- 10/16/2007 9:44:41 PMPictures for saleLast night, my youngest daughter asked me if we could sell a picture that she had drawn. The picture was a pencil drawn image of a butterfly landing on a flower. It was colored with crayons. She asked, "If I sell this at the next auction, do you think anyone would buy it?"
I hated that question. Let me rephrase that... I hated the feeling that was coming over me as I thought about what my answer was going to be.
I asked, "how much are you thinking of selling it for?"
"25 cents", she replied.
"Well... I'm not sure people are going to buy it for that. When they come to the auction, they are looking to buy other things.", I said in return.
The thought of no one buying it or someone buying it and then casting it to the ground or in the trash only to be found by her later makes me a little sick. The cold aspects of the world is something I want to protect my children from. This is a great picture for the refrigerator and something I'd like to keep in a shoe box to help me count my blessings but I can't bring myself to let her sell her pictures at the auction.
I asked, "Can you think of anything else you could sell?"
"I can draw other animals like dogs and cats too", she said.
How do you respond to that?
