The Anatomy of an Author!

Needing to be more advanced on how the body works, we took off yesterday to the Dallas Museum of Arts to hear award winning author David Macaulay.

Of course, you know my mind was ready to dive into the anatomy of David Macaulay. Well, not exactly. The anatomy of his book.

Mom, on the other hand was there with her age old curiosity ready to pounce into Macaulay's lecture.

Fortunately, they actually had headphones that worked for her!!! And naturally, we started out with the vol. on "high". Until Mom bellowed out in a sea of quiet (the lecture in process), "That's TOO LOUD!!!!"

Heads turned, including ours as we pretended we didn't know who that ill mannered woman was. Of course, I'm joshing.


With Mouths Open
The lecture began and Mom sat there with her usual stance: her mouth hanging open. I don't know how much of it she retained, but I'm sure more than we did.
Did I mention Macauley is a genius? To say the least. He's amazing, at 62. Brilliant. Some say majestic, to which he chuckles in disbelief. For sure, he is unpretentiously humble. Refreshing.

He is also a winner of the 1991 Caldecott award (Black and White), along with many other prestigious invitations. How I remember Caldecott. I had to read all of them when I was in my undergrad program. In no way am I saying I agree with all the views of Caldecott or the medal award winning books. But some of them are worth taking a gander into.

Face-2-Face Anatomy

As you can see, we landed in the book-signing lane. Mr. Macauley was as delightful in person as he was at a distance.

I mentioned to him that I had great respect for what he had accomplished with his book, The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body, because of my anatomy work in Pilates. His eyes deepened in thought as he turned to meet mine and said, "You know, I was told when researching for this book that I should learn Pilates, but I just didn't have the time." He encouraged me as he concluded, "But I know Pilates is an amazing way to learn about your body."

I couldn't escape recommending he choose a qualified Pilates instructor! With an educated certainty, he agreed. See you in the studio, David!!!

Then we were off to Mom's fave place: that would be any restaurant where there is food.

While there we not only had great food, but great entertainment: In the bathroom.

More on that another post...coming up soon!

Check out the website above for more info on Mr. Macaulay and Caldecott Books. I think you will find them both interesting, if nothing else.

NOTE: Article on Macaulay in Dallas Morning News (01/25/09); click on names above for webites on Caldecott and Macaulay.

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