The aforementioned Professor, as a child, on the very chalkboard which hadn’t been erased in over 15 but was erased this New Year’s Eve, drew this marvelous little world. Gratefully her mother saw the virtue in the drawing and photographed it.
Below is one of my versions of the drawing, done on a placemat at a diner while we were eating with Aditya and Mary.
One of my absolute favorite collages from one of the world’s premiere collage artists, (I will not say THE premiere collage artist, though she is certainly MY world’s premiere collage artist) Maya Poran. Her web site I’ve been assured is coming soon.
I also know the story behind this particular collage. A dear friend visiting in an effort to raise her spirits uncharacteristically told a joke:
“What did the snail riding on the turtle’s back say?”
I don’t know, what did it say?
“Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!”
Dr. Poran was so charmed by this effort that she immediately constructed this collage in thanks.
Art directors and publishers of children’s picture books take note: This is certainly the most dazzling thing you are ever going to stumble across.
