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Often it feels like our world has stopped when we lose someone, but life always moves on...
'Sometimes, We Get Lonely" is a book that can help children better understand the concept of loss and bereavement through the metaphor of a tree losing its leaves.
This book teaches the reader to be kind to themselves in accepting their sadness and loneliness after losing someone.
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'Sometimes, We Get Lonely' dummy book
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'They find friends in their leaves, who dance and talk in the breeze...'
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'The tree feels lonely, the tree feels blue, it can't stop thinking about how the leaves flew...'
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'When the winter winds blow, down comes the snow, other friends disappear, it is a cold time of year...'
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'But out of the cold and the hopeless weather, comes new growth bringing friends together.'
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'Wiggling its branches... "What are these?" Said the tree. "Oh! they are buds for new friends!" It said with glee!
DEGREE SHOW
I exhibited this project at the end of my Illustration BA course in the annual YSJ Degree Show. I had a Dummy Book on a stand with fallen leaves around it. Framed on the wall I had three enlarged spreads, spotlighted to see up close.
My stand got many positive comments from visitors, praising 'Sometimes, We Get Lonely' and my professionalism.
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