anyway let me start with a banger methinks. I make art like this :3 support my existence through a commission if you like :)

Kurz vor Sonnenaufgang ist die kleine Spinne schon bei der Arbeit in den Erdbeeren.

Und "die kleine Spinne spinnt und schweigt."

#EricCarle #StadtNatur #Balkongarten

Resonance: "What those who redact Carle’s childlike art probably don’t realize is that it was inspired by his own response to censorship growing up in Nazi Germany. 'Hitler dictated not only politics and everything, he also dictated art,' he told NPR in 2011."

https://lithub.com/draw-me-a-controversy-on-the-banning-of-beloved-childrens-book-author-eric-carle/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20March%2010%2C%202025&utm_term=lithub_master_list

#EricCarle
#BanTheBan
#Fascism
#KennedyCenter

Resonance: "What those who redact Carle’s childlike art probably don’t realize is that it was inspired by his own response to censorship growing up in Nazi Germany. 'Hitler dictated not only politics and everything, he also dictated art,' he told NPR in 2011."

https://lithub.com/draw-me-a-controversy-on-the-banning-of-beloved-childrens-book-author-eric-carle/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Lit%20Hub%20Daily:%20March%2010%2C%202025&utm_term=lithub_master_list

#EricCarle
#BanTheBan
#Fascism
#KennedyCenter

Opening later this week at the Eric Carle Museum in #AmherstMA:

"Free to Be. . . You and Me: 50 Years of Stories and Songs"

https://carlemuseum.org/explore-art/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibition/free-be-you-and-me-50-years-stories-and-songs

I grew up on the album, and my sister and I listened to it over and over; its messages of gender neutrality made a deep impression on me. My kids also like it (coincidentally, my daughter streamed the whole thing this evening after dinner, before I even read about this exhibition).

#70smusic #feminism #MarloThomas #EricCarle

Aus dem Bilderbuch "Eric Carle's Großes Tierbilderbuch". (1/3)

Dieses Buch zeigt auf ca. 90 Seiten viele Collagen von Tierbildern im typischen Stil von #EricCarle der hauptsächlich durch sein Buch 'Die kleine Raupe Nimmersatt' bekannt wurde.

Eric wurde übrigens durch einen anderen bekannten Illustrator - #LeoLionni - zu seiner ersten Arbeitsstelle bei der New York Times verholfen.

#bilderbuch #illustration #art #mastoart #artofmastodon #picturebook #collage #tiere #octopuss #squirrel

Aus dem Bilderbuch 'Das Pfannkuchenbuch'

#bilderbuch #illustration #art #mastoart #artofmastodon #picturebook #Mühle #Mill #EricCarle