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July 03, 2009
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Methinks there is a hedgehog in the flames.
Posted by: woof | July 03, 2009 at 10:13 PM
So Owl is an abstract expressionist? That's not surprising.
I bet Squid is a minimalist.
Posted by: Brock | July 03, 2009 at 10:31 PM
In spite of "And should Mad Science / Switch their brains / They're almost unaffected", I'm beginning to find that Squid and Owl have distinct personalities.
Posted by: Brock | July 03, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Somehow I'm surprised to find that Squid is the poet and Owl the painter. Not sure why but before this week, I would have thought the reverse.
Posted by: The Modesto Kid | July 03, 2009 at 11:31 PM
Owl is a Heraclitean; Squid is a Parmenidean.
Squid's poetry reminds me of Blake. I'm not sure what sort of poetry Owl would write.
Posted by: Brock | July 03, 2009 at 11:50 PM
Not to give away any secrets, but the idea is supposed to be that Owl is more utopian and Squid is more reactionary. But in such a way that they sort of wrap around the screen and meet, as these things will. So, for example, Squid kills the queen because he cares about true royalty. And Owl kills the President with a bust that looks faintly like Rousseau. (But also like an eggplant.) And Owl fights for Napoleon. He is on the side of the French revolutionaries. And Squid is on the Austrian side at Austerlitz. Owl's art is progressive, in an abstract expressionist way. (This feature was also dictated by the fact that I, John Holbo, can't do much with paint beyond the finger-painting level. Hence, Owl must perforce belong to some 'hey, my kid could do that' modern school.)
Posted by: jholbo | July 04, 2009 at 11:48 AM
I knew it. I guessed eggplant.
Posted by: e julius drivingstorm | July 04, 2009 at 02:17 PM
I guess you could describe Owl as "Mr. Fix-it" to Squid's "Mr. Fixity"...
Posted by: The Modesto Kid | July 05, 2009 at 02:27 AM