Something to Think About: Fifty Million People can be Wrong!
July 17, 2015 3 Comments
Hugh Lieber’s drawing of Nazi Germany from The Education of T.C.MITS by Lillian and Hugh Lieber. More on the Liebers in a future post.
From an early age, I've taken great pleasure in reading. Also, I learned to play my 78 player when I was quite young, and enjoyed listening to musicals and classical music. I remember sitting on the floor, and following the text and pictures of record readers, which were popular in the 1940s and 50s. My favorites were the Bozo and Disney albums. I also enjoyed watching the slow spinning of 16s as they spun out tales of adventure.
I have always been attracted by rivers, and I love to sit on a boulder with my feet in the water, gazing into the mysteries of swirling currents. I especially like inner tubing on the Rogue River in Southern Oregon.
Since my early youth, I've been interested in collecting minerals, which have taught me about the wonderful possibilities in colors and forms. Sometimes I try to imagine what the ancient Greeks must have felt when they began to discover physical laws in nature. I also remember that I had a special passion for numbers, and used to construct them out of stones.
After teaching Russian for several years, I became a writer, interviewer, editor, and translator. I continue to delight in form, and am a problem solver at heart.
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What a powerful, and disturbing drawing! I would definitely like to now more about the artist. I’m not at all familiar!
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Debra, I plan to do a separate post on the Liebers. Lillian was a mathematician, while Hugh was the artist. Their books often integrated social commentary with mathematical concepts. Their most famous book is The Education of T.C.MITS, which I will add to the section: For Your Reading Pleasure.
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Definitely very curious!
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