#Fables

Sp4rkler 3ricksonsp4rkler3rickson
2026-02-27
2026-02-20

#Poetry #Fables The Turtles of three versifiers.
Jean de La Fontaine gave us a story of tortoise versus hare, in Le Lièvre et la Tortue. Three hundred and three years after the fabulist's death, Guy Wetmore Carryl published "Fables for the Frivolous," which included a clever, amusing retelling, "The persevering tortoise and the pretentious hare." Perhaps six-score years later, Billy Collins gave us his version, "My hero." (Not "My hare-o," though Collins does like to gently fun with us.) Collins too offers the tortoise as the winner--but on the poet's terms.

Sp4rkler 3ricksonsp4rkler3rickson
2026-02-18
Sp4rkler 3ricksonsp4rkler3rickson
2026-02-12
Sp4rkler 3ricksonsp4rkler3rickson
2026-02-12
Gay CurmudgeonHermitsDaily
2026-02-12

We just began the penultimate disc of "IN SEARCH OF," a thoughtful and entertaining gift from former roommate J.d. Lewis.

A. T. Ashmoreatashmore
2026-02-05
Noah ChinnNoahChinnBooks
2026-02-04

"...and then they made a movie about it called Sausage Party with Seth Rogan..."

noahchinnbooks.com/fuzzyknight

Sp4rkler 3ricksonsp4rkler3rickson
2026-02-04

Current state of completion:

Added shading and environmental elements,
like grass, dirt, a few wooden posts,
and grapevines with unripened grapes.

Environmental shadows have also
been placed in the environment.
Leaves must now be added to the vines.

Viewed from the top down, a feral red fox unsuccessfully attempts to snap a perfectly ripened bunch of grapes from a vine above him in a vineyard.

Two posts are visible behind him, with vines of unripe grapes growing along them.

He (the fox) is standing in a dirt path that runs between the rows of vine poles.

Aspect ratio: 16 wide by 9 tall.
Full color.
Character and grapes are drawn as lineart filled in with colors and shaded and highlighted.
Grass was laid in with a brush designed by myself.
The woodgrain on the posts is an asset downloaded from the Clip-Studio asset store.  The dirt was another asset brush downloaded from the Clip-Studio asset store.
Sp4rkler 3ricksonsp4rkler3rickson
2026-02-03

Work in progress for Fable-uary, week 1.

"The Fox In the Vineyard"
Source of the idiom "sour grapes":

something one desires, but claims to scorn, because it is just beyond attainability.

Cartoon illustration, viewed from above, of a red fox standing on his hind feet trying to snap red grapes (that are just out of reach) from their vine.

Aspect ratio is 16 wide by 9 tall.
Flat colors have been added, but not shading or highlights.
Work-in-progress.
Only the fox, grapes, a grape leaf, and a vine tendril are present on the canvas. Only the fox is completely contained within the canvas space; the other three figure elements encroach on the edge.
The background is orange-yellow.
A. T. Ashmoreatashmore
2026-02-02

Okkult is complete.
This cycle is birth, death and rebirth.
It took me many years to shape it into this form.
Many of my works grew from its soil.
Now the doors are open.

cicadacult.substack.com/p/coda

Noah ChinnNoahChinnBooks
2026-01-28

From the Big Guy's perspective, it's just a nice walk in the woods with his daughter...

fables.pro/a/series/fuzzy-knig

Noah ChinnNoahChinnBooks
2026-01-28

From the Big Guy's perspective, it's just a nice walk in the woods with his daughter...

fables.pro/a/series/fuzzy-knig

midheaven/revolver usamidheaven
2026-01-28

Out February 20 - Isabel Pine “Fables” LP / CD from Kranky

The debut full length by British Columbia-based multi-instrumentalist Isabel Pine! It was recorded at home using a basic audio setup along with a cello, viola, violin, double bass, and field recordings of natural sounds in BC.



Noah ChinnNoahChinnBooks
2026-01-24

It's recess. Time for Rebecca to catch Sheri up on recent events in the story. It's a lot for her to process.
noahchinnbooks.com/fuzzyknight

Public Domain Image Archivepdimagearchive
2026-01-22

“The Hare Who Laughed Until His Lip Burst”, a fairy tale from the parish of Waiwara. (1924) by Tom Seidmann-Freud, from Book of Hare Stories.

Source: Technische Universität Braunschweig

Available to buy as a print.

pdimagearchive.org/images/c87c

Illustration of hare fable
Noah ChinnNoahChinnBooks
2026-01-21

When you try to get someone excited about your campaign... but it kinda comes out more disturbing than you remember it...

fables.pro/a/series/fuzzy-knig

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