𝙲𝙾𝙽𝙲𝙾𝚁𝙳 𝚄𝙽𝙸𝙾𝙽 𝙿𝚄𝙱𝙻𝙸𝚂𝙷𝙸𝙽𝙶, 𝙻𝙻𝙲 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝙽𝚎𝚠 𝙷𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚎. 𝙾𝚞𝚛 𝚐𝚘𝚊𝚕 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚜, 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍, 𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌 𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚊. 𝙰𝚕𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚢 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚄𝚗𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚝𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍, 𝚞𝚗𝚏𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚎𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝.
𝚆𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚞𝚖, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚑𝚢𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚞𝚖 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕: 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚢, 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚙, 𝚙𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚔. 𝙰 𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜.
𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍, 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚄𝚗𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢-𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚜 (𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛, 𝚌𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚗) 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢. 𝙾𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚘𝚡𝚒𝚌 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝙱𝙿𝙰𝚜, 𝙿𝙵𝙰𝚂 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚑𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜.
𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚞𝚙 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚢.
𝚂𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚢,
𝙹𝚎𝚏𝚏 𝙳. 𝚂𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝
𝙈𝙀𝙀𝙏 𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝘼𝙐𝙏𝙃𝙊𝙍𝙎
𝐉. 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐞
J. Shea Lee is a functional artist and a life-long teacher originally from New York. He now resides in the New England area where he designs games and functional products as well as children’s books, non-fiction compositions and various types of educational material.
His portfolio includes published work such as Monsters, Witches and Ghosts Are Real: But They Don’t Have to Scare You, The Little Book of Colorful Things, and An American Dines in Great Britain, among other projects.
See more of his work at FlushingTeaRoom.com!
𝐉. 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐞
