My son and I watched "BASQUIAT: The Radiant Child" last night, and it was a good documentary, thorough and compelling, about his art and life. I have been a fan for years, and was excited to see it. My son was not interested, he said, but once he realized I was going to watch it with or without him, he wandered in and was glued to the set with me until the end, near 9:30pm. As he went to bed he asked if we could paint in the morning. More specifically, he asked if we could wake up at 6am and paint. I told him, sure, if you are up at 6, wake me and we will paint.... assuming he'd sleep in, having been up late.
At 6:05am, he came into my room and said, "Mom, let's paint now." True to my word, I pulled myself out of bed, made coffee and set him up at the kitchen table with canvas and paint. He stayed there and worked for over an hour, until it was time to get ready for school.
.... hope he stays interested. :)
I hope he does too, but if not it, he'll go back to it again and again like Maura, Aubrey and Cyan. They go through phases of creativity.
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