DZ’S (the artist) ART

while at the downtown library

with my young student, EZ

formerly in my class

where we met once a week this summer

as he strengthened his reading and writing skills

by using them to write and illustrate a book

we discovered a tiny work of art

tucked in at the bottom of a crumbly pillar

created by local chalk artist David Zinn, DZ

who likes nothing better

than finding little cracks and imperfections

 filling them in with his whimsical art

leaving them for people to discover

what a lucky day this was

EZ finished writing his very first book

a huge accomplishment

he came so far

we had our last lesson together

he is ready to move ahead

he plans to put on a special outfit

do a world premiere reading

of his book

for his whole family

and we discovered a piece of DZ’s tiny secret art

double happiness.

downtown ann arbor library

EZ’S (the boy) BOOK

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David Zinn, DZ, (the artist’s)  link  

https://zinnart.com/pages/about-the-artist

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‘man needs spiritual expression and nourishing…

even in the prehistoric era, people would scrawl pictures of bison on the walls of caves.’

-Fernando Botero