Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:13:52 -0400 http://www.bligoo.com/ es Literary Mashup http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/177856/Literary_Mashup.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:29:23 -0400 http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/177856/Literary_Mashup.html Mary wetellstories.jpg

I just found the site We Tell Stories.  It mashes up stories and maps, taking you through space as well as through narrative, an unusually poetic application of the map mashup meme. Thanks, Ethan.

]]> An Awesome Gift http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/74789/An_Awesome_Gift.html Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:30:33 -0400 http://www.zapboom.com/content/view/74789/An_Awesome_Gift.html Mary Heine_portrait.jpg A few months ago I did an e-mail interview with a Belgian graphic journalists named Ben Heine. As compensation for doing the interview (which was for a project related to his journalism degree) Ben offered to create a portrait of me. Seemed like a fair deal.

This is the result and I am honored. I really like to fact that he drew me in the mannerist style of Pontormo, which my art history professor Mom is sure to appreciate.

By the way, the illuminated cell phone in my hand is not me calling God, but rather a reference to

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