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Lost Book Rediscovered: The Ship That Sailed to Mars By William Timlin

I came across a website that featured a gorgeous book, written in 1923 by South African architect and illustrator William Timlin called "The Ship That Sailed to Mars." It is whimsical science fiction story of the creation of a ship...

David Liss: The Twelfth Enchantment

In The Twelfth Enchantment, David Liss has written a wonderful and charming fantasy novel set in the early industrial age of rural England. Lucy Derrick is the perfect example of my favorite sort of 18th century heroine -- of excellent...

To Die By Your Side: A Film By Spike Jonze and Olympia Le-Tan.

I love this racy, charming little stop animation video created by filmmaker Spike Jonze and designer Olympia Le-Tan. For a bookish person who thinks all bookstores are magical places anyway, it is wonderful to see the naughty night romances of...

Jamie Caliri Animation Test For Kavalier and Clay

Oh my stars! I am so excited by this gorgeous short test video produced by Jamie Calieri for what I hope will be the HBO series of Michael Chabon's terrific novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. If you...

Steampunk Corsets

What can I say, I want one. Check out this beautiful work. And you can order one for yourself from Brute Force Studios on Etsy.

Seamus Heaney: St. Kevin and the Blackbird.

I love this beautiful poem by Seamus Heaney, "St Kevin and the Blackbird," and think it appropriate for a weekend that will specialize in Irish saints -- though perhaps with more "spirit" than reverence. Still ...enjoy this recording of the...

Benjamin Lacombe and The Interactive Fairy Book

Oh my goodness -- it's enough to make me want an ipad. This gorgeous book of flower fairies from French illustrator Benjamin Lacombe and author Sebastian Perez would be enough to sway my heart -- but the tablet ebook version...

Raymond Carver: This Morning

Here is a beautiful video and reading of Raymond Carver's somber poem "This Morning." The poem is read by Alessio Morglia and illustrated and animated by Alessandro Ferraro. "All the things / I hoped would go away this morning. /...

A Woman's History in Self Portraits.

Illustration Art has a gorgeous post on the life of Russian artist, Zinaida Serebriakova, whose life spanned a revolution, and two world wars. Under incredibly difficult circumstances, she continued to paint, work as an illustrator, care for her children, and...

Renaissance Staple Murals

I love the unexpected -- art where you don't usually find it (here in an industrial setting) and produced out of the most unlikely of materials (here staples!!). These Renaissance pieces are contructed out of thousands of staples (this particular...