Image of a fish from BibliOdyssey I just found a site that has some wonderful images of real and imaginary creatures. This page features illustrations of brilliantly patterned fish from a book published in the 1700s. If you explore the site a bit (by clicking on the thumbnail images along the right hand side of the page) you'll find other interesting illustrations of plants and animals.

Walking through a little parking lot in the morning, I started seeing things. Lying on the ground was a crushed bottle that from a glance seemed like something else. I picked it up, carried it with me to work, and later in the day, added a single googly eye.

After talking to Margaret and seeing her paper exoskeletons I was wondering about how to get materials to seem alive. A little movement, a little sound. So I started thinking about blankets. Some time ago Margaret made a little green cloth worm-like thing with a lego motor inside with a gear attached to the motor. When it turned on, it wriggled. Very subtle movement, and it appeared to be alive.