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  1. <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362883422388332772</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 04:54:21 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>                   Ransome Notes</title><description></description><link>http://jransome.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3362883422388332772.post-7138879351834938149</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-02-14T13:59:29.654-08:00</atom:updated><title>Light in the Darkness</title><description>&lt;br /&gt;
  2. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;
  3. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;I’m a Luddite.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Well, &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;maybe not &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;in the true sense of the word.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Compared to many of the younger illustrators
  4. and writers, I don’t rush to use the “best “new social media.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;In fact, I was probably one of the last to
  5. create a website.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I’m always apologizing
  6. for responding late to e-mails and if you are waiting for me to post something
  7. on Facebook, well, you should buy that lottery ticket because it is your lucky
  8. day. With all that being said I’m now &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;blogging
  9. ,&lt;/i&gt; now that everyone else is instagramming and tweeting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  10. &lt;br /&gt;
  11. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;
  12. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;Don’t worry my dear art loving friends, I’m not considering blogging
  13. daily.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;There are just too many projects
  14. looming in the studio. In this world of instant and quick communication, I’m taking
  15. the horse and buggy approach and will only post four to six blogs per year. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;My goal is to share the most important events
  16. that are happening in the studio, like the release of a new book.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  17. &lt;br /&gt;
  18. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;
  19. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxcNa0wDoyWScq5JoYpu-qlvPpb4vw7h9Uajf4Y9-R1a-oZPiURaJrLlg7GH-z48iDTOzv2SjJ0bFuQIcKVdpwt9PwfLXS_qCfCp81iQMaj5mrgWUCALtipazeyUrqPJunSVb0V5Ce3I/s1600/cover.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxcNa0wDoyWScq5JoYpu-qlvPpb4vw7h9Uajf4Y9-R1a-oZPiURaJrLlg7GH-z48iDTOzv2SjJ0bFuQIcKVdpwt9PwfLXS_qCfCp81iQMaj5mrgWUCALtipazeyUrqPJunSVb0V5Ce3I/s400/cover.jpg&quot; width=&quot;326&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;And I just happen to have a new book entitled &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Franklin Gothic Book&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Light in the Darkness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;
  20. written by my wife Lesa Cline Ransome and published by Disney’s Jump At The Sun
  21. Books. The idea for this book came while Lesa was working on our last book &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Tahoma&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Words Set me Free, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;the
  22. story of young Frederick Douglass and how he learned to read. While doing
  23. research for Frederick, Lesa came across information about slaves sneaking out
  24. in the middle of the night to learn how to read and write in holes dug in the
  25. ground called pit schools. The discovery of the levels and risk people would take
  26. to learn for what we often take for granted is amazing and often beyond
  27. understanding. It’s a real testimony to mankind’s eagerness &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;to obtain knowledge. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Unfortunately, many of our children today
  28. don’t have this same thirst for learning and find pleasure in playing videos
  29. games and watching television. But this book isn’t only for reluctant learners.
  30. It’s also a book for young people who work hard for their education and enjoy
  31. reading stories of others who also saw&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;the value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;of education. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  32. &lt;br /&gt;
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  34. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46XclrpZE7XUnwjgn2RVe7ltLffeZwio5pzPvgLp7N_0gsCojJ5cQ-MnTxWLq7xZILcRCW5M2SpYc1UZBLwsuxmAR8KzZ1qCy99JpWe0NZcR81obe9rJvO6D82HWzEuO-jyPBkaUnLJI/s1600/page1.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;210&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46XclrpZE7XUnwjgn2RVe7ltLffeZwio5pzPvgLp7N_0gsCojJ5cQ-MnTxWLq7xZILcRCW5M2SpYc1UZBLwsuxmAR8KzZ1qCy99JpWe0NZcR81obe9rJvO6D82HWzEuO-jyPBkaUnLJI/s320/page1.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;For those of you who would like to look over my shoulder and
  35. watch me paint, you can view my Youtube video, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Berlin Sans FB Demi&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;James
  36. Ransome working in watercolor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Berlin Sans FB Demi&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;
  37. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.yov=zmevxjt_ucohttp//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMEVxjt_uCo&quot;&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMEVxjt_uCo &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
  38. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;You’ll see me painting the cover of&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Franklin Gothic Book&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;Light
  39. in the Darkness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;It took
  40. place over a three day work period. I didn’t realize I should&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;have &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;changed my shirt until the third day of
  41. filming. I did all the filming by placing a camera on a tripod. My wonderful
  42. daughter who is studying filmmaking edited video after a few months of begging.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  43. &lt;br /&gt;
  44. &lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
  45. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSW7yvG1BgsNdwPYJTeR_CoxzWHDcPbYMsOfwPqGvXG5ZYGdBzQN1pPpsnpQsRDnqHRevARlNNpjhOvxP87Wgns3aYHRxiiwD-gMETRznZ4sXtZuUXTe64O_HcfEEVcgp_padp-iRpEws/s1600/page2.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;219&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSW7yvG1BgsNdwPYJTeR_CoxzWHDcPbYMsOfwPqGvXG5ZYGdBzQN1pPpsnpQsRDnqHRevARlNNpjhOvxP87Wgns3aYHRxiiwD-gMETRznZ4sXtZuUXTe64O_HcfEEVcgp_padp-iRpEws/s320/page2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;Also on Youtube
  46. you can watch a visit with Caldecott award winner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Tahoma&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;
  47. Chris Raschka&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;. I
  48. took my class to visit him in his studio in New York City. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qvct5O7WCs&quot;&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qvct5O7WCs&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  49. &lt;br /&gt;
  50. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;
  51. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;After you have watched my Youtube video a couple of hundred
  52. times, you may want to read a review of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Franklin Gothic Book&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Light In The Darkness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;.
  53. &lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Just last week The New York Times listed
  54. it as one of the three most impressive picture books released for Black history
  55. month. The link is below&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  56. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/06/books/nelson-mandela-by-kadir-nelson-and-more.html?_r=0&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/06/books/nelson-mandela-by-kadir-nelson-and-more.html?_r=0&quot;&gt;http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/06/books/nelson-mandela-by-kadir-nelson-and-more.html?_r=0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
  57. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxH8K_h-DPG5C_0IjitT1nNPYgfOURqhkIMR3Afovsx4vvt-wSIUBGToFPvmJAZ7tUCe8Ei3EWDsCZH4Raxjku-lTBbw9_-ygfgB2b_P9o0HemZo1kOTjCDt83nwCkJYazJ-G9-NwZl1o/s1600/page6.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;199&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxH8K_h-DPG5C_0IjitT1nNPYgfOURqhkIMR3Afovsx4vvt-wSIUBGToFPvmJAZ7tUCe8Ei3EWDsCZH4Raxjku-lTBbw9_-ygfgB2b_P9o0HemZo1kOTjCDt83nwCkJYazJ-G9-NwZl1o/s320/page6.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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  59. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;Light In the Darkness&lt;/i&gt;
  60. is my Superbowl. And just like football season, my first post is done and it is
  61. now&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;time to prepare for the next book
  62. and posting . There will be a draft in the spring and I hope you will be
  63. awaiting my next post pick that I’ll be sharing.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  64. &lt;br /&gt;
  65. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt;&quot;&gt;
  66. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;Till next season,&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  67. &lt;br /&gt;
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  69. &lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Calibri;&quot;&gt;James Ransome&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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