I found a reprinted edition of Alice in Wonderland in the Fruitmarket Gallery the other day, where I was hiding from the cold waiting for a friend’s train to arrive (saw the exhibition Narcissus Reflected, including a real life (!!) Dali: Metamorphosis of Narcissus, 1937. It actually boggled my mind a little bit, which surprised me since I never quite know how I feel about Dali. Part of that might possibly be due to overexposure durings school).
I’ve never actually read Alice in Wonderland, so that was reason number one to buy it. But reason number two: it’s illustrated by Tove Jansson...[CLICK CLICK CLICK]
The urge to cave in was so strong, but it was £12.99 and I have to keep reminding myself that drawing pens are more urgent than rather beautiful books, no matter how much I try to pretend that it would be ‘research’.
It'll probably be about three weeks til I cave in...
