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Kids Halloween Art
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009Here’s some Halloween artwork my daughter and her friends did this week. I thought you might enjoy seeing it to help get you in the mood for Halloween!
“Bones” by Lila
“Skeleton” by Lila…
“Witch” by Sarina
“Graveyard” by Melisa
“Graveyard II” by Melisa
“R.I.P.” by Marisa
Have a Spooky Fun Halloween!
Mama Lisa
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds – It’s Really about a Kid’s Drawing!
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009I clearly remember being seven years old and listening to Elton John’s rendition of the Beatle’s Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds in my suburban backyard… Looking up at the sky and imagining a girl there, possibly me, floating with diamonds, a rainbow in the background (I guess due to the colorful imagery in the song), and clouds, in a jungle of tall flowers.
That’s the image I saw in my head every time I heard the song… until years later, when I became a teenager, it was dashed to the ground, and shattered upon being told that the song was about drug use. Somehow that tainted the song for me and made it less interesting… somehow mundane… not of a person’s own, pure imagination, but drug induced.
Today, my childhood image has been redeemed. I learned that the song actually came from a childhood drawing by John Lennon’s son Julian. You can see the drawing below. When John asked his son what the drawing was about, Julian said, “It’s Lucy in the sky with diamonds.” Lucy was Julian’s playmate in school.
The song “Lucy in the Song with Diamonds” was also influenced by Lewis Carroll. Paul McCartney said, “We did the whole thing like an Alice in Wonderland idea, being in a boat on the river, slowly drifting downstream with those great cellophane flowers towering over your head. Every so often it broke off and you saw Lucy with Diamonds all over the sky.”
That is a much more interesting origin of this song! What’s more, it lets me remember my original conception of it… and feel like that’s what it was really about… the feeling of the innocent, colorful, originality of childhood.
Oh happy day! To regain a childhood perspective!
Hattip: Steve Bunche’s Blog
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On a sadder note, the real Lucy Vodden (née O’Donnell), Julian’s playmate, recently passed away from Lupus at the age of 46.
How to Draw a Pig – for Kids – with Poetic Instructions
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Kids Flower Drawing
Saturday, July 12th, 2008Here’s a drawing my daughter did this year in first grade. The theme was to draw something that’s beautiful about Earth. My daughter’s answer: Flowers!
This drawing was for Earth Day. It’s a nice idea to have children to do a drawing inside a globe shape to celebrate the holiday.
-Mama Lisa
A Child’s Drawing
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007I love children’s artwork. Here’s a great drawing by Lila!
Feel free to send me art done by a kid you know to post.
Singing, Dancing Carrots
Thursday, October 12th, 2006
My daughter came home from school the other day and just sat down and drew these carrot ladies. They look to me like dancing and singing carrots. I immediately took to them and they made me smile. Of course they did, I’m her mother! But I wanted to share this drawing with you.
I’ve always loved children’s art work. I find kids’ drawings and paintings to be very soulful. If you’d like to share a photo of any kid’s artwork that you like, I welcome a photo of the piece to post.
Meanwhile, I keep thinking, there must be a nice carroty song out there that these carrot ladies would be singing!
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