Dog Eared Window

During our walk on Valencia, we passed Dog Eared Books, a bookstore with amazing window decorations. On one side there was a beautiful floral/paisley design in day-glo pen paints and on the other was a large window full of individual line drawings of famous people. I didn't read all of the pictures, but from the ones I caught, I'm assuming all of them were dead.

As you can see above, the pictures are fantastic, and especially touching when you read the information printed about them. I was riveted by the idea of paying homage to favorite entertainers in a more accessible way. Here at eye level were lovely sketches, some interesting tidbits about the subjects or about how they were viewed by the public and they were done on large white index cards with pen. They were so simple, so deliciously candid. I absolutely loved that they were in the window of a bookstore. Kudos to Veronica DeJesus, the artist, and to Dog Eared for posting them.