Monday, March 18, 2002

I've written some illustrated letters, although not in a long time. I started, I think, when I was in California and my daughters were in Connecticut. The exhibition below shows that (to nobody's surprise) some illustrated letters vastly exceed my abilities. But while they focus on the letters themselves, I'm remembering how engrossing and fun was the process of creating the letters. Perhaps I haven't written any like that in so long because of the time it took...but it was great. Probably better than getting one of my letters! Getting The Picture: The Art Of The Illustrated Letter. Often the expression of joy or affection, illustrated letters represent an irrepressible urge to picture language... [xBlog: Visual thinking linking | XPLANE] 5:19:05 PM

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