Sally Lloyd-Jones's Blog, page 13
April 28, 2011
westminster abbey & royal weddings
See the full gallery on Posterous via NYT
westminster abbey & royal weddings
See the full gallery on Posterous via NYT
April 27, 2011
cables running riot
See the full gallery on Posterous "You can precipitate my problems with cables by simply calling me. There is a 50 percent chance that you will be greeted by the sound of my desk set banging against a radiator, because the spiral cord of my phone keeps tangling and assembling itself into a compact ball. Why? Am I unconsciously rotating or dancing while talking on the phone?"
Christoph Nieman, Abstract City (NYT)
more here
April 25, 2011
war horse
It's a play that uses life-size puppets to tell the story of a young British boy and his love for a horse. I saw it in London in 2009. And wrote this blog post when I first saw it.
They create living and breathing horses on stage... except they are puppets and the puppeteers aren't even trying to hide, they are completely visible... What's odd, though, is after a few minutes you no longer see the puppeteers and only the horses. which of course is the whole point and probably the definition of a good puppet and puppeteer--you forget they aren't real horses in actual life... Come to think of it that's a what a good story does--make you forget. Forget that it's just words on a page--forget that it's not happening in real life...because you've entered this magical world... more about the author here NYT article: Making Horses Gallop and Audiences Cry
April 22, 2011
The Clangers
The Clangers was a British stop motion animated children's TV series that ran on the BBC from 1969-1972. And I grew up with them. Clangers are basically these strange knitted creatures (knitted by the animator's wife) that wear roman armor, speak in whistles (Clanger language)--which btw is impossible not to mimic particularly if you are a child or even when you aren't--and live in burrows with dustbin lids for doors on a small hollow blue little planet far, far away. The whistles made by the Clangers followed the rhythm and intonation of a script in English. Like Pingu, anyone listening--from whatever country--has the feeling that the Clangers are speaking to them in their own language. Which is genius.
The Clangers
The Clangers was a British stop motion animated children's TV series that ran on the BBC from 1969-1972. And I grew up with them. Clangers are basically these strange knitted creatures (knitted by the animator's wife) that wear roman armor, speak in whistles (Clanger language)--which btw is impossible not to mimic particularly if you are a child or even when you aren't--and live in burrows with dustbin lids for doors on a small hollow blue little planet far, far away. The whistles made by the Clangers followed the rhythm and intonation of a script in English. Like Pingu, anyone listening--from whatever country--has the feeling that the Clangers are speaking to them in their own language. Which is genius.
April 20, 2011
Pingu has hiccups
Just one more Pingu and Pinga because I can't help it (and then next time-- it's The Clangers...so get ready)
Pingu has hiccups
Just one more Pingu and Pinga because I can't help it (and then next time-- it's The Clangers...so get ready)
