I must have missed this Brainpickings article when it was originally published in 2014, but I’m glad I discovered it via Pinterest! Artist John Vernon Lord created amazing illustrations to accompany James Joyce‘s Finnegans Wake in a collectible edition published by the Folio Society (now out of stock, alas). The illustrations are stunning, but of course I find the notebook pages documenting his creative process even more beautiful!

Read more (and see lots more images) at: John Vernon Lord’s Whimsical Illustrations for James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake