![]() ![]() ![]() Years before he was born, the idea of an imaginary friend who couldn’t be imagined was something I was tinkering with for years. ![]() Can you tell us the story behind that?ĭ: Alek is my oldest son who is eight years old. M: At the end of the book, you attribute the name “Beekle” to a boy named Alek. “…I pressed on in hopes of realizing what I truly wanted in my life.” Beekle is the writer, the girl is the illustrator, and they meet under a tree. Lastly, it’s the metaphor about how two people can collaborate to make a story together. In the end it takes is just one person to understand who he is and everything feels right. Beekle is like my son at his first day of school worrying about whether or not he will fit in with the other kids in school, or if he can even make friends. The book is also a metaphor about the worry a child has about going out into the real world and making their first friend and wondering if there’s someone out in the world for them. Then when Beekle meets his child all that fear suddenly disappears and he instantly loves this person he has just met and it feels just right. He then goes on a journey, a transformation in a sense, to discover who he truly is and during the entire time he’s nervous and excited at the same time, much like a first time parent. “In the story… There’s a gathering around him like when family gathers at a hospital when a birth is happening.” (Early Sketch) ![]()
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