Claude Monet, an artist who has meant a lot to me.
I think I was six years old when I got the book Linnea in Monet’s garden. I loved it from the beginning and I still do. This was the book which started my interest in art and especially the artist Claude Monet who means a lot to me. In the book you follow a girl named Linnea when she is in Paris looking at Monet’s paintings and his wonderful garden. The book contains a lot of pictures of Monet’s paintings and the place where he lived. I still think Claude Monet is one of the best artists who ever walked on this planet. After I had visited The Art Institute of Chicago and had seen Monet’s paintings, I knew Monet and his art always will mean a lot to me. His paintings made me see the beuty of nature and they also inspired me to do my own paintings as a child. No one uses the colours like Monet. Monet was born in 1840 and died in 1926. He lived in France all his life. His painting, Impression: Soleil Levant (1872) gave the name to impressionism. Monet’s paintings are easy to like, especially for children. I’m sure that it was all the colour and the fact that you could see what they depict that made me love them as a child. I'ts important for children not just watch television and listen to music on the CD player. It would be wonderful if every child could experience colours, paintings and classical music. Then they would realize that there are more to look at than just the computer screen.

What the meaning “Ps. I love you” means to me.
The meaning doesn’t mean so much to me I think. It’s different If someone would say it to me personally. But of course if someone like Johnny Depp would write me a letter and write the meaning: Ps. I love you. Ohhh then I would be very, very happy.

/Sofia