Disclaimer: Childhood Stories are both Sad and Creepy

When revisiting the trappings of our childhood we so often discover darkness, something sinister behind all those festive layers. “Ring Around the Rosie” is a little ditty/game based upon the bubonic plague, “Pee Wee’s Playhouse” is tinged with a sneaking raunchiness, and Shel Silverstein is a dang heartbreaker. Balloons float, buoyed by hope, tied with sadness strings. As children (of the First World ) we often choose light over the gloom. As adults we cannot ignore the shadows cast on those sunny stories of yesteryear.

And There The Moon-Bird Rests From His Flight is an exhibition dedicated to these childhood investigations.

Take a gander at:

And There The Moon-Bird Rests From His Flight
the Window on Broad
(333 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia PA 19102)