Ok, so I fully embraced the act of
completing the wheel of life, according to the Chinese zodiac. I've
gone through all the signs and all the elements once (5 elements x 12
signs). I have the luxury and privilege, according to that
tradition, to be a child again. Not a problem! I get to keep all
the skills and lessons I've learned on the way. I have all the
licences and legal permissions I need to play. So, what is left to
do? I can buy my toys, sing and dance anywhere and anytime and have
people smile, rather than look at me funny.
Paper dolls!
I remember Betsy McCall dolls in the
back of Good Housekeeping magazine and not wanting to cut them out.
If I did that I wouldn't have them all on the page anymore! I still
don't want to cut them out if there is only one page. Fortunately,
there are copies! Let's hear it for the printer and computers.
There are so many artists out there who
are putting together their own collections of paper dolls.
Illustrating stories that have not been written.
And ones that are very familiar...sort of.
That's one reason I got re-connected to the paper figures. Now, I'm looking at them as a way to visualize my own characters in settings that I find in history books. Think “paper theater”, “diorama”, assemblage, scrapbook, and collage.
Jennifer Cruisie's Wild Ride
Dogs and Goddesses
Ok, enough. Time to get out the
coloring tools and scissors! What childhood pleasure has been
updated in a way that gets you excited? What book or story would you
want as a paper doll set?
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