“How did I come to create such things? It was one and the same power that led me to dreams and silly pranks in childhood, later to sickness, and finally to art…Fantasy has put its hallmark on my existence, it is fantasy that makes me happy and makes me sad. I recognize it constantly inside and outside me.” Alfred Kubin, 1911
Each time we make one of these mise-en-scène, we regret having to disassemble it. We want to live in the fantasy for just a bit. That said, this is our favorite part of the whole business of Things: the narrative thread into which each object can be woven, for just an afternoon or for a lifetime.
And, for your viewing pleasure, a couple of closeups:
Bon appétit.