I Heart no.8
2009 July 3
Etsy Find: Dilkabear. I haven’t quite gotten enough of the large-heads-with-wide-spaced-eyes little doll people portraits, and I’m a sucker for an artist with a style.
I’d like her to illustrate an assortment of children’s books with all those dark fairy tale nuances for me. Until then, I’ll browse here.
Looks like Down Syndrome.
mmm hmm. I think that it represents for me a sort of empathy without ego. The soft stare, the easy smile, the unselfconscious posture. Not that I think it’s romantic or anything, it just calls to me somehow.