Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Pages, sounds and chocolates.

1. Getting a book through the post -- this time, Coleridge's 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'. It's illustrated by Mervyn Peake, which is why I bought it. The pictures are ink drawings on white paper, but the shading is so dense for this dark work that it almost looks as if the light areas are drawn in, rather than the shadows.

2. Tiny Tin Lady. Particularly the song Moon Moves.


3. Sharing a box of chocolates with Katie.

Shut in, three quick strokes and event.

1. I'm with the glossy white-haired ladies in hot pink and emerald green and china blue linen waiting for the department store to open i...