Miss Ninja amongst the treasures of the Glass Museum on Murano...
From Chapter I of Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll:
'Now, if you'll only attend, Kitty, and not talk so much, I'll tell you all my ideas about Looking-glass House. First, there's the room you can see through the glass—that's just the same as our drawing room, only the things go the other way. I can see all of it when I get upon a chair—all but the bit behind the fireplace. Oh! I do so wish I could see THAT bit! I want so much to know whether they've a fire in the winter: you never CAN tell, you know, unless our fire smokes, and then smoke comes up in that room too—but that may be only pretence, just to make it look as if they had a fire. Well then, the books are something like our books, only the words go the wrong way; I know that, because I've held up one of our books to the glass, and then they hold up one in the other room.'How would you like to live in Looking-glass House, Kitty? I wonder if they'd give you milk in there? Perhaps Looking-glass milk isn't good to drink—But oh, Kitty! now we come to the passage. You can just see a little PEEP of the passage in Looking-glass House, if you leave the door of our drawing-room wide open: and it's very like our passage as far as you can see, only you know it may be quite different on beyond. Oh, Kitty! how nice it would be if we could only get through into Looking-glass House! I'm sure it's got, oh! such beautiful things in it! Let's pretend there's a way of getting through into it, somehow, Kitty. Let's pretend the glass has got all soft like gauze, so that we can get through. Why, it's turning into a sort of mist now, I declare! It'll be easy enough to get through—' She was up on the chimney-piece while she said this, though she hardly knew how she had got there. And certainly the glass WAS beginning to melt away, just like a bright silvery mist.
Comments (6)
Wonderful! I really enjoyed that glass museum, more than I thought I would. Miss Ninja looks great!
Posted by Annie | August 26, 2008 11:22 AM
Posted on August 26, 2008 11:22
I adore Lewis Carroll! That was a good read! :)
Posted by Leslie | August 26, 2008 6:09 PM
Posted on August 26, 2008 18:09
Cool photo!
Posted by girasoli | August 26, 2008 6:28 PM
Posted on August 26, 2008 18:28
What a clever photo, a wonderful souvenier for you both!
Posted by sandrac | August 26, 2008 11:08 PM
Posted on August 26, 2008 23:08
Great photo and you are so clever with that accompanying post.
Posted by Eden | August 27, 2008 9:54 PM
Posted on August 27, 2008 21:54
Thanks everyone! As soon as I looked at this photo the other day, the words "Through the Looking Glass" popped into my head. I love those moments of marvellous inspiration!
Posted by Anne | August 27, 2008 10:56 PM
Posted on August 27, 2008 22:56