rapunzel

I just had a lovely conversation with one of my favourite three year-olds. She's got one of the most vivid and consistent imaginations of anyone I know. She can maintain presence as a cartoon character for days on end, never slipping up and referring to herself by her real name. These days she spends a lot of time as Super Why, a character on a PBS early learning show. In Super Why's world my name is not Moaike but Rapunzel, which I rather like, in spite of the drama and horror of the Grimm Brothers' fairy tale. I, Rapunzel, just got a phone call from Super Why in which she explained, "Super Why's alter ego is Wyatt." "Alter ego," she said! Her vocabulary knocks my socks off. Her imagination knocks my socks off. Her joy in life knocks my socks off. I think, today, I'm going to try for a happy version of Rapunzel, I'll have neither witch nor prince climbing into my castle to complicate my day as I'll keep my hair tucked neatly in place for a bit of tower time. Just me and my art/work.