A peek inside Edward Gorey’s modern Gothic world

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Post by how-about-this » Wed, Jan 30, 2019, 8:03 PM UTC

A peek inside Edward Gorey’s modern Gothic world
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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jan 30, 2019, 8:04 PM UTC

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Post by stcredzero » Thu, Jan 31, 2019, 5:28 PM UTC

In one of his drawings, Edward Gorey once inserted the quip, "Edward Gorey. The man who digs engraves of the past." (Was it written on a tombstone? It was decades ago.)

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Post by moate » Thu, Jan 31, 2019, 7:44 PM UTC

Paywalled.

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Post by jacobolus » Fri, Feb 01, 2019, 3:07 AM UTC

> He began drawing before age 2

What does this mean? The 2-year-olds I know don’t have the dexterity yet to draw zigzags or circles. Presumably his drawing consisted of colorful blobs?

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Post by ericlewis » Fri, Feb 01, 2019, 1:56 PM UTC

jacobolus wrote: post #5

> He began drawing before age 2 What does this mean? The 2-year-olds I know don’t have the dexterity yet to draw zigzags or circles. Presumably his drawing consisted of colorful blobs?

My almost 2 year old is capable of drawing circles. Zigzags just happen. But you can ask for a circle and mostly get one.