Halloween Playlist: Day Fifteen

by on October 28, 2013 at 6:50 am
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First I know that Swan Lake is not Halloween music in any way shape or form. But it is so hauntingly effective as the opening for Dracula that I definitely had to include it.

It’s funny how one’s memory plays tricks on you. For some reason I had remembered the opening as a violin solo and wasted quite a bit of time trying to find a version of Swan Lake that was a solo. I finally discovered that Dracula used the original version.

So here it is. One of my favorite pieces by Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake.

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Halloween Playlist: Day Fourteen

by on October 27, 2013 at 7:24 am
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Yesterday’s song completely slipped my mind. Apologies. I was very busy and was just a little distracted.

Anyway for today’s song we are going to do one of my favorite Tim Burton movie,  Corpse Bride.

Along with the design and animation, what I like the best about Corpse Bride is just how story driven it is. It’s very compact and runs along quickly with very little unnecessary embellishments. So today lets go with my favorite bit of exposition in the entire film: The Remains of the Day.

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Halloween Costumes

by on October 26, 2013 at 12:05 pm
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Kate-&-Stefan-Halloween-Costume-2013Here are Stefan and Kate’s costumes for Dunsany’s “Carnival de la Mort” Halloween Ball. I was going for something 19th century ringmaster. ‘m still not sure about the red but as Rhapsodies is still a black & White strip I’m not beating myself up about it.

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Friday Museum Sketches

by on October 25, 2013 at 10:16 am
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ArchangelMichealWhen I first saw the ads for the Seattle Art Museum’s current exhibit, Peru: Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon, I automatically assumed it would just be Pre-Columbian Andean art and nothing else. I was so convinced in this belief that I didn’t even look at the flyers that would have corrected me.

When I got to see the exxhibit this extra bonus made the exhibit all the more interesting. I was expecially fascinated by the room showing work from the Cuzco School. A fascinating example of cultural fusion and Catholic propaganda.

Shown here was my favorite a sculpture of the Archangel Micheal Triumphant. Done in the 17th century in polychromed mahogany embossed in gold and silver leaf.

I especially liked it as it’s one of the only representations of an angel outside of comic books I’ve seen where the flaming sword is included.

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