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mr. cool chimera

31 May 2013 1 1 541
Cut-paper collage postcard. The French sentence, "Parfois le rire de Dada fait pousser une chimère," means "Sometimes Dada's laugh makes a chimera grow." (A chimera is a mythical beast composed of three different creatures.) Foot is that of a Rüppell's vulture ( Gyps rueppellii ), resident of the African plains. Middle section is the stinky part of a wild arum ( Arum maculatum ), related to the famous giant corpse flower. The human ( Homo sapiens ) is from a 1950s ad by Clipper Craft men's clothes for their "Mr. Cool" suit. Speech bubble is from Haunted comics.