I really feel like there’s a talented artist buried somewhere inside of Ethan.  He just sees things.  He sees them differently than most people.  But he is horrified at the thought of anyone seeing something he’s doing if he doesn’t believe it’s without flaw and even then his desire to share is sketchy at best.

Yesterday, I caught him making an animation with Crayola Animation Studio (a Christmas gift).  He had drawn a really cool picture and animated it (hello?!  Amazing!).  Normally, he freaks if we walk by when he’s working on his creations.  Yesterday was no exception.  He saw that I was looking at it and immediately closed the program and came over to cover my eyes.  Typically, we’d just end the dialogue right there because it upsets him so much, but this time, I decided to press on.  I took his little face in my hands and said, “Ethan.  You are amazing.  Your drawing was awesome.  I love it.  You are so good at drawing.  It was beautiful.”  I was struggling to find words that he would understand (because of this).  He’s got a tremendous vocabulary, but sadly understands very few words that describe just how incredible he is.  Finally, after a few moments of listening to me tell him how amazing he is….

He smiled.

“I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.” - Pablo Picasso

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1. Ashley says:

   January 24, 2012 at 7:16 pm

   That smile is worth a thousand words. I love it!

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