For the longest time I was confused, wondering who the heck this Burdick guy was and why couldn’t I find his original works anywhere?? Took me a moment to realize he’s made up -__-

I’m a huge scaredy cat so the majority of Van Allsberg works looked like the beginning of horror movie premises to me and it bugged me out. Until I came upon The Harp. It made me feel tranquil and at ease looking at what I would imagine are lush greens and a soft steady stream flowing center stage. Then I read the caption, and it didn’t scare me! It actually added more to my own little head canon about what could be happening in this corner of an “enchanted forest.”