Great Moments In History: Documenting What Really Matters… On An Etch-A-Sketch
Recently, I had the privilege of bumping into Alli Katz, a writer / artist living here in Philadelphia. Now, not only does Alli have one of the coolest names ever, but she happens to have one of the most unique hobbies I’ve seen in a long time. She recreates great moments in human history… on her Etch-A-Sketch.
When I asked her what got her started creating these mini Etch-A-Sketch masterpieces, she said she began drawing on her ’sketch mostly due to boredom during her high school French class. Sounds a lot like why Tim and I started this blog. Only replace high school French class with our jobs (just kidding, don’t fire us).
The history aspect of her pictures was a sudden inspiration, since she happens to be quite the history buff. And it shows, as she’s sketched everything from the moon landing, to Krakatoa, to Rasputin (which immediately made me want to watch Hellboy). Not only are her images fantastic, but she gives them brilliantly witty captions.
The Titanic was boastful idolatry and God punished it with an iceberg and the rest of humanity with a terrible movie.
Her archives date back to May, so her site is fairly new. Keep an eye on her blog, I can see this getting incredibly popular.
Oh, and Alli is working on a historical moment for us right now. You better believe we’ll be posting that.
Great Moments in Human History
http://greatmomentsinhistory.tumblr.com
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