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| Portrait of Thomas Edison (2012) © Jessica Libberton |
Above In a class about designing digital images, I asked my students to invent "interpretive portraits" of extraordinary men or women from the past, sung or unsung. This is a portrayal of genius and inventor Thomas Edison (1847-1931) by Jessica Libberton.
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Thomas Edison—
Great music and art are earthly wonders, but I think cubist songs and paintings are hideous.
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Richard Armour, It All Started with Columbus—
Since Edison suffered from insomnia, he invented the electric light, so he could read at night.
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Keith Ellis, Thomas Edison: Genius of Electricity—
Edison was a giant. He had gigantic successes and gigantic failures. He had a giant's zest, a giant's power of recuperation, and a giant's vision.
