My father passed away on Tuesday. He had suffered a long time, so he is free of pain now. It is only fitting that our lesson in Animation class this week was Cycle Layers, learning how to add tears to our puppets. Here is Pallo, crying:

Fortunately, I find solace in creating. I used the sound of a Sesame Street cartoon that has stuck with me since I was around three years old. Two cartoon characters sharing tears wasn’t really something that I had seen and it definitely made an impact. It was the first thing I thought of when our lesson came up. More Land of Lo to come…