In honour of Carroll Spinney, I present to you two of my favourite storytime socks.
The cuffs of the socks read as follows:
Big Bird: I like big books.
Oscar: Go away! I’m reading!
Big Bird modeled wonder, astonishment, gentleness, and curiosity for me. Oscar taught me it’s okay to express my emotions, whatever they might be. No surprise then, that these two marvelous beings still sing at me and inform my work four decades later. My favourite picture of Carroll Spinney shows him performing Oscar while wearing Big Bird’s legs. Proof that these disparate creatures can (and often did) inhabit the same body.
I love this tribute to Carroll Spinney from Judy Gold. We are not alone, dear friends.
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