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i got to see Eric Carle (the very hungry caterpillar) at a book signing. i was intentionally the last in line so i could have a couple minutes of his time. i gave him a "thank you" card that had two drawings of the same thing on it. one in my style and the other i did in his style of paper cut outs. when he opened the card he said, "you should be an illustrator" it made me a little proud to answer with "i am"
he really is a kind and gentle man. before the above experience, when i was in grad school, i wrote to him asking for some personal info on his career path, specifically his transfer from the advertising world into children's books. he wrote back a hand written note and provided me with relevant photocopied articles that i had not found before.
i hope someday to get to see the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.
...and i'm going to see Anthony Bourdain (Kitchen Confidential, A Cook's Tour) speak at an old theater on the 20th. that should be fun.
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xoxo
doodle
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