tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post1064293522497910434..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: Festive Friday: Our Next Logo?Cord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-21905440745452150512008-04-07T10:04:00.000-04:002008-04-07T10:04:00.000-04:00A cat???!!!??? Please tell me you're kidding.I'm n...<I>A cat???!!!??? Please tell me you're kidding.</I><BR/><BR/>I'm not kidding. I'm trying. Okay: how about...a goat? C'mon, help me out here.Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-6650492620952473292008-04-07T09:30:00.000-04:002008-04-07T09:30:00.000-04:00A cat???!!!??? Please tell me you're kidding. [Yes...A cat???!!!??? Please tell me you're kidding. [Yes, I love cats, *and* dogs, but still . . . .]<BR/><BR/>But I will say this: I can't get that image of Rosetti weeping over the body of a dead wombat with its little feet curling upward. It really has nothing to do with ITM, but oh, I love it so.Eileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-85240033645078949732008-04-07T06:40:00.000-04:002008-04-07T06:40:00.000-04:00It's interesting, Karl: Stephanie suggested animal...It's interesting, Karl: Stephanie suggested animals, and you provided monsters (though you did get the patron saints of each us pretty well!)<BR/><BR/>Well, maybe a cat isn't a monster. But 3 out of 4.Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-89609638187161966482008-04-06T21:26:00.000-04:002008-04-06T21:26:00.000-04:00Does In the Middle need an animal mascot? Should K...<I>Does In the Middle need an animal mascot? Should Karl choose?</I><BR/><BR/>If I choose, it's a Cynocephalus (the touching, talking ones from the Hereford Mappamundi please). Either that or Husdent, from Beroul.<BR/><BR/>If Jeffrey chooses, it's the half man/half cow from Gerald.<BR/><BR/>If Mary Kate chooses, it's a Donestre, I bet.<BR/><BR/>Eileen: maybe not a hybrid, maybe 'just' a cat, but whatever it is, it'll certainly be something poetic!Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-10513868166378205752008-04-06T21:10:00.000-04:002008-04-06T21:10:00.000-04:00That's so ... and your competition does at least c...That's so ... and your competition does at least concede the possibility of a wombat. <BR/><BR/>According to Michael Alexander (Medievalism, pp. 141-2), DG Rossetti had a real thing for wombats. One of Rossetti's acolytes, Val Prinsep, said, "We copied his [Rossetti's] very way of speaking. Wombats were the most beautiful of God's creatures. Medievalism was our beau idéal."<BR/><BR/>And there is a very lovely self-portrait of DGR weeping over the death of a wombat, with its dear little feet curled up. <BR/><BR/>Does In the Middle need an animal mascot? Should Karl choose?This old world is a new worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-13912715095869769272008-04-06T19:16:00.000-04:002008-04-06T19:16:00.000-04:00True enough, and for that I apologize. Or may be i...True enough, and for that I apologize. Or may be it means we simply cede the entirety of that part of the world to your blog, Stephanie.<BR/><BR/>On the positive side, at least it isn't an earth that only shows North America, as so many do ...Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-85449221300784861642008-04-06T19:10:00.000-04:002008-04-06T19:10:00.000-04:00Personally, I can't design my way out of a paper b...Personally, I can't design my way out of a paper bag, but I can't help noticing that your cloudless earth is also an antipodean-less one...This old world is a new worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567163294720510335noreply@blogger.com