I was talking to my birth mom on the phone 20 or so minutes ago, and the subject of her art career came up. She was telling me about one of the pieces she drew that she sold to a museum for $1,000 or so.
It was a portrait of a woman, screaming in horror, to express the horror she felt, based on newsreel footage of the crowd that had gathered to see John F. Kennedy when he was shot and killed. taken the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated when she saw it in the news.
"That's really cool mom!" I told her. "Sounds interesting. What's your medium of choice?"
"Oh, you know, number 2 pencil. Nothing fancy."
"I use the same kind of materials! That's cool!"
