Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:00

It’s a problem I come across all the time. I have a desire to watch my favourite poet reciting the work that they made famous, yet unfortunately most of my favourite poets have died. A long time ago. Say, 200 years.

Then I sit there and think ‘I wish I could take paintings of these old poets and crudely animate their mouths so that it looks like they’re reciting their poetry.’ Then I promptly forget about it and watch Top Gear instead.

Jim Clark , on the other hand, didn’t go and watch Top Gear instead. He chose to spend his time animating over 500 of these things. Sorry, I think I need to type that again...

500?

That’s a lot of dead poets eerily reciting their poetry. It’s enough to make me want to start a new Dead Poet’s Society. This one with results that don’t end in suicide and a bad production of a Midsummer Night’s Dream. Unfortunately for us, Jim has yet to re-animate Tam O’Shanter.