Saturday, March 31, 2012

Forbes Clan Braves Museum to Check Out Dr. Seuss Exhibit

I know that the last time the Forbes family visited an art museum, a security guard came to tell us that our children made the men in the "camera room" nervous. But that was 3 years ago, so I took a chance and took them to see an exhibit of Theodor Seuss Geisel's works of art.

It was so educational. For instance, I never knew that Dr. Seuss got his start in advertising. He then helped get America into WWII by creating lots of propaganda material. When we entered into WWII he enlisted and was assigned to do educational pamphlets for soldiers (even one on how remind soldiers to have safe "extracurricular activities"). He never even thought of writing for children until a friend's child memorized one of his poems. For inspiration for children's books, he would pick up the lists of words children should know and just incorporate them into a story. He was so talented and imaginative. He had a collection of artwork that he did not make public during his lifetime, the art being of a more mature nature (nothing to risque). So it was very cool to see some of his more grown up work. He was such a talented man, and I am so glad that we went to check this exhibit out! And I am so glad we made it through the art gallery without making any security personnel nervous! :)


1 comment:

doc said...

I must say,
These are three very beautiful children.
Dr. Suess, you gotta love the dude!
Tell the childrennot to fret the camera guys, I get that all the time. Especially the Quicky Mart! Me an Homer.
love you'se guys.