There are times that an idea tickles me enough that I have to follow it through and make it reality.
When our Children’s Librarian Jennifer told me that the new book in Aaron Reynolds’ and Peter Brown’s Creepy Tales! series was Creepy Crayon! and then showed me the cover? I knew what must be done.
I’m both a bit surprised and unsurprised that it’s been two years since last I posted anything on Hafuboti. I knew that I needed a break, but I had no idea that it would last as long as it has. I’m not even sure that I’ll ever return to posting as regularly as I once did.
But, it’s also been around two years since I’ve wanted to, or felt the need to, create something.
It wasn’t until I watched Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance that I felt a spark of inspiration. It is such a tour de force that shows so much love for film all the while revealing deep feminine turmoil. During a Q&A with Fargeat, Guillermo del Toro describes both of her films as personal expulsions.
That word choice was a powerful one to me. That’s a verb I’d never connected to my creativity before, but once I began considering it, that has tended to be the driving force behind much of what I create. Creativity can help me both process and expel things from my inner self.
So, to honor that revelation, I took one of the most formative books of my childhood and paired it with one of my now all-time favorite films that may be formative to my later life.
Someday, I may delve into what my life journey has looked like over the past few years, but for now, I’d like to let this image be my statement to the universe.