Weetzie Bat

Have you heard of the book Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block? If you have and you're saying "Duh, that's old news," then I'm sorry to be old news but honestly I always thought I was the only person who knew about this book. I stumbled upon it when I was in high school and fell so achingly hard for it. The imagery in the book was so inspiring. I didn't know if I wanted to write or draw or just dress up like the title's main character, a punky, cool, hip, vulnerable, strong girl named Weetzie Bat (I mean, who has that name and isn't entirely hip?)

I had not thought about Weetzie Bat in a while and then I was looking at Lisa Butterworth's blog Hot Child In the City and she posted these gorgeous photos from a photo shoot by the Wildfox Girls that were advertising a screenplay reading of Weetzie Bat written by Block(!!!).

Aren't these photos gorgeous? It brings back that same rush of creativity and inspiration that the book first brought me all those years ago. So far I have not seen any real word on the movie happening but I will probably die, then come back to life, then die again when it does.

Probably the most exciting thing, however, is realizing that this book is not actually my own little secret. I will gladly share this following with all the amazing Weetzie Bat girls out there. I found several blogs that have written posts and come up with their own inspired collections including this one by the Wildfox Girls...

And I found this one by Dearilou...

There are also Flickr groups dedicated to Weetzie Bat inspired shots such as this one.

Trust me, if you haven't read this book yet check it out as well as other books by Francesca. Keep in mind that most of her books are young adult so curl up with your favorite teenage dream and get to reading!

Wow! I just discovered this artist, Jackie Bos, via hot child in the city. I love love love her work. I've been really playing with my own work a lot and combining drawing and collage in a more cohesive image and Jackie has done that in ways I may never understand. Click on her name to see more of her fabulous work. Click here for her shop and here for her blog.

In more personal news I think my cold is starting to ease up. Thanks to those who sent well wishes. I've had an okay day so far even after I accidently threw away some contacts that needed to go in someone's eyes... oops! But I had a great class with my intro to printmakers and they are making some really great relief prints. Now I have to spend the rest of the day working on a presentation about art in L.A. This presentation is due Monday. I'm just starting... I get worst student of the year award. If anyone has any thoughts on the subject I would gladly hear you out.

Have a good Tuesday!

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I love love love magazines but Bust magazine is probably my favorite magazine of them all. This month... look who's the cover! I won't even subscribe to Bust because I enjoy the monthly ritual of going to Border's and buying it. I usually collect a stack of magazines and sit and go through them all but Bust is always the guarantee buy.

Related to this is a blog I really enjoy called Hot Child in the City (isn't that a great blog name?). The writer, Lisa Butterworth, is a contributer to Bust. Her blog is always filled with goodies like cool clothes and jewelry and gorgeous photos and the same outrage as mine that the movie Heathers is being made into a tv series. Seriously??? So check out her blog for some refreshing reading.