"On the whole I am inclined to think that a witch should not kiss. Perhaps it is the not being kissed that makes her a witch; perhaps the source of her power is the breath of loneliness around her." - Emma Donoghue
S., 22, Italian. Kate is my internet handle and you can call me that. People scare me so I'll probably never talk to you even if I think you're cool, and if I do it'll be very awkward. English is my second language; I apologize for any mistakes.
Things I am interested in and will post about include: ladies who make music, fairy tales, fierce women, languages, girls with red hair and freckles, mermaids, animated movies, history. If you stay here for long (by which I mean "more than five seconds") you're probably also bound to witness some fandom squeeing, mainly about Pokémon and lots of tv shows.
▶ “Něco z Alenky” / “Alice” | Jan Švankmajer, 1988
“She’s rather a violent young girl, isn’t she?” – but its glorious proliferation of magical transformations works like a charm on anyone who values the imagination.”
falling down the rabbit hole - chris vrenna; (instrumental)
the streets fell into my window - the red paintings; down, down, down, there was nothing to do, so Alice soon began to talk to herself again / (the streets came in) / “oh dinah!” / (into my window, now the war begins my dear) / “oh! how i wish you were here with me”
white rabbit - jefferson airplane; one pill makes you larger / and one pill makes you small / and the ones that mother gives you / don’t do anything at all / go ask alice / when she’s ten feet tall
marvelous things - eisley; I followed a rabbit / through rows of mermaid entwined shrubbery / oh what marvelous things but they are, they are, they are / giving me the creeps
rabbit heart (raise it up) - florence + the machine; the looking glass, so shiny and new / how quickly the glamor fades / I start spinning slipping out of time / was that the wrong pill to take?
taking tea in dreamland - chris vrenna; (instrumental)
magic rabbit - my brightest diamond; all the rabbits died for supper tonight / all the rabbits died in the spotlight
hey alice - rachel macwhirter; did the mushrooms make you grow? did the flowers say hello? / would tweedle dum and tweedle dee care to sing a song for me? / did you like your unbirthday? did the cheshire cat smile your way? / can you tell a raven from a writing desk? was the hatter’s tea the best?
queen of hearts - the unthanks; to the queen of hearts is the ace of sorrow / here today, gone tomorrow / young men are plenty but sweethearts few / if my love leaves me, what shall I do?
alice in the garden of live flowers - louisa john-krol; well the king’s in the parlour and something is wrong with his head / and the queen and the joker were seasoned and served with the bread / they said, take your boots of snow, enter the garden of live flowers
Alice in Wonderland was written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym of Lewis Carroll. It was first published in 1865 and has been illustrated by many different artists. The most famous artist to lend his talents was that of Salvador Dalí.
He completed a total of thirteen illustrations, one for each chapter of the book, and one original signed etching in 4 colors as the frontpiece. This edition was published by New York’s Maecenas Press-Random House in 1969 and distributed as their book of the month. The volume went on to become one of the most sought after Dalí suites of all time.
When Alice Liddell Hargreaves (Judi Dench, J. Edgar, Quantum of Solace) meets Peter Llewellyn Davies (Ben Whishaw, Cloud Atlas, The Hour) at the opening of a Lewis Carroll exhibition in 1932, the original Alice in Wonderland comes face-to-face with the original Peter Pan. In John Logan’s remarkable new play - now a motion picture event - enchantment and reality collide as this brief encounter bares the lives of these two extraordinary people and leads them to reconsider every turn their lives have taken, posing the question Alice and Peter have always feared the most - what if the stories are true?
"I try to believe in as many as six impossible things before
breakfast. Count them, Alice. One, there are drinks that make
you shrink. Two, there are foods that make you grow. Three,
animals can talk. Four, cats can disappear. Five, there is a
place called Underland. Six, I can slay the Jabberwocky."
