{"id":2788,"date":"2012-05-25T14:11:30","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T21:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jasonbot.com\/?p=2788"},"modified":"2012-05-25T14:11:30","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T21:11:30","slug":"wild-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jasonbot.com\/?p=2788","title":{"rendered":"Wild Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"

By now, I’m sure you’ve all heard that Maurice Sendak<\/a> passed away a few weeks ago. Here’s a little something in honor of him, and his best known work, Where The Wild Things Are<\/i><\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\nAs a kid, I was (and I still am) very picky about kid’s books. I thought most of them were “dumb” and “boring” and I wasn’t easily impressed by the illustrations. However, Where The Wild Things Are<\/i>, was an easy sell.<\/p>\n

I should take this opportunity to mention some of my other favorite works from Sendak… He designed the sets and costumes for the Pacific Northwest Ballet’s production of the Nutcracker, which I became familiar with as Nutcracker: The Motion Picture<\/i><\/a>. Watching this on TV every year on channel 13 (KCOP) became a Christmas tradition when I was a kid, and I didn’t even know until a few years ago that Sendak was responsible for the production’s look! The movie is available for digital purchase on Amazon<\/a> or iTunes<\/a>. The production also spawned a gorgeous edition of The Nutcracker<\/i> book, with illustrations by Sendak. The book is apparently out of print, but it looks like used copies are readily available on Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you haven’t already done so since his passing, go draw some monsters and wild things in honor of Maurice Sendak! Have a great weekend, folks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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