{"id":2306,"date":"2012-03-07T21:47:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T03:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2306"},"modified":"2012-03-10T14:56:25","modified_gmt":"2012-03-10T20:56:25","slug":"what-i%e2%80%99m-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-week-featuring-mark-hearld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2306","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Mark Hearld"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Winter is a slow, low time. Everything is hiding from the cold; just staying alive is enough. Days are short, but the long frosty nights blaze with stars and
spring is just a moon or two away.”<\/em><\/br>(Click to enlarge)<\/center> <\/p>\n

This week at Kirkus<\/em>, I write about Cynthia Rylant’s Brownie & Pearl<\/em> series for very young readers, illustrated by Brian Biggs. (As in: I did not even know<\/em> about this great series, so I contribute my own little barbaric yawp about it to help introduce it to others who also may not know about it. I also acknowledge, however, that I am often just VERY SLOW.) The link will be here<\/a><\/strong> on Friday. <\/p>\n

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Last week, I wrote about the very beautifully-designed and -illustrated Outside Your Window: A First Book of Nature<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (Candlewick, February), written by Nicola Davies<\/a><\/strong> and illustrated by Mark Hearld<\/a><\/strong>. You can go read all about the book—and me gushing—at this link<\/a><\/strong> from last week, but today I share a couple of spreads. <\/p>\n

And I just stumbled upon this video (which makes me so happy that I’m going to paste it here RIGHT NOW), which showcases LOTS of Hearld’s art. I love what he says about creating a home, a “wonderful space,” and about creating objects. Best of all, he says that the act of choosing objects to then set up in the space of one’s home is a creative venture in and of itself. (There is hope for me and creativity yet! This is something I can actually do well, I think, whereas many other creative acts simply stump me.)<\/p>\n

Enjoy the video and art. <\/p>\n