“Drawing makes you see things clearer, and clearer, and clearer still. The image is passing through you in a physiological way, into your brain, into your memory – where it stays – it’s transmitted by your hands.”
― Martin Gayford, A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney
Daily I’m drawing one page in my personal sketchbook for my grandchildren – read my wordpress blog at flickrcomments.wordpress.com/2014/10/28/my-sketchbook/ – the kids are still too young to read but they have the rhymes in their heads – the drawings are the landmark for remembering the words…
I found the quotation intro on the blog of Lisa Brunetti / Zeebra Designs / Ecuador at http://playamart.wordpress.com/2014/11/01/timeout-for-art-drawing-memories/
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a similar poem was created by Heinrich Seidel (1842-1906);
http://www.gedichte-fuer-alle-faelle.de/allegedichte/gedicht_371.html
then the Comedian Harmonists created a version:
http://www.magistrix.de/lyrics/Comedian%20Harmonists/Ich-Wollt-Ich-W-r-Ein-Huhn-253397.html
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wonderful!
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still loving it!
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i photographed a hen and chicks this past wednesday; their form is pleasing and comforting, and you did a great job with yours! z
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