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[scottobear]

Call me crazy if you like, but I'm about ready for a gigantic, sweeping resurgence of art nouveau decor. I want to live in a world where even the most trivial, everyday utensils are transformed into baroque sculptures of organic decadence interwoven with motifs of jellyfish and scandalously nude, full-figured women. I want more Toulouse-Lautrec prints! I want more Aubrey Beardsley! I want eating utensils sculpted to look like twigs with big slugs and dragonflies crawling all over them! Yeah! Bring on the revolution, baby!

Hmm.

Well, I said you can call me crazy if you like.

G'nite.

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[chrishaas.livejournal.com]

Let me be the first to call you crazy. G'nite, crazy.

[filleinvisible.livejournal.com]

Crazy, but a good crazy. This country just doesn't appreciate the arts or aesthetics enough. It's nice to hear someone want artful things - especially when that person isn't an artist.

You made this artist smile : )

[i.livejournal.com]

aubrey beardsley. one of my early influences.

[rejectomorph]

I love Art Nouveau; Catalan, Austrian, French, Scottish, Belgian, Brazilian, all of it. Each local variation was unique, but the style was so clearly international. It was a fascinating period in design. I even enjoyed its distant echo, the psychedelia of the 1960s.

Found your journal thru the "random" link...

[hellokitty666.livejournal.com]

Haven't read the whole thing yet, but I did feel that I needed to bestow some feedback: Holy crapoly, your design is cool!! I'll have to come visit again sometime.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Thanks for popping in, you're welcome back.

Thanks for your knid words about the design...the person who did it has fantastic design sense, I agree!

Wacky Factoid - the orange kitty is named Newton, the city you're from.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

likewise... actually, I think psychadelia is what bounced me over into art nouveau.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

beautiful stuff!

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :) to cliche - I may not be a visual artist...but I know what I like.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

nite nite bouncing blue ball!

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[i.livejournal.com]

imagine if he had lived past his 20's.

[kidalicious.livejournal.com]

One of the things I loved most about my recent trip to Barcelona was having a chance to walk through an appartment in the Pedrera - one of Gaudi's buildings, that was still done up as it would have been originally - down to the light fittings, paintings, crockery and cutlery.... fabulous stuff, and made me wish for a Nouveau slant to my life! At least there are still places you can see it all in its original state! :)

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

oh, yummy!!

I bet it was magnificent!

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[kidalicious.livejournal.com]

Stunning - we went through twice - it was too good to just see once! The overhead light in one of the rooms was fabulous - but I couldn't have it - it looked like a red and green version of Cthulu... scary, but looked brilliant!

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

One may never know...

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Aww... you know I have a plush Cthulhu that I sleep with, next to Newt, right?

there you go.

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Newt's 4th favorite toy... after the flea, the frog and milk rings.

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[kidalicious.livejournal.com]

Eeeek, eeek, eek- no - I didn't know! Is that on the principle that anything that goes bump in the night is going to take one look at your bedtime companion and run the hell away??

You're a braver man than me! I've seen them at cons before - i liked the rainbow one - and a plaid one was cute - but the thought of 'what' it was would stop me - so no plush Cthulhu dolls for my littl'un!

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

aww

Newt likes to grab his squid face, and rake it's belly with his hind claws. :)

so, I'm safe.

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[kidalicious.livejournal.com]

Zebs favourites are milk rings, empty toilet paper rolls, and empty cardboard boxes...

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

oh, Newt's a fiend for cardboard boxes, too.

he likes to shred the edges, and hide inside.

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[kidalicious.livejournal.com]

Hmmm - brave cat!! I tell Zeb we only keep her to keep the goblin population under the bed down to a manageable number! ;)

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

oh, Newt bit the head off of one goblin, and the rest moved out.

He still patrols, though

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[kidalicious.livejournal.com]

Zeb eats the edges and hides inside - she has one box we can't throw away, its now 'the' place for her to sleep.

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[kidalicious.livejournal.com]

I work on the 'Calvin' theory - they lie - we lie, so ours believe that we own flame throwers - we never know exactly how many there are under there at any one time... pregnant bladder is a bummer though - having to get up in the night hasn't been something I've needed to do before, so new strategies have had to come into play! It's a constant battle I tell ya! :)

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

wear spiked shoes, so you can squish 'em!

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[kidalicious.livejournal.com]

Nice idea!! Hmmm - they aren't very bright - I might not even need to invest in spiked shoes - just say loudly as I put on my slippers - Boy I sure hope I don't make too much of a mess stomping goblins in these spiked shoes... that way they stay out of my way without the mess! :)

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

that sounds like a plan.. but bring a baseball bat just in case!

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[kidalicious.livejournal.com]

Well - of course! Or a croquet mallet... in fact they are now scared of sporting equipment in general!

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

even ping pong balls?

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[filleinvisible.livejournal.com]

: ) You have excellent taste Scotto.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

thanks! I assume that means we share it!

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[filleinvisible.livejournal.com]

Darn tootin!