A BOY OF HEART MOUNTAIN

My blog has been mostly visual these days--getting a short burst of creative energy out there and having fun doing it.  That seems a little easy sometimes so I've been thinking about a daily paragraph or something like that.  Nothing too ambitious or wild, just the same spirit of get-in-get-out that I've been enjoying with visual art, finding a way to fit it into almost every day. 

My one little thought for the day, after listening to an audiobook of A Boy Of Heart Mountain: when a militarized police state throws people in concentration camps, one of the losses is...pets.  The Japanese-American boy in the book, sent with his family to a camp, can't keep his dog.  This might sound like the least of their worries, but that's where I entered the story this time.  That's where the story really got me--this time.

It's a profound book written in a direct, relatable voice and a good one to read at this difficult time.  Nationalism, ignorance, fear, and violence are energized again, but plenty of people are still good.