My very first year in art [1972] at Parsons the New School, I also took a class in experimental dance. A quirky choreography assignment here leveled up my ability to notice and see the distinct unique qualities occurred there that shaped and altered my awareness – every bit of understanding about and my own practicesContinue reading “Our Every Move”
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FUNNY – I like to read comics bk
Mossy and Tweed: Crazy for Coconuts by Mirka Hokkanen My rating: 5 of 5 stars I adore this book! It is hysterically funny. I don’t normally love slapstick, but Mirka Hokkanen has captured the style of cartoon slapstick that all kids know isn’t real – and clarified it well early on when Tweed is flattenedContinue reading “FUNNY – I like to read comics bk”
Storybook Review
Evergreen by Matthew Cordell My rating: 5 of 5 stars Matthew Cordell seems to have a magic for creating the genre he chooses without worrying about what the industry says are genre restrictions, and I’m grateful for his lead in this. Of course, that he has a Caldecott Medal under his belt for Wolf inContinue reading “Storybook Review”
THE DOG ( contest piece for #50PRECIOUSWORDS 2021)
Author and friend Kathy Halsey turned me on to author Vivian Kirkfield’s #50 Precious Words Contest – a story for kids in 50 or less words. I thought I’d have a go. This is basically a true “tail” of my dogged determination to get a furry friend, pitted against my mom’s dogged determination to notContinue reading “THE DOG ( contest piece for #50PRECIOUSWORDS 2021)”
KidLit Review
Acorn and Button by Laura Petrisin My rating: 5 of 5 stars A debut publication for Laura Petrisin as both author and illustrator, she’s bent the genres back in time a bit to revive the hybrid of story and pictures with a beginning chapter book. Similar to many books many of us grew up lovingContinue reading “KidLit Review”
Amazing early MG GN!Lost in NYC: A Subway Adventure by Nadja Spiegelman
Lost in NYC: A Subway Adventure by Nadja Spiegelman My rating: 5 of 5 stars What an amazing book! It should be listed however as by Nadja Spieglman & Sergio Garcîa Sanchez. Sanchez is a professor of comics and a celebrated experimental comics artist – well deserved in that!He is one of the authors inContinue reading “Amazing early MG GN!Lost in NYC: A Subway Adventure by Nadja Spiegelman”
Shifts from Story Storm – and being from a displaced tribe
I’m not trying to share everything I have found inspiring this year engaging daily with Story Storm 2022, but this one feels a bit vulnerable – so it feels worth sharing. Funny, I found myself writing a draft inspired by a Storystorm post this week – that was so simple. It was about finding aContinue reading “Shifts from Story Storm – and being from a displaced tribe”
2022 storystorming
I started off Storystorm as I did last year – excited – then deflated – feeling a bit uninspired by new ideas. I should have remembered from 2021. That feeling got a huge reboot back to excitement after a few days. Quickly a day arrived where ideas bounced against the next day’s ideas, and againstContinue reading “2022 storystorming”
THE DOG ~ [contest piece for #50PRECIOUSWORDS 2021]
Author and friend Kathy Halsey turned me on to author Vivian Kirkfield’s #50 Precious Words Contest – a story for kids in 50 or less words. I thought I’d have a go. This is basically a true “tail” of my dogged determination to get a furry friend, pitted against my mom’s dogged determination to notContinue reading “THE DOG ~ [contest piece for #50PRECIOUSWORDS 2021]”
What is it about picture books that keeps me paddling through the currents?
Right now, the currents are getting this new website set up. My old one was no longer editable, so had to face that struggle of facing this… and while it is a simple setup for many, I’m a “pantser”. Picture book people know that means I jump in and face the waves rather than readContinue reading “What is it about picture books that keeps me paddling through the currents?”
fireUrchin ~ illustrator/author 