The Time Chamber by Daria Song

The Time Chamber

by Daria Song

WatsonGuptill;

Clr edition

(October 13, 2015)

ISBN 9781607749615

80 pages

9 13/16" x 9 13/16”

I haven’t seen any adults coloring any books but supposedly there’s an adult coloring book

craze. Who knew? So when I got the opportunity to review one of them, I grabbed it. The fact

that the book features a world perfect for fantasylovers

who yearn for sensawonda helped too.

Unlike, say, illustration books where the colors are chosen by the creator of the book, what

makes coloring books so good is that there’s a collaboration between the original artist and

countless colorers around the world. Coloring book artistry is a skill that requires generosity and

patternmaking

as they guide strangers through their created world.

So, the book. There is a story as well. A little fairy who lives inside a cuckoo clock is bored with

her world and decides to visit the human world. The sights the reader/cocreator

sees are tiny

because they are seen through the POV of a tiny fairy. Aspects of the human world would seem

magical to any stranger, but imagine a tiny creature from another world viewing our human

world at night. This is what is so lovely. Our world is full of so many patterns which we barely

notice. The practical created arts of a utensil set or of keys or the haphazard patterns of books

on a bookshelf are what brings delight to our lives. I remember sitting in a dentist chair once and

noticing how the horizontal slats of the window blinds fell against the window sills and how the

light reflected diagonally on the medicine drawer. I’m sure it made me smile. The world is full of

design, color, and patterns we hardly notice unless a child or a fairy brings them to our attention.

Then suddenly the designs on crockery, the parallels of the rise and goings of a staircase, or

even the face of a clock will give us pause. Art and the POV of children truly adds beauty and

magic to our world.

This is the sequel to an earlier work which showed the fairy’s world. That was probably lovely as

well. The book is printed on both sides of the paper. That means that one should warn one’s

child to be careful about what media they use. Recommended for kids and adults who like to

color.

Happy creativity