{"id":1429,"date":"2008-08-31T00:01:24","date_gmt":"2008-08-31T06:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1429"},"modified":"2008-08-31T00:02:31","modified_gmt":"2008-08-31T06:02:31","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-78-featuring-hyewon-yum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1429","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp’s 7 Kicks #78: Featuring Hyewon Yum"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jules<\/strong><\/font>: I really, really<\/em> hope that folks are around this weekend, despite it being a holiday weekend, to see the art work of our featured illustrator today, Hyewon Yum<\/strong><\/a>, who studied painting, printmaking, and illustration at both Seoul National University<\/strong><\/a> and the School of Visual Arts<\/strong><\/a> in New York. <\/p>\n

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But I’m getting ahead of myself. First, let me quickly say in case we have any new folks reading: 7-Imp’s 7 Kicks is our weekly meeting ground for taking some time to reflect on Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the past week—whether book-related or not—that happened to you. We also feature the work of an artist\/illustrator every Sunday. <\/p>\n

So, back to Hyewon: She now lives and works as a freelance illustrator in Brooklyn. The above illustration—as well as the below two—are from Last Night<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, set for a Fall release from Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Hyewon contacted me after my Suzy Lee interview<\/strong><\/a>, and I’m so terrifically glad she did; I quickly went all ga-ga over Hyewon’s style as soon as I saw the art work she had sent. I’m looking forward to seeing Last Night<\/em>, which looks great. <\/p>\n


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The next two illustrations are from a book Hyewon’s currently creating, entitled Mommy Told Me Not to Go Out Alone<\/em>. I know nothing about the book, but I can show you that this art work is also<\/em> slammin’ good: <\/p>\n


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“The last image is from my personal project about {my} twin sister,” Hyewon told me:<\/p>\n

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Many thanks to Hyewon for sharing her beautiful work with us today. If you want to see more or her illustrations, please visit her web site<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n

* * * eisha’s kicks * * *<\/strong><\/font><\/center><\/p>\n

Miles, riding Tameka like a horsey. Goofy little cowboy. God, he\u2019s so CUTE.1* Well, first off let’s talk about this week’s art. There’s something about that fox all kicked back in that first picture that just tickles me, as do the little girl’s Chuck Jones<\/strong><\/a> eyes in the book cover beneath it.<\/p>\n

2* Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

3* As I mentioned in Friday’s post, I’ve been rereading Salinger all week. It’s very interesting how my appreciation for him has changed over the years. As a teen, I was most drawn to the alienation of his main characters, but now I find myself more interested in their redemption. His ear for dialogue has never failed to amaze me, though.<\/p>\n

4* When I opened my lovely hardcover reissue of Franny and Zooey<\/em>, I rediscovered Jules’s inscription from when she gave it to me in 1998.<\/p>\n

5* On a very different note, my husband and I watched Anchorman<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. There were about three scenes that made me laugh so hard I thought I’d have a stroke.<\/p>\n

6* New nephew pics. In the one above, he’s pretending to ride my brother’s dog like a horsey, and clearly cracking himself up. He’s turning into quite the performer. Also, he’s still just about the cutest little boy EVER.<\/p>\n

7* As you’re reding this, I’m actually in Boston hanging out with dear old friends. I hope you’re all having a lovely long weekend, and I look forward to reading all your kicks when I get back.<\/p>\n

* * * Jules’ kicks * * *<\/strong><\/font><\/center><\/p>\n

1). You won’t hear me talk politics a lot, because I am extremely terribly no-good cautious about my optimism with all politicians. But things are different this time, and my first kick is the DNC and Obama’s wonderful speech. Author Haven Kimmel<\/strong><\/a> took the words right outta my mouth over at her blog (to which I’m addicted) when she wrote<\/strong><\/a>, “I\u2019d watch the whole thing again just to see him hold up his hand and say, ‘ENOUGH.'”<\/p>\n

2). When I was having a really crappy day one day this week, Eisha obliged my request for a really sick, funny joke. Plus, my husband brought me a latte. <\/p>\n

3). Long story how we got on this topic (no, I’m not pregnant), but my husband said if we ever have a boy, he’s totally gonna give him the middle name “Danger.” Yes, DANGER DANIELSON. This was over food, and I about choked. (Of course I reminded him that a girl could be Danger Danielson, too, especially if she were a superspy.)<\/p>\n

4). The Hubster and I rented and saw—yes, for the first time ever—“The Godfather.”<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

5). Home-made apple crisp with apples from our neighbor’s tree. <\/p>\n

6). Watching my four-year-old’s face as she heard “Rubber Soul”<\/strong><\/a> for the first time in her life. She had a wide array of responses for each song and could be heard singing “Nowhere Man” later. I figure she’s a Beatle-in-Training, which is what Eisha used to call me in college. <\/p>\n

7). My husband’s birthday is soon, and when the girls asked him what he wants for his birthday, he was all, I want a pony. And a unicorn. And a dragon. And a spaceship. And a pirate’s ship…<\/em> and on and on. And my four-year-old was IN HYSTERICS and kept going on about it. It’s like he sent her over the edge and she learned that very night what hyperbole is — or, I dunno, maybe tall talk. Something. Whatever. But her extreme delight in it all was pretty funny. <\/p>\n

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Speaking of…My four-year-old starts her first ever<\/em> Parents’ Day Out program next week, and I know I know<\/font> I know<\/font> that it’ll be great for her AND good for me to have a little bit more quiet (not total quiet, mind you…the almost-three-year-old will still be amblin’ around), but…I will miss her. I know some mothers may be eye-rolling right now, and I wouldn’t blame them, honestly—I’m not a mother who hasn’t ever wished for more breaks—but there’s the whole dropping-her-off-and-leaving-her-in-the-care-of-others bit, which is hard. For serious. I think I’m going to find out what it feels like to leave your heart somewhere out of your body and walk away. <\/p>\n

Fortunately, my husband’s off all week and a) will go with me to drop her off and b) perhaps can buy me a stiff drink afterwards. But I’d still take any and all words of support if anyone’s so inclined to give them, which is why I’m rambling about this. <\/p>\n

(And the program is only two days a week. I’m that<\/em> pathetic.)<\/p>\n

What are your<\/em> kicks this week?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jules: I really, really hope that folks are around this weekend, despite it being a holiday weekend, to see the art work of our featured illustrator today, Hyewon Yum, who studied painting, printmaking, and illustration at both Seoul National University and the School of Visual Arts in New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seven-good-things-before-monday","category-picture-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}