THROUGH A CHILD'S EYE

"A child's world is fresh and new and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It is our misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision, that true instinct for what is beautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood. If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over the christening of all children I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life, as an unfailing antidote against the boredom and disenchantment's of later years, the sterile preoccupation with things that are artificial from the sources of our strength."

----Rachel Carson, The Sense of Wonder

Feeling Good, Nina Simone

I saw this posted on my friend Sunny's Facebook account. I love this song so...thanks Sunny! I'm passing it on. AND I'M FEELING GOOD TOO!

"This was done for a motion graphics class in the SVA MFA Design program. The assignment was to create a music video using just type and typographic elements." (Sunny via Facebook)

MAGPIE TALES

I find myself gummed up,

sticky with the remnants

of what I thought was

something.

I try to uncross my arms,

criss-crossed with the

litter of you--

nothing.

Superfluous, empty,

hollow to the core.

I'm wizened, weak,

left trying to cover up

what remains

with white paint.

I used primer, two coats,

still a distant shadow

remains.

Something?