Hupe Holidays
Lucy made this at school. I disagree with her, though. That snowman doesn't look hupe to me at all. Not one bit. Quite the contrary, Lucy. That's the unhupiest snowman I've ever fucking seen. I know how this went down, though. I bet all the kids were done and the teacher surprised them with the need to write a sentence. Lucy's pretty social. She likes to chat with her friends about bracelets and a boy named Noah. So she slopped down the first thing she thought just to get it over with. Lucy's lazy. But so were most Surrealists.
When I imagine Lucy deciding that the horrendous vampire fangs were exactly what her snowman needed, it makes me love her. I also dig the arms. They're completely terrifying. They want to hug you in your nightmares. Your blood makes the snowman hupe.
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Good art both invites and resists interpretation, like the world. Is this winter's cold bite? The chilling threat of Christmas? The blood sucked out of yet another year? Is this how hupiness looks in my house? And what the hell, Lucy? Is that a cigarette?
The holidays are monstrous. Lucy's on to something. Hupiness can't be bought. But all is not lost. In spite of consumer terror, the snowman is still hupe. We gotta take what we can from a scary snowman. His arms reach out to embrace us. Should we resist him? Maybe Lucy's holiday secret reveals a prize in standing our ground to face him. Let him wrap us up in his menacing twigs. There's joy in hugging our monsters.
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Best to you. Keep a good thought.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Reader Comments (22)
Wonderful!
THAT is freakin' awesome!
I think that might be a cigarette, or maybe a blunt.
It IS much easier to be hupe during this time of year, whilst stoned...
Lucy's snowman may not be hupe, but he is Flava Flav.
Dude, what the fuck? I kinda feel like you are the best thing that's happened to me in a year.
Is that snowman holding a knife? I'm pretty sure he is. A blunt AND a knife. Now that is causing me some existential angst.
I'm with Liz. You are definitely one of the hupiest things about all of the innerwebs this past year. So looking forward to what comes out of your brain in 2010.
To you and yours!
"There's joy in hugging our monsters."
That is perfect. Hupey holidays, BHJ.
*hahahahaHAAAA!! !! !! This terrifying drawing made me laugh so harrd!! omg a cigarette? genius. I was wondering what that part was...drool? snowmens' breath, which must be like fog? cocaine going up his snowy nostril? *haha hahahahahaha@!!
o god what a funny drawing...
Wait! Is that Adam Avitable?
Yeah, well...we'll see who's hupe in May, scary snowman.
I freaking love that hupe vampire snowman!
My daughter's teacher always corrects her spelling and grammar underneath her sentences, in my opinion ruining the pictures she brings home. If "The Bat Can Flay" I don't see the point is arguing it. Sure Mrs. S., not all bats can flay, but aren't we focusing on this particular bat, and what makes him special? I'm glad Lucy gets full credit for hupe at home, because lord knows she's probably getting the red pen treatment enough at school. Jerks.
Thank god for surrealists cause that drawing makes me hupe too.
Terrific. Merry Christmas to you and yours. I'm thankful to have found your blog this year --
Ohhh, Hupe Christmas to you and yours too :D
We do a lot of moster embracing at our house as well.
My Lucy likes to pose questions, variations on a theme. If you c ame home and a creepy naked old man was doing this in your hall (weird creepy dance) - would that be weird? Would that be creepy?
And this morning's variation: If it was your birthday and a weird naked old man stole your icecream, would you be sad?
I have never seen eyebrows on a snowman before. Cool. Plus - that's a carrot - duh. You can see the point of the carrot just above his Michael Jackson nose.
Best to you and yours, too. Also, lock your doors if there's snow.
I. CAN'T. STOP. LAUGHING.
I love it! My daughter's 1st grade class was doing a unit on liquids, solids, and gasses and she had to draw a picture of a liquid. She drew a photo of her Dad on the couch, holding a Bud Light can. I shared that sucker with everyone I knew. GAH, I laughed for weeks!
Hug your monsters tight, BHJ. Hupe Holidays.
I'm hugging my monsters with a death grip. It would make me hupe to drink their pale blood.
Best holiday card ever. Menacing twigs and a fanged toothbrush notwithstanding (sorry, I've got orthodontics on the brain, 2010 is gonna be an expensive year for us...)
Happy Holidays, BHJ.
Can you adopt me? Or maybe I should adopt you?
Is it shameful that I couldn't stop laughing out loud while reading this post? Oh, still laughing.
When smoking was allowed in diners it was very hard being a server and not picking up the habit. Last summer I lost my mom to lung cancer. She smoked for 40 years. it was the most heartbreaking and depressing time in my life..Since then I have been focused on quitting smoking, this is because I dont want my daughter to feel the pain I had go through at the age of 35. After reading a article on 'kiwi drug" I have make the choice to give the nicorette inhaler a try. So far I haven't smoked in 3 days and have had no cravings.