philosopher pillow portraits

whose philosophical face would you want to gaze at? we love the thinkers we read, yet perhaps we long to domesticate (and cozy up to) them.

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“Freud,” for S.G.B.

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“Organic Foucault”   (for S.S)

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“Oma & her Grandgirls: Mina, Abby, Izzy”  (for my mum, J.S.J.)  

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“Foucault with Cats” with cats  (more specifically, with the gorgeous Guillaume & Noireau). 

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“Pillowsophe”: a textured & stitched ode to a philosopher.  

In which Ela Pryzbylo & I converse about pillowsophes, crafting, crushes and other enjoyable themes... 

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 “Octopus w Elephants, a Multi-Species Portrait,” for C.D. & A. S.  (Audre Lorde, “Smelling the Wind”:  “... No reckoning allowed/ save the marvellous arithmetics/ of distance”)

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Simone de Beauvoir no. 1   (for e.a.p.)

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”Sheikh Mujibur Rahman”  (for a.d.)

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“Elizabeth 1: mermaid coronation portrait”  (for t.e.p.)

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“Adorno: Philosophy is the most Serious of Things, but then again it is Not all that Serious”  (for m.s.) 

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“Foucault with Cats”  (for c.t.)

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“goats” (for e.h.)

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"dave & emily" (for d.r.j.)

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"Simone de Beavoir no. 2" in progress

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"beloved adventist grandma" (for t.e.p.)

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"Simone de Beauvoir no.1" (for e.a.p.)

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"queen elizabeth 1" in progress  (for t.e.p.)