Hello and welcome to a very special Artist’s corner. As you will know if you read last week’s powerful and moving piece, I am no longer a contributor to this feature due to having been usurped by my two-year-old daughter. Although our collaborations over the last few weeks have achieved great acclaim, it has been obvious, for some time, that she is the true talent in our partnership and so I have taken the difficult decision to yield the stage to her.
Unfortunately, being a toddler, she is unable to share any real insight about her motivation for the following piece, but she can say her colours. And this one does contain a lot of blue. Although there are hints of some other colours. Which may be important.
I’ll leave it to the more erudite critics to assess the complex message behind the work in the comments section but for now just enjoy the beauty of ‘Mostly Blue’:
James Proclaims! 
Maybe that’s her in a red dress, sitting on a small patch of green grass, underneath the bluest of skies. 😉
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A lovely interpretation although the ‘sitting’ part of that renders it unlikely to be a self portrait because she hasn’t really mastered the art of sitting still yet…
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She has captured the deepest oceans and the loftiest skies – I am moved to tears.
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She often moves me to tears too
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What passion! What genius! What blue lines!
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I knew you’d appreciate this one
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Hmmmm… echoes of a Conservative Party logo…. I should nip that in the bud straight away. Mind you, she’s a two year old with talent and intelligence, so it’s a safe bet she’s just being playfully ironic as she’s already too well equipped to be thinking of joining them.
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At the moment I think she’d be quite a good fit, because she has the world views of a 2-year old. But we’re hoping that in time she will grow out of that. Alas, much of the current government never quite managed to get past this developmental stage. I bet they do some lovely drawings though.
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Don’t take on so, become her manager/Art director. Plus, if a blue period was good enough for Picasso, its good enough for pre-school Proclaims.
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It is certainly my plan to exploit her talents for my own benefit – as all good parents would
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well said.
i do like the picture and the red section adds drama. A talent in the making. I hope she makes you rich.
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That is certainly my hope
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Such a cute drawing 💙
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On behalf of my daughter, I thank you 🙂
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There is such freedom in this work! One instinctively feels the artist’s jubilation in her release from the shackles of collaboration, collaboration which was clearly holding her back from achieving her full potential. I am almost fearful of discovering where this journey will now take her, yet it is a fear founded, perhaps, on no more than society’s traditional fear of any individual breaking the chains of convention and journeying to the Utopian destination that is the birthright of every brave soul. A fear that thrills! This critic, certainly, can hardly wait for more!
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She certainly does like to break the chains of convention
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I think Little Proclaims is suggesting that Numpty Trumpty is the right age for a blue rinse, with some nice red and green hair clips for decoration.
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It would be an interesting direction for him to go in
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And if I remember correctly from that course I took on Colour Theory at uni, blue and orange are complementary colours, so I think it would work…
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Let’s make hair great again
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As long as the water pressure in his shower is strong enough…
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It’s clear from the artist’s use of melancholy blue shades she is bereft at the dissolution of the partnership with the author. The slashing brush strokes silently scream her pain.
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It’s very kind of you to say so
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Not me. The art speaks for itself..
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The true artist does not require words to convey the true depths of her feelings and emotions. I am struck this piece of art and how, even at a young age, Ms. Proclaims is able to convey the depth of uncertainty which faces the future of human existence. I am reminded of the old rhyme:
Red at night
Sailors delight
Red sky at morning
Sailors take warning
As we observe this picture we see, for the most part, a sea of blue. On the lower lefthand corner, the last thing which our eye rests upon, we see a glimmer of red begin to creep into the picture. Let this be a warning as we sail towards the dawn.
The artist has spoken, and the dawn is red.
Sailors, take warning.
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She does enjoy jumping in puddles. Perhaps that’s where the nautical link was established
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That’s a logical connection.
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Obviously she is in her blue period. Yet she shows dynamic boldness with the sudden shock of red implying a desire for more, but she also hides the green lines showing a sensitivity above and beyond existential line one of menial sight. Or else it could just be scribbles
Stay well and Laugh when you can
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Two interesting interpretations. One of them may be quite accurate but it’s not for me to say
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The competition between y’all gets ever closer.
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I think the competition is over and I think I lost
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It’s all been said, and Rivergirl got in before me with melancholy. Actually I was going with melancholia but now I shall just stand in the corner and stamp my feet!
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To be fair, the artist has been known to stand in the corner and stamp her feet too
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I’m surprised that no one has mentioned the house – and what about the man standing by the chimney on the roof? Yes, the house is blue, and yes, the shirt is red – but what do you think the house, and more importantly, the man standing on the roof says about Little’s mindset at this point?I’m always surprised when people dismiss the dominant elements in a piece of art. They are the most important aspects of a piece. 😊
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I was surprised that everyone else missed those elements. I wouldn’t want to guess Little Proclaims mindset but she did vomit on me last night.
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As long as her head doesn’t do a 360, it will pass. I hope she’s feeling better today.
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She is, it was just overconsumption of dairy products
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Glad to hear she’s better.
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that’s sick!
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I’m very familiar with it
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Great blog
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Mostly Blue – perhaps she understands the true depths of 2020 more than most of us.
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She is wise beyond her years
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I’ll skip the interpretation and just say that she’s brilliant.
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That’s interpretation enough for me 😀
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I somehow thought it would be.
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