This is a series of 21 images meant to be viewed with browser on full screen and left up, to cycle - 1 image every 2 seconds. Images are taken from tiny (1") illustrations from The Observers Book of British Birds. (see earlier post on Liverworts and Mosses) The resultant image corruption via enlargement and compressions is soothing blobby yet easily recognizable color and intent in scientific illustration. There are no controls- you cannot pause, go back or index.

So put on your Mozart, Boards of Canada, Eno, Autechre, or whatever and let it cycle.....

.....or go and see and listen to the birds in your yard and let that cycle.


Clicpic

Labels: ambient, bird, illustration, images, nature, science, slideshow

Tom and Jerry:
Protagonist/Antagonist
Worker/Establishment
Beatle/Stone
Bowie/Jagger
Me/Jerks
fehrui/renhjiq


Picture is a link to a charming story told in Bigpanelovision

Labels: 50's, action, book, cartoon, cat, classic, color, comics, culture, fun, funny, genius, greatness, history, humor, illustration, magazine, MGM, mouse

Don't know how old this book is, I bought it for the illustrations, from a used bookseller I used to go see, an old communist in Egg Harbor- he had a real treasure trove and was always fair. There are links to larger images at each of the images below. This is an advertising piece that would never fly today- a kid's story with booze as the treasure.

Ali Baba or the 40 Thieves



Inside front cover: protagonist + distinguished/venerated hooch.



A brave tailor named Ali Baba lived another time in a small town in Persia........



Note the parsing of syllables for young readers.


Translation of caption: "After entering the cave he found a collection of elegant bottles..."
The treasure he found was the fascinatingly historied Benedictine


Caption translated" "He was surprised by the thieves and massacred (accosted?) by them."
Some mauvais-âne lookin' thieves alrighty...


Foul play against the foul


Trans: "He found the carefully hidden secret of Benedictine."
Only 3 people at any time are allowed to know its secret recipe..hence the smug look.


Inside back cover - view of the distillery. The big one is very nice..


Ali Baba finally gets to chill with his cache of Benedictine & Persian pals.

Labels: 40 thieves, ali baba, benedictine, booklet, brandy, cave, children, cognac, DOM, Egg Harbor, France, French, http://www.glyphjockey.com/glyphblog.html, illustration, Persia, persian, story, used books