First thoughts...

I like facelessness---they are all individual, yet we see them as one-- a combination of invisible and visible... focus more on the background here? Love the tone of the picture and the set...

same...

flying green boy...

the storm as a character...the environment of the town and the sea and the mansion personified is useful, I think.

like the angles of the lighthouse--not so cartoony, but the color tones, etc

this is more what I picture it being in reality...

there is an awareness of theatricality---like Leah noted--that page where she says "curtain rises on a gathering storm"...we see the world like we see this globe. We are separate from it somehow. Don't know if that will be useful, or if that's only how we want to experience the book. Should a theatre piece be that way? Hmm...something for us to think about way further down the line when we've worked on the dramaturgy more.

lights for Barbara. A breaking through.

the way he is beautiful and grotesque. This is how I see the flying boy.

Ophile. Sexual, but brooding. Beautiful, powerful, vengeful, sorry, sad...

Ophile again...this is actually a picture called "unrequited love"-- the words on the dress-- she is alone and deseparate but I love her too, and see her beauty. She ignores the landscape around her, turning in.

the screaming, the gutteral rage and emotional claustrophobia even though we're in an open space. Again, like the light picture this feels like a breaking through...of emotion. Screaming in different ways, directions...

obvious. but cool.

loooove this one...they are trapped again...scarecrows...faceless

this explores the term "incestuous"...it's not really sexual in the book, but there is definitely a sexual need that drives the sisters apart. Paris choosing Bettine incites a lot of the book. And the conception has deep ramifications on all 3 of them. What would 3 women do if they had never met a man but were fully developed sexually? Is what Leah was saying about Ophile being jealous of Bettine, not of Paris, something to consider? What was there relationship like BEFORE we meet them? Or am I just picking up on their deep spiritual, psychic connection?

the fates...

this might be my favorite. Just beautiful. The mythic tone, the darkness, the texture, the symbolism...I'm having a director orgasm.

The conception/ Clothilde's hair...weird parallel.

this is a much more threatening picture when you look closely.I love this one too. There is such violence between sisters.

Edward Gorey-- textures, feeling...I think ours is a little more character based, not scenic (like Barbara was saying at the meeting) but I like the aesthetic.

Another favorite. Greek tragedy-- this is archetypal like that, and the distinction between each mask, the contrast between the mask and the background. I think we might play around with these for real? Gorgeous.

More Edward Gorey
The fates again.

fighting over paris

Some of Audrey's other drawings...

Ophile. Hard core. Love this one.

Hee!

Ophile pregant with guilt, Bettine and Ophile fused together...like this idea...

This is called "the suicide"...fascinating, she looks so peaceful

baby!