Art project inspired by Jane Austen’s “sick & wicked” quotation
An artistic photography project involving public participation was inspired by a quotation from one of Jane Austen’s letters: “Pictures of perfection as you know make me sick & wicked.”
Several weeks ago, 100 disposable cameras were sent to various Wieden employees worldwide, including some working in Japan, the Netherlands and New York City. Those employees, in turn, gave the cameras to strangers and friends; their only instructions for shooting pictures were two quotes on perfection by Antoine de Saint-Exupery and Jane Austen, whose “Pictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked” seems more like a desire for imperfection.
Actually, it is a desire for no Mary Sue heroines in novels. So what is the Saint-Exupery quotation, then?
December 3rd, 2004 at 9:35 pm
My two guesses;
1) If someone wants a sheep, then that means that he exists.
2) He who would travel happily must travel light.