9 Objects that Illustrate the Aesthetics of the Dickens Universe

I raised the question on our first day about whether Dickens' lists signify randomness or order, given his prolific use of this convention in his writing.  I believe I will adopt this particular genre to impose some form onto the content of our time in order to capture some of that "realist novel" effect of both chaos and order. So here goes a list from Ms. Barrios. (I encourage the other authors on this blog to post their own lists inspired by this week if they so choose).

9 Objects that Illustrate the Aesthetics of the Dickens Universe

1. A real porcelain tea-cup filled with a perfectly brewed Earl Grey loose leaf tea.
2. Redwood trees composed in the frame of one's bedroom window, in between buildings or through the slats of a stairwell.
3. A taxidermied kitten.
4. Karen's bare feet viewed dangling from below the "Double Shot" ride at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.
5. A chart about the "community of care" from Talia Schaffer's lecture, "Disabling Marriage"
6. A postcard of "The Great Cormorant" by Janina A. Larenas, local artist, from the Logos Bookstore, Downtown Santa Cruz.
7. The image of Dickens' spidery handwriting in that revision that Daniel Pollack-Pelzner pointed out in his talk--an empathic inkblot.
8. A table, upside down.
9. Fog, both literal and figural.