Graphic Grandeur (Wool's Worth Edition)

 

December is here and temperatures are plunging, so if you're going outside, make sure to...

...bundle up.

1977 strip by Charles M. Schulz.

Frosted Figurine

 

Such exquisite detail. What lifelike touches. A masterpiece of accumulation. The above photo first appeared in an 1892 edition of Strand Magazine (yes, Sherlock Holmes lovers, THAT Strand Magazine.) Folks back then understood and appreciated the aesthetic possibilities of snowfall.

 So why did those abstract artists have to come along and ruin everything?

Zero Percent Chance of Wildfires

 

All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown)
And the sky is grey (and the sky is grey)
I've been for a walk (I've been for a walk)
On a winter's day (on a winter's day)
I'd be safe and warm (I'd be safe and warm)
If I was in--Huh?

Never mind.

The City of Angels.

Photo Finish (Shivering for Your Art Edition)

 In order to obtain pictures by means of the hand camera it is well to choose your subject, regardless of figures, and carefully study the lines and lighting. After having determined upon these watch the passing figures and await the moment in which everything is in balance; that is, satisfies your eye. This often means hours of patient waiting. My picture, ‘Fifth Avenue, Winter,’ is the result of a three hours’ stand during a fierce snow-storm on February 22d, 1893, awaiting the proper moment. My patience was duly rewarded. Of course, the result contained an element of chance, as I might have stood there for hours without succeeding in getting the desired picture.

--Alfred Stieglitz