I was ready to haul Lily off to the shrink when I caught a glimpse of this recent drawing. Were my inappropriate movie choices beginning to manifest themselves in her sweet brain? Had she accidentally caught the evening news when I thought she was sleeping soundly in my room? Did Halloween have a lasting impact on her? Just what was going on inside that twisted little head?
Any guesses?
{Updated to explain the little artist…}
The drawing was actually the first of a wedding series Lily drew. The groom’s tie had blown in the wind, hence the expression on his face. (You can understand his frustration, yes?)
Here are the bridesmaids,
and the flower girls.
It seems my daughter doesn’t need that therapy quite yet.
For the record, I saw an axe murderer. (Perhaps I’m the one who needs some help.) Your interpretations were so much better. Danielle cracked me up seeing Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift– how perfect is that? I loved Lula’s Tim Burton take, Julie B’s sunblock advertisement and Jennifer’s idea that it was Lily’s take on my Scary Mommy logo was pure genius.
I think you all have a future in this sort of thing.
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It looks like an opera scene to me. Perhaps she’s been listening to Don Giovanni.
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The angel of death/ninja is coming for an ear of corn/angel!
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The lady in the black dress is happy to see her surprised friend and is going to hug her? Yeah, that’s it……..I’m sticking to that story. It makes me feel good ;)
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Is that an Indian on the right? And the dark figure…is that a purple bra?
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Looks like the Love Jedi (note heart shaped mouth and eyes on dark figure), it going after your little Angel….maybe first crush? LOL
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i’m going to go with kat on this one. i’m totally believing that its just 2 friends really really REALLY excited to see each other. and (to agree with tiffany as well) the black figure is so excited to see her yellow friend that she forgot to put a shirt on and that’s why she’s only wearing a purple bra. coem on, we’ve all done that, right??!quite the imagination on that little one (er…wait…i think WE have quite the imagination)!
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I think it’s a ninja and Pocohontas.
As to what they’re doing… I have no idea.
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nope that’s very normal. if it gets to black & white then maybe a shrink.
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Looks like they’re singing. What does she say it is?
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You’re watching too much Star Wars. ;)
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when Phantom of the Opera attacks? I have no idea.
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Did you…ask her? What did she say?
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Maybe the one of the left is Keanu Reeves in the Matrix? I’m curious what she said about it though!
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It’s clearly an artistic representation of man’s inhumanity to man and our struggle to find meaning in our futile day-to-day lives.
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Hmm… I’m thinking she was thinking, as she was drawing her masterpiece: “That’s the shade of red mommy turns when she yells at me for doing something bad or when I don’t listen!” Heehee… ;)
Really, maybe it has something to do with Halloween? Someone who spooked her? I want to know!! Will you tell us, Jill? Oh yeah, and she is a great little artist, too! :)
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Is it her and her mommy? hahaha. I kid, I kid. Actually, I don’t think there’s anything psychotic about it.
LOL at Jensational’s comment.
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A guy running away from a fish lady…lol.
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That is straight-up a sketch of Tim Burton’s latest venture in the world of film.
The red-faced dude is clearly Johnny Depp. The yellow girl is Helena Bonham Carter.
DUH!
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Clearly this is the temptation of Jesus. The devil is daring him to jump from the cliff and have angels catch him, and Jesus is seriously debating it, just to shut the dude up (and ’cause he is uncomfortable with the devil’s purple bra choice)
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ok, i’m so curious..did you ask lily? when do we find out the answer???
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I would say that this is her “Mommy” on the right- and maybe her on the left……I don’t know! Or, is it a brother/sister? I do believe you have a little artist in the making, this picture has a lot of detail!
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It really does scream Phantom with a bra singing/lunging at a beautiful ear of corn! Not psycho – just throwing a lot of stuff t0gether. I do love th4e purple bra though…
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While it’s very possible she is drawing about Halloween, I would put equal odds to the fact that this is a paid advertisement for sunblock. My daughter always includes sunblock in her art. The beautiful girl is carelessly playing in the bright sun and alas, some poor kids whose parents hate him, is trying to warn her “Don’t let this happen to you! You don’t want your face this sunburn! My whole body is covered in sunpoisoning and now I have to stay completely covered up. Use your sunscreen! Brought to you by *insert sunblock brand*.
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Ummm…perhaps you are a scaryer mommy than anyone thought? LOL! KIDDING! It is an interesting picture….I’m hoping you share what she told you!
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Umm, because she’s a member of the Scary Family? That drawing is awesome. I hope Angry Toddler draws like that when he’s older.
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Well, looks like a couple of broads in party dresses to me. Both are smiling, and the one in the yellow appears to be wearing a nifty pillbox hat. :)
Both dresses are pretty well designed too… with almost a corset-like panel in the front on the black, and a slight ruching on the yellow.
WAIT! I know. It’s Kanye interrupting Taylor Swift.
Hehe. :)
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This says: Too much Halloween candy.
Did you ask who was who and what was what?
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yeaahh.. shocking !
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I say the yellow figure looks like Lemon Marange Pie from Strawberry shortcake…. and the “scary” figure is just the purple pie man, as you can see she attempted to go over it with purple crayon.
No worries Jill— its just Strawberry Shortcake art. Not scary at all.
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She is going to go into advertising. This is her interpretation and logo design for your “Scary Mommy” website.
Mom’s head swells red and round as she scolds her angelic daughter (I see the halo). Still mom is dressed like a nun, so, underneath the anger she really sees her mom as a sacred loving character just pushed to the limits of cracking.
She’s got a promising future!
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I’m not into art. But it looks like the curly headed figure in black has a heart mouth and a bikini top so it can’t be all that bad. Maybe he just has a bad sunburn.
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How funny!
Hubs wondered if our son was “creative” or in need of therapy when he told him the other night that he “couldn’t sleep because all of his (stuffed) animals were singing too loud!”
Sounds like our kids would get along just fine. ;)
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I liked it better without the upate… Anything with a wedding theme scares the shit out of me.
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They have vivid imagations, don’t they. Yes, I think the movies I watch rub off on my boys too.
Sorry I have been MIA this past week, both my boys had high fevers (104.7) and no symptoms, go figure.
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Yeah! to lots of the responses! I thought at first it was a Matrix guy too, but the lovely gown the lady is wearing is very striking! And it matches the bow in her hair! I see the makings of a fashion designer!
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Kanye interrupting Taylor!!! That’s hysterical.
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I love how little kid’s minds work and how we think that they are working. Lily is a good artist. I should really post some of Hayden’s artwork. Now his mind, is going to need some therapy someday.
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Her artwork would make a Kindergarten teacher proud.
Such detail – and those ‘teeny-tiny muscle movements’!
When my oldest was about 5 -her drawings scared me so much I did show them to a shrink. THere were knives and blood spurting from people and stuff.
After a short visit from Social Services, it was deemed that she just liked carrots and the color red.
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Nnot sure, but I think I may have a nightmare tonight!
Spooky!
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The real explanation is better than anything I could have come up with.
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Well damn, I missed the pre-explanation post! Did you notice that one of the bridesmaids has an enormous booby jutting out?
Justine :o )
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I love the Kanye West comparison! So perfect…I love the bride’s shocked look.
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And for the record, I can think of nothing more infuriating then a tie blowing away in the wind. DAMN YOU WIND!!! CAN’T YOU SEE I’M TRYING TO GET MARRIED!!!
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Move over Van Gogh. Get outta the way Picasso.
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Wow, she already draws in series. You have an artiste on your hand :)
It all makes sense now….
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Ok I love that it’s Kenya West and Taylor Swift that just made me laugh.. Love the pictures..!
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I don’t know what it is…but she draws very good!
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that’s really nice work of art! i have a bundle of those as well, my lil girl just keeps popping up beside me with “i have a surprise for you mom!” and there goes another 4yr old art…will try and post them sometime too;)
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Good think you aren’t the mommy of my son. He would be sent to a mental institute for the amount of times he hits his sister or yells at us. Hmmm, maybe I should let you watch him for awhile. This picture would seem like NOTHING!
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i thought the person on the left was singing and the person on the right was admiring said singing!
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