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francoisvillon@societas.online

Illustration zur Fabel von Jean de La Fontaine, Dezember 2024

Der Frosch, der groß sein will wie ein Ochse

Ein Frosch sah einen Ochsen gehen.
Wie stattlich war der anzusehen!
Er, der nicht größer als ein Ei, war neidisch drauf,
Er spreizt sich, bläht mit Macht sich auf,
Um gleich zu sein dem großen Tier,
Und rief: »Ihr Brüder achtet und vergleicht!
Wie, bin ich nun so weit? Ach, sagt es mir!« –
»Nein!« – »Aber jetzt?« – »Was denkst du dir!« –
»Und jetzt?« – »Noch lange nicht erreicht!« –
Das Fröschlein hat sich furchtbar aufgeblasen,
Es platzte und verschied im grünen Rasen.

Die Welt bevölkern viele solcher dummen Leute:
Jedweder Bürger möchte baun wie große Herrn,
Der kleine Fürst – er hält Gesandte heute,
Das kleinste Gräflein prunkt mit Pagen gern.


The Frog Who Wished to Be as Big as the Ox

Transleted by Elizur Wright (1804 - 1885)

The tenant of a bog,
An envious little frog,
Not bigger than an egg,
A stately bullock spies,
And, smitten with his size,
Attempts to be as big.
With earnestness and pains,
She stretches, swells, and strains,
And says, 'Sis Frog, look here! see me!
Is this enough?' 'No, no.'
'Well, then, is this?' 'Poh! poh!
Enough! you don't begin to be.'
And thus the reptile sits,
Enlarging till she splits.
The world is full of folks
Of just such wisdom;--
The lordly dome provokes
The cit to build his dome;
And, really, there is no telling
How much great men set little ones a swelling.

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lizzischmidt@pod.geraspora.de

I've been very busy the last few days and the frog has also been hopping around a lot.
That's why I can only show the pictures of the last few days today

18/24 #Frogmas, #frogmas24, #frogcember

18-12-24

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nypa@sysad.org

Everyone wants to be bigger. The goat wants to be a sheep. The ram wants to be a bull. The bull wants to be an elephant.

And the little frog also wanted to be bigger. But how, how do you to do it? Pull himself up by his foot or his ear? - It doesn't work. Аnd
no tail.

So he went out into a big field, sat on a small hillock and waited for the sun to set.

And when the sun was setting down, a shadow began to grow from the frog. At first it was like a goat; then like a sheep; then like a bull; and then like a big, big elephant.

Then the frog got excited and cried out:
- I am a big elephant!

Only the big elephant was very offended.
- And you are not an elephant," he said to the frog. - It's your shadow is the big elephant. And you, you're just a big weirdo at sunset.

Каждый хочет быть больше. Вот козлик — он хочет быть бараном. Баран хочет быть быком. Бык — слоном.
А маленький лягушонок тоже хотел стать больше. Но как, как это сделать? Потянуть себя за лапку? — не получается. За ушко — тоже. А хвостика нет…
И тогда он вышел в большое поле, сел на маленький бугорок и стал ждать, когда будет заходить солнце.
А когда солнце покатилось к закату, от лягушонка начала расти тень. Вначале она была, как козлик; потом — как баран; потом — как бык; а потом — как большой-большой слон.
Тут лягушонок обрадовался и закричал:
— А я большой слон!
Только большой слон очень обиделся.
— И никакой ты не слон, — сказал он лягушонку. — Это твоя тень — большой слон. А ты, ты просто так — большой чудак на закате дня.

(Генадий Цыферов, "Про чудака лягушонка")
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francoisvillon@societas.online

Kermit in der Campagna / Kermit in the Roman Campagna

Kermit der Frosch als Reisender, in einen weißen Mantel gehüllt, in freier Luft vor den tief im Hintergrunde liegenden Ruinen der Campagna di Roma, auf einem umgestürzten Obelisken sitzend.


Kermit the Frog as a traveller, wrapped in a white coat, in the open air in front of the ruins of the Campagna di Roma lying deep in the background, sitting on a fallen obelisk.

nach Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein und Jim Henson, Dezember 2024

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lizzischmidt@pod.geraspora.de

... and here is yesterday's little door ;-)

Funnily enough, when I was looking for a picture frame in the attic yesterday, I found this print of a frog that I made in 2013. Very fitting for Frogcember

15/24 #Frogmas, #frogmas24, #frogcember

15-12-24

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lizzischmidt@pod.geraspora.de

A few doors of the "Frog Advent calendar" remained closed over the weekend. They can now be opened today ;-)

14/24 #Frogmas, #frogmas24, #frogcember

The Frog (1908)

A film by the pioneering Spanish film director and cinematographer Segundo Chomón. With his innovative use of early splice-based tricks and a penchant for optical illusions he is often compared to the slightly earlier Georges Méliès, and indeed has been dubbed "The Spanish Méliès" by some. Though the similarities are clear, Chomón departs from Méliès in his variety of subjects and his use of animation, an art form he played a key role in developing. In this surreal short a sprightly frog circles various come-to-life fountain tableaux, as well as a giant version of itself, an enormous head being drenched by water, and some multicoloured fire thrown in for good measure.

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francoisvillon@societas.online

An die Wand geklebt / Taped to the Wall

Dezember 2024

Der Froschkönig (ökonomische Version)
Einer Prinzessin fällt ihre goldene Kugel beim Spiel in den Brunnen, und ein Frosch bietet an, ihr zu helfen. Sie muss ihm dafür versprechen, seine Freundin zu werden und Teller und Bett mit ihm zu teilen. Als sie die Kugel zurück hat, geht sie nach Hause und vergisst den armen Frosch in seinem Brunnen. Doch der Frosch kommt an die Tür des Königsschlosses, und auf Drängen ihres Vaters, des Königs, bekennt sich die Prinzessin widerwillig zu ihrem Versprechen. Sie muss ihren Tisch mit dem Frosch teilen. Als jedoch der Frosch fordert, dass sie ihn mit in ihr Bett nehmen solle, ist ihre Abscheu so groß, dass sie den schleimigen und hässlichen Frosch mit Klebeband an die Wand klebt. Seit dem wartet sie auf Gebote für Ihr Kunstwerk ... und wenn sie nicht gestorben ist, klebt der Frosch noch immer.


The Frog Prince (economic version)
A princess drops her golden ball into the well while playing and a frog offers to help her. In return, she must promise to become his girlfriend and share her plate and bed with him. When she gets the ball back, she goes home and forgets the poor frog in his well. But the frog comes to the door of the royal castle and, at the insistence of her father, the king, the princess reluctantly makes good on her promise. She has to share her table with the frog. However, when the frog demands that she take him to bed with her, she is so disgusted that she sticks the slimy and ugly frog to the wall with duct tape. Since then, she has been waiting for bids for her work of art ... and if she hasn't died, the frog is still stuck to the wall.

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lizzischmidt@pod.geraspora.de

13/24
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Between Frogs and Gods: Illustrations of Physiognomy

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Coloured etchings by Christian von Mechel showing “stages from the frog to the profile of Apollo”, after the ideas of Johann Caspar Lavater, 1797
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