I definitely should be sleeping. It's 6:15 AM in Arizona. I am half way through my book tour.
I am being picked up at 8:00 AM to go to another school. After that, the airport where I will fly across the country to Raleigh, NC. Then two more stops in Texas.
I've been to a few schools and two bookstores so far and I have been greeted consistently whenever I arrive with a small waste basket full of trash! We made the video of me making Oops art and I guess it inspired a few book store owners and teachers. I feel like a magician staring into a trash can of crumpled paper, empty boxes, an occasional crushed soda can. "I've never seen any of this before. This is the first time we've met!" Kids seem to be a bit stunned that this old guy is reaching in, pulling out bits and pieces and taping things to a large poster size page, usually tapped to the wall. I have to say, it's always something different! While I'm up there, improvising, I imagine a number of the children watching, coming home and wanting to make art from things they find in the family trash. I am 'hoping' there are some parents out there with really open minds!
Okay, I'm going to try to sleep for fifteen minutes! Adios from Phoenix.
