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Below the cut are nine images of pages from the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite illustrated in pochoir by Walter Bachinski and printed by him at the Shanty Bay Press. Included are three full page hand finished pochoirs.

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Last night's Kathak recital was really good. Different groups of Joanna's students performed from near beginners through fairly experienced dancers, like lemur_catta, to members of Joanna's stage ensemble. After the interval there was a solo performance by a "tribal fusion" dancer, which didn't do much for me, and an excellent solo piece by Joanna herself ( Read more... )

lemur_catta had a show last night. She is a very shiny lemur.



More pictures and video when I get around to editing.

The main stage show at the festival was amazing. Fesso the clown (yes, another one) hosted and juggled and kept things moving. There were amazing aerialists; rope, hoop trapeze, regular trapeze, silks, and the truly astonishing Silk Road Acrobats; a troupe of Uyghur refugees. There are more than seventy photos in the Flickr set but here's six ( Read more... )

Today we headed out to Harbourfront to see the 6th Annual Toronto International Circus Festival. The weather has been lousy this weekend but it cleared up a bit today though it was still pretty cold for circus watching.

On the way we saw a schooner making sail


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To conclude the Masks posts , here are the colophon and, under a cut, the Afterword by Geoffrey Strachan.


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The poem is Walter Strachan's In Clear-cut Planes. The illustration is an etching by Natalie d'Arbeloff. Both taken from Masks as described earlier.


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The poem is Walter Strachan's Epitaph on a Lizard. The illustration is an etching by Wendy Taylor. Both taken from Masks as described earlier.


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Relaxed lunch time cats:


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