Budding Composer Pillows

Bass scale

I should be a writer when I grow up...

Library sections; Fiction, non-fiction and do-it-yourself.

'I love your playing....especially when you stop!'

"Abstract Expressionism is definitely right for me at this stage of my career."

Child drawing fish from life by putting his head in a pond.

'Can you tell me what I've written? I can't read!'

"I know its hard to believe right now, Lawrence, but some day you'll thank me for asking you to punctuate your sentences correctly."

Timmy has a great future in nano-technology.

'With my parents out of the house, I can finally start my long awaited mural project.'

'Who I played in Summer Stock.'

"... And his piano teacher says that he definitely has Van Gough's ear for music."

'I have a feeling one day when he grows up he'll be an artist of some kind.'

"Someday you'll see my work in the employee break room at the Met."

'We're pushing our do-it-yourself kit, today, sir - a ream of paper and a half-dozen pencils.'

'Do I have to be creative?'

Timpani.

How to draw a martian!

'All good things must come to an end.'

Mum has a bad judgement day - Well OK, you can take it to your room as long as you play it quietly.

Creative Baby.

'For God's sake give me some angst, how will I ever write a misery memoir?'

'Look. Billy Curry did a nude!'

"There's the pressure from my public, naturally, as well as the pressure from my publisher, my agent, and all that. But the real pressure comes from that devil inside that makes me different from other men, that makes me a writer. But, of course, you know all about pressure, grinding out those papers at Sarah Lawrence."

"Isn't it obvious? I'm writing the great American graphic novel."

Jackson Pollock as a child

'I'm not sure if he plays that loud because he has a good set of lungs or if it's a mean streak in him.'

"Your book stinks—we want to publish it."

Teacher to student: 'Nice use of glitter, but you were assigned to do math problems.'

Lessons from the Blakely Art School (Now Defunct)

Michelangelo painting with watercolors as a child.

"I've finally finished my lockdown novel."

"That' a wonderful picture, sweetheart. You know, maybe we should keep all of this garbage, in case you become a famous artist."

"It's supposed to be a comedy, so I've had Steve, here, red-flag the funny parts."

'I can't find the words to express my anger with you.' - 'She needs a dictionary.'