This pic was taken while we were gluing the flocked wallpaper to my business cards. The designer showed me five different card treatments, but I immediately knew it had to be the hand. It just says it all. It's ghostly and gothic, hints of an invitation to a Victorian boudoir (she's not wearing gloves--oh my!) and is reminiscent of vintage advertising. There's also something slightly strange about it, and for a girl who likes her Edwards Gorey and her Gogols Bordello, it's perfect.
Hee. I didn't know Edward Gorey was from Chicago. It seems appropriate. All that freezing wind.
ReplyDeleteActually, I somehow suspected him of being a hoax of some kind, rather than a real person.
Anyway, it's nice you posted the picture of the cards, which look lovely.
WOW! I am impressed with your style and imagination! You are one writer I want to follow!
ReplyDeleteSigned: waiting for more!!
Thanks Huar and Anonymous. Yeah, Edward Gorey was a big, hairy man given to wearing long fur coats, keeping muliple cats, and using a tombstone for a coffee table. Who knew? Huar, what do you think of Mo Li? Too cutesy? Moli cha is my favorite morning beverage, another reason I like the name. But I don't want to be a Disney character...
ReplyDeleteYeah, well, all I can say is I envy you being named after a particular flower! (If I haven't before regaled you with the saga of my name--well, it's a long story. If you want to know some of it, look at the very first post on my blog, back in February.) But I love the moli-flavored Crest toothpaste they have in China these days. (Or they did two years ago, anyway--I suppose they probably still have it.) I wish I'd brought more of that stuff back with me. I've always thought mint toothpaste was a bad idea.
ReplyDeleteFinally!! Here I am in China, reading both your blog and website with the help of the 'anonymouse' website. Yea :)
ReplyDeleteSo glad there are people with brains out there somewhere thinking of these little things for us ;)
Anyway, both sites look great, I hope you can post more teasers of your writing on the website soon, too...
MoLi is s sweet name, miles better than any attempt to add a bit of your last name and your first name and say it in Chinese characters.
I think after almost three years I'll finally go with AiLin, 艾霖， short and simple but still close to my real name. And I really love the meaning of the second character, with the long-expected rain falling over the forest.
Brilliant, now I have a blog to follow, too :)