Evocative Old Thumb Sucking Carved Figure in Pink Pajamas painted wood owl as it varies a bit

as it varies a bit based on how lit

Really a perfect little thing

to slippers on the rug next to the bed

Great for filling with favorite rocks

and "Kornhauser's Favorite

Evocative Old Thumb Sucking Carved Figure in Pink Pajamas painted wood owl as it varies a bitAs someone who sucked her thumb for more years than I might do well to admit, this one may especially speak to me personally, but I think there is something pretty universally relatable about the simple self soothing gesture this carving articulates, in a wonderfully elemental way. The wear to the polychromed surface, and to the features of the face especially, make it all the better and more existential feeling I think, and what I take for pink