This is the final drawing in my series on the artwork that inspired The Bird that Sang in Color. The words on this drawing are lyrics from a song by Robin Williamson of The Incredible String Band. This pictures is mentioned during chapter four
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I hope you enjoy this free short story that I wrote a while back. For those of you who read “The Bird that Sang in Color,” you’ll see many similarities. Blue Suede Clogs Atlantic City was only twenty miles away but the
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The Albums From the Family Saga, “The Bird that Sang in Color”
Posted by Grace Mattioli in Uncategorized | 2 commentsThe Bird that Sang in Color is filled with music! This post includes a few of the albums from the novel. The story opens in 1970 with Donna and Vincent listening to Let it Be by the Beatles. While Vincent is sad that this is the band’s
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A Boy and His Mom: artwork that inspired the family saga, “The Bird that Sang in Color”
Posted by Grace Mattioli in Uncategorized | 0 commentsThroughout The Bird that Sang in Color, Donna encourages her brother, Vincent to live by society’s conventions. She assumes that because he is single, childless, and works mostly menial jobs, he can’t possibly be happy. She fails to
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The Philosopher: artwork that inspired the family saga, “The Bird that Sang in Color”
Posted by Grace Mattioli in Uncategorized | 0 commentsWhen Donna first sees this picture, she wonders if this is how her brother, Vincent, envisioned his future self as an old philosopher-type or if it was the old philosopher who always lived inside of him, always trying to figure out “what
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