Going back to when I was little, the most important book in my life was called The Magic Paintbrush by Fran Hunia. I would read it everyday. It was the story of a child who had a paintbrush that could bring to reality anything he painted with it. An evil emperor captured him and made him paint material objects for his own greed and at the expense of others around him The boy rejected this notion and escaped and went on to help people with its powers. A very condensed and simplified summary that doesn’t quite do it justice, but enough to set the scene. I think even at that young age I was on the peripheries and spent a lot of time alone and in my imagination. I used to think of all the good that I could do with that paintbrush. It was a very comforting story. And it helped teach me that not everyone saw the world the way I did. Unfortunately there are people who take whatever they can at the expense of others. This story taught me caution, but also let me imagine and live in fantasy for a little while each day. I was young at the time, it is a children’s book. I have recently, after a lot of searching, found and bought a copy and plan on reading to my daughter when she is old enough.
Going back to when I was little, the most important book in my life was called The Magic Paintbrush by Fran Hunia. I would read it everyday. It was the story of a child who had a paintbrush that could bring to reality anything he painted with it. An evil emperor captured him and made him paint material objects for his own greed and at the expense of others around him The boy rejected this notion and escaped and went on to help people with its powers. A very condensed and simplified summary that doesn’t quite do it justice, but enough to set the scene. I think even at that young age I was on the peripheries and spent a lot of time alone and in my imagination. I used to think of all the good that I could do with that paintbrush. It was a very comforting story. And it helped teach me that not everyone saw the world the way I did. Unfortunately there are people who take whatever they can at the expense of others. This story taught me caution, but also let me imagine and live in fantasy for a little while each day. I was young at the time, it is a children’s book. I have recently, after a lot of searching, found and bought a copy and plan on reading to my daughter when she is old enough.
