A Trip to Childhood with the Hundred Acre Wood Map
Winnie-the-Pooh and the wonderful stories of the Hundred Acre Wood are a huge part of the childhoods of millions of people around the world. The image of Christopher Robin traipsing through the English countryside, his bear and books at hand, stick with us for so long. And even the map of the Hundred Acre Wood, created by E.H. Shepard, the illustrator for the series, gives us a way to navigate childhood and come back to things that we’ve forgotten as adults.
A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard together created a series that no one expected to be so popular, but has been incredibly long-lasting and eclipsed both of their careers, and even those of their children. Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, Tigger, Rabbit, and all the others hold a special place in so many hearts. And in this video, we go over the land and map of the Hundred-Acre-Wood. It is a map with a very special style unlike almost any other map that exists. It is straightforward, simple, direct, and yet deeply meaningful. It captures a collaboration between adults and children in remarkable ways.
Revisit childhood a little in this video, and learn more about how the map of the Hundred Acre Wood is something truly great, though it may very well be underrated compared to other cartographical works in literary history.
My goal with this series is to explore the amazing maps that humanity has created over the span of human history, and to use these as ways to connect with our ancestors. I hope you enjoy going on this journey with me, and please let me know if you like this format and if you want to see more videos.
A huge thanks to everyone that helped to contribute to this video and whose works are featured here, including:
Images and Clips
Winnie the Pooh sketches and art
Art from Wikipedia and other sources
Many clips from Pexels.
Audio
Dvorak: Humoresque ( • Dvorak: Humoresque )
Chopin: Waltz No. 9 ( • Frédéric Chopin - Waltz No.9, Op.69 N... )
Scott Joplin: Solace ( • Kasparov KO’s Short in 24-moves )
Research
The Art of Winnie-The-Pooh, James Campbell
The Pooh Sketchbook, Brian Sibley
The Winnie-the-Pooh books
Shepard's War, James Campbell
Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred..., and others)
And many more.
A nod to Great Art Explained ( / @greatartexplained ) for helping me come up with the idea for this series.
And of course, thanks to all the many hands along the course of history that created and shared such works, so we can all learn more from the past.
Love,
Victor
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