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Joe Golem and the Drowning City
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In 1925, earthquakes and a rising sea level left Lower Manhattan submerged under more than thirty feet of water, so that its residents began to call it the Drowning City. Those unwilling to abandon their homes created a new life on streets turned to canals and in buildings whose first three stories were underwater. Fifty years have passed since then, and the Drowning City is full of scavengers and water rats, poor people trying to eke out an existence, and those too proud or stubborn to be defeated by circumstance.
Among them are fourteen-year-old Molly McHugh and her friend and employer, Felix Orlov. Once upon a time Orlov the Conjuror was a celebrated stage magician, but now he is an old man, a psychic medium, contacting the spirits of the departed for the grieving loved ones left behind. When a seance goes horribly wrong, Felix Orlov is abducted by strange men wearing gas masks and rubber suits, and Molly soon finds herself on the run.
Her flight will lead her into the company of a mysterious man, and his stalwart sidekick, Joe Golem, whose own past is a mystery to him, but who walks his own dreams as a man of stone and clay, brought to life for the sole purpose of hunting witches.
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MIKE MIGNOLA is best known as the award-winning creator/writer/artist of Hellboy. Mignola lives in southern California with his wife, daughter, and cat.
CHRISTOPHER GOL DEN is the award-winning, bestselling author of such novels as The Myth Hunters, The Boys Are Back in Town, Strangewood, and Of Saints and Shadows. He co-wrote the lavishly illustrated novel Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire with Mike Mignola, and the comic book series featuring the same character.
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Joe Golem and the Drowning CityAn Illustrated Novel
By Mike Mignola
St. Martin's PressCopyright © 2012 Mike Mignola
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Chapter One
Orlov the Conjuror dreams he is a ghost. He floats in the corner of a strangely ornate room, a tiny cathedral of Moorish arches and aquarium-glass windows, beyond which are only sea grass and barnacles and a host of fish of various species, all of them aloof and indifferent to the screams and the bloody perversions occurring in that peculiar chamber of horrors.
The ghostly Orlov weeps tears of anguish and futility, for he can do nothing to help the woman splayed grotesquely on the yellow marble altar, its surface cut through with runnels to capture her blood and other fluids. They pour into a pair of downspouts at the lower edges of the altar and run down into a small hole in the dark, and somehow the Conjuror knows that the blood and offal and birthing fluids are sluicing down into the floor to feed something hungry.
The woman has been chained ankle and wrist with rusted iron—incongruous against the clean Numidian marble. The chains are secured to iron rings set into the floor around the altar. An impotent specter, Orlov can only watch as her body betrays itself, jerking and shuddering. The chains bind her not to keep her from escaping but to prevent the eruptions occurring in her flesh from jerking her off of the altar. Her distended belly undulates with movement from within, as three crimson-robed figures hover around her, poking and prodding her flesh and her orifices with clinical interest. They have daubed her skin with ochre paint, inscribing her with sigils whose meanings Orlov cannot deduce. As she bucks against the altar, the ochre paint begins a slow, acidic burn, branding the sigils deeply into her flesh.
Orlov hates them. He clenches his phantom fists as rage fills him, but it is a hopeless, useless fury. Here in this dream, he is nothing. Less than nothing. He can neither move to aid her nor shout curses down upon her tormentors.
Nor can he curse the capering madman orchestrating it all. The occultist's filthy hair is tied back with a rusted metal ring, and two others bind the twin braids of his beard. While his servants work the woman's flesh with calm detachment, his prancing enthusiasm combines childlike glee with almost sexual arousal. As he circles the altar he darts in between the three crimson-robed figures to utter a string of guttural chants, all the while passing a strange object over the woman, inches above her flesh.
Somehow, Orlov knows this object. He wonders if he is dreaming the madman's dream, or if he is merely haunting it, a ghost lingering in the house of the lunatic occultist's unconscious mind. Regardless, the artifact is familiar to him.
It is Lector's Pentajulum, a knot of tubes and small chambers reminiscent of a human heart but made of a colorful, unknown substance with properties akin to both amber and sea glass. The Pentajulum appears inert, and yet a tiny shift in position seems to alter its design—a trick of the light or of the eye, or some queer geometry the human mind cannot perceive.
The occultist gazes into the Pentajulum as if it is his life's only hope, and Orlov understands that it is precisely that. The occultist's wife is dead, crumbling to dust in her tomb, and the madman believes that the Pentajulum is capable of resurrecting her, of allowing them to live a hundred lifetimes together, if only he can make it work. The Pentajulum's arcane science requires something to ignite it. The occultist believes that death is the key, that the agony and pain and surrender as the candle of human life is snuffed out can be channeled into the Pentajulum through the sigils branded on the woman's flesh.
Straining against her chains, the woman screams. The occultist smiles in anticipation. His moment has arrived. He holds the Pentajulum above the center of her chest. But then his brow furrows and he shakes his head. Stubborn, he refuses to retreat, but Orlov can see that his plan has gone awry.
In the shadowy eaves of the room, something stirs. The woman and her tormentors have been joined by some unseen observer, but not a dream-ghost—not a visitor like Orlov himself. The others in the room take no notice. Even the occultist seems not to be aware of the arrival of this presence, and Orlov cannot understand how the massive weight of its attention can go unnoticed. But the occultist's focus remains on the pregnant woman, and his expression turns to panic as his efforts unravel.
Her belly splits. Orlov the Conjuror stares in horror so profound that it makes him wish for the ignorance of the abyss and the darkness of eternity. Her distended flesh has not torn, nor has she pushed forth some monstrous issue. Orlov can think only of flowers blooming as her abdomen unfurls into petals of ridged, purple-veined flesh.
The occultist screams in fury, his anguish echoing off the vaulted ceiling, caught in the arches, ignored by the fish swimming past the windows.
The woman's body continues to blossom, opening up until there is almost nothing recognizably human about her. Then, just as the flower bloomed, it begins to wilt and turn brown. Deteriorating, the woman cries out weakly. Shaken, the ghost of Orlov the Conjuror screams for her, but he makes no sound.
Orlov is certain that he smells something burning.
And he wakes …
* * *
Stiff and aching, Felix Orlov shifted in his bed and rolled over. He opened his eyes to narrow slits and stared at the dusty gloom of his room, hating the weight of his age-diminished frame and the demanding pressure of his bladder. On another morning he might have sought a more comfortable position and tried to fool his bladder into giving him another hour's sleep, but today sleep held no sanctuary. His dreams were no haven from the mundane, shuffling boredom that his life had become.
Not these dreams.
Unsettled, he lay waiting for the horrible images to crumble and sift out of his mind, the way dreams were meant to in the moments after waking. His eyes widened and a strange panic began to set in. Felix did not want these things inside his head. They were meant to linger as cobwebs and then be dashed away as the morning progressed, yet as he lay there they became, if anything, more vivid.
"Get out," Felix whispered as he rapped his arthritis-swollen knuckles against his forehead, as if somehow that might reset some mental switch.
With a dry, humorless laugh, he peeled back the bedclothes and swung his legs over the edge, sitting up. He pressed his hands against the small of his back and rotated his head, stretching his neck. Pops and clicks reminded him of past injuries and the onset of age. He rose and shuffled toward the bathroom door.
Felix never looked at the details of his bedroom anymore. He chose not to let his gaze linger upon the faded scarlet curtains from Thailand or the posters hanging on the walls in their cracked frames—posters that boasted astonishing feats of magic by Orlov the Conjuror, as well as the astounding performances of those who had inspired him as a boy, Thurston and Fezzini, Blackstone and Houdini. Though Felix no longer liked to look at the posters, or the many mementoes displayed around the room, he could still see them in his mind's eye. He knew that after all this time they were cloaked in a veil of dust, as obscured as his memories of that long ago time when audiences had cheered him, women had bought him drinks, and he could travel from his bed to the toilet without pain.
This morning, however, Felix's only wish was a gauzy veil of dust to obscure the vividness of the dream still lingering in his head. How could he possibly have known the motivations of the man he had thought of as the occultist? The dream had felt like a memory, but he knew it was not his memory. Not at all.
Dreams or memories. The distinction wasn't really important. Felix had some small facility for being able to peer into the dark corners of the human mind, and a certain spiritual sensitivity as well, but nothing like this had ever happened to him before. It felt like he had been sleepwalking in another man's mind.
With a sigh, he stood at the toilet and relieved himself, massaging the small of his back and hating the way even his eyes felt heavy and gritty. As a young man, Felix had taken to repairing clocks almost as a sort of hobby. It kept his fingers limber, an absolute must for a stage magician. How many times had he dismantled clockwork, cleaning and oiling the parts and rebuilding a clock so that it worked smoothly, so that its innards snicked together properly, tight and strong and accurate?
Felix would have given anything to be a clock that some enterprising young man with nimble fingers could dismantle, oil, and rebuild, good as new.
"Damn," he sighed, careful not to fall as he reached down and flushed the toilet.
Normally Felix avoided the mirror, and had done so for years. This morning he shook his head as though he could dislodge his bad dreams and bent over the sink, splashing water on his face. And then he looked at his reflection.
To his surprise, he was not entirely horrified. His nose had grown larger and his cheeks were more sunken, but there were still wisps of white hair on his head, and the corners of his mouth were turned up in a rueful sort of amusement.
Not a cadaver after all, he thought. And sure as hell not a ghost.
Stretching again, Felix felt somewhat better, and he managed to walk back into the bedroom without shuffling. Eighty-two years on this earth and he was still able to take care of himself, more or less. It made him stubborn and it made him proud, but not so proud that he wouldn't have admitted that it also made him lonely … if there had been anyone who would listen, and give a damn.
There's Molly, he reminded himself. But Molly was a kid, and he wasn't about to dump his old man's woes on her.
Felix took the worn gray trousers off the footboard of the bed, where he had draped them after taking them off the night before, and put them to his nose, inhaling deeply. Not bad. The strangest part of living in this drowning city was that clean clothes tended to carry more of the moldy smell in them than things you'd worn once or twice.
Felix dressed quickly, donning the gray pants and a bone white, starched shirt from his closet. His fingers were still nimble enough to do the buttons without difficulty. He finished with a gray coat that matched the trousers, and a bow tie of deepest red.
He was no longer the dapper man who watched him from the old theatrical posters, but Felix did his best to look sharp. His clothes might be secondhand, frayed, and threadbare, but he took care of them, and he managed to greet each day with a modicum of dignity. In a place steeped in poverty, abandoned by those with more sense and less stubbornness than Felix had, dignity was difficult to come by, and hard-won. If his clothes hung a little loosely on his thinning frame, no matter. He doubted he had many years left to wear them.
As Felix slipped on his shoes, once again perched on the edge of his bed, the dreams at last began to dim a little. That was good. He feared that such nightmares would interfere with his concentration, and he would need to be able to focus later. Though the small notoriety he had gained as Orlov the Conjuror had been as a magician, he had not started out onstage that way. Felix had been a spiritualist, a medium, capable of reading the minds of members of his audience and of communicating with their dead loved ones.
His abilities were real. As a child he had been in a terrible accident that had taken his mother's life and left him with months of painful healing … and an unwanted gift. The dead whispered to him. Sometimes they gathered around him in clusters, but such events were rare. Mostly it was only the occasional whisper, a pleading from beyond, a message to be given to someone still living. And every time he made contact, every stage performance or private séance, he had felt the grief of his mother's death ever more keenly, for in what he felt was the cruelest of ironies, she seemed to be the only ghost with whom he could never communicate. In his darkest hours, Felix wondered if she could hear him but refused to answer. He preferred to think that she had passed so fully into the next life that she was out of the reach of his voice. But some nights, the question haunted him still.
For better or worse, Orlov the Conjuror had never been truly famous. He had always struggled, and when he began to travel, he discovered that whenever he was away from New York for more than a few days, he grew ill. Without the ability to play the great theaters of Chicago and Philadelphia and those even farther abroad, in places that had not been so devastated by the rising waters of the early twentieth century, he had never really had any chance at fame. He had settled in the remains of the Crown Theater on Twenty-ninth Street in drowned and sunken New York, like just another prop forgotten backstage, collecting more dust with every passing day. It was like living inside the ghost of his onetime ambitions.
In the years preceding the devastation, the heart of New York City theater had moved slowly north, from the class warfare of the Astor Place Theater in 1849 to Union Square in the 1870s, and on to Madison Square by the turn of the century. Broadway theater had showcased everything from Shakespeare to burlesque, and always there had been magicians, illusionists, and mediums. By the time of the cataclysm in 1925, theaters had proliferated in Times Square, and the curtains were falling permanently on the stages of Lower Manhattan. And then the quakes and the floods came, and there was no longer any such thing as class warfare in that part of the city.
At the dawn of the twentieth century, New York had begun to transform itself into the crossroads of the world, an unmatched center of business, finance, and entertainment. Then plague and superstition had cast a dark curtain across the European continent, ending the First World War before America had sacrificed too many of her own young men, and New York had seemed poised to become the jewel in the nation's newly forged crown. For a handful of years, the city had become a dream of prosperity.
The first tremors struck in the summer of 1922, but those were mere flirtations with catastrophe, cracking glass and raising dust. The real quakes did not hit until the city had begun to emerge from the winter chill in early 1925. Snow melted, the rains came, and the rivers began to rise, cresting their banks. Years later, Admiral Benjamin Wheeler and his polar expedition would discover changes in the Antarctic ice shelf that led to much speculation about the sea's rise, but in 1925, the people of New York perceived themselves to be victims of God's wrath. They talked of Sodom and Gomorrah, of the sufferings of Job, as buildings fell and the water swept in.
New York became divided between wealthy, glittering Uptown and the struggling poor who remained in the drowning Downtown because they had nowhere else to go. Instead of abandoning their homes, they adapted, closing off the flooded lower floors of structures that were otherwise still habitable and starting a strange, scavenger society in what remained. Most of the people who were left behind fended for themselves, but there were makeshift shops and restaurants and bars, places where those determined to stay—or unable to leave—could pretend that they still lived in America. That they still knew something of civilization.
Years passed. The sunken portion of Manhattan Island evolved. People Downtown tended to ignore the northern view, just as those Uptown liked to pretend the Drowning City did not exist just beyond their reach. Uptown continued to thrive, to flower with new business and gleaming, modern architecture, while Lower Manhattan cannibalized itself, cobbling together a community of canals and bridges, of dangerous shadows and rebellious minds. The Drowning City, some of its older denizens called it. To Felix, it was still New York … still home.
There was still theater in Lower Manhattan, but of a crude, makeshift sort, performed in front of audiences who desired distraction from the thinness of their lives, and who often did not understand the meaning of what they saw. Felix had not performed on a stage—had not truly been Orlov the Conjuror—for more than forty years, and he told himself he did not miss it.
Now he donned his spectacles and picked up his pocket watch from the bureau, clicking it open. A quarter to nine. He had slept later than usual, caught in the grip of his awful dream, but he still had time for a bite to eat before this morning's appointment arrived.
Wondering about the weather, he went to the window and pushed aside the scarlet curtains, letting in a flood of gray light. A storm of dust motes swirled before him as Felix bent to look outside. A light rain speckled the glass, but the waves on Twenty-ninth Street were only a light surface ripple. A steam taxi clanked loudly as it ferried its passengers through the canals of the sunken city. Chinese gondoliers often plied the waters in this neighborhood, but Felix could see none of them today.
He glanced in the other direction, bending farther to peer past the ruin of the marquee that had once announced his building in glorious neon as the Crown Theater. Of course the theater itself rotted now under thirty feet of ocean water, the salt eroding stage, sets, and seats and peeling the paper from the walls. Forty years before, Murray Feinberg had closed off the stairwells that led to the theater, blocking them with concrete, which kept the mold and the scavengers from getting in through the theater's remains, but the smell of mold lingered in the walls of most of the sunken city's old buildings. Most days, open windows didn't help much. The ocean breeze was too often fouled by the greasy oil smoke and coal smog given off by the motors that ran the boats, gave the Drowning City electricity, and powered the factories that employed so many of those whose parents and grandparents had refused to evacuate, all those years ago.
New Yorkers. The thought made Felix smile.
Below, he saw the black smoke–belching taxi chugging toward the front of the theater. A bell rope hung there. If Felix had visitors he wanted to see, he could turn a crank that lowered the iron ladder that led up to a well-built wooden catwalk, which in turn ran around to the narrow gap between the theater and its nearest neighbor, where the century-old fire escape still held strong. Felix never worried about scavengers coming at him from that side. Whatever building had been there had only been three stories high, and in this part of the city that was enough for it to have vanished almost completely beneath the water. At low tide, he could see the barnacle-covered roof, half collapsed, and the long, silvery things that swam down there in the dark.
Felix glanced once more along Twenty-ninth Street, at the ladders and rickety walkways that crisscrossed that view, at planks spanning rooftops and hastily constructed bridges of wood, iron, ropes, and cables—the only footpaths the people of Lower Manhattan had known for nearly half a century. Other places had been rebuilt after the devastation of 1925, when one catastrophe after another had razed cities in quakes, eruptions, and tsunamis. Uptown, New York wasn't much different, with its gleaming, modern wealth. But in Lower Manhattan and much of Brooklyn, people had been recovering for all of those years, forging a new, grim, society. To Hell with Uptown had been a popular slogan when Felix had been a young man. But even then, he had known it was a joke. The drowning city, that was Hell. The trick was figuring out how to live there.
An urgent knock shook him from his reverie. He had lost sight of the rattling water taxi beneath the catwalk on the front of the building, below the old marquee, but he knew its destination.
Felix smoothed his threadbare coat and went out into the corridor. There were two floors of rooms above the blocked-off, flooded theater, with a set of stairs and a door between them. He lived on the uppermost floor. Once upon a time he had rented out the floor beneath him, but he no longer accepted money from the tenant there.
The rap on the door came again, soft yet urgent.
"I'm coming," he said with a sigh.
He unlocked the door and opened it. On the threshold, fourteen-year-old Molly McHugh beamed at him, all freckles and red hair and youthful vigor that always made him feel more alive.
"Felix—" she began.
"Enough with the knocking," he said. "At what point are you going to realize I'm too old to move as fast as you'd like?"
"Someone's gotta keep you hopping!" Molly said, cocking a hip as if she were the one to keep him in line. And more often than not, she did. "I just wanted to tell you that your breakfast is ready, but I just spotted a taxi outside. Looks like your nine-thirty is here early."
Felix nodded slowly. Molly took so much pride in her role as his assistant—she worked for him in exchange for room and board, taking up the floor beneath him and feeding him breakfast down there each morning—that he didn't want her to know he had also noticed the taxi arriving.
"Nothing to be done about it, I suppose," he said. "Breakfast will have to wait."
Before Molly could reply, bells began to ring throughout the building. Someone had pulled the rope, down by the water. Felix's appointment had arrived.
He could practically hear the ghosts rustling in the eaves already.
Copyright © 2012 by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden
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REVIEWED: Joe Golem and the Drowning City: An Illustrated Novel WRITTEN BY: Christopher Golden and illustrated by Mike Mignola PUBLISHED: March, 2012 Great, fun book. A wild, imaginative adventure in an alternative sinking New York, amongst a cast of strange specters, magic rites, and steampunk. Imagine the grittiest visions of Batman's Gotham City being submerged and taken over by H.P. Lovecraft - that's a visual to the world that Christopher Golden has created. The book was rich in story that twisted like a wicked serpent and seduces you with its beautiful smile. Mignola's artwork, though infrequent, is characteristic of his deconstructed style that tells a vignette through a simple image. Five out of Five stars
Reading between the lines of this novel, I can see the screenplay it desperately wants to be.That's not wholly a criticism of this book, which is remarkably tight and engaging for something that is clearly the start of a series. Joe Golem is set in the same style of universe, though likely not the same literal universe, as such seminal works as "Screw on Head" and, of course, Hellboy. If you liked those, you will like Joe Golem. If you didn't like those, you won't like Joe Golem. There's not a hair's breadth between them.But I don't mind more of the same when it's the same as something excellent, and that's what Joe Golem is--a familiar story, with characters that are more archetype that flesh and blood (or stone). And when or if the movie comes out, I'll be first in line for a ticket.By the way, many have commented on the book's billing as an "Illustrated Novel." Such a phrase brings up images of Hugo Cabret, which fully deserves the appellation of illustrated novel. Joe Golem, unfortunately, does not. Yes, it is a novel, and yes, there are illustrations, but that's about it. By that logic, Harry Potter with its small drawing at the beginning of each chapter was an illustrated novel. Don't buy it for the pictures. Buy it for the engaging story and tight world building, its evocative atmosphere and its examination of the otherworldly in all of us.
I particularly enjoyed the black and white, woodcut-like illustrations. Books should be illustrated. It's a pleasant read. I do recommend this book.
Its always good to review a novel based on its content and not what one perceives it should be. This is not a graphic novel, its an illustrated novel. If youre looking for a comic book look elsewhere. If youre looking for a wildly imaginative and entertaining story, then look no further. Nicely enhanced by Mignola's signature artwork, this is nonetheless a novel first. The writing borders on a young adult style but is engaging ( and mature ) enough to capture the more discriminating reader.
As this book was listed as an "illustrated novel", I was expecting more illustrations. The fact that Mike Mignola (Hellboy) was the illustrator is what really drew me to this book. Unfortunately the illustrations were few and far between, the majority of them didn't take up but 1/8 of the page, and they were all in black and white. I haven't read a book by Christopher Golden before, but he is a good storyteller. The story flowed logically from beginning to end, never leaving you to wonder what happened in between. I didn't feel any attachment to any of the characters and wish that there was something more to latch onto in their personalities. There wasn't an overwhelming amount of characters, but it seemed to me that more time was spent on the descriptions of the surroundings and the looks of things. As of now I vaguely remember the character of Felix and what he was like. I would give one of Golden's other books a try though as he does have storytelling down. And for Mignola's work – pick up a Hellboy graphic novel instead. Reviewed by Jessica for Book Sake.


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in transition
You know it's pretty bad when your last post reads "hello spring." Especially since it happens to be the first day of summer. Eek!
Not good.
Everyday I visit a handful of blogs and wonder how they manage to post so consistently. I realize that many of those folks commit to their blogs as a job and that's their impetus to keep it going. I wonder how different my own blog would be if I did the same. I always pictured this small piece of the web as my spot to just do what I wish...but I feel a transition coming on. I'm not seeking to make this a moneymaker or anything like that, but I do want to make it more like a place I would visit everyday rather than one I would delete from my Reader...ooohhh, that was mean. Mean, but true...scant posting often results in a delete.
I don't think I would follow myself.
If you've stuck it out this far, perhaps you'd be willing to stick it out a bit farther and tell me what you'd like to see more of here. Whether it's personal or about the shop, it doesn't matter. I think it's time I start taking YOU into consideration. Leave a comment letting me know and I will give something away...something really good. Hint: I don't always use all of my Studio Calico kits and I have a lot of brand spanking new goodies that could use a home. Multiple comments count as multiple entries...don't worry if someone has already stated it. I will close the comments on Monday the 25th at midnight PST and choose a winner Tuesday morning.
Changing the subject ever so slightly...
The shop restock has been slightly delayed due to that adorable fellow up above. We added him to our family at the end of May. It has been almost 30 years since I last had a puppy and OH MY.
OH MY...it is tough. No sleep, constant up and down, constant watching...did I mention no sleep?
Having a puppy is delightful in retrospect. Having a puppy at this very moment is exhausting. I thought I could do it all and as it turns out, I was wrong. I've decided to restock the shop mid-July.
Later than I expected...but right smack in the middle of summertime. If you've been waiting for stamps, they will all be available. If I get it together sooner, I'll let you know.
till then...wish me luck on my foray into puppy-dom.
43 comments:
- KariL said...
With a cute puppy like that, I don't think I would ever get any work done!!!!!! I say enjoy the puppy and don't worry so much about the work...it will always be there and I will buy whenever you do restock...no worries. Happy Summer!
- June 20, 2012 at 11:54 AM
- Ellie Augustin said...
Well you know we ALL Love you! And trust you me I COMPLETELY understand how time flies I'm still wondering where the heck June went! I've had SO much to do this month its been insane. Today is the last day of school so that means planning so I don't hear those words of "Ma I'm bored" PLUS trying to finish up some projects that are due.. AHHH YAY to the busy life! As long as you Tweet/blog and let us know the puppy hasn't ate any of you then you know we will be more then happy to wait for you! ((HUGS)) Happy 1st Day of Summer.
- June 20, 2012 at 11:55 AM
- Dani Donner said...
Ronin, you are cute!!
I wouldn't mind seeing more pics of him... :)
- June 20, 2012 at 11:55 AM
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And more sneak peeks of new products!
- June 20, 2012 at 11:56 AM
- Dani Donner said...
And more inspiring work with your cool products!
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- June 20, 2012 at 12:00 PM
I love your designs & am always excited to see new things in your shop (especially digital)...so what I'd like to see more of on your blog would be sneak peeks of new stuff that's coming and I'd love to see your crafts, layouts, etc.
- June 20, 2012 at 12:01 PM
I love your designs & am always excited to see new things in your shop (especially digital)...so what I'd like to see more of on your blog would be sneak peeks of new stuff that's coming and I'd love to see your crafts, layouts, etc.
- June 20, 2012 at 12:01 PM
- Lexi said...
First one never wins, but I'll go anyway ;D
I TOTALLY know what you mean about feeling like your blog is blah--not YOUR blog, but that's how I feel about mine! I need and want to be a more consistent blogger and couldn't figure out what was the deal. Of course the time factor, but really..why is it? I have come to the conclusion it's because my blog design, or lack thereof, doesn't reflect me. yay for the epiphany, but I know nothing about blog design so it looks like it will be boring for awhile longer :/
My fav things to read on others blog are about design, the prices, cart spaces and just real life stuff---all things i need to be better about myself!
- June 20, 2012 at 12:02 PM
- sbookinshay29 said...
France when you do post I love what I read, how you're posts read & I couldn't love your products more & I'm so excited to hear the stamps'll be back soon!
- June 20, 2012 at 12:08 PM
- K said...
Oh-never got to comment first before-the pressure ;). I love your shop and love to see how you use your products. More frequent posting would be really lovely.
- June 20, 2012 at 12:16 PM
- Kelly in Canada said...
oh my goodness ronin is a handsome fellow...is he a blue heeler or maybe an australian shepherd? we are contemplating a puppy (or, perhaps i should say, i am contemplating a puppy while my husband somewhat tolerantly listens to my rants) but i know what you mean about the work involved.
as for your blog...i am still here! so, you have at least one dedicated reader. evidently, you have even more as i am not the first to comment! yay, you! i would love to see what you do with some of the wonderful bits and pieces you provide in your shop. and ramblings and rants are always welcome as well. i am sure whatever you decide will be top notch! i need to work on my blog too because i have often thought i would delete as well...
- June 20, 2012 at 12:22 PM
Ronin is adorable! France I love your products they are a staple in my projects! I would love to see some of your projects on your blog! Can't wait for the July update and please enjoy your summer and your cute puppy!
- June 20, 2012 at 12:31 PM
- Kirsten Williamson said...
Good luck with your new puppy! He's so cute, and I love the name Ronin!
I started following your blog because I loved your shop products, so sneak peeks and product photos are always good. Maybe you could recruit some customers to share projects they've created with your products.
Always fun to see little snippets of people's lives and homes, too. Whatever works! Don't do it unless you enjoy it!
- June 20, 2012 at 12:41 PM
- Kristin said...
I would love to see lots more product use/sneaks. And just some more of your voice; your personality shines through wonderfully!
- June 20, 2012 at 12:46 PM
I always love anything regarding your shop items. I would love to see some of your creations! You're super talented!
- June 20, 2012 at 1:09 PM
- Annette said...
I love your blog as it is. I like the real voice you use. I have loved the video tutorials you have with using your digital designs. I can understand those take time, which is something we all lack. But just wanted to thank you for doing that. Something I have thought as I spent over two hours on a post, was "why am I doing this?" For me, I have no shop, no designs. I work full time and then some, so this is truly just a hobby for me, and although it is fun to share, it takes time. I guess I would say remember your purpose, your vision of what you want it to be. Even if it is a here and there blog, I still like it.
- June 20, 2012 at 1:20 PM
- Yaritza said...
He's so so cute. I have 4 dogs and 3 cats so I understand.
- June 20, 2012 at 1:34 PM
- Scrappin' Girl said...
Such a cute puppy! I have two cuties of my own and they are a lot of work but so worth it! Love your blog posts and would love to hear hints about upcoming products in your store!
- June 20, 2012 at 2:11 PM
- Emily Kate said...
Know what I love reading on blogs? Your everyday you! I just love hearing about what people do for fun, craft for themselves, the things they do with their family. It endears me to the blogger when I feel like I know more about them.
- June 20, 2012 at 2:33 PM
- Emily Kate said...
Oh I'd love to hear about product ideas and what's coming soon too. I just love your products.
- June 20, 2012 at 2:34 PM
- Rachel said...
definitely more pictures of your products in action-would love to see what other people have made with them! good luck with your puppy!!
- June 20, 2012 at 2:40 PM
- Nicole said...
Love your blog and I love your products, so I don't mind the lapses between posts. The puppy is adorable. I have a blue heeler and grew up with them. They certainly have plenty of personality to go around. Enjoy your furball!!
- June 20, 2012 at 2:43 PM
- Jen Wright said...
I was so excited when I saw an update!! I actually squealed. Lol. I think what I'm learning on my blog is to just share anything and people love that. I always thought it had to be something fantastic to post it but wonderful people have taught me just share my life. I know I love to read about their everyday life. So don't sweat it. When you feel like it, just share your day or heart. We know you're busy with your store and I love your products but we love just you too. Congrats on the new family member. Hugs!!
- June 20, 2012 at 6:58 PM
Your puppy is super cute! The work is worth it though. I really like all your products and am excited for your restock of the shop!
- June 20, 2012 at 9:51 PM
- Erica Thomas said...
Yay! Shop restock soon! Your puppy is adorable! I would love to see more product sneak peeks, snaps of your workspace, and home life. The majority of the blogs I follow just post normal everyday things and that is more than enough to keep my attention!
- June 21, 2012 at 5:48 AM
- susanne said...
What a cute little guy he is! We just got a puppy memorial day weekend so I know what you mean. He could potty outside so you think things are safe once back inside, but the minute you turn your back...LOL!
I love to read blogs that tell a little about your everyday happenings. But I also love creative inspiration. Maybe you could get guests to post projects/ layouts on the blog to keep your work posting things down as well as add different angle on using your products (which I love BTW)
- June 21, 2012 at 8:42 AM
- scrapfin said...
What a cutie...love dogs!
just enjoy this puppy stage!
- June 21, 2012 at 1:52 PM
- scrapfin said...
What a cutie!
Enjoy this puppy stage.
- June 21, 2012 at 1:52 PM
- *krystyn* said...
I enjoy hearing what you are creating for your shop.
- June 21, 2012 at 3:31 PM
- *krystyn* said...
I'd also love to see what you make with your SC kits.
Pics of the puppy are also good!!
- June 21, 2012 at 3:31 PM
I love seeing scrapbook layouts and how you use your products. You have such great design and style. ~Julie V.
- June 21, 2012 at 6:01 PM
I love seeing scrapbook layouts and how you use your products. You have such great design and style. ~Julie V.
- June 21, 2012 at 6:01 PM
- Jen**SugaredSongbird** said...
Being a doggie-mom myself, I truly understand what you are going through, but it is so worth it. Will be watching for the restock!
- June 22, 2012 at 9:05 AM
- Jen**SugaredSongbird** said...
Being a doggie-mom myself, I truly understand what you are going through, but it is so worth it. Will be watching for the restock!
- June 22, 2012 at 9:06 AM
- Summer said...
I will always follow you because I love your products that much! They make my Project Life amazing! I would love to read and see more about your creative space and the different projects that you work on. My theory-the more pictures the better ;-)
- June 23, 2012 at 6:11 PM
- Jamie Isaak said...
omg your puppy is SO cute! Idk, I love reading your blog. Maybe some more tutorial type posts with paper crafts and using your awesome stamps? I love them so.
- June 24, 2012 at 2:22 AM
- Jamie Isaak said...
I'm not sure if my post went through so if this is a re-post, pardon me. :) Your puppy is sooooo cute! I would love to see pojects you have made with your awesome goods and stamps. I just love your new stamps.
- June 24, 2012 at 2:25 AM
- Amanda said...
I would love to see more of your awesome journal cards, perfect for project life. Specifically, 4x6 horizontal and vertical versions!
- June 25, 2012 at 11:45 AM
Would love seeing more projects :)
- June 25, 2012 at 3:02 PM
I love your designs! I use them for PL and regular scrapbook pages. I'd be interested to see ideas that you and your readers do with your products + all those other lovely products we all adore. Everyday life and inspiration that keeps you going as a small business or just a crafter for yourself works too!!
Karen J
- June 25, 2012 at 4:40 PM
- Niki Estes said...
I just found your blog and store. I just love your stamps and would love to see the previously released ones back in stock. :) I don't have any advice for blogging. I've cut way back myself
- June 25, 2012 at 7:55 PM
- Niki Estes said...
I just found your blog and store. I just love your products! I would love to see a restock of the previously released stamps so I could get some of them. I don't have any blogging advice. I've cut way back myself.
- June 25, 2012 at 7:57 PM


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I made another knitted santa helmet for charity! This time I'm donating it to a lovely man, Steve Woodman, in UK who does an annual motorcycle toy run to Bradbury House and the Children's Ward at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. There are over 300 motorcyclists involved in this run. How exciting and wonderful for the children!
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Steve gave me measurements to his helmet and I used my brother-in-law's helmet as a guide too. Fingers crossed it fits okay!
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Love love love it! My load. You have more finished projects in a few weeks than I have all year. Very nice. Just think the helmet cover is wonderful! I bet the guy wearing it will be a huge hit!
That's so awesome!! wow, santa claus parades- there are coming up fast!
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Bhutan commits to creating safe havens for tigers
Posted on 07 December 2016Thimphu, Bhutan, 7 December 2016 – Bhutan announced today that it was adopting the world-renowned Conservation Assured Tiger Standards (CA|TS), signalling its determination to secure the long-term future of the country's wild tigers.
Bhutan concluded a national tiger survey in 2015 that found an estimated 103 tigers living in the country's pristine forests, including some that roam as high as 4000 metres above sea level.
"Bhutan is committed to safeguarding our protected areas for wild tiger populations to thrive. Being part of CA|TS is a big step towards achieving this, by ensuring that our protected areas meet the highest global standards for conservation management," said Sonam Wangchuk, Chief of Wildlife Conservation Division in the Department of Forests and Park Services, Royal Government of Bhutan.
CA|TS is a conservation tool which enables key tiger sites to be effectively managed. These include existing tiger reserves and protected areas that already host tigers, as well as landscapes that can potentially recover wild tigers. Through CA|TS, tiger sites are encouraged to achieve the highest global standards through an independent evaluation process.
Bhutan is one of the thirteen countries working towards Tx2 – a global goal to double wild tiger numbers by 2022, the next Year of the Tiger. Three of Bhutan's protected areas are known to harbour tigers, all of which have been registered for CA|TS' independent assessment.
Notably, the Royal Manas National Park is a key tiger landscape. It forms part of the larger Transboundary Manas Conservation Area that shares a border with India and is home to more than 1,500 species, including endangered tigers, elephants and rhinos.
"CA|TS will help us protect more than tigers. Effectively managed protected areas will benefit other wildlife. It will also benefit the people of Bhutan as our forests provide key ecosystem services such as clean water, food and medicine," said Dechen Dorji, Country Director of WWF-Bhutan.
Currently, few protected areas in Asia are truly secured. This has contributed to a drastic decline in wild tiger numbers over the past decade, despite major investment in their conservation. By ensuring that Asia's protected areas are secured, CA|TS enables governments and other stakeholders to take far bigger strides toward doubling wild tigers by 2022.
"Committing to the CA|TS standards shows the determination of a country to save its tigers. Bhutan once again proves to be a global leader in conservation by taking this action. When all the tiger range countries commit to CA|TS, we can be more assured that we are on the path away from the extinction of wild tigers," said Mike Baltzer, Chair of the CA|TS Executive Committee.
CA|TS is currently adopted by Bangladesh, India, Nepal, China, Russia and now Bhutan, covering 25 key sites where tigers are known to roam; while discussion is ongoing with Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.
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According to reports, some patrons of a bar in Joliet, Illinois started a little altercation when one of the patrons brought up a conversation about Miley Cyrus. The brawl allegedly took place on Sunday night around 9 pm. The story is as hilarious as it is frightening. It starts off like a bad joke – three twenty-something guys walked into a bar talking about Miley Cyrus. Then they just started trouble by teasing a Mexican patron for his nationality.
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The fight is going to cost them. A.) they're going to be sued for the damages they caused to those harmed on their rampage and B.) they're never going to be invited to a Miley Cyrus concert ever. Awww shucks.
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or, "Did I really just spend the last two days on this?"
I've been working on this riddle for twelve hours now (thanks for nothing, google) but I finally managed to get my rigged, animated model into UDK. I'm putting it here because eventually it's going to come up again when I've forgotten the process, and to spare any poor souls all the anguish it's caused me.
so, without further ado,
"Exporting skinned skeletal meshes from Blender (2.68) to UDK as PSK/PSA"
What I noticed is that edge splits and armatures can both be exported, but not the same time. The trick is to export the mesh and animation separately, with different settings applied.
Export mesh (psk) only:
- With appropriate edges marked as sharp (but no edge split modifier applied).
- WITHOUT an armature modifier applied (very important!)
- "Smooth groups" is checked in the PSK export options.
- DO NOT check 'rebuild on export' in the export options.
- If you can hit "check mesh vertices" and the duplicated model looks normal (not deformed) you're good to go.
Export animation (psa) only:
- WITH an armature modifier applied.
- DO check rebuild on 'export' in the export options.
- Doesn't matter if your edges are sharp or not.
Other notes:
- Make sure you have at least one material applied to your mesh, or else the exporter will throw an error.
- UDK will import separate material channels for each texture on your object in Blender.
- DO NOT try to export either psa or psk with a mesh split modifier- it will crash Blender.
- The FBX exporter is a million times easier than this and works fine for both static meshes and rigid-skinned animations, but does not like to work with paint weights that are set anywhere between 0 and 1, so it's not suitable for organic animations like humans or animals.
Good grief, this would've taken 30 seconds to do in Unity.


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Virginia Wesleyan President Scott D. Miller has been elected to the Regional Board of Directors for the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce. The Hampton Roads Chamber is a pro-business organization promoting growth and progress for the Hampton Roads region. It has created economic opportunity in the region for more than 25 years through public policy, economic development and service to business. Members of the Regional Board of Directors are elected from Chamber membership to set policies and priorities for the organization. In addition to the Regional Board, each of the five southside cities—Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach—has a board comprised of local business leaders who focus on the needs of that city. Dr. Miller is in his second year as president of Virginia Wesleyan. He is a former President of Bethany College (2007-15), Wesley College (1997-2007), and Lincoln Memorial University (1991-97).
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A Conversation with ZOETICA EBB of The Secret Guide to Alternative Beijing
By Lori Zimmer
Fall 2012
Considering I spend oodles of my time working on Art Nerd New York, I am all about guides that go off the beaten path. So when I saw that the multi-talented Zoetica Ebb was teaming up with old-timey glam hostess Shien Lee on a project, I knew I had to find out more. Rather than New York, the pair have joined forces with Daniel Frei to set their focus on the exotic and mysterious Eastern world, specifically Beijing.
Together they are fundraising to start The Secret Guide to Alternative Beijing. With Ebb's portfolio of outside-the-box makeup projects, as well as fine art and magazine editing, and Lee's reputation for over-the-top, indulgent parties where glamour takes center stage (like Dances of Vice), I know this guide is going to whet my creative appetite and inspire me to take the plunge and make my first trip to Asia.
The crew will be deploying to China in a few days time, and have just a few days left on their Kickstarter campaign. I talked with Zoetica Ebb on just what goodies we can expect from this powerhouse creative trio, and what will set their guide apart from the rest. Their project inspires me to push my own projects to the next level, and I can't wait to see what they create for us.
Lori Zimmer: You're working with Shien Lee and Daniel Frei. How did the three of you come up with this idea?
Zoetica Ebb: Shien and I have been friends for many years and have always talked about exploring China together. After Shien's recent trip to Shanghai, she returned with an intense sense of wonder and excitement about a side of China she had never anticipated. We decided we wanted to do everything we could to reveal China's alternative side to our fellow adventurers, those young people who are excited about travel but bored with what traditional travel guides have to offer. We wanted to cater to people who are interested in more than the tourist attractions, who want to feel the pulse of the cities they visit.
A couple of months into the project, Shien introduced me to Daniel Frei. They had done a spot for a big German network last summer, and she was excited about his background as a documentary filmmaker and his insight into the Chinese contemporary art scene. We knew Daniel would bring the experience and finesse needed to make The Secret Guide really soar, and we were thrilled when he agreed to come on board.
LZ: Why Beijing?
ZE: Actually, we initially planned to do this in Shanghai! But the further we delved into our research and outreach, the more it became apparent that we would be doing our audience a disservice if we only focused on Shanghai. In fact, more than half the folks we connected with there said, "We love your project, but you should be doing this in Beijing!" So we listened. We'll still be doing a chapter on Shanghai, but Beijing's art, fashion, and music subcultures are booming to such an extent that we have to devote the majority of our time to this city.
LZ: You've chosen to do a video guide instead of a print one, how do you think this will make The Secret Guide even better than the competition?
ZE: We're visual animals, and while I have all the reverence in the world for the written word and the power of imagination, when it comes to trip planning I like to be as prepared as possible. Speaking as a seasoned traveler who's faced numerous unsavory surprises thanks to print guides, I think the documentary video format will allow for the sort of immersion and awareness that other formats never could. We want to include a simple reference directory online as well, but the footage is what's going to engage and inform the most, while also giving everything we cover the chance to speak for itself. There is a certain truth factor to video, while print and photos leave a lot more room for adjustments. Video has to deal with reality much more directly. We want to bring an honest and in-depth report to people, and video allows–or, better, forces–us to do just that.
LZ: You mention hoping that The Secret Guide will spur a flurry of collaborations. Do you hope to also act as a sort of cultural ambassador to facilitate this?
ZE: We'll be using a vast variety of platforms to distribute our guide, which will bring unique exposure of Beijing's artists and musicians to our viewers, many of them creatives themselves. One of our chief goals is for this breadth of distribution to promote unprecedented international dialogue and inspiration. As an event producer and promotional powerhouse, Shien hopes to facilitate a creative exchange, and hopefully bring some NYC talent to Beijing and vice versa. As for me, I can't wait to dive into the growing art and fashion scene, get inspired, and see what happens next!
LZ: Once The Secret Guide is off the ground, are there plans to expand into other ventures?
ZE: We definitely see great expansion potential for this guide! One of our main motivations was to show a different side of destinations which might not yet be on the "must see" lists of young travelers due to stigmas, insufficient travel information, or simply because of a lack of exposure. We almost feel obliged to return and give Shanghai a closer look. Other places that come to mind in China are Tianjin, Harbin, Xi'An, Shenzhen, Chongqin, and Chengdu–all thriving cities with populations in the millions that rarely get any travel attention. Expanding our horizons past China would involve less-frequented cities in Latin America and India. However, as a native Russian, Moscow is at the top of my list. I'm dying to introduce our viewers to 'my' Moscow.
Zoetica Ebb is an LA-based artist, photographer, and magazine editor dedicated to proving that life is as beautiful as we make it.
The Secret Guide to Alternative Beijing Kickstarter
Written by Lori Zimmer
Edited by Jonathan Metzelaar
Photography Courtesy of Zoetica Ebb
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You might think Jesus and Tiger Woods have pretty much nothing in common. Hopefully by the end of this post you'll see they their stories are intricately intertwined.
I've been thinking on the topic of why Jesus came – why He did what only He could do this week. It is Good Friday and all.
He came to offer Himself as the perfect sacrifice for our sins. Only He could do that. We can never be good enough. We can never do enough to earn the forgiveness and atonement that only His death provides. Ever. Without His death, and subsequent resurrection, we might as well all pack it in, because it's game over – quite literally. Forever.
And yet He chose to come, knowing full well what awaited Him. Religious leaders hated Him. Sinners loved Him. He didn't allow the status quo to stay the status quo. He was eccentric, to an extent. I mean, come on, who spits and makes mud and then proceeds to rub said mud into a blind man's eye? That's just weird. But it worked.
He wasn't afraid to mix it up with the lowest of the low, the most unclean of the very most unclean. He met them right were they were and offered them something better – eternal life. All because of His sacrifice. All they had to do was accept the freely-offered gift.
Which takes me to Tiger Woods. When all is said and done, in my opinion, he will be hands down the greatest golfer of all time – whether you measure greatest by number of wins, dollars won on the PGA tour, Major wins, etc. I think he'll have the complete resume to make his case.
That being said Tiger has made his fair share (and then some and then some) of mistakes in his personal life. Grave mistakes. He's admitted as much publicly, even stating he though the rules didn't apply to him. Hey, at least the guy was honest about it. He thought he could get away with his lifestyle because of who he was – the power he held. Well, sin always has a way of finding you out, no matter how powerful you are.
I've gotten into some heated discussions about Mr. Woods recently. The words scumbag, jerk, and so on are used quite often. Guess what? He's a sinner, just like you and me. He just lives in the unfortunately reality of having his sins broadcast to the whole world. Perhaps before judging we should take a moment to be thankful all our dirty secrets aren't on display for the entire world to critique. It's funny how we rate sin on our own scale of what makes us the most uncomfortable. It's a human tendency. We all do it. Certain sins are ranked "worse" in our minds than others. I don't know how it all works, but sin is sin. Period.
Tiger fell. Hard. We all do. We all need the grace only Jesus can give. I can't speak to whether Tiger has sought or accepted that grace. That's between him and God.
However, Tiger is a perfect example of precisely why Jesus came. Why He endured the pain and agony of the cross – to make us right with God. He did what only He could ever do by becoming the sin sacrifice you and I could never hope to pay.
It is my hope that today you have either accepted that sacrifice or will do so ASAP.


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June 10 started with Shakespeare. At 8:45 in the morning. In a middle school cafeteria. It was the kind of performance that the bard would either find horrifying or hilarious. I'll bank on the latter.
Every year the entire 8th grade class at JFK Middle School performs A Midsummer's Night Dream, with a cast of 220, give or take a dozen. There are three English teachers, and their classes each perform a third of the play. The roles are shared among the students. One kid may play Theseus for an entire act, while the four lovers' roles are played in shifts. At one point it was a revolving door of lovers, helpfully wearing tie-dyed t-shirts with their character's names printed on the front. It helps if you know the plot of the play in advance, because it's very easy to get lost. Sometimes Puck is played by one kid, sometimes the fairies get to share his lines. In one scene the rude mechanicals all wore sports jerseys, in another, tutus. The teachers, as directors, throw gender around willy-nilly. Demetrius played by a girl, Titania played by a boy in over the top drag. Some of these boys may have been wildly uncomfortable with the crossdressing and gender swapping, but you wouldn't know it to watch. From the point of view of the audience they were unfazed and took on their roles with sangfroid and enthusiasm.
In spite of the silliness, it holds together. The kids have a blast. And if they inadvertently skip an entire scene, well, we all know that Bottom gets a donkey head and Titania falls in love with him, so really how important is Act 3, Scene 1?
My kid played Puck for a whopping seven minutes. Wearing a flowered shirt, a vest I bought on my honeymoon in London, a pink tutu, and fairy wings, he danced, and bounced and schemed, blew glitter at the lovers to send them to sleep, and clutched adoringly at Oberon (his pal Dan, in a glittery back tank and harem pants). He may have spoken the lines a little fast, but his always surprising deep voice carried well. Not so far removed from Puck in personality, he became the character. This is a kid who has gone through life as if there is always an audience around him—this time it was actually on a stage. It will forever be one of the most delicious seven-minute periods of my life.
In the end, it didn't matter so much that these kids stretched Shakespeare to his limits. They had a weeks-long immersion in this wonderful play. They experienced firsthand how funny, beautiful, and joyful Shakespeare's plays can be, and why we're still performing them centuries later. They sharpened their memorization skills. They got mad props from their peers, teachers, and parents. Most importantly, they stepped out of their very narrow teenage comfort zones, at least for a morning.


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To those who don't know who Paulo Coelho is, he is a famous Brazilian lyricist and novelist. He is one of the most widely read authors in the world. His book The Alchemist has gone to sell more than 65 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best selling books in history. So I've decided to make a list with the best Paulo Coelho Quotes. Enjoy!
I encourage you to save this as a resource to come back to when you're in need for a boost (and I know that we all need a boost every now and then!). I initially created this list as a resource for myself and I have bookmarked this page to return to it on a regular basis. I certainly hope that you will also see this as a resource rather than just a quick article to read. So please, save this resource for when you need it in the future and pass it on to those that you think will benefit from it.
15 Amazing Paulo Coelho Quotes that will change your life
1. "And when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
2."When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."
3. "Life has a way of testing a person's will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen at once."
4. "One day you will wake up and there won't be any more time to do the things you've always wanted. Do it now."
5. "Be Brave. Take Risks. Nothing can substitute experience."
6. "If you want to be successful, you must respect one rule – Never lie to yourself."
7. "The act of discovering who we are will force us to accept that we can go further than we think."
8. "The secret of life is to fall seven times and to get up eight times."
9. "Don't waste your time with explanations, people only hear what they want to hear."
10. "Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart."
11. "At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie."
12. "There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure."
13. "When you repeat a mistake, it is not a mistake anymore: it is a decision."
14. "People are capable at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of."
15. "It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting."
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Thank you for reading these amazing Paulo Coelho Quotes, I hope you enjoyed these 15 quotes, and please if you did share this post and help us grow it would mean a lot to us. To all those who haven't read his books I would suggest you to start by reading The Alchemist, one of the best motivational books. I'd love to hear which quote inspires or motivates you the most. Please share in the comments below!
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Excellent quotes. I think I will copy some of these down to use as ideas for future blog posts. Thank you!
Nice compilation once again 🙂 I have noted down some 🙂
Nice compilation, I am a great fan of Paulo Coelho. Am following him even on Facebook. His quotes will really make you think.
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"One of the hardest decisions you'll ever face in life is choosing whether to walk away or try harder."
thank you
Actually i didn't know about paulo coelho.when i read their quote i am a big fan of him because these quotes arevery much touchable in my life.Thank u so much
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I love Paulo Coelho.. Great quotes I would suggest everyone to read Zahir and The Alchemist and EVERY BOOK Published by that man!
I love this author…I was so inspired by this quote "And when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." It helped me focus on passing the CPA exam!!!
I love …..Paulo Coelho…. Great quotes ..I would suggest everyone to read..
The Alchemist was the first fiction book I ever read that still gave me the same feeling I got from reading books like Think and Grow Rich or The Secrets Of The Millionaire Mind. It was a Life book that head thousands of little nuggets sprinkled all throughout.
I like paulo Coelho's novels. Unfortunately, i read only "the Alchemist" two or three years ago. I'd like to have all his novels but…
"Fall down 7 times, get up 8" is a zen proverb…
Good compilation of his quotes :-). Thanks Hristiqn
Honestly, it really inspired me. It boost my confidence.
nice collection,
"You may lose people you love. You may lose things you had.. but no matter what, never lose yourself."
Thank you.
Amazing author one my favorites. I've read the alchemist , and a few other novels, and I think they're great, inspiring and life changing.
A Jewellery Box is Only Valuble If It Has Jewellery In It.
The heart Is Only Valuble If It Has The Love Of ALLAH In It….
All birds find shelter during a rain but eagle avoids rain by flying above the clouds.
Problems are common but Attitude makes the differece……
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nice collection. .. got my energy back. ..keep posting
So much stuff had been waiting for me to find it. Thank you so much for the efforts you made to compile all of these fascinating quotes. This article is exactly what I need right now. Thanks again. I've recently found these inspirational quotes to live by that also impressed me http://hardquotes.com/inspirational-stories/motivational-poems-about-life . I hope some of you will like them too.
hey admins you guys are doing super jobs.
can you post a list of motivational books like The Alchemist.
So enjoyed the above words of wisdom quotes by Paul Coelho but noticed in #2 that his surname was spelt wrong.
I am a great fan of Paulo Coelho.I have read most of his books including The Alchemist and Adultery.His a great source if inspitation.Umm you are a nice blogger Chris.
I love Paulo Coelho and his works. Thank you for compiling 15 of his great quotes. Keep it up! I'm looking forward to more inspirational and motivational works from your website! I'm glad I discovered your Website!
paulo is a fascinating writer who is considered a good counsellor
verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry nice i will present these in my presentation
I'm a great fan of paulo coehlo. I like one quote very much. "The act of discovering who we are will force us to accept that we can go further than we think".
His quotes are such an inspiration….it keeps you thinking
6. "If you want to be successful, you must respect one rule – Never lie to yourself."
MY SECOND ONE IS — 11. "At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie."
I do agree with you, he is pioneer.


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