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Thanks to a delightful week of playing with and tidying up after my grand-turkeys, I have discovered toys arranged in both haphazard and intentional (?) ways.
What's happening here? Is this still life some sort of a minikin movie set? Or perhaps a precarious attempt made by tiny labourers to repair a massive dinosaur statue? Or is it a time-traveling Lego robot attempting to tap a dinosaur on the shoulder? Maybe warn him about that huge asteroid? Hmm....
Whatever the artist's intention, the still life invites closer inspection and contemplation. Children have a way of reminding us how joyful it is to pay attention to the world, to notice, to wonder, to imagine, to discover, to be curious. They can also make us long for the still life—a little peace and quiet, ha. And then (at least for me) to wish for them to return and liven things up because a (still) life is nothing if not fleeting. We only have so much time to compose our stories.
As the inimitable Oliver Jeffers said, "The universe is not made of atoms; it is made of stories." Dear friends, what (stories) are you noticing?
Codex: postmodern interpretation of jurassic park?
ReplyDeleteI'm noticing that the kiddos are making you notice.
Ha! Clever.
DeleteThe dinosaur's yearly checkup with Dr. Lego. Hope the results were good for Dino.
ReplyDeleteHa. I like this interpretation. Well done.
DeleteThe Legos remind me of the Pixar lamp, and the dino (although ferocious-looking) sent my thoughts towards Toy Story
ReplyDeleteSo true. Love those movies.
DeleteIt's impolite to tell someone they have a huge ass-teroid. Just sayin'.
ReplyDeleteHaha. Well done, sir.
Delete...when we are young, everything is a wonder. Sadly that changes as we get older.
ReplyDelete'Tis. But I try to fight that feeling.
DeleteYou are deep.
ReplyDeleteThe universe is made up of stories
ReplyDeleteI like that
That mini-rex makes a darn good replica. Well done.
ReplyDeleteI had to settle an argument last week between two boys who could not agree on whether the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park were real or not.
ReplyDeleteKids are funny.
My Adult Mind did not go to where I'm pretty sure a Child's innocent Mind went when Creating this Still Life.
ReplyDeleteI have a shoebox full of dinosaurs..... well not real ones of course.... and when the littles were little we had great fun posing them in all sorts of violent scenes.
ReplyDeleteThat is actually a brilliant artistic installation, the way the two mediums echo one another, how wise of you to notice.
ReplyDeleteI love playing with lego, we still have our son's Lego sets, and he's 41 years of age.
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