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I LOVE art, ANY kind of art. It makes me happy. It inspires me. Most recently I was inspired by artist Jane Mount who began drawing people's bookshelves (to see Jane"s bookshelf drawings click here ). Like Jane, I have a fascination for looking at people's book shelves. You find out a lot about a person by looking at their books.
So I gathered up a sample of mine that I thought was representative and sketched them my own self.
Here they are.
A Beautiful Cruel Country by Eva Antonia Wilbur-Cruce. 1st edition given to me by my Mother, who also recommended this book to me. This lovely book is about a woman's life growing up in the Sonoran Desert. The authors individuality, insight and empathy made this my very favorite book about Arizona; the state, of course, where my heart lives. I'm crazy in love with my desert. Well any desert really, but the Sonoran desert is extra special. I am one of those people who falls just as much in love with places as with people.
Electricity For The Entertainment Electrician and Technician by Richard Cadena. The book I SHOULD be reading every night until I've learnt it all by heart. I am very privileged to know its author, one of the most interesting, nicest men I have ever met. I need to get my copy signed!
The Dragon by Jane Gaskell. 1st edition. The book I discovered freshman year of high school. The main character is so much like me. This book and the others in the series were my comfort through many lonely times. No mater how bad things seemed, I could always escape to this incredible world.
The Audubon Society Field Guide to Wildflowers and the guide to Insects and Spiders. This sort of represents all field guides actually. I have a bunch, many of them given to me by my photographer father who gets free copies whenever his pictures are printed in one of them. I love wildlife of all sorts and my family showed me at an early age, how to identify all the cool stuff i find on my rambles.
The Adrian Mole Diaries by Sue Townsend. Ah, the cringe-worthy adventures of Adrian Mole. Much like the British TV show hit, The Office, Adrian Mole is painfully funny. So horribly awkward you just cant stop reading, and so terribly, squirmishly familiar.
Compost. The best guide I've found on the subject so far. My dream has always been to have a big garden.
Louisa the Poisoner by Tanith Lee. Tanith Lee is my very favorite author of all time. Her writing is beautiful and creepy and sexual and dark and gorgeously grim. I cant get enough of her. Fortunately she writes a lot! This isnt even my favorite book of hers, but it does have the best title.
Desert Places by Robyn Davidson. The author's first book (which i own a 1st edition copy of) Tracks, was an account of her trip across the Australian desert alone except for her camels and her dog. This is another author of rare insight, empathy and independence, definately a hero of mine. She, like me, loves deserts.
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit. Natalie Babbit is the most gifted story teller I have ever read. Each of her lovely children's stories is nothing less than perfect. Tuck is probably her most famous, but I have them all and love them all, The Search For Delicious, Kneeknock Rise, The Eyes Of The Amaryllis...
Higglety Pigglety Pop or There Must be More to Life by Maurice Sendak . First edition. Yes Mr. Sendak wrote Where The Wild Things are, but he wrote so many other good ones too. I collect books that he's illustrated. He is one of the main reasons I wanted to become an illustrator. This one has a very independently minded heroine named Jenny, who happens to be an adorable, fuzzy dog. Dogs are another weakness of mine.
The Lonely Planet Guide To Baja and Los Cabos. To represent all the travel books I have and my constant wanderlust. Baja is one of my favorite places on earth and it is, of course, a desert.
A Beginner's Guide To Bats. Just another neat field guide.
The stones are two that I brought home from a beach in Baja California. I sometimes use them to meditate when I have my life together enough to do things like meditation.
The dragon is one of a set of Dragon bookends my Mother brought to me from a trip she took to England. I love them!
Near-final check - everything apart from the webbed feet.
Check out the blog post about making the 'Where the Wild Things Are' Costumes, for more details.
Note: I apologize for Plum's somewhat messy hair. It's windy out today.
It's been a stressful few weeks. I didn't realize quite how much work I was taking on until I started to really think about it this weekend. I'm currently working two jobs-- three when Pinkinshire is taken into consideration-- and that doesn't include all the housework (that I've fallen behind on). I've used these past two days to catch up with miscellaneous errands around the apartment in between projects for work. My goal to get Pinkinshire up and running around mid June has slipped a little because of everything. I'm still pushing for a June release though...
Plum is helping me take a breather right now by spending some quality time outside with me, getting inspired by Little Bear. <3 I've been collecting vintage Little Bear books for a while because I'm constantly getting inspired by their sweet, serene stories and illustrations. I had always enjoyed watching Little Bear on Nickelodeon when I was younger, and I even keep it on in the background when I'm doing work around the apartment these days. There are some childhood loves that never fade away or lose that specialness. Plum knows this well. ^___^
"And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all."
-Maurice Sendak, (Where the Wild Things Are)
At the Walt Disney Family Museum, we currently have an exhibit about author and illustrator Maurice Sendak. I thought this timeline in the exhibit was a good demonstration of power of world's fairs on younger visitors. I'm going to see what else I can find about his childhood visit to the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair, but it was clearly important enough for the exhibit planners to include it in his timeline.
Pictured: Chris Stanish and Michelle Beth Goodman, Development Associate, Rosenbach Museum & Library.
Photo by: Carolyn Ballen Stanish
On Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at The Ritz East, the Rosenbach Museum & Library held a benefit and special advance screening of the highly anticipated film, Where the Wild Things Are, the Warner Bros. live-action adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s Caldecott-winning picture book of the same name. Where the Wild Things Are is a classic story about childhood and the places we go to figure out the world we live in.
The Philadelphia museum has a close, longstanding relationship with Maurice Sendak and is the sole repository of Sendak’s original artwork. All proceeds from this exclusive fundraising event support programs and exhibitions at the Rosenbach Museum & Library.
Visit www.rosenbach.org to learn more about the museum and the Maurice Sendak Collection.
ATCs made for the Sharpie Scouts' "Children's Book Illustrations" swap. Top is "In the Night Kitchen" by Maurice Sendak, middle is "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak, and bottom is "The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats. Done entirely in Sharpies.
Moishe, from Maurice Sendak's 1963 picturebook, 'Where the wild things are' - a favourite of mine when i was wee.
Cardboard Christmas tree designed by Maurice Sendak.
Seen in the exhibit "Wild Things Are Happening: The Art of Maurice Sendak" at the Columbus (Ohio) Museum of Art.
Living in 535 sq. feet is a constant battle. As a renter on a shoe-string budget, making major changes to my apartment is pretty much impossible. That being said, living within the constraints of my shoebox in the sky has forged a creativity I didn't know existed.
Image above: The Front Hall
My proudest achievement and sadly largest project was the white bookcase. I got it for a song at Gothic Cabinet Craft (www.gothiccabinetcraft.com) on 3rd Avenue. The caveat being that it was unpainted, unfinished, and I had to figure out a way to get it home. Even with several coats of white, it retains a rough patina. I love it.
Lamp is from the Moma Store. Large photograph of Bob Dylan was a gift from my mother and is by the supremely talented Barry Feinstein. Pen and ink illustration by Marc McChesney, a good friend and terrific illustrator.
Maurice Sendak, the children's book illustrator and author passed away today. Caldecott Medal winning "Where the Wild Things Are" is a favorite.
Sad news today: Maurice Sendak, Author of Splendid Nightmares, Dies at 83
More tributes and news: www.google.com/search?q=Maurice+Sendak
In this photo, a little girl goes straight to the mural of Where the Wild Things Are at the Reisterstown Road Branch library in Baltimore.
where the wild things are tribute - because you should read to your children
The classic book 'Where The Wild Things Are' by Maurice Sendak is about free spirits and love. If only all parents would read this and other books to their children.
Today I ran a Children's workshop with Boo. The Children really enjoyed their day, becoming 'Stop-frame animation experts'. We read the classic story "Where the Wild Things Are" and then in groups they brought sections of the story to life using "Digital Movie Creator" and the plasticine figures we had made and some of their own. I'm exhausted now...and day 2 tomorrow.
This is taken using the snapshot facility on the software, you see Boo and I and two of the figures used in the films, Max and a monster.
If I say it myself it was brilliant, and we make a great team.
[Team players rock!!]
This is the figure I made, based on the book, which was the subject of a workshop I ran. This film is the end result from two of the children on the2 day workshop.
View on Vimeo. What do you think??
See my "Where the wild things are" Set for more detail.
"All of us have moments in out lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them" (Erma Bombeck)
Entitled "The Missing Page from Where the Wild Things Are", this colorful mural, by Guarina Lopez, was painted in 2003 and is located in the San Francisco Mission District's 'Balmy Alley'. The flag on the mast of the boat called "Max" reads "don't waste water and keep it clean because across the water is where we find the wild things".
'Where the Wild Things Are' is a children's picture book about a little boy named Max and the wierd fearsome-looking monsters he encounters in his imagination. The award-winning, beautifully illustrated book was written by American writer, Maurice Sendak in 1963.
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak in His Own Words and Pictures, a multi media exhibit about the life-long art of Maurice Sendak on display at the Lancaster Museum of Art. It was cool! This was the entrance way the exhibit.
Duane and I experienced the Lancaster Art Walk. We visited many different shops, ate at our favorite Lancaster bar (Lancaster Dispensing Company, we had Pesto and Brie and shared a veggie grinder and booze) and visited a scary artist studio. Good fun! The only thing is...it was like 84 degrees...IN APRIL. That is just wrong.
Jae and I arrived at frameline33's Closing Night Gala at the Terra Gallery midway through the night's festivities and by chance, we caught Rosie O'Donnell departing, flanked by some folks in her entourage, Frameline staff and other festival photographers.
Jae was completely awestruck by her presence as she chatted up the both of us, and was kind enough to share a snapshot before hopping into her super-stretch black limo.
Photo Credit: Unknown
The 'finished' nose shape - taken off the mould. The plaster was modelling plaster - basically strips of material covered in plaster, like a leg / arm plaster cast.
Check out the blog post about making the 'Where the Wild Things Are' Costumes, for more details.
I realized there's no picture of tattoo #2 complete on here. So here's one from last summer. This one is by Greg Viar at Acme Charlottesivlle, and it's taken from Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak.
Judge Victor Marrero, a former UN Ambassador and federal judge in New York, with Veronica White, Executive Director of the New York City Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO), established by Mayor Bloomberg. Marrero and White are great friends and neighbors of Nina Chertoff.
Photo credit: Susan Beard Design
Rosenbach Museum & Library
RIP Maurice Sendak
My all time fave animated special from my childhood, I'm so beyond thrilled to get this on DVD words can hardly express how I feel
It's never been released on DVD but I found a site filmclassics.com that transfers VHS to DVD and it is perfect quality
If you've never heard of this, here's everything you could want to know en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Really_Rosie
Most likely you've heard the song from this that was actually a pretty big standard from my childhood, Chicken Soup With Rice
The best book that I have ever found at an op shop .... Where the Wild Things Are ... auf Deutsch! (in german that is). Taking a break from the hard stuff ... books with pictures are so much better! I know this picture has little artistic merit, but am struggling to take self portraits without my other lens so this will have to do for the moment.
"Mashed potatoes are to give everybody enough", a drawing from his 1952 book, A Hole is to Dig, which featured illustrations of definitions provided by children.
I agree about the mashed potatoes.
Seen in the exhibit "Wild Things Are Happening: The Art of Maurice Sendak" at the Columbus (Ohio) Museum of Art.
The horns were made from 3 long pieces of strong wire per horn. These were then moulded into the horn shape and pushed through the styrofoam in the top of the head (currently resting on a load of books). The 3 pieces of wire were then taped together at the end (on the left of the pic) and then taped to a stool to keep the horn in place. Shorter lengths of wire were then twisted around at suitable intervals to act as 'spacers' - keeping the triangle shape.
The skeleton was then covered with masking tape to provide a vaguely stable 'bed' for the plaster stage.
Check out the blog post about making the 'Where the Wild Things Are' Costumes, for more details.