{"id":3349,"date":"2015-05-26T16:30:41","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T23:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/?p=3349"},"modified":"2015-05-26T16:30:41","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T23:30:41","slug":"portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-lizard-monster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/?p=3349","title":{"rendered":"Portrait of the Artist as a Young Lizard Monster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So the other afternoon I was walking to Robin&#8217;s classroom to pick him up, and I saw a bunch of moms staring and pointing at a display in the hallway. &#8220;What is <em>that<\/em> about,&#8221; one said. So I looked:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3350\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSCF1665.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSCF1665-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF1665\" width=\"415\" height=\"277\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3350\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSCF1665-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSCF1665-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Oh, it&#8217;s a nice display of the kids&#8217; artwork. &#8220;Self-portraits&#8221; in construction paper, a very sweet array of pink and beige and brown and Simpsons-yellow faces, and it even looks like a couple of the kids did themselves as ninja turtles, ha ha&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;wait, that one&#8217;s not a ninja turtle&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"frame-outer  aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3351\"><span><span><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSCF1666.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSCF1666-300x450.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF1666\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3351\" srcset=\"http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSCF1666-300x450.jpg 300w, http:\/\/shannon.users.sonic.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSCF1666-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Aaaaaand I knew without even checking the artist&#8217;s signature that it was <em>my<\/em> kid who created the one horrifying visage in the otherwise sweet and wholesome display, the one that actually shocked other moms when they saw it. I&#8217;m so proud.<\/p>\n<p>Lately Robin has been telling us that when he grows up, he&#8217;s going to create a mutagen to turn himself into a lizard. I&#8217;m not discouraging this. I feel that &#8220;mad scientist&#8221; is actually not such a bad career path, so long as he avoids volcano bases and English spies, and files early for patents. I mean, it&#8217;s a pretty versatile skill set. Even if the lizard thing doesn&#8217;t work out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So the other afternoon I was walking to Robin&#8217;s classroom to pick him up, and I saw a bunch of moms staring and pointing at a display in the hallway. &#8220;What is that about,&#8221; one said. 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