Dannn. I wish I could highlight all the spots where you gorgeously hurt my feelings. Holding your mom’s hand in the car? Willing tears to go back where they go? Gail recognizing another person who pays attention and feels things a little deeper than most? And losing the pages? Oww. My heart. It’s another beautiful piece. I could see every moment happening.
Beautiful story. As an art teacher I hope that I reach my students the way Gail saw you. I occasionally have a student who is going their own way in art class, I love how she saw you and encouraged you! The ending was a bummer, it probably would of happened in my school too. Cafeterias are brutal (I have lunch duty next period. Ugh)
Thanks for that. It's a bummer and funny and honestly a grimly-great preparatory moment for the way Western culture views artists/creative work in general.
I'm unfortunately, very experienced in dealing with it. Been anti Zionist since I was a kid, so while Oct 7 was horrific, it was also something I expected something like for a long time. And the retaliation is all too predictable as well from my perspective.
Hard to look away and focus on other things I need to, but the feelings are old and familiar.
I was thinking, these days it would be so easy to just take photos of them all with your phone, and you'd have had them forever. Back when we were 10, there was no option unless you used a film camera, and who was thinking like that? Film cost money! Xeroxes were black and white! Kids these days...no idea what it was like back in the Pleistocene...
Dannn. I wish I could highlight all the spots where you gorgeously hurt my feelings. Holding your mom’s hand in the car? Willing tears to go back where they go? Gail recognizing another person who pays attention and feels things a little deeper than most? And losing the pages? Oww. My heart. It’s another beautiful piece. I could see every moment happening.
And here's me feeling seen all over again. Thank you, Madeleine 💚
Beautiful story. As an art teacher I hope that I reach my students the way Gail saw you. I occasionally have a student who is going their own way in art class, I love how she saw you and encouraged you! The ending was a bummer, it probably would of happened in my school too. Cafeterias are brutal (I have lunch duty next period. Ugh)
Thanks for that. It's a bummer and funny and honestly a grimly-great preparatory moment for the way Western culture views artists/creative work in general.
Yeah, sadly can relate too well to the first bit, things in the Levant have been eating too large portions of my attention lately too.
Sending you (and everyone) extra grace to handle that.
I'm unfortunately, very experienced in dealing with it. Been anti Zionist since I was a kid, so while Oct 7 was horrific, it was also something I expected something like for a long time. And the retaliation is all too predictable as well from my perspective.
Hard to look away and focus on other things I need to, but the feelings are old and familiar.
But appreciate the thought Dan ❤
Hope you're managing ok.
Dude! Your art was so powerful that it caused the whole cafeteria to break out in a food fight! Everyone wanted to be The Cleaver! 😂🤘👍
If only. 🤣 The peas and gravy were the tell.
I sure wish I still had those pieces though.
I was thinking, these days it would be so easy to just take photos of them all with your phone, and you'd have had them forever. Back when we were 10, there was no option unless you used a film camera, and who was thinking like that? Film cost money! Xeroxes were black and white! Kids these days...no idea what it was like back in the Pleistocene...
I’m pleased at my recreation of The Cleaver on my ipad. I done him proud 🥹
'Then she kneels, her body folding like a mantis into a polygon of knees and elbows...' Love that!
so, so good