First, there was the article in the Huffington Post about the letter Mr. Vonnegut wrote in 2006 to a class of high school students who had asked him to come and visit them. He declined the visit, but gave them the best life advice ever. Good for students, good for people. Good for curmudgeonly moms too.
"Do art, and do it for the rest of your lives." Go read the rest. Seriously, do it right now.
And it turns out, writing was not his only art! Page-turner, a New Yorker blog, has a post up about Vonnegut's "whimsical drawings." Here is one:
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| My favorite! |
Look at that. It's awesome. And I do not mean to diminish his work one teensy bit when I say that it reminds me of my kids' art. Their art is awesome too. I particularly love the way he has colored in some of the shapes created by his free flowing black lines. My kids do this. I did this when I was a youth. Looking at this picture makes me kind of want to do it more.
Do art, people. It's good for the soul.
Thanks Mr. Vonnegut! I'm sure you are having a grand ole time in that eternal art studio in the sky!
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