Comments for Elliott Wall – Portland, Oregon artist http://www.buckwheatandgrits.com Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:09:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on My Grandmother’s Scrapbook from 1939 by Revati http://www.buckwheatandgrits.com/2012/02/13/my-grandmothers-scrapbook-from-1939/#comment-32 Revati Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:09:59 +0000 http://www.buckwheatandgrits.com/?p=2015#comment-32 Well, the images are gorgeous. They caught my eye for several reasons (not least of which is the nostalgia, of course). Recently, I started collecting vintage magazines for painting references (mostly photos) .. the kind of things you can cut up and buy for $10 a box, if you're lucky; nothing as gorgeous as this scrapbook. Well, the images are gorgeous. They caught my eye for several reasons (not least of which is the nostalgia, of course). Recently, I started collecting vintage magazines for painting references (mostly photos) .. the kind of things you can cut up and buy for $10 a box, if you’re lucky; nothing as gorgeous as this scrapbook.

]]> Comment on My Grandmother’s Scrapbook from 1939 by Elliott http://www.buckwheatandgrits.com/2012/02/13/my-grandmothers-scrapbook-from-1939/#comment-31 Elliott Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:21:58 +0000 http://www.buckwheatandgrits.com/?p=2015#comment-31 It is an insightful juxtaposition and I think you're right. A quick search for Crockett Johnson brought up a website tribute page: "In September 2012, the University Press of Mississippi will publish my <i>Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss: How an Unlikely Couple Found Love, Dodged the FBI, and Transformed Children's Literature.</i>" ( <a href="http://www.k-state.edu/english/nelp/purple/" title="http://www.k-state.edu/english/nelp/purple/" rel="nofollow">http://www.k-state.edu/english/nelp/purple/</a> ) It is an insightful juxtaposition and I think you’re right. A quick search for Crockett Johnson brought up a website tribute page: “In September 2012, the University Press of Mississippi will publish my Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss: How an Unlikely Couple Found Love, Dodged the FBI, and Transformed Children’s Literature.” ( http://www.k-state.edu/english/nelp/purple/ )

]]> Comment on My Grandmother’s Scrapbook from 1939 by Alan http://www.buckwheatandgrits.com/2012/02/13/my-grandmothers-scrapbook-from-1939/#comment-30 Alan Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:52:48 +0000 http://www.buckwheatandgrits.com/?p=2015#comment-30 Well I pulled Charissa in on this and she & I think that your Grandmother was obviously a existential philosopher as a youngster, given the "Summer Boarders" for example :) Just look at the apathy. The laziness of her summer afternoon complimented by the cartoon character's focus on minutiae-laden time driven by movement. Oh the things that pass by! On a Speedboat, Telegraph poles... Excellent! Well I pulled Charissa in on this and she & I think that your Grandmother was obviously a existential philosopher as a youngster, given the “Summer Boarders” for example :)

Just look at the apathy. The laziness of her summer afternoon complimented by the cartoon character’s focus on minutiae-laden time driven by movement. Oh the things that pass by!

On a Speedboat, Telegraph poles…

Excellent!

]]> Comment on My Grandmother’s Scrapbook from 1939 by Elliott http://www.buckwheatandgrits.com/2012/02/13/my-grandmothers-scrapbook-from-1939/#comment-29 Elliott Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:57:55 +0000 http://www.buckwheatandgrits.com/?p=2015#comment-29 HAH! I'm glad you got to see this… as we first began turning pages I kept wondering how long it would be before we encountered the hi-larious hijinks and misadventures of unfortunate darkies… there isn't any of that, fortunately (I mean, not that wouldn't be interesting)! But I do need someone to explain some of these strips to me, such as any of the really opaque ones on the "Summer Boarders" page. Hairline Harry, however, is simplicity itself– like when he eats grapes and… now he looks like grapes! HAH! I’m glad you got to see this… as we first began turning pages I kept wondering how long it would be before we encountered the hi-larious hijinks and misadventures of unfortunate darkies… there isn’t any of that, fortunately (I mean, not that wouldn’t be interesting)! But I do need someone to explain some of these strips to me, such as any of the really opaque ones on the “Summer Boarders” page. Hairline Harry, however, is simplicity itself– like when he eats grapes and… now he looks like grapes!

]]> Comment on My Grandmother’s Scrapbook from 1939 by Alan http://www.buckwheatandgrits.com/2012/02/13/my-grandmothers-scrapbook-from-1939/#comment-28 Alan Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:42:57 +0000 http://www.buckwheatandgrits.com/?p=2015#comment-28 2 words -- Hairline Harry :D Downloaded and appreciated. 2 words — Hairline Harry :D

Downloaded and appreciated.

]]> Comment on My Grandmother’s Scrapbook from 1939 by Elliott http://www.buckwheatandgrits.com/2012/02/13/my-grandmothers-scrapbook-from-1939/#comment-26 Elliott Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:43:22 +0000 http://www.buckwheatandgrits.com/?p=2015#comment-26 Hi there…! No, these are from my Mom's Mom's scrapbook. Truly a side of her personality I had never seen. She must have been an interesting teenager. She told me once how when she was about 16– a year or two before the US entered WWII… around the time these were clipped?– she and her best friend were talking about current world events, when her friend said that she and her family thought Hitler was <strong>terrific</strong> and they couldn't wait for him to come over to the US to set things straight…! My Grandma apparently announced that they could no longer be friends, then stating that soon the whole world would see what kind of person he truly was. Hi there…! No, these are from my Mom’s Mom’s scrapbook. Truly a side of her personality I had never seen.

She must have been an interesting teenager. She told me once how when she was about 16– a year or two before the US entered WWII… around the time these were clipped?– she and her best friend were talking about current world events, when her friend said that she and her family thought Hitler was terrific and they couldn’t wait for him to come over to the US to set things straight…! My Grandma apparently announced that they could no longer be friends, then stating that soon the whole world would see what kind of person he truly was.

]]> Comment on My Grandmother’s Scrapbook from 1939 by Revati http://www.buckwheatandgrits.com/2012/02/13/my-grandmothers-scrapbook-from-1939/#comment-25 Revati Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:22:46 +0000 http://www.buckwheatandgrits.com/?p=2015#comment-25 These are Deane's?! These are Deane’s?!

]]> Comment on Waldeinsamkeit by Elliott http://www.buckwheatandgrits.com/2012/01/17/waldeinsamkeit/#comment-24 Elliott Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:40:14 +0000 http://www.buckwheatandgrits.com/?p=1985#comment-24 I posted this when I was in Willston, North Dakota, where it was 35° <i>below</i> zero Fahrenheit (that's -37°C ) and desolate– I felt like a rusted, broken automaton alone in the forest who needed someone to come screw his head back on. I posted this when I was in Willston, North Dakota, where it was 35° below zero Fahrenheit (that’s -37°C ) and desolate– I felt like a rusted, broken automaton alone in the forest who needed someone to come screw his head back on.

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