Images

[ellarien]

The student union bookstore has posters, of course, and today I noticed that they had a couple of the lovely Kinuko Craft designs -- the covers for A Song for the Basilisk and The Book of Atrix Wolfe, I think. I was almost tempted, and would have been more so if it hadn't been windy and raining outside. Afterwards, though, it occurred to me that I really don't decorate my home with pictures of people, apart from small family photos (and the 8x10 of Richard Basehart as Admiral Nelson on the top of the bookcase near the computer), and never have; it's landscapes and flowers all the way, and a few animals, just like the pictures in my parents' home and just like my own photos. (I was a bit boggled when I first encountered American SFF cover art and realized the images were supposed to depict actual characters from the books, too; I'm much more comfortable with the more abstract or landscape-based UK designs.)

Am I weird? Or does anyone else think there's something rather uncomfortable about the idea of a stranger's face looking at you from your bedroom or living room wall every day?

Comments

[green-knight.livejournal.com]

It took me a very long time before I would take photographs of people other than friends and family; and I now do it with a tele lens that allows me to maintain anonymity on both sides.

The American cover things with 'must have protag' weirds me out as well, particularly as so many protags are badly portrayed; and I would like to see more interesting scenery and less well-dressed heroines on horsback.

[ellarien]

I don't even do friends and family very much; my mother doesn't like to be photographed, though lately I've been making a point of getting a few shots of her each summer.