Part 5
6 Literary Sources
1. Childhood without End: Tieck's Der Blonde Eckbert Author(s): Ralph W. Ewton, Jr. Source: The German Quarterly, Vol. 46, No. 3 (May, 1973), pp. 410-427 Published by: Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the American Association of Teachers of German
These pages explained how adults settle into a mode of habits and forget to find pleasure and joy that is found in adolescence.
2. Children's Literature in the College Classroom Author(s): M. Daphne Kutzer Source: College English, Vol. 43, No. 7 (Nov., 1981), pp. 716-723 Published by: National Council of Teachers of English
The entire book is a sort of instruction manual on how teachers should address teaching children's literature
but in these pages Kutzer addresses why teachers need to be careful because adults see the world and stories
differently from children. It gave me ideas about how children enjoy more simple story telling and how adults
gravitate towards myth and higher literature and snub children's stories.
3. Magic Abjured: Closure in Children's Fantasy Fiction Author(s): Sarah Gilead Source: PMLA, Vol. 106, No. 2 (Mar., 1991), pp. 277-293 Published by: Modern Language Association
It gave me ideas about how children approach stories in a different manner and how a lot of our narratives fulfill adult appetites and shy away from fantasy in favor of reality.
4. Happy Endings in a World of Misery: A Literary Convention between Social Constraints and Utopia in Children's and Adult Literature Author(s): Walter Pape Source: Poetics Today, Vol. 13, No. 1, Children's Literature (Spring, 1992), pp. 179-196 Published by: Duke University Press
Again, more ideas on how children still respond to a utopia while adults lie in misery.
5. Hildegard Westerkamp's Moments of Laughter: Recording Childhood, Performing Motherhood, Refusing to Shut Up, and Laughing Author(s): Andra McCartney Source: Perspectives of New Music, Vol. 38, No. 1 (Winter, 2000), pp. 101-128 Published by: Perspectives of New Music
This one was interesting about how children have yet gained the habit of censoring themselves which is important but sometimes limiting to people's full potential.
6. The Study of Children's Folklore Author(s): Sylvia Ann Grider Source: Western Folklore, Vol. 39, No. 3, Children's Folklore (Jul., 1980), pp. 159-169 Published by: Western States Folklore Society
This continues with the ideas of how children form stories and are less fussy with structure in favor of feeling that adult stories.
4 Internet Resources
While the six literary sources were more concept oriented these sources are more visually driven to aid me.
This is Nick Jennings portfolio site. He's an animator that has done mostly work for Nickelodeon shows. I really enjoy his retro infused style and his line work. He hints back to traditional animators of the 40s and 50s.
Chris Manfre is sort of a mixed bag because even though he's an Audio Engineer he has dabbled in digital art to audio. I really enjoyed the texture usage for his digital art and hope to draw further inspiration in the future.
I looked to this blog for images when designing my creepy doll girl in projects 3 and 4. This site has a lot of really nice vintage photographs and advertisements and using them to create digital art. I like the execution involved with the layering of photos and using "found" objects as symbols for your art.
This is another blog site I used in my last two projects for ideas about designing characters. It's specifically a blog about vintage paper dolls and I find the whole collecting phenomena interesting. I like the idea of using the internet to focus specifically on a out of date (and beautiful) subject and how this lady is keeping the dolls alive in a way.
Part 6
I plan to explore the differences between children and adults view and perceive the world around them by focusing on a fixed view or child like elements in my projects. I specifically want to address how children do not have a realistic view of reality but that it is important and still relevant but they loose this view point as they mature. I want to play with ideas as to how adults can still participate in a childlike manner without having to fully revert back to children and still live in society. I look to artists like Nick Jennings and Chris Manfre for inspiration; with using Nick Jennings for his flat retro inspired environments and Chis Manfre for is use of layering texture in his digital work. I feel that utilizing these elements expands upon a childlike aesthetic by drawing from visual memories of a child (cartoon styled work and memory driven textures). Also by utilizing the imagery with for instance, paper dolls, it specifically uses a child's toy to tell a story but also demonstrates the idea of looking to the past literally that an adult is forced to do when looking through a child's perspective.
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