a likeness to a strange beast

All images © The Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St Petersburg), The State Hermitage Museum & the State Russian Museum, University of Amsterdam.

two undulations

All images © The Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St Petersburg), The State Hermitage Museum & the State Russian Museum, University of Amsterdam.

the wild things

All images © The Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St Petersburg), The State Hermitage Museum & the State Russian Museum, University of Amsterdam.

We went to see Where the Wild Things Are the other evening. I loved it despite what some of the critics have said. These images from The Paper Museum of the Academy of Sciences in St Petersburg reminded me of the beasts and of Max's animal suit.

a successive kindling of eight lights

A Beginner's Guide to Hanukkah, by Jonathan Safran Foer.

I know I keep putting his stuff up here, but I just love his work. Humorous, erudite, thoughtful. 

A small Christmas gift.