GOREYMANIA : exposition d'éditions rares et originales, musique, séances de voyance et tirage de mauvaise aventure avec un jeu de tarot Edward Gorey, et soirée costumée le 19 octobre 2013.
Buddhism now and zen
Conceptual dichotomy
Had primed me for lobotomy
Until I met a buddhist fan
And man !
He really got to me.
Shoot the dharma
To me mharma.
(E. Gorey, F. Lamport, "Scrap Irony : Irreverent Illustrated Cultural Commentary")
A is for AMY who fell down the stairs
B is for BASIL assaulted by bears
C is for CLARA who wasted away
D is for DESMOND thrown out of a sleigh
E is for ERNEST who chocked on a peach
F is for FANNY sucked dry by a leech
etc.
I really think I write about everyday life. I don’t think I’m quite as odd as others say I am. Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never does; that’s what makes it so boring.
Une (très) brève présentation de l'oeuvre de Gorey traduite en français est disponible sur mon blog : https://litteraemeae.wordpress.com/2015/08/04/linenarrable-mr-gorey/?preview_id=736
Once upon a time there was a baby.
It was worse than other babies. For one thing, it was larger.
Its body was not merely obese, but downright bloated.
One of its feet had too many toes, and the other one not enough.
Its hands were both left one.
Its nose was beaky, and appeared to be considerably older than the rest of it.
...
(The Beastly Baby by Ogdred Weary)
"Ils passèrent devant un énorme champ de navets mais comme ce n'était pas la saison, ils ne virent pas de navets."
"Au petit déjeuner il était toujours là;
Le thé, les toasts et un bout d'assiette avala."
À propos du Zote que dire
Un seul vivait (jusqu'à ce qu'il expire)
Total Zoo
"Lorsqu'ils entendirent un bruit derrière le mur et que roula sous leurs yeux une bicyclette sans chauffeur."
"En cette nuit d'hiver, lorsque la cloche tinta,
Ils allèrent ouvrir: nul ne se présenta."
"On mit Jasper dans un asile où l'on ne fournissait pas de gramophones aux pensionnaires."