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What Love means to a 4-8 year old: A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, ’What does love mean?’ The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined
See what you think:
‘When my grandmother got arthritis , she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore.. So my grandfather does it for her all the time , even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.’ – Rebecca, age 8
‘When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.’ – Billy, age 4
‘Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.’ – Karl, age 5
‘Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.’ –Chrissy, age 6
‘Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.’ -Terri, age 4
‘Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him , to make sure the taste is OK.’ – Danny, age 7
‘Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing , you still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that.
They look gross when they kiss’ – Emily, age 8
‘Love is what’s in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents
and listen.’ –Bobby, age 7
‘If you want to learn to love better , you should start with a friend who you hate” –Nikka, age 6
‘Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt , then he wears it everyday..’ –Noelle, age 7
‘Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well.’ –Tommy, age 6
‘During my piano recital , I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn’t scared anymore.’ – Cindy, age 8
‘My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.’ –Clare, age 6
‘Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.’ –Elaine, age 5
‘Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford.’ –Chris, age 7
‘Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.’ -Mary Ann, age 4
‘I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.’ –Lauren, age 4
‘When you love somebody , your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you.’ - Karen, age 7
‘Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn’t think it’s gross..’ –Mark, age 6
‘You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.’ –Jessica, age 8
The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbour was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman’s yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbour, the little boy said, ‘Nothing , I just helped him cry’.
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Self Portrait :0) by TwoDresses on Flickr.
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“hold on to your songs…” moleskine journal page by g L o w on Flickr.
…don’t let them go.
a couple of weeks ago i discovered sammy slabbinck’s work on tumblr, so i asked him a few questions about his work. interview below. thanks sammy!
1. Tell me something about you.
Good question! I am a 35 year old graphic artist living in Bruges, Belgium with a fondness for everything vintage. My main activities are creating postcards & collage illustrations.
2. What experiences and artists have influenced your work?
I’ve been an active viewer of (graphic) art for a long time and started creating only later on without going to art school. I think this baggage still is helpful. Lot’s of artists inspire me everyday. I have a deep love for the pop art era. Still groundbreaking!
3. What attracts you to the medium of collage?
I guess the complete freedom you have in creating something. You can combine found elements endlessly, old & new, and make up a whole new imaginary world.
4. How do you arrange your collages? Do you have a specific idea in mind or do the images evolve on paper in front of you?
One image can create a process of association and then it comes down to finding the right images to combine. Structuring images is the hardest part of all. There is no real fixed strategy, it all boils down to a gut feeling I guess. Of course some compositions always work but I try not to repeat myself too much:) and try to find new ways to create a balance between different elements. Most laws of composition can not be ignored even in collages. Some collages are made instantly others take weeks before you find the right combination or balance. A sort of complex ‘simplicity’ is usually what I aim for. The images have to interact naturally and work together to serve the bigger picture. Less is more is the old Mies cliché but it’s oh so true !
5. Where do you source your images from?
I have been collecting vintage magazines and books for a long time now, even before I started cutting them up. I’ve always been attracted to the graphics and imagery from the 50’s to 70’s era creating a database of stock images for myself.
6. I’ve noticed that you use a lot of vintage imagery, what is the reason behind this? How important is the digital media in your work?
I was always intrigued from a young age by the 50 & 60’s , the generation of my parents. I started collecting vintage stuff about 10 years ago. A lot of magazines, music, books but also furniture etc.
Designers, architects and (graphic) artists of that period all came up with new ways of shaping objects, cars, houses etc in a way that’s very appealing to me and apparently still appeals to a lot of people. The designs are still being recycled. There’s a ‘realness’ in the design and art of the fifties & sixties we’ve kind of lost nowadays. The age of possibility in comparison to where we are at now…
I love working with just paper but once you start combining them with the digital possibilities all doors fly open and the freedom of creating gets even bigger.
7. What is coming up for you in the future?
Keep working hard at creating nice & original stuff , be it digital or on actual paper. I would love to get some more assignments as well. Book covers and magazines for instance or a music album, that would be great! But I got a few nice projects coming my way and maybe even an exhibition!
8. Where can I get more info?
My portfolio site is http://sammyslabbinck.tumblr.com/ where you will also find links to my Flickr, Facebook, prints etc.
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