D: Disney

If there's anything that does it for me, it's Disney. They are brilliant! I get chills every time I watch Ariel sing her reprise on the rock. I cry my eyes out every time John Smith goes back to England and leaves Pocahontas. I laugh hysterically every time Jane says, "And, Daddy, he took my boot!" (I can imitate her quite well.) Every word that comes out of Meg's mouth is witty and funny. And I would marry the Beast for that library (and he happens to be my favorite prince. Yes, even with his long-ish hair. I think it is the magical transformation and the light that shoots out of his fingers and toes that makes me love him so much.) I have the Finding Nemo soundtrack and can play it on the piano. It reminded me that I need to go to the Great Barrier Reef.

Ahhh Disney. And here they are, about to do it again.

The Princess & the Frog


Rapunzel

The Bear & the Bow

(For which Google has no image.)

So get ready. Here they go again.

Annie Leibovitz

Have I ever told you that I think Annie Leibovitz is a genius? I can't help it. I've been pouring over her images for the good part of an hour. Curse you inspired artists!!!


Some of her incredible achievements include the following

Romeo and Juliet with Coco Rocha as Juliet and Roberto Bolle as Romeo. The full story is in the December 2008 issue of Vogue. (I found it here)


Her Vogue shoot with Drew Barrymore as Beauty & the Beast (found here)


Natalia Vodianova as Alice in Wonderland (found here)

This fascinating shoot titles Killers Kill, Dead Men Die that includes all the famous people you can think of (full article here)


And of course, the Disney shoot that includes everyone else. Here are my absolute favorites from that one (available here)
(Ok so the last one is technically not Disney... I still love it!)

Book of the Week

Every once in a while, a book pops up that I feel I could have written. Wicked Lovely is one of them. Not because the writing style is similar to mine, but because the story is one that I must have imagined a million times: faeries inhabiting the world around us, but no one can see them. Except for Aislinn. Oh it was fantastic. And it combined all the historical references to the Good Folk, right along side our modern world. And I loved it. And recommend it. I would let you borrow it, but I am already trying to convert my friends. Miss Amy has it. So when she gets home, if you ask nicely, I might let you have it next.

Not So Happy Endings

Dina Goldstein is the brilliant artist that came up with the marvelous idea to create a portfolio of Faery Tale princesses struggling with the problems we face in the world we live in today. "I began to imagine Disney's perfect princesses juxtaposed with real issues that were affecting women around me," she says, "such as illness, addiction and self-image issues."

Thank you so much for sharing, Joanna.