Had a nice little reminder to do exactly that the other day. We’re living just off a fairly wonderful shopping / café strip at the moment, and are finding plenty of excuses to meander up and down its length most days. A few days ago there was an obviously homeless man sitting on the ground outside one of the shops. He waved cheerfully at my five year old as we walked past, who promptly waved cheerfully back. The next day, the man was again sitting outside the shop, and Mike watched him intently (with another answering wave) as we passed. I could just about see the wheels in his head turning, and, sure enough, he looked up at me with brow furrowed and said, “Mummy, that man was sitting there yesterday.” “Uh huh,” I replied, and mentally geared up to explain ‘homeless’. His eyes grew huge as he exclaimed excitedly, “Mummy, he must own that whole shop!”
Oh how wonderful to have eyes that see beyond the so-called obvious! Eyes that don’t dismiss what they see, or miss the magic in the everyday….Thanks, Mikey – I needed that reminder.
Now in a perfect world I would have a layout inspired by that, but I don’t – busy, busy week. However, I did find time to do a couple more mini canvasses for New Project Part Two (must come up with a better name than that…;) ) Have a feeling those are going to be my creativity fallback position – the art you do when you’re too busy to do art. J
Kinder artwork makes me so happy…Think I may need to redo my teacup photo though – it’s just a bit large for the canvas. Will see if it bugs me when it's up on the wall...
That's good. And cute...may I borrow it for future writing purpose's?;)
ReplyDeleteYour Mikey story makes me smile too! I love that little people see the world in that awesome way...still so fresh and innocent! I hope my cherubs hold onto that same beautiful ways of seeing the world for as long as possible!
ReplyDeleteAnd your little canvases look fantstic! I love kinder art too ....such a beuatiful idea to include it. xx