1.20.2009

...and they all lived happily ever after...

Well, I'm back! Today was my first day back to college, and holy moly. I hope I can maintain this blog while balancing four college courses, my high school workload, a website for a client, etsy orders, office work for a friend, a relationship, housework, family responsibilities, friends...........

Uuugghh...

But it's ok. Because today we're going to go back in time. Hopefully when you were a little sprout, you were blessed with at least a couple of really good fairy tale books. And when I mean really good, I mean outrageous, outlandish, and a little gruesome too. They weren't called the Brothers Grimm for nothing.

Artists like Kay Nielsen, Arthur Rackham, and Edward Gorey are my favorite fairy tale illustrators. When you look at their dark and delicate pictures, you can't help but remember the chills you got while your parents read you the true version of Hansel and Gretel, or the feeling of clutching your stuffed animal while absorbing Hans Christian Anderson's telling of The Little Mermaid.











So whether you're dealing with stolen tarts, manipulative toads, or the occasional beheading of a loved one, just remember that there's always a happy ending. Well, most of the time, anyway.

1 comment:

  1. I'll tell you all about being scared from fairy tales. When my brother was little, i decided I was gonna read him a bedtime story. Real outstanding of me right? So I read him the gingerbread man. He got scared, started crying, and had to sleep with me that night because he was so scared. So much for doin' something nice...

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