And Here's The Entirety Of 'Alice In Wonderland' In Emoji

And Here's The Entirety Of 'Alice In Wonderland' In Emoji

Literature traditionalists, avert your eyes. A designer with a deep-seated passion for emoji has taken on the translation of some of the finest works in the pop culture canon into, yes, twin dancers, prayer hands and smiley poops.

Joe Hale may very well be the world's first emoji author. His pièce de résistance, in our humble opinions, is his adaptation of Lewis Carroll's 27,500-word novel Alice in Wonderland into a 25,000+ emoji lattice.

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"My translation was inspired by the psychedelic atmosphere of Walt Disney's classic animated film and the memory of happy summer days wandering through the city of London," Hale told The Huffington Post. He cites the influence of William Burroughs' writings on hieroglyphics and the Buddhist concept of visualization on his website.

Hale recommends reading his emoji interpretation alongside Carroll's original for an enhanced emoji experience, hoping his visual accessory will serve as "a visual aid to inspire the imagination and think about the magical world of Wonderland." If you're into it, check out his newest adaptation, this time of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan. Instead of "Wonderland," it's appropriately called "Neverland."

If you're having trouble zooming in on Hale's masterpiece, he translated some selections:

"And what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations?"
"We're all mad here"
"Off with her head!"

For more emoji-centric interpretations of artistic masterpieces, check out Carla Gannis' take on Hieronymus Bosch's "Garden of Earthly Delights" and Spencer Sarson's rendition of Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off."

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