Oct 28 - 2022 Frankenstein Friday

 

Bing tells me that the last Friday in October is Frankentein Friday.  It is a celebration of the 1818 novel and the despised but beloved character of "Frankenstein".   Where did she write it?  Lake Geneva during a rainy and cold summer, We think of Frankenstein as real - that's what seems to be the case to me - lots of articles about freaky facts about Frankenstein.  And there's always a headshot of him.  That would be the Boris Karloff picture, which remains compelling. Mary Shelley  believed the name came to her in a vivid dream. In Shelley's novel, Dr. Victor Frankenstein never names his creation.   But "the creature" has a first name.  Shelley calls him Adam and "the creature" calls Victor his father,  so he is Adam Frankenstein, son of Victor. And where has the name spread to and become prevalent?  Frankenfood.  Genetically engineered food.   This is my strange tree trunk on Honsberger Road and Fifteenth Street in Vineland, now gone. It was a living Maple tree in 2019 in one of the google mapping moments.  Travel along the road, and  as you get to the corner on Google Maps it changes from July 2019 to Nov 2021 with just the trunk. This trunk disappeared in Spring 2022 - just a memory now. Read more daily posts here: marilyncornwellblog.com Purchase works here: Fine Art America- marilyncornwellart.com Redbubble - marilyncornwellart.ca