Sketchy Action

This drawing is from the storyboards for Rebel Without A Cause. It shows how Sal Mineo's character, Plato, was supposed to die. It is part of an exhibition at The Harry Ransom Center here in town. 

Your worst nightmare

Having to take a college level test again --  what a wretched thought. This one was on display at the Ransom Center at The University of Texas.

Pickup photos

This display is part of the exhibition at the Ransom Center at UT. A professional photographer perched on an overpass and shot photos of men headed to work, laying in pickup beds.

High five, Alice!

Here you see Linda giving Alice proper respect. This was part of the Alice in Wonderland exhibition at the Ransom Center at the University of Texas.

Take Your Picture Here

The Bel Geddes exhibit had this photo cut-out outside the Harry Ransom Center. Naturally I had to get FFP to pose in it. It's a rule, is it not, that you shouldn't bypass a photo cut-out without a picture?

What Does the Future Look Like?

There is a great exhibit right now at Harry Ransom Center on the University of Texas campus. It traces the complete career of Norman Bel Geddes who envisioned things like stream-lined cars and freeways and many of the design elements we associate with the machine age. This car design (which looks exactly like what it is...a futuristic vision from many decades ago) isn't the most interesting object or design in the exhibit by a long shot but it makes a nice poster. The information about the design and construction of the famous Futurama exhibit for the 1939-1940 World's Fair is astounding. FFP and I walked up to the campus to see this exhibit on Tuesday. (One great thing about downtown is the proximity of the campus makes that possible.)