Ben HellmanJun 28, 2021Into the Mouth of American Kitsch: Wisconsin’s House on the RockThe author contemplating another round of phantasmagorical excess at the House on the Rock, Spring Green, Wisconsin. Photo by Rachel...
Ben HellmanApr 11, 2021To Catch a Catoblepas by the TailDetail of Sludge, the Catoblepas, a wall-mounted sculpture by author, paper mache and mixed media, inspired by an illustration by David...
Ben HellmanNov 10, 2020The Endless Hunger; Confronting Grief With GilgameshStatue of Gilgamesh at the University of Sydney (based on an ancient bas-relief at the Louvre) and Herbert Mason's Epic of Gilgamesh. If...
Ben HellmanOct 31, 2020Noodling through Norse Myths; Folklorist's NotebookSome of the books I've been moving to and from various end tables, usually not as neat as this. It has been a week of Norse myth study...