Artworks created by Anouk (Karen’s almost 8 year old daughter)…
Anouk has this to say:
“I was listening to BTN – that’s Behind The News; it’s a news show for kids on ABC. They’ve been talking a lot about this corona virus thing and as I listened I started to draw and write what I was hearing. Like what it looks like under a microscope. Cells without the virus and then cells with the virus attached. A sink and soap and a towel… because we all need to wash and dry our hands, a lot.
Karen:
“I went into Anouk’s room on Saturday afternoon and saw these drawings on her desk. I found them shocking at first. Then beautiful. Now they make me cry. This is one of the ways that she is processing what she is hearing and learning. They made me reflect on the importance for us as humans to have space to begin to process and express what is happening. Unstructured play; to see what comes.”
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Lovely work Anouk! I can see a face in the picture of the bathroom sink with the two crosses for eyes! Also -yes the corona virus is a real crown Like the crown of thorns of Jesus’ suffering and also the starfish that is invading the Barrier reef. Have a look at my website: http://www.barbarawulff.net/#/new-gallery-2/
There are two faces there that talk about: ‘medicine and sickness heal each other’.
I was about your age when I drew a potrait of Aslan the lion from the Chronicles of Narnia. I drew him in texta with a heart shaped mane. An old man-Henry Strakosch was his name, he was an Austrian Jew remarked on how I had so easily shown that Aslan was Love. It was at that moment that I became an artist.