"I see folktales and myths as humankind's first stories," says Marianna Mayer. My sister and I put on plays made up f Marianna Mayer lives in Roxbury, Connecticut. "I liked to tell stories with pictures and compose music. "It seems to me there was never a time when I didn't want to be an artist, " she says. And, much as an oyster must be disturbed by a grain of sand in order for the pearl to be created, I often choose to retell stories in which I find unresolved fragments that are somehow perplexing to me." Though widely known as a children's book writer, Marianna Mayer's early education focused on visual art. "They are a kind of collective dreaming, filled with timeless symbols and images we can all relate to, regardless of age or culture. Marianna Mayer lives in Roxbury, Connecticut.
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