What's Neat on the Net: Visual+

Here's what's neat on the net, according to me, and leaning for some reason to the visual this time:

1) Matt Kish, originator and artist who did Moby Dick in Pictures: One Drawing for Each Page, of which I am a huge fan, has now announced (according to the Tin House blog) his next project, pictures for Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Go, Matt! We can't wait!

2) TAXI is featuring Ukrainian artist Shupliak Oleg's portraits in the medium of optical illusion. You won't believe this. Check out Anthea Quay's article.

3) If you subscribe to the Tupelo Press e-newsletter, you will have received an email for a buy-one-get-one-free offer (I don't find it on their website otherwise, but could be wrong). If you don't subscribe, do it--they have lots of sales that they will notify you of, and if you subscribe now, maybe you can get in on this one too. Scroll to the bottom of the page linked here, and do it now!

Advocate for Poetry

Poet Matthew Dickman has a big idea: he wants us to advocate for poetry by buying a book (or two) of poems and sending them to someone in our lives (in the private or public spheres) who doesn't normally read poetry (or who we assume doesn't normally read poetry).

Read Dickman's plea here, at Tin House. He's decided on a hashtag over on Twitter so participants can share their experiences.

Good idea, yes?

Trailing a Whale

Here's the trailer for Matt Kish's new book from Tin House, Moby-Dick in Pictures: One Drawing for Every Page.

I know I keep mentioning this project, but I'm crazy about it. Enjoy the trailer. (Have I mentioned yet that Kish used all sorts of odd household items in his artwork, including nail polish? How can you not love that?)