A good picture book can almost be whistled. ... All have their own melodies behind the storytelling.
Interpretation
A good picture book resonates with the reader, much like a melody that evokes emotion.
Margaret Wise Brown highlights the intrinsic beauty and rhythm of a well-crafted picture book, suggesting that the storytelling within it produces a unique emotional resonance, akin to a melody that captivates and enchants. This metaphor emphasizes the importance of both visual and narrative elements in children's literature, where the combination creates a harmonious experience for the reader.
In practice
During a reading event, I used this quote to highlight the artistic value of children's books.
In this modern world where activity is stressed almost to the point of mania, quietness as a childhood need is too often overlooked. Yet a child's need for quietness is the same today as it has always been--it may even be greater--for quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times a child can dwell in thoughts of his own, and in songs and stories of his own.
I don't think I'm essentially interested in children's books. I'm interested in writing, and in pictures. I'm interested in people and in children because they are people.
A director must push his actors to the utmost limit to get everything possible out of each scene - without being corny or sentimental or going overboard.
As ballerinas, we don't use our voices. Our voice is the body and the movement quality.
A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.
A writer’s life is in his work, and that is the place to find him.
You get older and come to the conclusion that it's a great gig making music. Even if you turn into an old gnarly fart, no one cares what you look like if you write good songs - the only gig is to sing well and perform.
I began to realize that the camera sees the world differently than the human eye and that sometimes those differences can make a photograph more powerful than what you actually observed.
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