Posts Tagged ‘literature’
“Please don’t go. We’ll eat you up. We love you so.”
By now I’m sure everyone has heard that Maurice Sendak, world-renowned illustrator and beloved author of some of the most impactful and enduring children’s books, died this morning in his Connecticut home. The New York Times said he was “widely considered the most important children’s book artist of the 20th century, who wrenched the picture book out of the safe, sanitized world of the nursery and plunged it into the dark, terrifying and hauntingly beautiful recesses of the human psyche.” For those of us who grew up with his work, Maurice Sendak is linked inextricably with our love of reading and our most early experiences of feeling “hey, someone out there gets me.” Continue Reading
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From an homage in plastic by Mattel (they made her into a Barbie) to a new book by Anne-Marie O’Connor, Gustav Klimt’s 1907 masterpiece “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer” has been enjoying something of a pop culture renaissance. Continue Reading
Word Made Flesh
I came across a fascinating article on the Publisher’s Weekly blog PWxya about books that inspire tattoos. I love the concept of having a tattoo drawn from a favorite book, and before now had no idea this was such a popular genre. Continue Reading
Pondering a Nom de Plume
Throughout my life I’ve been acquainted with people whose names are ready made for marquees and dust jackets. Names so poetic or fanciful they make me want to slap my parents for failing to be born into a family with a more aesthetically pleasing surname or, at the very least, for not being more creative when bestowing given names to their children. Continue Reading
Happy Birthday Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s Best Story Book Ever Continue Reading
Googling Jules Verne
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In honor of author Jules Verne’s 183rd birthday, today Google’s homepage features an interactive doodle that allows visitors to navigate underwater scenes straight out of “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.”
Being Beautiful
In a recent post, The Moment explores the question of whether feminist, social theorist and existential philosopher Simone de Beauvoir was beautiful. Continue Reading
My name is Angela Eloise and I am a freelance writer. I recently moved to Seattle because I wanted a better home base to support my creative goals. And my shaman told me to. Cloud of Chaos was born from my desire to dance with the absurdity of life, to create a space where I could write and share all of the gorgeous, fun, snarky deliciousness I find spinning around me every day. What does a spinning cloud of chaos have to do with writing? Everything, as it turns out.
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