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Go Out in a Blaze of Glory –
February 16, 2013 |
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Even though modern eyes might consider the young lady's skirt to be quite long (in the image below), she's wearing the "short skirt now in vogue," making her vulnerable to casting a disreputable shadow. We generally love that one might be scandalized by one's shadow. A true character must cast a fascinating shadow, one way or another. Note that the tricky "witching hour" here is sunset and not midnight. Jeff shares: After careful analysis of the photograph, I note the following:
1) The trollop's ankles cast the shadow of a wading bird, thus creating the overwhelming sensation of familiarity in the average seaside lothario.
2) The upper portion of the trollop's shadow appears to have a bun in the oven, creating, in the average seaside lothario, the overwhelming desire for family.
3) Neither the lustful dandy nor the translucent salt behind him have shadows of their own, therefore they cannot be true characters. I blame Photoshop.
4) Upon closer inspection, the cad sneaking up the stairs is Puss 'n Boots, not Jack Sparrow.
5) The trollop's right hand is not a hand at all. It is a pincer, leading me to suspect that she is either Crab Woman or Lobster Girl. If the former, she may be harboring a crab cake in the oven instead. If the latter, she has simply lost her mittens.
6) She and the approaching cat in the hat are merely going out for seafood and a movie. It's 1868 after all.
From Punch, 1868. The caption reads, "Young ladies who affect the short skirt now in vogue, are respectfully cautioned against the witching hour of sunset!"
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Puzzles and Games –
October 8, 2012 |
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(The following is our Guest Blog post for DeepFun.com)
The classic hand game of Rock-Paper-Scissors has a shadow side — quite literally. It’s played partially in the dark. Each move casts shadows on the wall. And the rules are reversed to whimsical results. Requirements: - a blank wall – a canvas for shadow-casting
- a lamp easily turned off and on (the sole illumination in the room)
- two handy players
- one scorekeeper/storyteller (scorekeeping is optional, a player may act as scorekeeper, especially if the lamp has a foot-operated switch)
- spectators (occupancy not to exceed fire marshall’s restrictions, of course) (also optional)
When the scorekeeper initiates darkness, each player opaquely forms one of three hand gestures in front of the lamp. At the count of three, the scorekeeper lets there be light, and the gesticulative shadows are writ large on the wall. The so-called Rock is actually a Paperweight. The so-called Paper is actually a Paper Doll (a butterfly, a bunny, a goat, or any other hand shadow figure the player desires) The so-called Scissors are still cutting blades, but let’s call them Snippers just to be different.
Traditional Game
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| Paper covers the Rock
| Paperweight sensibly covers the Paper Doll and the Paperweight wins.
| Scissors cut the Paper
| Paper Doll is born of the Snippers and the Paper Doll wins.
| Rock crushes the Scissors
| Paperweight *sharpens* the Snippers and the Snippers win.
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As a mnemonic, Snippers *need* to be sharp in order to fulfill their destiny, Paper Dolls *need* to be snipped in order to take shape and fulfill their destiny, and Paperweights *need* to rest upon Paper Dolls because everyone requires downtime to flatten out, relax, and recharge so as to fulfill their destinies. There are three possible ties. In the traditional game, these are simply ignored. In the Shadow Game, these are celebrated as follows:
Both players throw
| Both players act out
| Paperweight
| Shadow boxing
| Snippers
| Running with scissors
| Paper Doll
| The scorekeeper becomes a storyteller when two Paper Dolls grace the wall and interact as a shadow-puppetshow ensues
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Restoring the Lost Sense –
August 12, 2012 |
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An illustration from an 1869 issue of Harper's magazine. The caption reads: "Specture of the Brocken." For Martha Brockenbrough.
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| [Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost
sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of
Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then
flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images
we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.] |
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Forgotten Wisdom –
February 1, 2011 |
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From Prof. Oddfellow's sketchbook:
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Printed collections of Forgotten Wisdom diagrams are available: Volume I from Mindful Greetings and Volumes II, III and IV from Amazon. Selected posters are also available via Zazzle. |
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The Ghost In The [Scanning] Machine –
October 31, 2010 |
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Frontispiece to Library of the world's best mystery and detective stories, Volume 1 --- Jonathan Caws-Elwitt notes: It's the shadow's shadow!
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