Seeking the Sublime in the Everyday

Earth Day and the First Day of Taurus fall together.  I draw lots of cows but I've never done a bull, so I turned to Ferdinand, the bull who only wanted to sit and smell the flowers.  Here's what  Wikipedia says about this masterpiece written by Munro Leaf (I've always loved that name) and illustrated by Robert Larson. "In 1938, Life Magazine called  Ferdinand ' the greatest juvenile classic since  Winnie the Pooh '  and suggested that 'three out of four grownups buy the book largely for their own pleasure and amusement' ". [1] The article also noted that Ferdinand was accused of being a political symbol, noting that "too-subtle readers see in Ferdinand everything from a fascist to a pacifist to a burlesque sit-down striker". [1] Others labelled the work "as promoting fascism, anarchism, and communism". [4] The  Cleveland Plain Dealer "  accused the book of corrupting the youth of America" while  The New York Tim...