I was listening to an interview yesterday with a fascinating woman named Dr. Iya Whiteley. Brilliant woman, a psychologist who works with the space program. I can't even begin to tell you everything she's doing -- partly because I don't understand most of it. But in the course of the conversation she mentioned that she had a child recently, and was dissatisfied with the selection of baby books, all meant to introduce little ones to the wonders of the world. You know what she's talking about. The cartoonish baby animals and goofy alphabet books. So she decided to design her own. I looked her up, and was blown away by what I found!
These designs look familiar? They should! Archetypal forms that I've been working with for years. First with students:
https://www.dougwestendorp.com/the-blueorange-project.html
And eventually in my own work with the Square Mandala series:
https://www.dougwestendorp.com/square-mandalas.html
Designs for babies to look at. Wow. Brilliant. Why didn't I think of that?
I mean, I did put my designs in a book or two (or three):
https://www.dougwestendorp.com/portfolio-books.html
But I'd love to see just what Dr. Whiteley's book has to offer, so I put it on my Amazon wish list, in case one of my kids wants to order me something for Father's Day!
https://www.dougwestendorp.com/the-blueorange-project.html
And eventually in my own work with the Square Mandala series:
https://www.dougwestendorp.com/square-mandalas.html
Designs for babies to look at. Wow. Brilliant. Why didn't I think of that?
I mean, I did put my designs in a book or two (or three):
https://www.dougwestendorp.com/portfolio-books.html
But I'd love to see just what Dr. Whiteley's book has to offer, so I put it on my Amazon wish list, in case one of my kids wants to order me something for Father's Day!
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