tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post4111906702050579425..comments2024-03-16T18:38:15.627-07:00Comments on Flogging Babel: Bottled StoriesMichael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-74146607701478348052008-01-30T06:37:00.000-08:002008-01-30T06:37:00.000-08:00Neil, thank you for the links. I'll have to look ...Neil, thank you for the links. I'll have to look into Mary Reynolds' work in some depth.<BR/><BR/>On a completely unrelated note, I hope everybody here is aware of Odd Nerdrum. A very strange and evocative painter, and a distinct influence on THE DRAGONS OF BABEL, much as Cindy Sherman's fantasy photographs were on THE IRON DRAGON'S DAUGHTER.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-17037146798023707922008-01-24T18:22:00.000-08:002008-01-24T18:22:00.000-08:00re “art-books on display in museums” -...re “art-books on display in museums” -- are you a fan (yet) of <A HREF="http://www.artic.edu/reynolds/intro.php" REL="nofollow">Mary Reynolds</A>? She was the surrealists' <A HREF="http://www.artic.edu/reynolds/bindings/index.php" REL="nofollow">bookbinder</A>. The Art Institute of Chicago has a wonderful collection of her work, which goes on and off display in their perpetual rotation of the collection.<BR/><BR/>Her own bookplate is a simple line drawing of her profile (by Marcel Duchamp) wearing monogram earrings (by Alexander Calder).Neil_in_Chicagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09062490117473145827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-46446370899214033112008-01-24T17:54:00.000-08:002008-01-24T17:54:00.000-08:00Mad scientist that I am, I am now pondering the us...Mad scientist that I am, I am now pondering the use of magnetic resonance imaging to extract the text while leaving the bottle intact. What sort of ink do you use?Zack Weinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09886144371565535869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-75175803145131856902008-01-24T08:42:00.000-08:002008-01-24T08:42:00.000-08:00Ummmmm, Michael? If you ever need another friend....Ummmmm, Michael? If you ever need another friend... ;~)<BR/><BR/>Beautiful, awe-inspiring work. Thanks for sharing it with us.MaryWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17088940162759134834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-82396402814670784022008-01-24T08:03:00.000-08:002008-01-24T08:03:00.000-08:00By the way, Michael, in case you haven't seen it, ...By the way, Michael, in case you haven't seen it, this post got a mention on BoingBoing.Mariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05898542018345335158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-67013028099540736932008-01-24T07:07:00.000-08:002008-01-24T07:07:00.000-08:00Anyone know of a charity planning to auction one o...Anyone know of a charity planning to auction one of these off?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10265893752781553051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-87049673766300076982008-01-24T07:01:00.000-08:002008-01-24T07:01:00.000-08:00Wouldn't it be incredible (and something along the...Wouldn't it be incredible (and something along the lines of permanent art) to get a unique story in a bottle onto the shuttle and thrown into space?<BR/><BR/>Or perhaps use one of the x-prize entries for an autonomous moon rover to leave on on the moon.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10792589845564372640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-70975964447547223092008-01-24T06:25:00.000-08:002008-01-24T06:25:00.000-08:00Oh but those stories must smell so good!!! :)Oh but those stories must smell so good!!! :)jamiegrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06744892823868013174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-61080832355717874472008-01-23T15:04:00.000-08:002008-01-23T15:04:00.000-08:00Have you considered tossing one of those bottles i...Have you considered tossing one of those bottles into the ocean? Wouldn't that get the completists scrambling!Mariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05898542018345335158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-10207764157781760332008-01-23T09:44:00.000-08:002008-01-23T09:44:00.000-08:00Thank you. The bottles were originally inspired b...Thank you. The bottles were originally inspired by having seen too many postmodern art-books on display in museums. They're always beautiful as objects but the text --! Oh, man. Dreadful. So I thought I'd make my own contribution to the subgenre.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-43189196868914912322008-01-22T16:47:00.000-08:002008-01-22T16:47:00.000-08:00You have either just dashed the hopes of any would...You have either just dashed the hopes of any would-be Swanwick completists out there, or filled their heads with visions of extreme avarice. Either way, it was nicely done.Jeff Prucherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04642972327563176122noreply@blogger.com