Museum Studies

Went to the small and very excellent Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library in Indianapolis today. I am endlessly impressed by the innovation and resourcefulness of small and cruddily-funded museums. I also got to see one of Vonnegut's rejection letters annotated with his grocery list.
Selections from grocery list:
Wieners
Beer

Comic by crud archivist, kid aficionado and bonafide badass, Lynda Barry, whose blog The Nearsighted Monkey (and, you know, entire output) has energized most of my continuing education.

Miniature Home Invasion

Blogtober barrels on into November; Today I showcase a collection of collections-- friends' miniature "kitsch houses"-- and a drawing inspired by a seventies shadow box.

Here we have the shadow box of video wizard and miniature enthusiast Stephanie Halstead:


Meanwhile, Containerization's Charles Fox has a minimalist approach to kitsch:


Mine mostly houses my existential dilemmas. Also, kitchen witches, bean display, harvest colors, and Hollie Hobbit.

'Mericana

bathroom wallpaper at Arthur's Music in Fountain Square, Indianapolis.
sometimes known as the Wild Boar Tavern, or Horn Dogs' Brasserie.
For reference...

fussy footwear/fruity boots

racist charicature clusterfudge available at the gift shoppe


next post may feature selections from a Statistical Index of Kitchen Witches and/or the hidden poetry of latrinations.