Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Monday, March 15, 2010

Original "Alice" Manuscript - None Compares!

Lewis Carroll's art Copyright © The British Library Board
Copyright © The British Library Board
Copyright © The British Library Board British Library, Add. MS 46700 - all above images: Copyright © The British Library Board
What could be more beautiful than the original manuscript? This is the original version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, the pen-name of Charles Dodgson, an Oxford mathematician. It is called "Alice's Adventures Underground" and it is a treasure of the British Library. The book is in their online gallery and you can look at each hand-written, hand-drawn page (all 91 pages). Here is the link:

Friday, March 12, 2010

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Poorly Framed Photo Makes Great Art


Poorly Framed
Originally uploaded by stevechasmar
That's exactly why I like this.
The head is cut off and the pose
is a hoot. I used to compose my own
art photos cutting off the tops of heads
..but, never the entire head. Wonder why I
never thought of that?

Tuesday, March 09, 2010