Beluga

Detail


Detail


Isn't that just the greatest word? Beluga. Say it, and your lips puff out and it pops right out into the air and floats there, just like this magical flying creature. This is another illustration/collage for my buddy Bonny (hmmm, that's kinda fun to say, too. "buddy Bonny"). Her terrific manuscript, Somewhere in These Days of Morning is the perfect home for my collages, and I'm so happy to be able to contribute. If you'd like to visit her blog and read a few more chapters, by all means, go here.

Meanwhile, here's the chapter that accompanies this collage in its entirety:

Beluga is a secret word for ultimatum.

Guess it's not a secret anymore. If you meet up with one, be prepared to act fast and decisively. Because a beluga does not attempt to harness its rage at helplessness. She rides belugas to get her where she wants to go. The view is glorious, and the speed is high. The ride is squeaky and breezy, smooth and violent. She doesn't care that belugas take her where the answers are. She doesn't have any questions.
©2009 Excerpt from Somewhere in these Days of Morning by Bonny Belgum (author) and Andrée Tracey (illustrator)

Now if you will excuse me, I must go and saddle up my beluga and go for a ride.