Tag Archives: Theodor Geisel

klein: cats running with the pack

Like a cat running after any mouse that happens to stray within view. That first reflex, the first nature in the human being, is unavoidable and inalterable. It can be mastered, it can be conquered, but it remains. But mind … Continue reading

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ghosts of remembrance: of things past

The docudrama. It was awful as commercial cinema. In fact it was a form of propaganda. But in its own inscrutable way, the newsreel style, the efforts to depict reality and achieve political goals in West Germany through cinema were … Continue reading

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great seuss

Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Hop on Pop Random House/Beginner Books, 1963 (early edition) Illustration: Ted Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss (1904-1991) Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! Thank you so very much for the joy of learning … Continue reading

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fantastic… but lousy advertising clip

those culture jammers…. by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): I really love checking out the early careers of those well known culture jammers. the people whose work is so powerful and so prominent that we take for granted that they’ve always been … Continue reading

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the cat in the cavern: surreal manifesto of yuzz, zats, fuddle…

We all have some recollections of Dr. Seuss and in particular the unusual illustrations ( Theodor Geisel) which seemed to overshadow the narrative of the story. Nature was constantly bent, shaped and metamorphisized into hybrid living forms with unlikely and … Continue reading

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