tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post5048342211682348800..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Making it real - models and maps by Kathleen JonesKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-23466141454377189462014-10-07T14:58:04.970+01:002014-10-07T14:58:04.970+01:00Great post! I'm a Moomin fan too. I'm surr...Great post! I'm a Moomin fan too. I'm surrounded by pictures and models of hares, a pig reading a book, a penguin floating on the waves...if we can't play, what are we?Sandra Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01761260568729338471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-44632473870221717842014-10-06T11:32:44.518+01:002014-10-06T11:32:44.518+01:00I was at an event a few weeks ago where an artist ...I was at an event a few weeks ago where an artist friend ran a 'deconstructed books' workshop. Students at her campus had produced some extraordinarily beautiful work - using books, plus collage materials of all kinds - including the text. Once I got past my horror of destroying books, I was intrigued by the possibilities as a writer. Especially with the Jean Armour/ Robert Burns project I'm working on right now. I'm currently looking for an edition of Burns's poems or letters so battered that it has lost its value - then I can construct something with it and think about my feelings about Jean at the same time. It sounds a bit crazy, I know, but the people doing the workshop (which I couldn't attend because I had other things to do) were so engaged with it that I envied them. Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-37826174500893016922014-10-06T10:39:53.718+01:002014-10-06T10:39:53.718+01:00Use maps (or rather, charts) and also find it'...Use maps (or rather, charts) and also find it's a good way to help; children get their stories going.julia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773900100240758504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-42032477598564375932014-10-06T08:53:34.558+01:002014-10-06T08:53:34.558+01:00indeed a lovely post and some lovely stories in it...indeed a lovely post and some lovely stories in it. Interesting that you found the book about the museum better than the novel the museum had been created for - perhaps a better artist than writer? I collect odd objects but not specifically for writing about, however when writing intricately plotted crime thrillers i create 'maps' of relationships between characters and stick them on my study doors and walls.Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-2154017284592775512014-10-05T18:25:26.595+01:002014-10-05T18:25:26.595+01:00Thank you everyone for your lovely comments - glad...Thank you everyone for your lovely comments - glad to know I'm not alone in collecting bits and pieces. Catherine - my own son used to pretend to be Snufkin when he was (not so) small. Dramatising Tove's work must have been fantastic! <br />Carol - I'm so jealous that you've been to Istanbul and visited the Museum. I heard him talk about it in Italy at a litfest and bought the book, but I would love to look at the real thing.<br />Reb - if you can think of the title or author, let me know. This sounds a fantastic book.<br />Madwhippett - animals are very therapeutic. My cat Heathcliff has come up with many a plot twist!<br /><br />Kathleen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-56893316656739458892014-10-05T16:19:54.428+01:002014-10-05T16:19:54.428+01:00I agree: absolutely wonderful. It got me thinking,...I agree: absolutely wonderful. It got me thinking, oddly, of a wonderful book that came out 15-20 years ago: an innovative story containing maps and letters, etc., that you could actually remove to examine. These illustrations were gorgeous. The author's first name was Nick. Anyone remember this...or any of its companion books by the same author?glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-15102971571849281242014-10-05T13:01:12.007+01:002014-10-05T13:01:12.007+01:00A wonderful post. I once met a owner of a gallery ...A wonderful post. I once met a owner of a gallery in Istanbul who made an intricate box for Pamuk and I loved Museum of Innocence. Carol McGrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11072696398820339640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-35841557767321466842014-10-05T10:41:34.262+01:002014-10-05T10:41:34.262+01:00What a lovely, lovely post. I've loved Jansson...What a lovely, lovely post. I've loved Jansson for years but didn't know about the Moominhouse. (Now I want one!) I dramatised The Summer Book for R4 years ago but read the Moomin books many years before that. Think my dad discovered them. Then I worked in Finland for a couple of years and realised how true they are! Our old copy of Finn Family Moomintroll practically fell to bits because my son loved it so much. We have a little wooden bridge in our garden and he used to sit on it pretending to be Moomintroll or Snufkin like the illustration. As a video game designer in the making, he grew up making maps and mini books and all kinds of 'play' things to aid his imagination. I find it fascinating that he still does this as a precursor to the virtual stuff. I certainly do it myself - gathering all kinds of 'things' around me that have relevance to the plot or characters. So glad to know that you do it too!Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-45038553149762864512014-10-05T07:36:07.918+01:002014-10-05T07:36:07.918+01:00Wow. What amazing things!
I'm afraid I play wi...Wow. What amazing things!<br />I'm afraid I play with the wippitts if I go a bit blank: and often when I'm not too ...madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.com