></div><span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">(I don't know what it is about those weeping flowers, those flowers in the sacred field)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Que cuando las mueve el viento llorona, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; "><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">parece que están llorand</span></span></b></i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">o</span></span></b></span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">(But when the wailing wind blows through them they seem to cry)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Ay de mí llorona, llorona (...</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">something inaudible)</span></span></span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">(Oh, my weeping woman...)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Aunque vive el cuerpo dolor lo dejar</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">é</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> de quererte</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> (even though a body of pain still lives, I will stop loving you)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Aunque el dolor me cueste llorando dejar</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">é</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> de quererte</span></span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">(even though the pain of crying is great, I will stop loving you)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Dos besos llevo en el alma llorona que no se apartan de mí</span></span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">(Two kisses which will never leave me, I carry in my weeping soul)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">El último a de mi madre llorona y el primero que te dí</span></span></b></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">(My mother's final day of weeping was the first day I gave to you)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">My guess is the man running from the hungry worm is symbolic of our own reluctance to accept death as a natural part of the life cycle, and the Catrina is Death trying to console him. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); ">She reminds him that life is painful and miserable, and death is a release that should not be feared. In the end the man finally relents, gives his mourning flower to her to put in her hat, and then consumes the alcohol & worm that will eventually consume him.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguwMpbuMifgT9bgfX5p0MlbsdNdmXM4-Nq7fcR-bJCsHXUR5gHzzZ-ZKyUMHa0Jmr112Hs8wrHLed8EmC4HgaYKRWCvXrbb07ebsP1KjjsT8lklHKpVGdm7EaVStFGXHbHCWo0dwmyEfc/s320/Picture+3.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528410027153395874" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px; " /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFeHgKRkjJtL4NU3OJoSG0H6OU56lROmhSzr4Ev8U29C58vt3xWhLCgyO9M15mChoNIJ1dZPyDJqLC8yysCbAxH6hoMFosmKhPv-n0FBV9iUmLqJoEKGbxWYsOHwqzLYscYJbkKP572uE/s320/Drinking2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528406840635979458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 232px; " /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Up on the surface an aged worm crawls by slowly, one who has probably aided in the decomposition of many bodies during his time. A young boy riding in the cemetery drags the worm from behind his tricycle, and then callously squashes him, making the cycle all that more complete. Whether by the slow hand of time, or the cruel hand of fate, death comes to us all, the consumers and the consumed.</span></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBwHEwULPOKyorCA0mHVdQy3Z9HukFFVnJf3gpvy95jhPn08VvQLlHLDST_T6FEaKSCgvbSOEOUYmjwxSJ3sx4lZ2JGzLiUbFu4Z6iG53ce8GryYUVKVJ-UmWovBqi79Uzv16crIdglI/s320/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528409249320440114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 228px; " /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTi9bfZe-bFTY0E4IIaO1gbosEtcX221HpB4ThSEqV0Ylz-anrj_s1fvBgKn0h3AVHZyUvSWhUEecyG0KkEcMGgob9sp49IWFjUeseDsuaO8dWGepynMAozs8cuNlcNaJy3LDodJ3lPI/s320/Bones+Up.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528402835502856274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 237px; " /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Castillo's style and quality of claymation is very professional</span></span><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, it almost reminds me of the short-lived Fox series, </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The PJ's.</span></span> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxjeUgKzl9ttxto3SNNyc7e2Y5vMolBCVNS4e8QQXCdZbNdNjZpd4kIek-qjh0rqu8W_1aqqe6vC_YcpJA-YP8ZGZ-bEi_5riSy9CUMP4NfmcFrvrwPqvCDI3V1cLZoVOAxBszi1IHHuQ/s320/the+pj%27s.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528395675026067730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Most of all, his character animation is very convincing. We can feel the fear of the sweating man in his newly found predicament, and we can sense the character of the Catrina even though she has no eyes nor "face"; all of this he acheives without a word being spoken (other than the song, of course), which makes it a great film for crossing language barriers. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVx7dTGhjwvKgNGh5ZsT77BqT71Efv70qyDk3LIxEiJm6SBMIUMpQoFeUKbUv5KXbsE0xWXMgNQvNeW6s-4QZFcaskS7QWeKim29PEk-vviS87AYcidjgUDiHK3XMOmXvQOGEbKFLZYW0/s320/Singer.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528406674083287842" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">As you watched the film you probably couldn't help but notice a resemblance to Tim Burton's </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The Corpse Bride <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">(2005)</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">, released 4 years after <i>Hasta los Huesos</i>. I wonder if Burton or his crew ever saw this animation? It's hard to say who inspired who since </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The Nightmare Before Christmas</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> came out in 1992, so I think they probably simultaneously inspired each other's work.</span><br /></span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuuUbt_eQ2WD1rewwd545J4gbAsT5UhnfDf3pKMWuP6689lm22UW3Xej84NyqGMSWqEcAOONMyBEHz1zMWaDTb_e8YHdUkwrXM6ZzStRz94cbyPP9W23IjbUbFxL3GmafIAIKIA6ltHko/s320/corpse-bride.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528419167601950210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 252px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz1fIfjZE4jC2o8hQ_jdo3vlFn46xpGGjDGiFUa5IQDvbkQ34ycVZCmMUgr6AF7LFEOyNLDugIKRz5WDkDCrM-LeFZyP7t9BZJ8P9AO_ipNX1PsUxZoBlqcx4O2wcIzd10LSVT-6n4fFU/s320/corpsebride.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528408919918484290" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 217px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; line-height: 14px; white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There is not much written about Castillo other than since 1996 he has directed short films, produced animated TV commercials, and taught workshops on animation. He co-wrote and co-directed the animated short </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Sin Sosten</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">, which screened at Cannes and received numerous national and international awards, and </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Hasta los Huesos</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> premiered at the Annecy Animation Film Festival and screened in festivals in Mexico and abroad, including Huesca, Toronto, and Biarritz. The film received an Ariel Award, among other honors. Castillo studied communications at the Instituto Technologico and Estudios Superiores de Occidente (ITESO) in Guadalajara.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; white-space: pre-wrap; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66tF2MUqzWF97KxcSbY2rOUZ0AHDCJgYGBeOjZmslcB64OfDYkoDF30OTZRRFFEfjrw_n5gM6aaG8oi6QkXspq0AGItXBSeRJDl9AnHuX6j2TnhANqYSMCmT7LvdR96237-PZ4Nqi1us/s320/z_cannes_festival_logo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528697549392148882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 163px; " /></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">The next film I will review is Castillo's short, </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Sin Sosten</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"> (</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">No</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"> </span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Support, 1998</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">), which he made prior to </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Hasta los Huesos</span></span></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">. Unfortunately I can only review two of Castillo's films because his others (</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Ojo por Ojo</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"> (1995), </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Oye</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"> (1994), and </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">Guitamorfosis</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"> (1992)) do not seem to be available for viewing anywhere on the web. Please enjoy the 5 minute short.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NpPdRGeH-fQ?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NpPdRGeH-fQ?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">There's that twisted sense of humor again. I guess in the end the man had plenty of support, eh? He he. Not enough for him to go on apparently. Oh well, at least he died happy.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOYonIOPnf20pI0CVIW5mOBkh6Goqmux4uqxLvL4EPtPscnuur-ToRXvDsirZpD_xZwEAHyiIWyo5o7u30DDIVZoJHwEyCMUB7NKtmC22PUKy0rU6RLUAjUBfzyyevF8FVWXYhLR_xHI/s320/Picture+3.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528712841453496802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 227px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I've seen some other animations from Mexican artists as well and they often choose death/suicide as a theme. I suppose it's their way of expressing the underlying anxieties many of their people experience, particularly those who must deal with a strenuous life of unfair working conditions and a turbulent political atmosphere. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Art often puts a mirror up to society, so what is this film trying to tell us? I'm sure the billboards of beautiful white people have something to do with it. An anti-Imperialist-propaganda message perhaps? A comment on the false hope portrayed in the media? Maybe it's much simpler than that.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKocjPI_ZGldB7cufWWFU3rpgnsMcoHKjviiCQlM5HDB2l20TWb8kr8O7Pd0E3IdC9wyrCy47VEOrGxS0GZb515krZkfbpWOVMzh2wEZM-z3H1EFOk_H57O5PumhUHs2SL6JtHeq-3XOs/s320/Picture+4.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528713750559532354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 221px; " /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Regardless, I am grateful I found some of Castillo's work. It's refreshing to see the talent offered by other countries and I hope we can all be exposed more often to it in the future.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">~S</span></span></div>Susan Maxfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00454449486304228243noreply@blogger.com2