Real Love: The Drawings for Sean
John Winston Lennon was born in Liverpool, England, on October 9, 1940, and raised by his Aunt Mimi. At the age of six, he wrote and illustrated his first book. When he was 20, he and some friends started a rock-and-roll band called the Silver Beatles, which was later shortened to The Beatles. As everyone knows, The Beatles went on to become the most famous musical group of all time. While still a Beatle, John wrote and illustrated two books of poems:bIn His Own Write and Spaniard in the Works. Of the former, the Times Literary Supplement/iwrote: "It is worth the attention of anyone who fears the impoverishment of the English language and the British imagination." John died on December 8, 1980. His thoughts, his music, his poetry, and his art live on. In 1975, John became the father of a very special boy: Sean. John was ecstatic. "I'm going to raise this baby, Yoko. You do the business," he said. It was that simple.brbrJohn was a great daddy. He tried to do everythingiso/iright. I would come back from a hard day of work and find John waiting for me to report what took place that day.brbr"Sean was sneezing this morning. Maybe he's getting a cold. Sean needs more winter things. We have to go shopping. rThen pretty soon it became, Sean did this all by himself And John would proudly show me some squiggly lines Sean had drawn on paper. They were Sean's first drawings. John had every one of Sean's drawings framed. We suddenly had many, many framed drawings by Sean adorning the walls of our Dakota apartment. Then I began to find John and Sean drawing together. John would draw something and explain to Sean what it was. This is a cat catnapping, Sean. Then it was Sean's turn. He would show his drawings and explain, This is a bus, and these are the people who want to get on the bus
