Draw me a sheep…Le Petit Prince

 

The January letter will be in le poste by the time you read this 📬

The author of Le Petit Prince, Antoine de St. Exupery said, “I am from my childhood. “ Who can not relate to that?

The MAD commemorative exhibit (75th anniversary) was ‘last year’ 

Which I’m not ready to say…it still feels like 2022 to me) but never mind.

It was nice to see Saint-Exupery used exactly the same Winsor Newton paintbox I use. 

OK, one of many paintboxes…but the Winsor Newton is the one I use the most (lower right) even if the color selection is a tad different…

Did you read the Petit Prince? Many times? If not, you can listen to Kenneth Branagh read it very nicely on youtube in English (animated). Or listen in French. 

There is a Petit Prince shop at 8, rue Grégoire de Tours, 75006 for total immersion if you missed last year’s exhibit. 

They’re window is impossible to pass by…I wanted so many things but walked out with just a few post cards. 

Heavy flirtation with the little sheep toy

Remember the Petit Prince asks the aviator, “Draw me a sheep” and the aviator draws a box with 3 holes in it. The little prince doesn't question the drawing of the box. Instead, he uses his imagination to believe that the sheep is inside the box suggesting that his mind is able to think creatively unlike majority of the grown-ups. When the author draws him the box and explains that there is a sheep inside, the little prince doesn't judge the drawing like how he did with the previous drawings. Instead he responds with, "That is exactly the way I wanted it!..." There are thousands of analysis of every line of PP if you want to pursue that route.

Still I was obsessed with the adorable sheep and went looking for a Galette des Rois féve. 

I found it on EBay and resisted. Too much trouble.

And my féve collection 😳 is already overgrown

One thing leads to another. I ran out to Picard and bought the small-sized Galette des rois individualles = you get TWO féve 🎈 instead if just one féve with the larger galettes (but no crown 👑).

A nice picture of Saint-Exupery, en famille, from the exhibit. He is on the right.

I would have killed for this commemorative stamped envelope from the exhibit...

A quote from the book you will see repeated everywhere. 

“On voit bien qu’avec le coeur ♥️ L’essential est invisible pour les yeux.” 

“Only with the heart ❤️ you can see well; the essential is invisible to the eyes.

I don’t know why I didn’t include the adorable sheep in the final Eiffel Tower New Years letter💌 😳 An oversight dear PBers. Please forgive 🙏 It’s on Etsy if you would like a Petit Prince letter of your own or a gift for someone else. Bonne Friday. A late  Bonne Année to all🥂🎉  

Please take care Northern Californians xoxo 💋 ❤️ 🐻