"Mom I drew a shoe. It's a hand."
Wait what? Luckily, being married to Ben for 11 years has taught me more than zero ancient Middle Eastern vocabulary items. Hahahaha like father like son. Apparently, earlier in the day Ben had showed Moss the Sumerian word for hand, which is SHU.
A very Ben-like first attempt at representational abstraction
Shu hand
Later that week he drew a car (turn it upside down to see the driver's side window, the driver and the hood)...
... a house (complete with 2 bedroom floorplan)
And then 2 weeks later he pulled out the big guns. "Mom I'm going to write my name." "Ok, Moss." "Mom I wrote my name." "Omg, you kind of did."
Eeeeeeeee
Ok so it looks a lot like M O nnnnn, but because S is hard to write, if you pretend the things after the O are sideways Zs, then he's close. And for a literal first attempt? On point.
Then came the swing in our front yard...
Then a Lockheed C-130
Then a ball bug (before Lyra scribbled on it)...
And then a front end loader...
...with extra seatbelts. All in one day.
Then later an awesome jellyfish.
Jellyfish says Eeeeeeeee
Then a somewhat closer attempt at M-O-S-S
Then some mixed media work
Untitled (Monster Mash)
Moss, 2016
Play-Doh, googly eyes, glitter glue, sparkly pompoms
Then back to chalk - "It's a ladybug. But it kind of looks like a sun but it's not. It's a ladybug."
Then towards Halloween begins the Ghost Series: Ghost 1
Ghost 2
Ghost 3: Many Ghosts
Ghost 4: Bug Ghost
Culminating in a collaborative Mom/Moss exhibition: "Ghost Pumpkin Saying Ooooooo"
And finally, the 4 pieces I'm saving from this era of Moss art: "Grasshopper"
"Elephant"
"Animal with open mouth that's purple"
and "I think that lived 100 years ago".
