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Watching the Amelie DVD led me to another world, the world of Michael Sowa's surreal paintings. If you've seen the movie, you might recall the pictures of the sick dog and classy goose above Amelie's bed. There was also a glimpse of a picture of a little girl walking next to a bear. On the DVD commentary, the director tells us that these paintings were done by a beloved German artist called Michael Sowa who has illustrated a number of children's books. His pictures are whimsical, surreal and very popular. Some books he's illustrated: The Little King December, Esterhazy, A Bear Called Sunday. He's also got a book called Sowa's Ark, which is an amusing take on Noah's Ark.
My favorite ones include the girl and bear, or maedchen and bear. Incidentally, I was surprised that the German word for girl, "maedchen," bears (no pun intended) a high resemblance to my dialect name, Mae-Chern. Other favorites: swine lake and rabbit dressing.
Hallo kleine m?dchen,
Sowa's postcards are witty!
have been given one with pigs swimming in someone's dinner/soup... by a college senior... because really, we all agreed that college food wasn't as appealing as what we'd been used to...
it made me smile. :C)
Oh, I like that one too! Thanks for sending me the picture. I'll have to find a couple others to send you, I think you'd love them.
hey what does kleine mean?
Posted by: Van Heng at March 21, 2004 10:18 PMoh! the pics are lovely! And if i'm not wrong, going by my very limited knowledge of German, 'kleine' means small.
Posted by: joan at March 21, 2004 11:52 PMyes joan got it right, 'kleine' means small.... also used at times like in Chinese to add a tone of fondness ... like when my dad sometimes calls me little girl...'xiao mei mei'!
Posted by: tiggie at March 22, 2004 6:47 AM