Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction

Whilst researching the various connotations of the word 'Chimera', I came across this picture of a mouse being used in medical research to grow a replacement human ear. I thought I would post it purely because it's not something I would have ever thought related to chimeras; but it manages to put a positive spin on them, when generally they would be considered 'bad' or deformed.

First thing I thought of when I saw the word 'Chimera'

Even though we were warned to stay away from the blatant meaning of the word 'Chimera', I couldn't help but think of nothing other than a series of Yoshitaka Amano's illustrative works, not surprisingly also named 'Chimera'. I love the 'monsterous' feel to the illustrations, primarily done in muted tones of black, brown, white and beige.

First horrible attempt at a 'Chimera in a bag'

These 'chimeras' made out of the random crap lurking within my bag are all from our first class working on this brief. I was going for fluidity and billowing shapes. 

A list of the random things in my bag that I used:

Can of coke

Pritt stick

Granny scarf

Wooly'snood'

2 books

Aloe Vera vaseline

Steel ruler

Ancient battered charcoal pack

Pencils/pens

Bourjois lip stain(don't ask me what a lip stain is)

Keys

Lip gloss

USB stick

One of a million notebooks I have on the go at the moment

Brick(some people call it a phone)

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