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The Dukes

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Let me start by professing the Dude’s love for the Dukes of Hazard.

I was a HUGE Dukes fan as a young lad.

I can still recall the classic Sears picture hanging on the wall by the stairs in my childhood home of me in my “Sunday best.” Obviously my sky blue iron-on Dukes of Hazard t-shirt! Bo and Luke sitting on the hood of the General Lee. Classic 1980’s.

Not to mention my amazing General Lee replica with the roof that lifted so I could stuff Bo and Luke in their proper seats…it was just the right size for G.I. Joe’s by the way.

I bring this up because A. the Dude loves the Dukes, and B. Little Dude loves to put anything and everything in his mouth.

What do these have in common you wonder? The fantastic “Questionable Skills” blog I mentioned last week. Ted McCagg has done it again; he’s tickled my funny bone.

The Dukes of Choking Hazards…

Dukes of Choking Hazards

Dukes of Choking Hazards

Let’s Paint

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How rad is this little princess?!

The Dude is a believer that we all have art inside of us. It’s just a matter of figuring out how to get it out. My guess is that art vibe gets buried deeper the longer we wait to bring it out…always there none-the-less.

Never to early to bring out the artist. Plus, kids have that raw connection.

This is four year-old Aelita Andre. She has a solo show opening at New York City’s Agora Gallery on June 4th. It should probably not come as too much of a surprise that a child should be able to produce beautiful, abstract expressionist art on par with the professionals, who are probably tapping their “inner children,” anyway.

The beauty of Aelita is that she has been given the freedom to create. She has been given free reign to express herself, with as much space and materials to explore her creativity as anyone could want. As a result, she displays real talent; working in a thoughtful, methodical way, and making deliberate creative choices.

Amazing to watch such a peanut be so focused and intense.