fanciful devices: Inter-species love

A Stone Is Nobody's

A man ambushed a stone. Caught it.
Made it a prisoner.
Put it in a dark room and stood guard over it for the rest of his life.

His mother asked why.

He said, because it's held captive, because it is captured.

Look, the stone is asleep, she said, it does not know whether it's in a garden or not. Eternity and the stone
are mother and daughter; it is you who are getting old. The stone is only sleeping.

But I caught it, mother, it is mine by conquest, he said.

A stone is nobody's, not even its own. It is you who are conquered; you are minding the prisoner, which is yourself,
because you are afraid to go out, she said.

Yes yes, I am afraid, because you have never loved me, he said.

Which is true, because you have always been to me as the stone is to you, she said.

Russell Edson

FAQs

1. Are you a Southeast Asian dancing girl from the 1800s?

No, sorry to disappoint. My avatar and banner images are from an ancient book I found in the depths of my grandmother's cabinets. More on that here.

2. How do you make everything look so old?

First, you need a good oxidizer to brush on every bit of metal you can reach. I'll tell you all about it here.

Then there's this wax. I first mentioned it here. You'll have to scroll down a lot.

3. How can you be so productive?

I'm insanely obsessed and I have no offspring. I do nothing else- I don't have a day job, I don't clean my house or cook, I spend all day in pjs, often completely abandoning personal hygiene... I only interact with other humans when I walk my dog. And I like people! But I prefer dogs.

And I'm sloppy- but I make that sloppiness work for me.

4. Any tips you'd like to share?

No! Except for these 16 posts about techniques and this one about how to find your aesthetic.

5. Would you be offended if I took some inspiration from your designs?

Well, I'd be happier if you outright copied them.

No really, imitation is how we learn. I have enough ideas to go around. And even if I don't- please. No one's going to do this obsessively enough to threaten my business. (Probably.) I learned by copying others and I've seen others copy me as a step toward developing their own voice. So feel free. (I'd love if you tossed me a link in my comments, so I can feel like a proud momma.)

6. What do you look like?

Why, what have you heard? Really? Wow.

11/10/10

Inter-species love

Human-orangutan ISL.

OK, it's literally pretending to eat and drink with her! Look how s/he is sitting!

So jealous of this kid. Orangutans are my favorite primate, what w/the perma-bedhead.

Awww. Donkey protecting wolf!

Ummm.... ISL porn?

Wha?

And now s/he's feeding him/her?

And flight is possible w/this set-up?

This boy dove saved these bunnies that were slowly dying off in the next cage over.

He pulled them out and mothered them back to health.

BFFs

OK, how much do I love this picture?

And this snaggle-tooth?

I never imagined this was possible.

Pathetic= cute.

Monkey ISL

Baboon.

Orangutans. Did I mention they're my favorite primate?

ISL with one's potential meal.

Vintage ISL

Good god. It's just too much.

Guess what time of the month it is again?

If you guessed PMS time, high-five!

6 comments:

TesoriTrovati said...: Incredible!
Thank you for the smiles today.
Enjoy the day.
Erin; 11/10/10, 8:14 PM
stregata said...: I know what's up when I see animals on your blog. ;); 11/11/10, 12:04 AM
Lorelei Eurto said...: they just kept getting better and better. well, now I'm all teary, thanks a lot.; 11/11/10, 5:11 AM
betweenreader said...: I am past that PMS stuff but if I weren't the ILS stuff would fix me right up! Great post. PS: this too, shall pass.; 11/11/10, 2:21 PM
Malin de Koning said...: Oh Orangutangs! I looooove them too. You know you can pay monthly via WWF (or what it's called, has a Panda as a symbol) for the protection of orangutangs. I have signed up. A dream of mine to go to Borneo and spend time with them, in one of these places where ones that have been pets are tought to live in the wild again. The pictures are absolutely wonderful, but they should live in the woods really. But I would also like to have one as a friend .... complicated.

Good treatment for PMS!!!!; 11/12/10, 1:24 AM
Unknown said...: How utterly delightful.; 11/13/10, 2:18 PM