So it's a surprise to see this little cartoon sketch of his that shows the 'man of the future', a button presser that looks to me like a portrait of a blogger and/or tumblr guy plugged into his fancies.
Walter Crane — Man of the Future — ca 1900
.: . on the ninth day of Christmas
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Amazingly insightful! From the keyboard addiction to the Tim Burtonesque revival of the Mad-Hatter fashions, nearly everything he predicted was proved true. Next step: the bio-engineered limbs?
Hi Thom,
This is what I feel like sometimes, in female form. I love the outdoors, and I am too often "plugged in," rather than being outside in the weather. Hmm.. what to do about it? And this was 1900!
On the other hand, the image looks nothing like the Walter Crane art I've become familiar with, and I do owe that bit of knowledge to being "plugged in." So there is some benefit to utilizing the internet to absorb and internalize what we couldn't possibly experience first hand by reading all the books and visiting every museum.
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