Wednesday 17 December 2008

2009 - International Year of The Nose


I was going to blog about my father's war journal and the book I'm attempting to write based on his diaries, but I found I needed more time to think. I procrastinated by ambling through the blogosphere, delighting in stories of life and love and laughter. There it was....all at my fingertips. Art, poetry and prose, tumultuous travel, evocative photographs, culinary cliff-hangers, delightful memories, daily jottings, heartbreak and healing, and tummy-clutching humour.

One particular blog pressed the button and whooshed me away from the ashes of war. I learned today from the iconoclastic and quite brilliant artist
Ellis Nadler that 2009 is to be International Year of The Nose. Inspired by her post, I decided to join the celebration early with my noodle…er…doodle too. It is – to quote Gorgeous Gethin of SCD and Blue Peter fame – one I made earlier……


5 comments:

Angela said...

Who ever does invent such years?? Good drawing, but I think I see more mouths than noses? Of course, if you made this earlier, you did not know it was about the Year of the Nose.

Shrinky said...

Yikes, year of the NOSE?? What does that mean, we are allowed to pick in public? Group nose-hugs maybe? Oh wait, mass humming sit-in's sounds cool (or is that just me?). Oh, oh, I know - fund-raisers for free hankie give-aways to wipe all the permanently-challenged drippies out there! Whey-hey, brilliant..

I love, love, love the humour and detail in your doodle - such an imagination is an obvious danger to our society! So glad to make your acquaintance, girl! Smile.

karen said...

year of the Nose??? intriguing. Maybe this is to encourage people to be happier with their own noses and have less plastic surgery? love the drawing with all the quirky faces!! :-)

Daryl said...

Wonderful doodle .. the year of the nose ... delightful, I shall make sure mine is ready for its close up

Thanks for the visit!

:-Daryl

The W.O.W. factor! said...

LOL! Noses! Took precedence over memories to share...
Guess there is another day as memories are forever and the year of noses is, well, just a year!