Created by: Phineas, Charles, Heather and Jima
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The wisdom of this piece is inherently obvious. I am so moved as to consider celebrating Christmas this year with the sole intent of giving the baby a yo-yo.
By Jason : web : @ 11:42 AM CST :: 03.September.01
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Obviously, the baby in the bottom section is a direct reference to the little baby Jesus in the top section. The word 'yo-yo' here being used metaphorically for your heart. This Christmas, give your heart (a yo-yo) to the little baby Jesus. Amen!
By Phineas : email : : web : @ 12:22 PM CST :: 03.September.01
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The profundity of how futile giving a camel a refrigerator is just gets to me deep down inside.
Plus this looks like a Terry Gilliam nightmare.
By D : web : @ 12:40 PM CST :: 03.September.01
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Hats off to Heather. I got carried away -probably too much for the small space- and realised I didn't leave a very good "trail" for her to work off of. Nevertheless, she managed to make it work. I had several elements get completely obliterated. This is a difference between Photoshop and a real canvas. Next time perhaps more white space and something approaching more of a background. All around I think it's a cool corpse.
Does anyone else see, um, the 4 stages of an hallucinogenic experience. 1. It kicks in, you see mechanical horses and the baby Jesus, yes very nice . . . 2. whoa, the colours, all kinds of things happening . . .3. Oh the cat yes, the cat is talking to me, she's so nice, the cat is melting with little birds . . . 4. starting to come down with a nice Dr. Seuss-like Christmas and rainbow . . .thinking about the baby again. Of course these impressions come from reading, not personal knowledge or anything.
By Charles : web : @ 13:50 PM CST :: 03.September.01
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PS - it's hard to tell, but in the top right corner of the second segment is indeed a picture (skewed and rendered in negative) of a horse in a stall. Along with the crab and the palm trees, this give an intersting bit of synchronicity in relation to the top part.
By Charles : web : @ 13:58 PM CST :: 03.September.01
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Yes, a very nice second corpse. Obviously, Phineas and I were subconsciously sharing the themes of Christmas and babies. Because anybody who knows us will agree that the two things we love the best are Christmas, and babies.
By jima : email : : web : @ 09:47 AM CST :: 04.September.01
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Good god - it's like Hallmark and American greatings took a communal shit, stirred, and presto! The best Japanese fold style Holiday Greeting Card a person could hope for! Let's do Kwanza, next. Anybody know what the hell you'd draw for a Kwanza card? Don King? Chung King? I dunno...
Long live the corpse.
By bran : email : @ 10:05 AM CST :: 04.September.01
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There are such awesome parallels here-- the seagulls in panel and partridges in dead tree in 3 (which I love even on their own, by the way), plus the bottom right yellow part in 4 looks like a bird foot if you ask me (but that could be the acid talking). Also the amazing parallel of the black and amberish eyes in panel 2 with the kittie's eyes in 3. You four are most clearly linked to the same Great Unconscious.
By Dawne : email : @ 10:35 AM CST :: 04.September.01
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if there is anything more thrilling than mind-melding with three other surrealists online, it's reading their comments on the experience.
babies and kitties and birdies and ponies - I think we were all posessed by the spirit of a very creative and amusing 13 year old girl. huzzah!
By heather : email : : web : @ 16:06 PM CST :: 04.September.01
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You guys are so cool. I can't wait to give my *own* baby a yoyo so it can defend itself from mechanical horses.
By a.h : web : @ 14:36 PM CST :: 05.September.01
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It works pretty well if you know how that was put together, but the real question is how to make it flow better.
Maybe a bigger strip between sections? maybe a general subject first like 'horse on mushrooms'? then again, that might give some assumptions as well.
All in all, well done. I'll submit.
By GoNINzo : email : : web : @ 15:44 PM CST :: 05.September.01
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