Maurice Sendak, creator of WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE passed away this week. There’s not many names you can mention that played a bigger role in nearly every kids life. That book has been in my house in some for or another since before I can remember. My son 2 copies now and will own many more thru his lifetime.
I thought a lot about that book this morning. I’ve said “That book isn’t as good as I always thought it was.” And after some time today, I’ve been wrong in saying that. The strength of that book is how vastly different it is being read thru the eyes of your 7 year old self than the 34 year old man I am now. I grumble at how quickly it moves and doesn’t actually show you that much in the way of imaginary worlds, or even WILD THINGS really.
But then I remember how big my mind was at 7. Those gaps are important, those spaces are crucial. They allowed me to imagine on my own where the wild things WERE instead of being told and shown every corner. Imagination is a powerful thing. That book shows the beginnings of it and allows you to fill it all in.
So today’s piece is a quick thank you to Maurice. I hope to revisit this subject over time in a more official manner but today we’ll just give a sketch.
In honor of the man who touched so many children’s lives, this and the rest of the weeks Daily Sketch proceeds will be donated to ST. JUDE CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL. Thank you in advance for helping out.
9x12 bristol, pen, brush. For sale in MY STORE
Saw the movie again tonight. I was going to write a review. I was going to talk about how Joss assembles a bunch of broken semi dysfunctional people together in a way that fucking works. It probably would have sounded half way intelligent. Instead I drew this. Since it’s been a long fucking time since I loved anything enough to bother drawing fan art of it, I think it speaks louder than any words that I could have struggled to put on paper.
I’d draw more, but I’ve gotta show up to work tomorrow and write a website.
More reasons why Skottie Young is just so damn awesome.
Today’s daily sketch was a Twitter suggestion. Edward Scissorhands BLEW MY MIND when I was young. That and Beetlejuice were really big movies of my childhood and I watched them both more than I can count. I think I rented Beetlejuice once a month thru out elementary school. I’ll jump on that one tomorrow.
9x12 bristol, brush, pen. Original for sale in MY STORE
