Rainbow mutual aid

[cosmolinguist]

The other day, the neighbor girl and her friend were drawing outside with their sidewalk chalk, and MB asked if they could do some rainbows outside our house. One girl said "Yeah, we can do you some rainbows," in exactly the way a builder/handyman would say they can do something you've asked. "And maybe some smiley faces? And maybe stars like on your jacket?" The perfect earnestness of kids that age.

This evening, MB reported after walking Gary that they wry wantedwere out there with new chalk which was enormous. Soon they rang our doorbell to say they've got new chalk and can they draw in front of our house again.

MB went outside for the initial consultation, and ended up running back in to get some watercolor pencils she's not using any more to give to them. She'd talked to them about artists' commissions and what would they like for their labor, so now we're commissioning art in the barter system. They were delighted with the pencils, apparently saying "We can make posters with these!" I already have a poster idea for them.

They've done some amazing rainbows, a big one and a bunch of little ones, and they solemnly told me the next time Gary wanted to go out (he actually didn't, he just stood in the open door learning the source of the (adorable to us, concerning to him) kid noises we'd been hearing) that they had done some and they'd finish the rest later. At that point they had to go inside to have their dinner.

Comments

[angelofthenorth]

Oh THAT is lovely

[ivy]

What a completely heartwarming story! Thanks for sharing. <3

[silveradept]

Solidarity with the artistic collective you have there. Looking forward to hearing about what gets made next.

[cosmolinguist]

I'm glad a got a quick photo of the rainbows because rain washed them away the next day! Clean slate for the next installation. :)

[silveradept]

Renewable canvas for the next set of drawings. Maybe the next thing will be greater, now that they know what they have to work with.

[otter]

I love this so so much. I have some young friends who are telling me when the berries in my yard will be ready for picking this year. They come over to get apples and berries and flowers every year, and help me hunt the invasive beetles.

[cosmolinguist]

Aw, this is so nice!

[quantumcupcakes]

You can't go far wrong with chalk art of rainbows, smiley faces and stars - especially from such an enthusiastic creative team!

[forests_of_fire]

♥ That's adorable.

[jesse_the_k]

Ahhhhhhh. I love your nurturing art at the roots! Plus a rainbow.