Visuals

Picturing Haruki Murakami’s Women

Portland-based artist Johnny Acurso celebrates some of Haruki Murakami's most memorable female characters in his triptych painting 'Murakami's Women'.   "Granddaughter" from Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World "Sumire" in Sputnik Sweetheart ' "May" from The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle    The originals were painted in oil on illustration board.  Prints are available here

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The Daily Life of Some Really Creative People

Info We Trust has come up with this handy visual that tracks the daily routines of some A-list creatives. The challenge was: How do creatives – composers, painters, writers, scientists, philosophers – find the time to produce their opus? Mason Currey investigated the rigid Daily Rituals that hundreds of creatives practiced in order to carve out time, every day, to work their craft. Some kept to the same disciplined regimen for decades while others locked in patterns only while working on specific works. Now we can see how some of the greatest minds spend their days and nights. Here are some of the literary...

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The Alphabet that Was Good to Eat

  In  The Alphabet That Was Good To Eat Patsy is having trouble remembering her ABC's when her imaginary friend Bilo comes up a plan for Patsy to think of something good to eat  that starts with each letter of the alphabet. Published in 1932 by The Harter Publishing Company out of Cleveland the book features a Dick and Jane-style cover design and illustrations by Dorothy Whidden. Here's a sampling courtesy of Crossett Library at Bennington College.        

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