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Jul 27, 2008
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." --Pablo Picasso
Art At 35,000 Feet
It didn't take long for Jewel Van Valin's cross-country art project to take off. Passengers flying in the difficult days after 9/11 were anxious and irritable because of tightened security and fewer flight amenities. The Delta Air Lines flight attendant wanted to do something about it. So Van Valin reached back to an earlier time -- her kindergarten years -- and pulled out the Crayolas." I just put the mats on their trays and threw a crayon down, and the passengers immediately got it," she said. Soon, passengers were moving about the cabin, checking out the pictures, "interacting, talking to one another," explaining what their drawings depicted, Van Valin said. "Crayons are nonthreatening. The pictures tell a lot about a person."
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