Peter Pan illustration by Alice B. Woodward
Ännu sitter Tuvstarr kvar och ser ner i vattnet by John Bauer.
Arthur Rackham.
By William Stout
“Art Deco Mermaid”
Reasons I Love Mermaids (in no particular order)
Reason Five! As a child, my favorite story was “The Little Mermaid” by Hans Christian Anderson. I loved the illustrations and how beautiful they were, and how they told the story on their own, and how the mermaid could be me, I thought. I loved the fish and how the sea was like a garden. I loved how the mermaid looked in blue, and how she stared into her love’s sleeping face and couldn’t trade that life for hers. I loved all the metaphors and imagery in the story itself, how birds became fish and the mermaid walked every moment on knives for what she most desired. I loved how the mermaid’s sisters were the ones to come and take care of her, giving something of themselves to protect her. I loved her longing for another world, even as I imagined I longed for hers. And, though I hesitate over the idea now, I loved that she could give up almost every beautiful thing she had for something she felt was even more beautiful.
Note: The illustration is from Fairy Tales (as retold by Bridget Hadaway). The book is out of print, I believe, though I have found it out in the world.
Shiori Matsumoto
Mais belo trabalho de
Fuco Ueda
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“Sirene” by Cathy Delanssay
How amazing are these surfboard designs by Heather Ross?
(photo via http://inchmark.squarespace.com/)
Frederick Stuart Church’s The Mermaid
