[Vwoolf] Woolf Google doodle

[JJ Wilson]

LOVE yr word choice, Shawn Maeder— those riveting adjectives —  and agree with you that the drawing is not bad and am glad they did not use that vapid, victorian jeune fills profile usually favored.  Mind you, it does not rival the Woolf in Isota Tucker Epes’s paintings and about that I have a story:

Thanks to the generosity of Isota’s family, I have custody of Isota’s large painting of VW and The Waves (lots of them + text).  I wish I had a picture of it which I could send to the list, but it is in California and I am here in Florida for the winter….  but the story is as follows:  when the fires broke out in Northern California this fall and we received evacuation orders, guess what I took down (fueled by adrenalin, I guess) and placed into my car to take away from the threatening flames?   Yes, you guessed it — not the 6,000 books at The Sitting Room  Library(where I get to live), not clothes, not any of those quite replaceable objects, etc. — but Isota’s painting, the one truly irreplaceable possession.  And as a kind of bonus, I found that in taking it down and laying it flat in the back of my Honda CRV where it just fit (whew!), I saw the painting from another angle, of course, and fell in love with it all over again.  As it happened, the fire did not reach the library or my street or Sonoma State University, so lucky us, but an illuminating experience for

J.J. Wilson

> On Jan 25, 2018, at 8:55 AM, Shannon, Drew [School of Arts & Humanities] <Drew.Shannon at msj.edu> wrote:
> 
> My two cents:  The image doesn't bother me at all, and even if it were awful (which I don't think it is), I for one am thrilled that Google chose to honor Woolf in this way.   Given all of the rampant, flaming, corrosive, ruinous stupidity in the U.S. at the moment, I feel that if even a handful of people hover over Woolf's image and are encouraged to find out a little bit more about her...that's good enough for me.
>  
> Drew Shannon, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor of English
> Coordinator of English
> Mount St. Joseph University
> 5701 Delhi Road
> Cincinnati, OH 45233 USA
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> Drew.Shannon at msj.edu <mailto:Drew.Shannon at msj.edu>
> Historian/Bibliographer of the International Virginia Woolf Society
>  
> "I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual." -- Virginia Woolf, Diary, 17 February 1922
>  
> From: Vwoolf [vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu <mailto:vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu>] On Behalf Of Shawn Maeder [shawn.maeder at gmail.com <mailto:shawn.maeder at gmail.com>]
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 8:28 AM
> To: Michael Schrimper
> Cc: vwoolf at lists.osu.edu <mailto:vwoolf at lists.osu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] Woolf Google doodle
> 
> The image is terrible! And why the leaves? Also, compared to other Google doodles, this one does not invite curiosity or even interest, as though no one cared enough to put any effort into it. 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 2:03 AM, Michael Schrimper <mschrimp at umail.iu.edu <mailto:mschrimp at umail.iu.edu>> wrote:
> I hope this isn't a repeat, but has anyone noticed the "Google doodle" of the day? Attached is a screenshot. Hovering the mouse over the image on Google.com <http://google.com/> reveals "Virginia Woolf's 136th birthday."
> 
> Thoughts on the image? The leaves?
> 
> Michael 
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