reported and illustrated by[age 6-7]

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is a series of experimental books created by children in which the author’s own
pedagogical process of understanding the world/word(s) informs the narrativeand structure of the work.

reported and illustrated by[age 6-7]

ANY 05 | Proverbs [WORKS ON PROGRESS 02]© 2019 Aevi Nakai Gluzman
ISBN:978-1-716-18795-7
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Pre-Text:
Between 2016 and 2018, I lived in San Diego with Aevi who was fivewhen I moved there and seven when we left together for Tokyo.
During this time, as we biked to and from his school each morningand late afternoon, as I cooked breakfast or dinner for him, as wewalked along the nearby Ocean Beach, or as we dined out at anearby restaurant (Souplantation was our favorite), Aevi would often say, “You know, You?” and then proceed to report a certain observation about the world he had just made. Some of these observations were quite brilliant, some were strangely profound,
others were plain funny, and still others utterly puzzling.
But the tone of Aevi’s voice as he reported them would always be
full of confidence and authority, as if he were revealing a highertruth that I was unfortunately blind to.
I began writing these observations down, calling them “proverbs,”
short sayings of anonymous origin that convey some general truth
about the world, since that’s what Aevi made them sound like.
Compiled here is a selection of these proverbs (26 in total, following the alphabet) that were reported to me over the course of our
two years in Southern California, with illustrations also made byAevi.
You Nakai

ANYTIME AN ADULT SAYS
THE WORD “CONSEQUENCE” TO A KID,THE WORLD GETS WORSE

THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGSTHAT ARE DIFFERENT IN YOUR LIFE

YOU SHOULD WASTE WISELYDANCING HELPS EVERYTHINGHISTORY HAS TO BE MUSEUM

THE SMALLER YOU ARE,THE MORE THINGS YOU GETEVERY DAY GETSSHORTER AND SHORTEREVERY STEP I TAKE,ONE PART OF ME DIES

SOME PEOPLE ARE OKAY WITH RAINTHERE IS NO SUCH THING AS BAD ART

I FEEL LIKE I’M A FIRST PERSON

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WORKS ON PROGRESS [02]You know, You?
washing is like drawing.
the wetness is color and the sponge is the detail.
Between 2016 and 2018, Aevi, who was six and seven at
the time, began reporting observations he had madeabout the world. Some of these were quite brilliant,some were strangely profound, others were plain
funny, and still others were utterly puzzling.
But no matter what he said, he always spoke witha tone of confidence and authority as if he wererevealing a higher truth that others were blind to.
These observations were written down as proverbs,
short sayings of anonymous origin that convey some
general truth about the world, since that’s what Aevi
made them sound like.
Compiled here is a selection of these proverbs,
simple yet profound field observations of our world
reported over the course of two years by a child in
the process of making sense of everything aroundhim. Each proverb is beautifully illustrated by thesame reporter.

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