Wordless Wednesday: KAWS

--Companion (Passing Through), KAWS (Brian Donnelly), 2010,

temporarily was at The Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth, Ft. Worth, Texas

Sometimes all you can do is sit back and cover your face and shake your head (perhaps a reflection of all the sadness in society from a semi-familiar figure). I can so relate to this work of art today.

Wordless Wednesday

Zelda and Scott

I am having something of my own Zelda and Scott Week here at M Denise C.

I acutally looked forward to the commute this morning because I have acquired the audio version of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler. There are 10 discs and I'm already on number 3. I listened as I was driving from Tyler, Texas yesterday back to Dallas and detoured off the main highway so I would have more listening time. The audio book is wonderfully read by Jenna Lamia, who has also narrated The Secret Life of Bees, a version of The Help, Girl with a Pearl Earring, and a cadre of other books, including many YA books. I spend too much time in the car commuting to not enjoy the drive.

--Jenna Lamia

Here are some links to a few reviews:

New York Times

bookreporter
The Independent

I enjoyed the bookreporter review where Zelda was compared to Charlotte Perkins Gilman and her character in The Yellow Wallpaper.

 

--the beautiful Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald

Tomorrow is the release of Call Me Zelda by Erika Robuck, author of Hemingway's Girl. I should be receiving my copy via Amazon shortly! I am sure I will immensely enjoy this novel that is told from the viewpoint of one of Zelda's nurses from one of the sanitariums she was placed in and that came to live with the family. And, I'm sure I will be writing about this one a little later!

The Great Gatsby, the long anticipated film by Baz Luhrmann and based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, is being released on Friday. For some reason, I don't have high hopes for this film. Maybe because it has been in the works for so long and has been delayed a time or two. That never bodes well.

Lastly, if you don't know much about Scottie Fitzgerald, Zelda and Scott's daughter, you should read the book by Scottie's daughter: Scottie: The Daughter of . . . the Life of Frances Scott Fitzgerald Lanahan Smith by Eleanor Lanahan.

--Zelda and Scottie

 

I leave you with this quote from Scott:

 

Fun Foto Friday: Estate Sale Finds

Last weekend I went to an estate sale and a

yard sale--these are what I found, mostly books . . .

The two pillows are embroidered and from Mexico--so colorful!

Happy Friday!

Wordless Wednesday: Black and Whites from France

--Wordless Wednesday

Fun Videos Friday: Love

Following are two Valentine's Day videos from Henning M. Lederer and Charlotte Vogel, a couple of "collaborators" from Germany whose animation I enjoy. I hope you enjoy their work, too. 

V-Day 2013 from Henning M. Lederer on Vimeo.

…what it takes to decide from Charlotte Vogel on Vimeo.

Previous posts featuring Henning:

Fun Video Friday: Henning M. Lederer vimeos

Black and White Animation for May Day 2012

Animation of a Gerald Murphy Painting