Originally, the idea was this. Two sisters spending one year creating art, or at least creating, every day using only supplies that they already have, get for free, find, or receive...looking to rediscover the artistic selves they've lost somewhere along the way in all the clutter of life... But it didn't fit into life, and so now who knows what you might find?!!
I've never quite understood the long lasting appeal of The Little Prince by St. Exupery...I found it a bit long winded and I also found I finished it because I thought (as a librarian!) that I had to read it. The illustrations, however, were most endearing, and resulted in a cool graphic novel version being published in 2010, over 60 years after the original publication date.
I found this great photo of a deep-sea diver and (amazingly - it's only about an inch tall) saved it for a future project - and today was the day - it's perfect for 20,000 Leagues Below the Sea. This another book I've never read but I have been on the Disneyworld ride (the old and the new version) multiple times. That's gotta count for something, doesn't it?
Near where my sister lives is Edward Gorey's house. We took our girls there when they were fairly young, and much to our horror there a macabre scavenger hunt throughtout the house - you had to find all the Gashly Crumb Tinies in their various states of demise...imagine our shock when our beautiful blond babies were saying "look, I found George smothered under a rug" or "there's Amy who fell down the stairs"... once my sister got into looking for all the tiny people who died tragically (my favorite was Zillah who drank too much gin) it lost it's horrific meaning and simply was fun, the way quirky Edward Gorey had intended it. After all, with a name like that, how could you not be a little gorey?
