Sine Jensen Illustrates Everything My Nine-year-old Self Could Have Wanted

Sometime last year, I was walking home from class with a friend when she asked me what kind of stuff I used to think about as a kid.

Aside from imagining myself as a tiny person (à la The Borrowers, The Littles, or even Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh), I was and continue to be fascinated by animals dressed as humans. Luckily for my dog, this hasn't translated into real life just yet.

So when I saw these illustrations by Sine Jensen, yeah, I'll admit my brain released some dopamine.

He (or she? Reptile sex indicators are slightly different from human ones...I mean it's not biologically relevant for me to know that) reminds me of a more sophisticated Lyle the Crocodile. I'm going to choose to believe Lyle finally got his life together enough to afford a cardigan and bow tie. 

Yes, Polly does want a cracker. But only if it's vegan and gluten-free. 

I am highly disturbed by the fact that the color of this gorilla's hands doesn't match the tone of his face. His headphones also remind me of an episode of "Arthur" I saw recently in which a bear was listening to headphones but they didn't cover her ears...I mean, if we're already suspending disbelief...

Sine Jensen is an illustrator based in Copenhagen who works primarily with pen and pencil. You can see more of her work here.

Sine Jensen Illustrates Everything My Nine-year-old Self Could Have Wanted

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What's Next for NASA?

Mashable has put together an infographic illustrating NASA's planned missions from now until 2030. It clears up a lot of confusion about what NASA is up to after the closure of the shuttle program.

NASA celebrated its 55th anniversary on July 28th. Since its creation in 1958 it has accomplished a lot in space exploration, from putting a man on the moon to taking highly detailed photographs of the sun.

Space is called the final frontier, but I can't help but feel there's still a lot of mystery left in the ocean. Anyway, here's to more exploration in the coming years. It keeps us on our toes.

What's Next for NASA?

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Greasy Fingerprints on a Glass Case

Esmira had just written a paper on science fiction and 2001: A Space Odyssey for an English class this past semester and being in the presence of cameras makes my dopamine levels spike like Old Faithful, so we visited LACMA the other day to see the Kubrick retrospective. 

The whole way through, I was going through an internal battle between thinking of Kubrick as enigmatic cinema legend and as a guy who made movies. The exhibit lay everything before us - all evidence of the mechanisms behind the conceits - and yet enough of it remains in his mind alone that his process continues to elude us.

And that became, oddly enough, one of the flaws of the exhibit. So much of it remains in Kubrick's mind that I felt, after walking through the exhibit, like I was as much of a stranger to it all as I was when I pushed open the door. The curators relied heavily on script excerpts, correspondance, and props - all fascinating, but leaving me somehow wanting. 

A year or so ago I went to see the Tim Burton retrospective at LACMA. It felt more dynamic in a way, and I came to the conclusion it was because Burton is a very visual thinker in comparison. His imagination spilled out in a more accessible way, and even if his exact thoughts are not necessarily transmitted to the viewer their manifestation still invites personal interpretation.

I guess what this boils down to is that wild sketches hold attention better than script excerpts. I mean, I enjoyed the exhibit very much. It's just interesting to consider how and why things - even museum exhibits - work. 

Greasy Fingerprints on a Glass Case

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