How did the idea for Nena’s Fantasy Land come about?
First there were the paintings/pictures for the chldren and then a shorter text followed suit. Then soon after, in the gallery, where the pictures were exhibited, the author had been painting and fantasizing with the children, and inspired by her paintings, thus the remaining part of the text of the book was created from their joint creative game, as an ilustration for the paintings. This is why the book contains numerous authentic answers by the children to her imaginative questions. EXCERPT FROM BOOK A FantasticalHello! What’s your name? I am Nena. Please paste your photograph here. Do you like to draw, sing and dream? But of course you do! That’s why this is our very own book! The LAND OF FANTASY is the most beautiful land and biggest. No one knows where it ends. Pictures, songs, fairy tales, music, films, dolls, toys, engines, rockets, flying saucers… all come flying from Fantasy Land. This is where dwarves, fairies, angels, and magical clouds live… Fantasists travel through th
