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Carcassonne

Apr 30, 2006 | Chronicles

Or Sketching in Stone Carcassonne is a dream location for visiting illustrators. Walking about Carcassonne is like wandering inside a vast sketch. Carcassonne is done in broad strokes, with that ambivalence of line that all sketches have. Viollet-le-Duc, undoubtedly...

Doodling in Transit

Apr 16, 2006 | Chronicles

Of Nomadism and Pencil Lead I cannot recall if my parents resorted to that all-too-familiar subterfuge to keep me occupied during trips: a pencil and a cheap block of paper. I know we certainly did with our son – the result: at least dozen weighty cardboard...

Carcassonne

Apr 1, 2006 | Chronicles

APRIL 17 TO 19, 2006 Astonishingly enough, I have never been to Carcassonne. “What?! You’ve never been to Carcassonne!?” my French acquaintances always exclaim, with circumflexèd brows as if to emphasize the incredulity written on their faces. (Eyebrows are the...

A Darker Shade of Pale

Apr 1, 2006 | Chronicles

Or Colours for the Season Every year it’s the same thing. Spring has sprung, flowers flowered, buds budded and the new season is tugging on the curtain cord to usher in the cast for summer – t-shirts, shorts and general getting out of doors again. It’s about the...