[Vwoolf] Woolf Google doodle

[Graham Borland]

Stumbled across this from the artist who drew the Woolf Google Doodle. It
appears the autumnal leaves were indeed inspired by Woolf’s use of the
motif in her writing:

https://twitter.com/louisezpomeroy/status/956452623812562946

Hoping everyone had good Woolf birthday celebrations,
Graham

On Thu 25 Jan 2018 at 6:13 p.m., coruscate818 <coruscate818 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> In that vein:
>
> "Jacob came back only in time to return his books.
>
> "The books were now replaced. A few letters of the alphabet were sprinkled
> round the dome. Closely stood together in a ring round the dome were Plato,
> Aristotle, Sophocles, and Shakespeare; the literature of Rome, Greece,
> China, India, Persia. One leaf of poetry was pressed flat against another
> leaf, one burnished letter laid smooth against another in a density of
> meaning, a conglomeration of loveliness."
>
> [...]
>
> "The proximity of the omnibuses gave the outside passengers an opportunity
> to stare into each other's faces. Yet few took advantage of it. Each had
> his own business to think of. Each had his past shut in him like the leaves
> of a book known to him by heart; and his friends could only read the title,
> James Spalding, or Charles Budgeon, and the passengers going the opposite
> way could read nothing at all—save "a man with a red moustache," "a young
> man in grey smoking a pipe." The October sunlight rested upon all these men
> and women sitting immobile;"
>
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 25, 2018 12:28 PM, "Brenda S. Helt" <helt0010 at umn.edu> wrote:
>
> It’s also a visual pun, as books have leaves.
>
>
>
> Slàinte!
>
>
>
> Brenda Helt
>
>
>
> Co-editor *Queer Bloomsbury*
>
> https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-queer-bloomsbury.html
>
>
>
> Fine artist
>
> http://www.brendahelt.com
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Vwoolf [mailto:vwoolf-bounces at lists.osu.edu] *On Behalf Of *
> coruscate818
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 25, 2018 9:20 AM
> *To:* Toni McNaron
> *Cc:* vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
>
> *Subject:* Re: [Vwoolf] Woolf Google doodle
>
>
>
> In addition to *The Years, *falling leaves  also recur in *The Waves, *
> especially in connection with Rhoda, e.g.:
>
>
>
> "Rhoda, with whom I shared silence when the others spoke, she who hung
> back and turned aside when the herd assembled and galloped with orderly,
> sleek backs over the rich pastures, has gone now like the desert heat. When
> the sun blisters the roofs of the city I think of her; when the dry leaves
> patter to the ground; when the old men come with pointed sticks and pierce
> little bits of paper as we pierced her--
>
> O western wind, when wilt thou blow,
> That the small rain down can rain?"
>
>
>
> On Jan 25, 2018 10:49 AM, "Toni McNaron" <mcnar001 at umn.edu> wrote:
>
> I come down on the side of those of us who are delighted to see VW in a
> doodle that will be seen, even if for a few seconds, by millions of
> people.  As for the doodle itself, I like the color of the leaves and
> Virginia's blouse.  It's subtle and haunting as a shade.  Like Diana
> Swanson, I also thought about *The Years*, especially one introduction to
> an autumn when leaves were being violently blown about by heavy winds.
>
> Toni McNaron
>
>
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 Graham Borland



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