An Excerpt
“LeRoy explained her attitude in the matter and her strange behavior in the west-side house by saying she had thought too much and acted too little.”
-Sherwood Anderson from The Triumph of the Egg
Past Design Job
From the best book of ALL TIME
“The most absurd little things made Tom Foster happy. That, I suppose, was why people loved him. In Hern’s Grocery they would be roasting coffee on Friday afternoon, preparatory to the Saturday rush of trade, and the rich odor invaded lower Main Street. Tom Foster appeared and sat on a box at the rear of the store. For an hour he did not move but sat perfectly still, filling his being with the spicy odor that made him half drunk with happiness. “I like it,†he said gently. “It makes me think of things far away, places and things like that.†– Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson
(Read Winesburg, Ohio online for free HERE)
File in Memory: Victor Moscoso
Victor Moscoso is widely known for his elaborate psychedelic concert poster designs of the late 1960s – many for the Fillmore and Avalon Ballroom. He was also a comic artist. Some of my favorite concert poster designs are by him, including these:
All of the above by Victor Moscoso
Click HERE to view Moscoso’s own website.
Click HERE to read a 2005 LA Alternative article on Moscoso and 60s Concert Posters titled “High Art” by Shana Lipton.
Charley Harper, Illustrator
I came across the name Charley Harper, along with a thumbnail image of his work, while searching out some of Eyvind Earle’s work, and I instantly recognized an image that I remember seeing time and time again in “The Golden Book of Biology” when I was younger. Funny how these things pop up now and they’re of so much interest to you once again, but in a different way. Harper illustrated numerous books, magazines, etc., wildlife being the subject of much of it, with a modern style that is lovely and simple and geometrically elegant and puts a little smile on yer face.. Read more about him on Wikipedia.
“Red and Fed” by Charley Harper
You can also view an impressive amount of his work in the book “Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life” by Todd Oldham.
(Somebody Else’s) Thought for the Day
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
-Albert Einstein