Mysterious

Today I want to feature a famous illustrator, the French George Barbier [1882-1932]. His work is quite eerie and draws you in, filled with little strange details. He has this secret, obscure edge to himself. It kind of reminds me of Bedelia as played by Gillian Anderson in her exchanges with Mads Mikkelsen in the tv Hannibal series.

Some of Barbier's work is very art deco and twenties in style, and other parts of it have an edge, a Greek feeling. He does many time periods. Some of it is risqué, as well. If you like the work of American Edward Gorey [1925-2000], be sure to try Barbier.

He also famously did some drawings of Nijinsky, the infamous dancer. Vaslav Nijinsky [1890-1950] was a Russian ballet dancer who was incredible, had amazing costumes and is truly a pinnacle of ballet.

I also want to highlight the excellent score to HBO's Game of Thrones. Whether or not you like the show, or whoever you'd like to win the seven kingdoms, the show has some great scoring by Ramin Djawadi, nothing like his earlier projects. His best tracks definitely include 'The Pointy End' and 'Valar Morghulis'.