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The Legend of Le Rocher Panet
The south shore of the St. Lawrence River around Montmagny and l’Islet is in places lacking in topographical variety. There are no cliffs nor steep slopes, but rather grassy beaches burgeoning with wild rice and sedges, murky from the fine … Continue reading
Posted in drawings, illustration, nouvelle france, quebec
Tagged bas-saint-laurent, chaudières-appalaches, contes et legendes, croquis laurentiens, demonic possession, exorcism, j. t. jemmat, l'islet, l'islet-sur-mer, marie-victorin, quebec, quebecois legends, rocher panet, st. lawrence river
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Two Montreal Views in the Style of Ukiyo-e Prints
Two scenes from near where I live – an alley in Côte-Saint-Paul and a view along the aqueduct in Verdun – rendered in a style that tries to imitate that of the nineteenth-century Japanese ukiyo-e prints by such artists as … Continue reading
Posted in illustration, montreal, painting, watercolour
Tagged alley, aqueduct, cote-saint-paul, hiroshige, hokusai, japanese prints, Montreal, sud-ouest, ukiyo-e, Verdun
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Video of “may my heart always be open to little” by e e cummings
A delightful interpretation by Jim Avis of one my poetry comics, this time my adaptation of “may my hear always be open to little” by e e cummings. The original comics adaptation, along with 23 others, can be found in … Continue reading
Video of “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley
A new video interpretation by Jim Davis of my comics adaptation of William Ernest Henley’s classic poem “Invictus” (1875). Avis has added a surprise flourish to the final drawing, one that I feel is in keeping with Henley’s theme of … Continue reading
Video of “Somewhere or Other” by Christina Rossetti
A very sensitive video adaptation by Jim Avis of my comics interpretation of Christina Rossetti’s poem “Somewhere or Other.” I find this one makes particularly effective use of Avis’s signature zooming technique. The terrific reading is by “the Wordman” and … Continue reading
Video of “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden
Another video interpretation by Jim Avis of my comics interpretation of the poem “Those winter Sundays” by the American poet Robert Hayden (who by the way studied under W. H. Auden, who was featured in the last Jim Avis video … Continue reading
“La Belle Dame Sans Merci – A Tone Poem” by Fletcher Cunniff
A very cool and haunting musical composition by Fletcher Cunniff, inspired by John Keats’s 1819 poem, “la Belle Dame Sans Merci.” The track integrates an old vinyl recording of an exquisitely quavering, Mid-Atlantic-accented reading by the American character actor Theo … Continue reading
Video of “Musée des Beaux Arts” by W. H. Auden
Another great video interpretation by Jim Avis, this time of my comics adaptation of W. H. Auden’s “Musée des Beaux Arts.” The reading is by the poet himself. Auden’s oft-anthologized poem is thought to obliquely criticize the Western powers’ ignoring … Continue reading
Video of “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers” by Emily Dickinson
Another video interpretation by Jim Avis of another of my comics adaptations of an Emily Dickinson poem. This time it’s “’Hope’ is the thing with feathers.” The musical accompaniment is by perennialEnglish. My comics adaptation, along with 23 others, can … Continue reading
Video of “Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson
Another sensitive and ingenious adaptation of one of my poetry comics by Jim Avis. This time it’s the celebrated Emily Dickinson poem, “Because I could not stop for Death.” The reading is by the great Cynthia Nixon. The comics … Continue reading