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What are your irrational fears?
Submitted by Dan Culhane.
My mother, Ladeewolf, came to visit last week and asked me if I remembered the paintings of sad kittens and puppies with huge eyes that I used to have in my room. I don't know what brought them up, but she remembered them and said she thought they were cute. I had to admit to her that I had found them frightening as a child, but never told her. They were kitsch, but they're creepy. After scouring the Internet for a while today, I think I found the actual paintings that were up in my room:
Excuse me, sir, can I have a sardine? Nevermind. I'll be dead in an hour, anyway.
I'd lick you, but I have worms.
Yeah, Mom, you found these cute? Nothing like reminding young children that being cute and vulnerable is no defense against dying from crippling poverty.
I found some other interesting things in my search. There was an artist by the name of Margaret Keane that applied the same technique to children:
Aw, look at the cute little waif.
And then I found an artist by the name of Sas Christian that seems to use the creepiness factor of the technique to good benefit.
I wonder if Sas Christian had big-eyed puppies and kittens in his room as a child, and they scarred him for life?
