Someday, oh yes, someday I will visit the Miniature World in Victoria BC.
Showing posts with label L is for little. Show all posts
Showing posts with label L is for little. Show all posts
L is for Little
Wow, I've found a gem by the name of Andre da Loba . I could say a lot about him , but I prefer this memior he wrote about himself :
MEMOIR (By and about myself, as if I was someone else.)Andre da LobaAndre da Loba was born in 1979 in Portugal, to a mama and a centaur. In a family of nine brothers he was the ugliest. His nose was very big, and still is. As a result, his parents sent him to join a sea circus. As a secondary attraction, he traveled the world two-and-a-half times. He almost made it to top billing, but there was always somebody who had something bigger than his nose. Which I don't know if I mentioned that it was very big, and it still is!
During these nomadic years he developed a particular taste for the anarchists, fortune-tellers, fleeing kings, blasphemers and mutineers. Also, fire-starters, witches, poets, biologists, sexologists, shipwreck survivors, tall hats, fancy shoes, skulls, talking fishes, morning horses, people with odd limps, light-bulb changers, professional vagabonds, perfect stammerers, spontaneous mutes, and of course, pencils, colored paper, glue, and cardboard.
The circus eventually stopped at a red sign. As everybody abandoned the circus, Andre started to use its remains to make his creations. Sometimes he did it for money, because he had to eat; sometimes for fun, because he had to eat more.
One day, when the circus materials were depleted, he started to use trash to make his illustrations. It might seem that he has a mixed-media approach, but the truth is that he just uses everything that people don't want, so he keeps on making people's junk his own. WHAT A THIEF!
He illustrated a couple books with recycled materials and more are yet to come (he hopes!).
His work has been recognized and awarded by the Bologna ChildrenÕs Book Fair, The Society of Illustrators, IBBY, The Visual Magazine, The Creative Quarterly magazine
Currently he lives in New York City, where he is secretly happ
L is for Little
"I have two sisters and two brothers and my mum is pregnant. This is the kitchen and that's all my family in one room."
"I like my woollen carpet and I like my computer, but the mouse makes eggs inside the house. Sometimes I feed the rats, although they keep coming and coming. Sometimes I find them and give them a comfortable place. I have marbles around the whole house. Near my TV I have some wonderful stuff, but there's poo so I just clean it as quick as I can. Sometimes they run away from my brother because he is tall. I am not afraid of the rats."
"I sleep on the floor. I am watching my baby brother so he doesn't fall out of bed. I cook his food. My mum is not lazy she is just teaching me. I like sleeping on the floor anyway. I made the rice for us, and if my mum goes out I change my brother's nappy."
Shoebox Living was an amazing exhibit created by 125 children aged 8-10 from a school in Peckham, one of London's most deprived areas. The children were given shoeboxes and tools to recreate rooms from their homes and write a description of the room, which gives intense insight into the vulnerable lives of the youth. A follow up exhibition and auction called Shoebox Art involves artists recreating shoebox rooms from their childhood which are then auctioned with all proceeds going towards Kids Company who work directly with inner city youth.
"I have two sisters and two brothers and my mum is pregnant. This is the kitchen and that's all my family in one room."
"I like my woollen carpet and I like my computer, but the mouse makes eggs inside the house. Sometimes I feed the rats, although they keep coming and coming. Sometimes I find them and give them a comfortable place. I have marbles around the whole house. Near my TV I have some wonderful stuff, but there's poo so I just clean it as quick as I can. Sometimes they run away from my brother because he is tall. I am not afraid of the rats."
"I sleep on the floor. I am watching my baby brother so he doesn't fall out of bed. I cook his food. My mum is not lazy she is just teaching me. I like sleeping on the floor anyway. I made the rice for us, and if my mum goes out I change my brother's nappy."
Shoebox Living was an amazing exhibit created by 125 children aged 8-10 from a school in Peckham, one of London's most deprived areas. The children were given shoeboxes and tools to recreate rooms from their homes and write a description of the room, which gives intense insight into the vulnerable lives of the youth. A follow up exhibition and auction called Shoebox Art involves artists recreating shoebox rooms from their childhood which are then auctioned with all proceeds going towards Kids Company who work directly with inner city youth.
L is for Little
When I came about Little People, I instantly thought of my good friend Ami Goto and her love of all things mini. I sent her the link, she bought the book!
Ami is going to Japan tomorrow for 3 weeks so I made her some little worry dolls to take with her and whisper to. This morning her and I had a wonderful date at Two if By Sea for some !too good! croissants and an espresso designed especially for the ladies called the Chica. A hint of chocolate in my espresso? Yes please!
Safe travels Ami I love you very much xoxoxooxxo!!!
L is for Little
As each Bright Bug dances above a bloom, magically the flower starts to sway to and fro, following the pattern of the Bug. Soon all of the blossoms are dancing together in a slow motion ballet, and the drone of the bugs is producing a hypnotizing effect on Shasta.
She is lured into the circle and floated up to sit on a large orange mushroom in the middle. Five Bright Bugs surround her, flitting around her head, flying in close to her face. One bug sends its thoughts to her, then buzzes away.
“Shasta of the West Woods, are you ready? Are you ready for the challenge?"
My mother, Karen, wrote a book about Minwings, the little fairies she used to play with when she was a child. We are so extremely lucky to have the talented Mr. Sydney Smith do the illustrations.
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