MG: There’s virtually nothing in the original stories.. and Alan Barnes, in his learned new book, has correctly said that Una’s is the greatest screen interpretation of Mrs. Hudson and I think that’s absolutely true.
BC: I’ve known Una.. Well, she’s known me pretty much all of my life through being friends with my mum. So she is a sort of mother figure to me on the set.
Inception Genderswap | Dame Maggie Smith as The Professor
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“Originally there was a shot of seeing Sherlock on the rooftop which we dropped. I always rather loved that shot but I discovered that nobody else did…everyone else thought it was a bit Mills & Boon.” —Steven Moffat, A Study in Pink commentary.
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Self Portraits of a Declining Brain
William Utermohlen is latest artist to be honored at the GV Art Gallery in London, with an event that has an emotional purpose that is near and dear to the hearts of many. Utermohlen spent the last twelve years of his life battling Alzheimer’s, a degenerative neurological disease that slowly took away his ability to do what he was most passionate about: his art.
At the event, his widow spoke to the many supporters, saying “He died in 2007, but really he was dead long before that. Bill died in 2000, when the disease meant he was no longer able to draw.”
This exhibit is known as William Utermohlen: Artistic decline through Alzheimer’s, as it explores the relationship between Utermohlen’s artwork and the progression and struggle with the disease.
Looking at his pieces as his disease progressed, a clear change is visible. As he slowly lost control over his movements, his composition and techniques changed as he was forced to abandon oils for easier-to-use watercolours and pencils. One thing that did not change throughout time, however, was the sheer mastery and vision displayed by has passion for the content of his pieces.
His paintings display a rarely seen insight into a mind effected by Alzheimer’s, as his struggle and frustration are imminent. Also changed by the progression of time and the disease were his subjects. He began to focus on self portraits and looming dark doorways in the backgrounds
His widow commented that, “it was as if he knew he was going to a very dark place and he knew he couldn’t do anything about it. By the end he couldn’t even recognise his own paintings… that was the saddest thing”.
Ouch.
This hurts. Just. God, I didn’t think anything like this could hurt that much.
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Modèle : Brianne Jeannette
Photographe : Laura Dark
MUA : Vamp
Styliste : Nez Wilburn
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If Hyde Park were a brand, this is totally what it would look like. The Chicago Neighborhoods Project came up with this awesome idea (and more, for many other Chicago neighborhoods!)
