February 3, 2008 at 3:30 pm (Creative Process, Research)
Tags: Art, Joseph Merrick
Working on an artsy project with my friend Kat, involving research into “freakshow” freaks, carnival life, monsters, mayhem and The Island of Dr. Moreau, along with some crossover with other projects, and Kat was so kind as to share this picture. So I present: Merrick, the Elephant Man.
There’s a lot about this fellow on the internet; but here are some links I rather liked;
Wikipedia Entry
Joseph Merrick, in his own words
What I’ve read of the man indicates a gentle, compassionate soul that withstood amazing adversity, pain, poverty and trouble with the utmost of grace.
I remember watching a movie about him as a child, and one of my High School Biology teachers had the surgeon’s book about the man. Currently I’m uncertain about his eye color (most reproductions show blue or brown); though a discovery channel rendition of what he may have looked like indicates brown hair.
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January 29, 2008 at 7:04 pm (Other Sites, Research, Still Life with Beating Hearts, rambling)
Tags: cannibalism, Hannibal Lecter, kuru, Witch Doctor
I was perusing the new White chapel’s new Blog area and found this post by Brandon Cyphered. Familiar territory, as friends and readers may know- I haven’t been idle (though apparently researching Prion diseases is not Politically Correct. Why? No clue. Possibly because knowledge is a dangerous thing, and who knows what I might do with my lingering scientific background).
Cannibalism has intrigued the population for ages. It’s exotic. It’s frightening. It’s intriguing. It has been done over time in many ways, and for many reasons, and movies about cannibals are pretty darn popular; take the Hannibal Lecter flicks for example. According to some, Hannibal the Cannibal is one of the most popular movie villains of all time, and cannibalism can be used as a metaphor that never ends, put to use in a variety of ways in a literary setting, more than just simple hack and slash and violence for the sake of violence.
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