Can't think of any velveteen rabbits that I still possess, most everything I had was lost in a house fire years ago.
I miss my books.
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
Hugs!!!!!
That REALLY sucks!
Thanks, Dlowan! It was a bit of a blow.
The upside of it was that having nothing but what's on your back sort of forces things into perspective. Yes I miss my books, and a few toys and things that I'd held on to, but life goes on. Things that can be replaced are, and those that can't, well, you learn to live without them.
I find I don't have the same fear I once had of losing things, of being without all those little bits and pieces that seem to mean so much, because now I know I'll be okay without them.
I'm reminded of a family legend of a courtesy cousin. During the Johnstown Flood of '89, this frail little old lady was rescued from the roof of her house. As the rowboat pulled away, the house collapsed.
"Oh," she sighed. One of the rescue crew handed her a handkerchief.
She refused it with a smile. "You know," she said. "This means I'll never have to finish all that embroidery I started."
LOL! Sounds like something my mum would say!
fortune, I remember many years ago being invited to Christmas dinner at my best friend's house. I arranged to have my mom drop me off. When we got there all that remained of their house was a shell. I spent Christmas shaking and crying until K finally reached me to tell me they were all okay.
I have great sympathy for people who have lost things to fire.
I believe I may have to add Noddy's "embroidery" anthem to my lexicon!
That damn Johnstown flood. Im still damn mad at Frick and Carnegie for causin that one.
We just got home, home and I caught up on some of the beautiful artwork that some of you posted. Chapman was, clearly, in the art neuveau style. Obviously, illustrators , until the mid 1980s,l relied on layout and draughtsmanship skills. today, we are mostly served up a flat big eyed pile of clip art and PAINTSHOP.
Once someone has seen the work of Chapman, Remington, PArrish, Leyendecker, Schoonover < Wyeth, Holwein, and, (MY FAV) Frank Frazzetta, how and the hell can we accept the clearly CGI stuff that passes for illustration today.
Even the last Golden Books , many of which were illustrated by some real talent, had slipped over to that flat anime look.
I think that, today, the really great illustrators produce stuff for scientific texts.
FM, i've picked up a lot of Frazetta stuff on-line, and use it in my screen-saver file. His stuff was excellent.
Oh, there are some great illustrators out there, still. I love Peter Sis:
I haven't found a really great representation online yet -- his colors and complexity are just lovely.
Then there's Maurice Sendak:
Google up some of John Gurches work, or Kam MAk.
i like Sendak's stuff, sorta creepy . Not familiar with Peter Sis.
Sendack's 'Where the Wild Things Are' was one of my favourite books as a kid. Now that I'm here on A2K, I realize I haven't really changed much.
cept now, when you read Sendak on the subway, people move away from you . happens to me
