Monthly Archives: September 2010

Real! I Swear.

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Mary

This Fairy Tale had to be scanned directly from the 1865 book to be believed. I know I wouldn’t be willful after hearing this!

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Little Red-Cap 19th c. Version

Posted on September 4, 2010 by Mary

Little Red Riding Hood is a classic children’s fairy tale character.  Back in 1870 she was known as Little Red-Cap and had a very different story.  Quotes from Old, Old Fairy Tales. “There was once a dear little maid whom … Continue reading →

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Uh Oh! He’s Wearing RED

Posted on September 4, 2010 by Mary

There are many traditional fairy tales that use the color red to signify evil and danger. The Evil Queen gives Snow White a poisonous red apple. The deathly red dancing slippers already mentioned. Poor Dorothy who puts her self and … Continue reading →

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My Very Own Fairy Stories

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Mary

‘When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies.’ James Matthew Barrie author of Peter Pan

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G.G’s Train to Heaven

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Mary

In the last few months of my mother’s life (She died of Alzheimer’s disease in 2008) she had very lucid moments. Crystalline almost. One was a memory of being a small girl, lying on her back in a field of … Continue reading →

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Modern Eyes / Prehistoric Art

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Mary

Humans have always loved to fashion intentional recognizable some-things out of something else. In prehistoric times a piece of cast off, unusually shaped bone is deliberately saved for later and chipped and fashioned by idle hands to make it in … Continue reading →

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Imagination is the KEY

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Mary

‘To Unlock the Door to Make-believe, Imagination is the Key’ You be the Artist Let’s talk about kids and drawing. Art is fun, non-critical and accessible to all children regardless of culture or socio-economic status. Art doesn’t require 4-color glossy … Continue reading →

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Of Mountains and Men

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Mary

Let’s talk a moment about Art and our prehistoric Artistic ancestors. I maintain that all humans are by their innate nature prone to create some understandable order from disorder- this human tendency is called Simulacra. Without all the Psychological babble … Continue reading →

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Prehistoric Cave Art – The First School Blackboard?

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Mary

I have been reading about universal symbols that go way back  into prehistory. There are many photos of the incredible cave drawings discovered in the 1940′s in Lascaux France. Modern archeologists are trying to decipher their meaning using 21st century … Continue reading →

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