"What should we do today?"
"I keep running out of ideas so I don't know."
"Should we stop doing it?" I asked, surprising myself. I should really have shown more patience, but I've been a little frustrated with his recent inability and indifference toward picking new things to draw every day.
"What?" he asked.
"Snack sacks."
"No. Sometimes I just need two minutes. You choose what you want," he said, throwing it back to me.
"How about Dr. Seuss? We haven't done anything from Dr. Seuss," I told him. Last night we'd read the Happy Birthday to You! book which I'd never heard of, let alone read. As usual, I was left amazed by the silly story and original illustrations.
"Yes we have," he insisted.
"What?" I asked, trying to think back. "From the Lorax? That was just the rocks, 'Unless'."
"Yeah, but it's still from Dr. Seuss."
"But we haven't done any of the fun characters!"
"Okay, then do Yertle the Turtle."
Yertle the Turtle is another Dr. Seuss book I’ve never read myself. “Okay,” I said.
I ran a search and handed him my iPhone. He browsed for a bit. “This one is too crazy!” he shouted. He showed it to me, but I didn't think it looked too crazy. He didn’t wait for me to respond. He kept scrolling. “I've got it! This one,” he said. “It kind of looks like a horse...a horse with a shell on its back.”
This one was easy, although, I didn't get his face quite right. I drew his beak first and didn't leave myself enough room for his eyes and face so it's a bit more compact that it should be. Otherwise it looks cool. I wanted his opinion. “So what do you think?” I asked him as I moved the bag in front of his face.
“Of the snack sack?” he said, distractedly. He was playing Minecraft on his iPad.
“Yes.”
“Yeah, it looks awesome,” he said, hardly looking at it.
He was distracted by Minecraft and justifiably so. In just the past couple of days, he’d begun to play the game in survival mode instead of creative mode. It’s hard for a snack sack drawing to compete in a moment when he's enthralled with what's new and fresh and dangerous. However, just like Dr. Seuss and his wonderful creations will stand the tests of time, I believe our little project will as well. Games like Minecraft may have their impact, but I believe they are less likely to maintain the same kind of permanence.
"I keep running out of ideas so I don't know."
"Should we stop doing it?" I asked, surprising myself. I should really have shown more patience, but I've been a little frustrated with his recent inability and indifference toward picking new things to draw every day.
"What?" he asked.
"Snack sacks."
"No. Sometimes I just need two minutes. You choose what you want," he said, throwing it back to me.
"How about Dr. Seuss? We haven't done anything from Dr. Seuss," I told him. Last night we'd read the Happy Birthday to You! book which I'd never heard of, let alone read. As usual, I was left amazed by the silly story and original illustrations.
"Yes we have," he insisted.
"What?" I asked, trying to think back. "From the Lorax? That was just the rocks, 'Unless'."
"Yeah, but it's still from Dr. Seuss."
"But we haven't done any of the fun characters!"
"Okay, then do Yertle the Turtle."
Yertle the Turtle is another Dr. Seuss book I’ve never read myself. “Okay,” I said.
I ran a search and handed him my iPhone. He browsed for a bit. “This one is too crazy!” he shouted. He showed it to me, but I didn't think it looked too crazy. He didn’t wait for me to respond. He kept scrolling. “I've got it! This one,” he said. “It kind of looks like a horse...a horse with a shell on its back.”
This one was easy, although, I didn't get his face quite right. I drew his beak first and didn't leave myself enough room for his eyes and face so it's a bit more compact that it should be. Otherwise it looks cool. I wanted his opinion. “So what do you think?” I asked him as I moved the bag in front of his face.
“Of the snack sack?” he said, distractedly. He was playing Minecraft on his iPad.
“Yes.”
“Yeah, it looks awesome,” he said, hardly looking at it.
He was distracted by Minecraft and justifiably so. In just the past couple of days, he’d begun to play the game in survival mode instead of creative mode. It’s hard for a snack sack drawing to compete in a moment when he's enthralled with what's new and fresh and dangerous. However, just like Dr. Seuss and his wonderful creations will stand the tests of time, I believe our little project will as well. Games like Minecraft may have their impact, but I believe they are less likely to maintain the same kind of permanence.
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