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mammoths, mammoths everywhere
There I was, innocently getting out of the car in the parking lot behind the bank, when I looked up and saw this on a banner on the wall of the local museum:Suddenly, I’m surrounded by mammoths! This well designed … Continue reading
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Tagged animals and nature, book, found art, photography
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april fool’s day in kekionga
This morning early arrivals in the Archives Department in the basement of the Noakes Library were greeted by this image. It was the new wallpaper on every PC and printouts covered every bulletin board.It’s a not-so-subtle dig at the boss, … Continue reading
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Tagged digital art, found art, internet, the knotted rope
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tumblr (easter) sunday
In honor of Easter and the coming of spring in general, please have some bunnies in one of their most delightful formats: the beautifully printed second color matchbox label from Asia:I love the naive drawing style these rabbits are drawn … Continue reading
the saltwater notebook
No, I haven’t finally giving up waiting for spring and taken off to some quiet Southern coast where I can wear sandals every day for the rest of my life. Not that I haven’t been seriously thinking about it. But … Continue reading
september 4, 1950
History lives. Sixty-two years can disappear in a second when a strange little almost-live thing falls out of an envelope and into your hands.In this case, we’re talking about a clean, intact copy of the September 4th, 1950 issue of … Continue reading
a map of an alternate usa
Alternate universes. Alternate histories. Maps. Maps of alternate universes, shaped by events of alternate histories. The land is the same, the world is different. Dontcha just love all that stuff? I know I do. And this week Gizmodo showed us … Continue reading
another wonderful Japanese matchbox label
All cartoonists love those Japanese matchbox labels– or they should!Are those cats or cat people? I don’t know, but they are clearly very serene, there on their balcony above the rooftops. Of course, who wouldn’t be, if we were part … Continue reading
tumblr sunday– colors
Usually I post images to my tumblr because they are funny, or useful to my work, or entertaining, or because they make me think. (Or because they are just too cute, or they are of cars I like.) But, like … Continue reading
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Tagged animals and nature, cars and car spotting, found art, internet
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of tengus and picture horses
Another package of small items of cultural interest has arrived from across the Pacific, among them this little wooden plaque dangling from a purple cord, which is now hanging from the studio doorknob:I know just enough about Japanese folklore to … Continue reading
found art: clockwork sparrow
In a little town in Missouri, in a little antique mall, I found a little clockwork sparrow. If he had still hopped, if he had still even wound up, I might have bought him just for the wonderful box he … Continue reading
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Tagged a cartoonist's life, found art, photography, writing
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