by EdKoehler | Jul 19, 2015 | Art and Whimsy
Please forgive me for using this image from last week, but a flying kid is still on my mind. My flying dream boy, along with my airplane and whimsical bird recollections, might erroneously suggest that I harbor a secret desire to revert back to childhood. Or maybe...
by EdKoehler | Jul 12, 2015 | Art and Whimsy
I like things that fly. I like airplanes, I like kites, and I like birds. I really like birds. I don’t study them, nor do I watch them like those pith-helmeted enthusiasts with binoculars. Truth is, I know little about them except that they are beautiful,...
by EdKoehler | Jul 5, 2015 | Art and Whimsy
Tony the Tiger ©Kellog Company Are Saturday morning cartoons still popular? In my youth they were the indispensable kick off to the weekend reprieve from reading, writing, and arithmetic. My earliest visual and narrative memories are cartoons. Perhaps like you, I...
by EdKoehler | Jun 21, 2015 | Art and Whimsy
On a recent Saturday morning in St. Louis, I headed to the Missouri Botanical Garden for their dazzling Chinese lantern exhibit, Magic Reimagined. Admittedly daytime is not when you’re supposed to view a lantern exhibit, but I wanted to get a preview and the...
by EdKoehler | Jun 14, 2015 | Art and Whimsy
Once when I was about twelve or so, I watched a couple of penguins peck at each other at our St. Louis Zoo. At the time I took it that they were fighting and I was interested in the outcome. Penguins are whimsical enough when they’re doing nothing, but these two...
