The Mona Lisa as pen holder
3 February 2009 3 Comments
The past couple weeks I’ve been suffering from dizzy spells on and off. After realizing this morning that the problem seems to be in my shoulder, I wandered into the massage parlor in downtown Siloam Springs to see if a few minutes in their chair would do me some good.
On the desk in the office rested the Mona Lisa, whose skullcap had been lopped off (a la House, M.D.) in order to accommodate a covey of pens. I immediately thought of Betty Spackman’s book A Profound Weakness: Christians and Kitsch — which I’m still working my way though — and captured an image of it with the trusty cameraphone.
Wow. It’s really a surprisingly accurate likeness. It – for some reason – reminds me of the Monty Python animated shorts.
Speaking of weird art knock offs- I ran across these on Amazon the other day. The strangest things are the sculptures based on the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch. Very strange but I would love to have one.
http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&search-alias=garden&field-brandtextbin=Parastone%20NL
Awesome! I want the fish with mast or this wierdo: http://www.amazon.com/Monster-Temptation-Anthony-Hieronymus-Figurine/dp/B001FT7JDG/ref=sr_1_33?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1233762955&sr=1-33