{"id":35425,"date":"2012-01-04T00:00:51","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T00:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/01\/04\/austinkleon-ronald-searle-les-tres-riches\/"},"modified":"2017-07-01T21:07:49","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T21:07:49","slug":"austinkleon-ronald-searle-les-tres-riches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/01\/04\/austinkleon-ronald-searle-les-tres-riches\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-35425 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/01\/04\/austinkleon-ronald-searle-les-tres-riches\/attachment\/35426\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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href='http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/01\/04\/austinkleon-ronald-searle-les-tres-riches\/attachment\/35431\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tumblr_lx8w5lhu8v1qz6f4bo5_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tumblr_lx8w5lhu8v1qz6f4bo5_1280-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/tumblr_lx8w5lhu8v1qz6f4bo5_1280-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/tumblr.austinkleon.com\/post\/15262065793\">austinkleon<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Ronald Searle, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0007449100\/wwwaustinkleo-20\/ref=nosim\/\"><em>Les Tr\u00e8s Riches Heures de Mrs Mole<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>47 jewel-like drawings by Ronald Searle made for his wife, Monica, each time she underwent chemotherapy. On New Year\u2019s Eve 1969, Monica Searle was diagnosed with a rare and virulent form of breast cancer. Each time she underwent treatment, Ronald produced a Mrs Mole drawing \u2018to cheer every dreaded chemotherapy session and evoke the blissful future ahead\u2019. Filled with light and illuminated in glowing colours, the drawings speak of love, optimism and hope. Like the mediaeval illuminated manuscripts such as the 15th-century Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, to which the title of this book refers, the 47 drawings are on an intimate scale and were never intended for publication.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When asked about the drawings, Searle said, \u201cI have only my talent for drawing, so I drew.\u201d Here\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.experienceproject.com\/stories\/Love-This\/1836969\">a little more about them<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Prior to the cancer shock the couple had bought a decrepit house in the south of France and, despite her illness,  Monica continued to devote her time making this house a home.<\/p>\n<p>Devastated with his wife\u2019s diagnosis Ronald did the only thing he knew how to do to cheer her up. .. draw.<\/p>\n<p>Before every chemotherapy session he gave his wife a painting. Monica was depicted as a mole, a very happy mole celebrating life in their new home.  (The Mole idea came after their discovery of a large celler that they made into a cosy room)<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Everything about them had to be romantic and perfect,\u2019 says Ronald.   \u2018I drew them originally for no one\u2019s eyes except Mo\u2019s, so she would look at them propped up against her bedside lamp and think: \u201cWhen I\u2019m better, everything will be beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2012\/jan\/03\/ronald-searle-st-trinians-creator-dies?CMP=twt_iph\">Searle died last week at 91. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Images via <a href=\"http:\/\/bluedoorbooks.tumblr.com\/\">bluedoorbooks<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>austinkleon: Ronald Searle, Les Tr\u00e8s Riches Heures de Mrs Mole 47 jewel-like drawings by Ronald Searle made for his wife, Monica, each time she underwent chemotherapy. On New Year\u2019s Eve 1969, Monica Searle was diagnosed with a rare and virulent form of breast cancer. 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