Phoebe's Mirror

I suppose this is an example of how the very simplest images are packed with potential meanings. (Especially when taken out of context…) It’s the newest page on MirrorSense.com.

A Neil Gaiman quote on writing illustrated by Debbie Ohi. One of those commonsense principles that you can really never hear too many times, especially when the illustration is so cute!

This IS my daughter’s creative process - brilliantly depicted. Not a metaphor or anything.

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Here’s a metaphor for what happens typically when I have an art related epiphany. If you know me, you know that this describes my life. 

:) :( 

(via sentientkombucha)

What was the 17th century equivalent of going out topless? This woman has, in risqué and immodest fashion, removed her mask in public.

New page on Mirror Sense. I’ve spent a lot more time drawing cats and rabbits than horses (what does that say about me??) but this was fun.

Following on my post from yesterday, here’s the incomparable Gustave Doré’s rendering of Red Riding Hood in bed with the wolf (1867).

The newest page on Mirror Sense references Charles Perrault’s retelling of Little Red Riding Hood (1697). Here’s the moral:

“Children, especially attractive, well-bred young ladies, should never talk to strangers, for if they should do so, they may well provide dinner for a wolf. I say ‘wolf,’ but there are various kinds of wolves. There are also those who are charming, quiet, polite, unassuming, complacent, and sweet, who pursue young women at home and in the streets. And unfortunately, it is these gentle wolves who are the most dangerous ones of all.”

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My favorite Maurice Sendak book (though it’s very hard to choose!)