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| "Coney Island," by Sophie Blackall, available here. |
Furiously scanning my mental index cards, "Arcana that
could become blog posts," the name Sophie Blackall lept forth. Among the photos on my desktop is one of her illustrations. I think of her, if briefly, every day. With the chance, not to mention purpose, of exploring her work in greater detail, it occurs to me that illustrators, like poets, are translators, taking our human experiences and returning them to us in forms we can absorb, process and even enjoy.
I suggest you Google her, in text and images. I will share some links, such as this
Brain Pickings article that offers interview excerpts. At her
website I could sit indefinitely and watch her subway riders glide past. She has
one blog about her "Missed Connections" project and subsequent book,
another about more current goings-on.
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| From "Spinster Goose: Twisted Rhymes for Naughty Children" by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by Sophie Blackall. |
At this late date, it seems unlikely that I will ever grow too old for picture books Or toys, for that matter, but I digress.
Here, in her own words, a bit more about Sophie.
