

It presents us with the double-bind of advocating ethical responsibility toward our environment while simultaneously recognizing (in many ways because we recognize) the relative insignificance and contingency of the anthropological in the grander scheme of things. I ntellectualizing in an era of impending ecological catastrophe means thinking the unthinkable-or at least imagining ourselves capable of such. Putting pressure on the consonances and disso-nances between these concepts will reveal an implicit attempt to make of Odradek an idiom capable of conceptualizing the forces of a climate change exceeding current modes of thought. Hillis Miller's theory of the ecotechnological. Today, Lynley is a big fan of Quentin Blake 'because of his humour and very clever art work.This article interrogates the uses and abuses of Franz Kafka's enigmatic figure Odradek as an illustration for three recent approaches in the environmental humanities: Timothy Morton's notion of the hyperobject, Jane Bennett's vital materialism, and J. It comes as no surprise that, as a child, she adored Dr Seuss because of his 'crazy sounds and the fact that he took such liberties with the English language.' Other favourite authors included A A Milne and the fairy tales of The Grimm Brothers and Hans Christian Andersen. As well as being a visual delight, these are some of the most rewarding books for children and adults to read out loud. Exuberant artwork and bouncy rhymes come together perfectly in books like Slinky Malinki and Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy. There was no looking back as Lynley went on to write and illustrate her own books for children.


She began to work as a freelance illustrator and collaborated with author Eve Sutton on My Cat Likes To Hide in Boxes. She went on to teach art before taking a break to start a family.

Lynley Dodd graduated from the Elam School of Art in Auckland with a diploma in Fine Arts, majoring in sculpture.
