Tim Burton exhibition @ da Moma was absolutely gorgeous. He let us sneak into his brain to witness the art, costume process, and writing process of his famous and beloved works like The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Edward Scissorhands, Beetlejuice, Sleepy Hallow, Big Fish, Sweeny Todd, Mars Attacks, and even his adaption of Alice in Wonderland which wont even be released in theaters until March 5th of this new year. We got a glimpse of his past growing up in the small town of Burbank. Some sketches were torn right from the pages of his notebook and others were paintings on canvas. The clay wired models of Jack the Skeleton and the Corpse Bride herself were put on display along with the other characters from these movies, and Johnny Depp's costume as Edward was put on a model for all to see. The second I walked through the dark door of Tim Burton's mind my whole mind set was caught off guard and truly effected in some way or another. Burton takes the idea of every individuals low self esteem and makes images through that idea in a quirky artistic manner. Also I realized that Burton's creativity never developed to adulthood, and because of this he is able to create such master pieces and we can enjoy them today. We all wondered, as kids, where Santa and the Easter Bunny went all year long when they weren't serving us kids. Everyone had their own theories and can most likely recall them to this day. But Burton is the only one who holds onto their ideas, not embarrassed, and makes them into an artful master piece. Becoming our guilty pleasure.