"Chez Vicalle Too" was inspired by the genius of Emile Durkheim who wrote: "All social realities--VALUES and PROCESSES--are created by humans. The social and ideational world represents NO entity without humans. Such a world is the REFLECTION of the socialization experienced by EACH individual in his or her cognitive development." The surreal quality of "Chez Vicalle Too" was inspired by Marcel Duchamp and Edward Gorey.
Readers of "Chez Vicalle Too" are encouraged to read A. S. Byatt's novella "Morpho Eugenia" and view the movie "Angels and Insects" which was based upon the novella.