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'What Am I?' Series Lenn Redman created the 'What Am I?' poem and series of books and prints prior to his death in 1987. The National Conference of Christians and Jews printed and distributed a million copies in commemoration of National Brotherhood Week. The series is a masterpiece in Diversity Awareness/Education. The message was important then. Considering the current crisis in our schools, the message seems equally important, if not more so, today! To view a larger version of the artwork, click on the pictures in the left column. Click here to purchase the books from our partner, amazon.com. To purchase the artwork please mail, email or fax your order directly to us. Get an order form and view our pricing click price list. What Am I? - the poem What Am I? I am People that's what I am, I am man, woman, child and infant. I am an endless variety of dissimilarities on parade to be looked upon with respect. The time is over for the masquerade. Cast off your garments and reflect. You're in the picture too, don't ever forget. What a face I have! It varies in size, texture, shape and slope. Like that of a cactus, gourd and cantaloupe. My eyes, nose, mouth and ears are large, small, long, short, flat bulbous, narrow and wide. And the spaces between my features are as varied as the features themselves. It has been said they show my soul, those organs called eyes which bulge, recede, droop, squint, glare and dart, and are round, narrow, slanty, close together and far apart. Of course they show my soul, my eyes, but no more so than the top of my head or the orbs in my skies. And I Am Multicolored. I am a peculiar hue of red, yellow, white, black, brown, tan, gray, pink, bronze, copper, gold and a thousand shades of each. I am as united by the spectrum of my different colors as the planets are united by their orbital relationships. What if I had been born red, white, black and yellow? I mean REALLY red, white, black and yellow - and blue and green and orange and purple and checkerboard and plaid and candy-striped and polka-dot and herringbone, and - oh, who knows what else? I am what I am. And I must know what I am. For some day I will see myself from other planets and who knows what I will see? I will see that there are more differences to my makeup than I've ever imagined. Is there the slightest possibility that I'd accept myself with objectivity, if not goodwill and mirth, Before I've purged myself of all hostility to what there is of me right here on earth? I am a symbiotic temple of seeming contradictions, partial understanding of which may be had by asking questions. Once the answers are known, man will begin to tower. Is there a similarity between the bee and the flower? Is black any more different from white than white is different from black? Is a peg any more different from a hole than a hole is different from a peg? And what of the circle, square and triangle, the three most opposite geometric forms? Is one more different from the other than the other is different from the one? The answers, of course, are no; and THAT is their commonality. The flower and the bee are not at all alike, yet they thrive on each other's existence. And black and white make a thousand beautiful shades of gray. And a peg and a hole may effectuate a strong, inseparable bond. And a circle, square and triangle constitute the architectural foundation of my temple of universal design. What Am I? I am a rhapsodic symphony of differences. But my differences are not individually more unique than their respective counterparts. I am a throbbing, pulsating spirit always on the move, always changing, interplaying with and reacting to the various components of my whole. They comprise infinite semblances that are as varied and different as night and day. Yet from Infinity's vantage, night and day are the same. What Am I? I am the glow in flight. I am it and it is I, and You and I and It are One. I am That, I AM.
What Am I? - The books - A unique approach to a tough subject - DIVERSITY EDUCATION What Am I?’ was written, designed and illustrated by Lenn Redman. This work is an illustrated poem in book form. Its cover and 7 of its pages are in full color. The pages are separated by transparent sheets to protect the illustrations, which are suitable for framing.
A Parents' and Teachers' "What Am I?" Guide for Children was written, designed and illustrated by Lenn Redman. This work is a sequel to the 'What Am I?' book, made for parents and teachers to relay the philosophy to children. Teachers and social workers recognized the 'What Am I?' illustrated poems' inspirational message and asked that a teaching aid be designed for children. For those who may not be familiar with poetic abstractions, Mr. Redman explains the meaning of the 'What Am I?' poem. Its illustrated verses are repeated here in miniature for convenient reference. The drawings in this book may not be reproduced for resale but may be photocopied for children to color and draw on. The pages have been perforated for easy removal.
This 2 book set includes both 'What Am I?" and 'A Parents' and Teachers' "What Am I?" Guide for Children' books written, designed and illustrated by Lenn Redman.
Mr. Redman’s motivation for this fine writing was to help offset racial and national prejudice. ‘What Am I?’ graphically shows that mankind’s composition of a multitudinous variety of types of people is what we have, not in opposition to, but in common with each other. Our differences are supplementary and can be used beneficially for universal needs. Mr. Redman’s message was ahead of its time. Considering the current crisis in our schools, communities and in the world, the message is even more important today. The 'What Am I?' series of books and related large size lithographs comprise the tools for diversity education to begin, in your school, church, workplace or home. We are extremely proud to announce that the What Am I? series of books are available for retail purchase at our partner, amazon.com.
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