6.07.2006
Emily Carr: Painter, Pet Lover, Chair Suspender
Word nerds love a good eccentric. However, kooky as we might be, most of us could still take a lesson from the late great Emily Carr. Here's a great CBC.ca photo essay featuring her mad stylings. You gotta love it: "One of the best stories about Emily Carr is that in order to conserve space and to discourage guests, she would suspend chairs from the ceiling of her studio. If she liked you, she would lower a seat. If she didn’t, you’d just have to stand with Carr’s monkey, cats, dogs, squirrels and rats scrabbling around your feet — her pet parrot usually remained perched on her shoulder — until Carr was finished with you." Squirrels and Monkeys? Check. Chairs suspended from ceiling? Check. Batty B.C. artist whose brilliance outshines us all? Check!
