A Children's Tale

While reading aloud a children's story called Ferdinand (1936), I started to notice the illustrations that accompanied it.  Taking place in Spain, the black and white drawings reminded me very much of my own childhood books. 

The stark Spanish landscape with its southern European-looking houses - the drawings weren't complicated, but there were just enough lines for you to imagine the scenery yourself and go beyond what's shown, what's told.  Not to mention, black and white is so powerful, it forces you to imagine!

Isn't this like music-making?  We musicians hint and show, the audience feels and imagines.