Driving back to the studio some months back, shortly after children's book author Maurice Sendak died, I heard a past interview he did with Terri Gross on her radio program "Fresh Air." It was a very touching exchange - one of those radio moments when you realize you could have missed your exit - and so when I found an illustrated version of it (thanks, Swiss Miss) I thought I'd share the link and transcribe some of the dialogue:
I'm beginning to see nature …
It's something I'm finding out as I'm aging -- that I am in love with the world, and I look right now as we speak together out my window, in my studio… and I see my trees, my beautiful, beautiful maples are hundreds of years old -- they're beautiful, and you say, " I can see how beautiful they are -- I can take time to see how beautiful they are."
It is a blessing to get old. It is a blessing to find the time to do the things: to read the books, to listen to the music…
Live your life,
Live your life,
Live your life.
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