My Art - Nevermore

Hallowe'en is the perfect time of year to get reacquainted with the dearly departed Mr. Poe, don't you think? This art work began as a photo of some skulls I took at the Disney Store out at the Disney entertainment complex called Disney MarketPlace. They have an awesome Pirates of the Caribbean display there, with tons of "Pirates" themed merchandise for sale. I will post some more pics of the exhibit itself one day in the near future. I then took the images and played around with them, adding in other elements that made me think of Poe.

I think I love Edgar Aleen Poe's work so much because I had an English teacher in high school who made us read a good bit of it for class, and she also read it to us, which I loved. I can still hear the funny way she lowered her voice when she said...."nevermore"! The whole class would laugh quietly. Hopefully you will find an evening in October/November to read a classic Poe story or poem to your kids or significant other. It beats the heck out of stories about Gloria Estefan they have them reading in school today. Pathetic that they are not even introducing our children to the classics because they think they aren't current with the times and trends. Duh...that's why they are called 'Classics'! Don't even get me started on this one....just go and enjoy some Poe for me! :o)