Judith Inglese has been designing and fabricating ceramic tile murals for public environments for more than thirty years. Her commissions include libraries, schools, hospitals and municipal and institutional buildings like the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. Her murals often focus on the play and imagination of children as well as cross-cultural exchange and community. In the I See the Sun books, she combines photography, cut paper and drawing in her collage illustrations. Like her ceramic tile murals, her illustrations are colorful and detailed with strong forms and line work.
"I Have a Friend" combines the love and respect of a mother with the creative power of her child's mind in that very early period of life when the mental boundaries between what adults call imagination and external reality are not yet firmly established. Would that we might all as children experience the kind of mothering that could help us to retain some of this capacity as adults, as Judith Inglese has so impressively done in this wonderful combination of understated narrative with truly beautiful artistic expression. This is a book with a moral lesson for parents every bit as powerful as its narrative fascination for children. -- Michael Robbins, MD, Psychoanalyst, former Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and UCSF, and author of
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