Stephen Fry: But I do think it is one of the advances in children' s literature, that... that you've made with this remarkable series, is... that you have not held back -- from the difficult and the frightening, and the treacherous and the unjust, and all the things that most exercise children's minds.
JK Rowling: Well I feel very strongly that there is a move to sanitize literature. Because we're trying to protect children, not from... necessarily... from the grisly facts of life, but from their own imaginations. I remember being in America a few years ago, and Halloween was approaching. And three television programs in a row were talking about how to explain to children, it wasn't real. Now there's a reason why we create these stories -- and we have always created these stories. And a reason why we have had these pagan festivals. And a reason why even the church allows a certain amount of fear. We need to feel fear. And we need to confront this in a controlled environment. That's a very important part of growing up, I think. And the child that is being protected from dementors in fiction, I would argue, is much more likely to fall prey to them, later in life, in reality. And also, what are we saying to children who do have scary and disturbing thoughts? We're saying, that's wrong. And that... that's not natural . And it's not something that's intrinsic to the human condition. That they're, in some way, odd or ill.
SF: Exactly.
JKR: And it's a very dangerous thing to tell a child!
Every artist who sees this post should do the following:
- Watch the video.
- Follow the instructions
- Reblog
I can’t stress you enough about how important these exercises are for your drawing hand. You don’t wanna get CTS of Tendonitis and similar stuff that will prevent you from making art or even hold a pencil.
I first saw this video… I dunno, a couple of years ago? But after seeing this it instantly became part of my daily routine. Having your wrist crap out on you because you haven’t taken care of yourself while drawing is agonizing and not fun.
Get to stretching, artist buddies.
I usually don’t reblog stuff when a post demands it of me, but I found this video to be very helpful.