Steampunk Ladies & A Clockwork Vulture

Posted by on August 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

My love of carrion birds is equally public knowledge, as if my profound ambivalence about spiders. I'll admit to having swooned a little at the inclusion of x-ray eyes on this particular feathered friend.

I’ve recently had the pleasure of spending some time with an incredibly talented and lovely fashion designer from the Big City. She took a break from determining what the slave-factories in China were going to be producing to draw me a couple of wonderful Steampunk images. They just got back from the framers and are [...]

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Why do we have to look like this?

Posted by on July 16, 2012 · 5 Comments 

"Now the questions that come to mind. Where is this place and when is it, what kind of world where ugliness is the norm and beauty the deviation from that norm? The answer is, it doesn't make a difference. Because the old saying is true. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, in this year or a hundred years hence, on this planet or wherever there is human life, perhaps out among the stars. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Lesson to be learned - in the Twilight Zone."

“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.” -Henry David Thoreau, 1854 Trying to pick a favorite Twilight Zone episode is a bit like trying to pick your favorite flavor of ice cream – impossible, but an enjoyable excuse to go back and revisit all of the contenders. [...]

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