I write books. Check out NatashaGilmore.com for more.Tumblr (3.0; @infernalcakewalk)http://infernalcakewalk.com/<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2siv0M_prMw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>…Just a baby skunk playing with a toy, NBD.</p>http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/17981443802http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/17981443802Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:00:48 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz3xpu41901qdimr8o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz3xpu41901qdimr8o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz3xpu41901qdimr8o2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Artist <a href="http://www.ppowgallery.com/selected_work.php?artist=10">Julie Heffernan</a></p>http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/17303314496http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/17303314496Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:58:42 -0500<a href="http://www.presentandcorrect.com/blog/johanna-calle">Colombian artist Johanna Calle</a>: <p>She hand-draws ledgers with distortions. The effect is amazing. Wouldn’t these make great Kafka covers?</p>http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/17156069065http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/17156069065Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:04:25 -0500“…recognize that the art of writing is immensely more difficult than the beginning writer may af first believe but in the end can be mastered by anyone willing to do the work.”<br/><br/> - <em>John Gardner, <em>On Becoming a Novelist</em></em>http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/16572526701http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/16572526701Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:06 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly2man9jn81qdxdlno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/16515751088http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/16515751088Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:00:05 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly02lupqY11qzp2x4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/16458975038http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/16458975038Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:05 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly9f6eb4io1qdimr8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/16402103454http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/16402103454Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:05 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly4gjbg22S1qhal0to1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fantagraphics.tumblr.com/post/16195900075/one-of-many-new-cookbook-illustrations-by-eleanor">fantagraphics</a>: One of <a href="http://doing-fine.com/?p=849">many new cookbook illustrations</a> by <a href="http://www.fantagraphics.com/eleanordavis"><strong>Eleanor Davis</strong></a>.</p>http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/16220401217http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/16220401217Sat, 21 Jan 2012 05:00:05 -0500“It’s having no children, living away from friends, failing to write well, spending too much on food, growing old. I think too much of whys and wherefores; too much of my self…Unhappiness is everywhere just beyond the door; or stupidity, which is worse.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>Virginia Woolf. </p> <p>Celebrities: they’re just like us.</p></em>http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/16056646408http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/16056646408Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:05 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxv10y9NYT1r8va6vo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/16001726066http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/16001726066Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:00:05 -0500“There are two sorts of happiness: the happiness of the virtuous and the happiness of the vain…Happiness based on vanity is destroyed by it: fame by slander, wealth by fraud. But happiness based on virtue cannot be destroyed by anything.”<br/><br/> - <em>Leo Tolstoy</em>http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/15940940448http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/15940940448Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00:05 -0500<a href="http://antiquetypewriters.com/collection/typewriter.asp?Bennett">Distraction-free word processing</a>http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/15879263920http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/15879263920Sun, 15 Jan 2012 05:00:06 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxnywoPlcU1qdimr8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Artist Ellis Nadler’s Tarot-inspired <a href="http://www.ellisnadler.com/cards-of-wu/">Cards of Wu</a>.</p>http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/15821297752http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/15821297752Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:00:05 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxnz2gGuQz1qdimr8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I could basically spend the rest of my life on the k-rad blog <a href="http://50watts.com/">50 Watts</a>. All book design, illustration and generally cool stuff, all the time. Like these old scans of <a href="http://50watts.com/#2474352/The-Rabbit-Dreams-of-Dr-Freud-s-Niece">Freud’s niece’s picture books</a>. Chock-full o’ bunnies!</p>http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/15769692358http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/15769692358Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:00:05 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxnz1cX94f1qdimr8o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxnz1cX94f1qdimr8o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxnz1cX94f1qdimr8o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxnz1cX94f1qdimr8o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxnz1cX94f1qdimr8o5_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Argentine mixed-media artist <a href="http://lilianaporter.com/">Liliana Porter</a>. </p>http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/15717649202http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/15717649202Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:00:05 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxlt5hKEyg1qhal0to1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fantagraphics.tumblr.com/post/15637011146/hellboy-painted-on-a-cigarette-case-by-jason">fantagraphics</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://catswithoutdogs.blogspot.com/2012/01/hellboy.html">Hellboy painted on a cigarette case</a> by <a href="http://www.fantagraphics.com/jason"><strong>Jason</strong></a>.</p> </blockquote>http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/15702725012http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/15702725012Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:33:43 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxel15yfJ61qdimr8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Scans from an Estonian song book via <a href="http://www.presentandcorrect.com/blog/jo-le-mi">Present and Correct</a>.</p>http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/15446370495http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/15446370495Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:00:05 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwxe47IsNp1qz4cuyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://links.laughingsquid.com/post/14925463284/in-caffeine-we-trust-a-diy-coffee-consumption">laughingsquid</a>: <a href="http://laughingsquid.com/in-caffeine-we-trust-a-diy-coffee-consumption-infographic-poster/">In Caffeine We Trust, A DIY Coffee Consumption Infographic Poster</a></p>http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/15237636902http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/15237636902Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:55:05 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvr0q9aeuX1qz7ymyo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvr0q9aeuX1qz7ymyo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvr0q9aeuX1qz7ymyo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvr0q9aeuX1qz7ymyo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvr0q9aeuX1qz7ymyo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tumblr.photojojo.com/post/14928705385/these-trees-were-wrapped-in-fabric-and">photojojo</a>:</p> <p>These trees were wrapped in fabric and photographed from specific angles to line up perfectly with their surroundings. Impressive!</p> <blockquote></blockquote> <p><strong><a href="http://www.booooooom.com/2011/12/02/photographer-zander-olsen/#more-32765">Optical Illusion Photographs of Fabric-Wrapped Trees</a></strong></p> <blockquote></blockquote> <p><em><small>via <a href="http://www.booooooom.com/2011/12/02/photographer-zander-olsen/#more-32765">booooooom</a></small></em></p>http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/15177372851http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/15177372851Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:00:06 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwuklqJxYO1qbi1f7o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>road to hell, new year’s resolutions, etc.</p>http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/15121829520http://infernalcakewalk.com/post/15121829520Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:00:05 -0500