Friday, January 25, 2008

The Blog Heard 'Round the World


Okay, well France is around the world, right? A Flickr observer messaged me in French to ask if he/she could put my Mona Lisa card above on her blog. So, naturally, I was delighted and was able to suss out what was being asked, and peck out a passable "tres bien, merci." So, a little college French finally pays off after how many years?
Turns out the blog is dedicated to Mona-philes who alter art with the famed one's face. A quick visit to http://papou.blog.lemonde.fr/ will turn up Mona in The Scream, The Kiss, cross-eyed, well-endowed, smoking, biker chick and much more.
My card even got a couple of comments, which I had to resort to Google translate. Apparently, one reader thought Mona looked a little sad for a greeting card. Apparently, some people believe Mona can have different expressions- what a concept!
In any event, Mona also has her US followers, with a Flickr group dedicated to "jocondophiles" as well. A trip to http://www.flickr.com/groups/manyfacesofmonalisa/, to which I already belonged, will give you Mona as E.T. (my new fave), Mona as Robocop and Mona as a Bond girl. The group's current contest is to place Mona squarely in the middle of Mardi Gras. This happens to work well for me, since I am hostessing a fat book page swap for Chubbyville http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chubbyville/ in February with the Mardi Gras theme. So Mona will get a workout. Hmmmm....Mona in Flashdance....yet another idea. Poor girl! Was she smiling or smirking?
By the way, my card was made by stamping a Tim Holtz image of Mona onto a transparency and affixing that with brads to a piece of background paper with another piece of paper with the word "create" and typewriter key stickers to spell "art." Merci beaucoup.

5 comments:

FrenchGardenHouse said...

How fun, and good for you that you could answer in French! Half the time when someone in France emails me, I have to cheat and use the translator to just read their email.
Love the Mona Lisa's!
xo Lidy

Penny from Enjoying The Simple Things said...

What a wonderfully fun thing! And that you could actually figure out what they wanted!

I just discovered your blog... come visit me when you have time
Penny

Penny from Enjoying The Simple Things said...

Hi Gina,
Me again...lol. No I don't know Gail, what is her website address? I will check her out. I have added you to my fav blog links and would love it if you added me to yours!
Penny

Penny from Enjoying The Simple Things said...

Hi! I found Gails site. She is in Tenn...I am in NC...she has lovely things. I found your blog thru Lidy at French Garden House.
Penny

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:-))