"I Leapt out of the Closet..." - Judy Kuhn/Beth Malone.mp3

[00:10.336]ALISON: Caption: I leapt out of the closet and four months later, my father killed himself by stepping in front of a truck...
[00:21.525]While I was in college... exploding into my new life... you were sitting here, reading a book
[00:34.911]SMALL ALISON: Daddy, you saw the Leaning Tower of Pisa one time, right?
[00:39.046]BRUCE: I did... What's that?
[00:42.409]SMALL ALISON: In school, we're learning maps and globes and Ms. Winsor said draw a map of all the places people in our family have been to.
[00:48.205]They're for showing in class tomorrow
[00:51.750]BRUCE: What's this?
[00:53.055]SMALL ALISON: Okay, so this is a keystone because Pennsylvania is the Keystone State.
[00:57.519]Inside this square, that's Beech Creek... See?
[01:01.450]Bridge, Ford Creek, school, Fun Home, our house, uh, Aunt Jean and Uncle Randy's house
[01:08.289]This is Germany. Oh! John, Christian, me. See?
[01:13.506]Floating in bubbles because we're not born yet.
[01:16.827]BRUCE: That is very interesting. Now, let me show you how we could make it better.
[01:22.050]You have the potential to become a real artist.
[01:25.418]Do you know that? You do.
[01:28.279]But, you have to study the forms, you have to learn the rules.
[01:32.222]Now, let's talk about composition. Now, this is all over the place. Pick one area.
[01:37.607]SMALL ALISON: Hmm... the Keystone State!
[01:39.679]BRUCE: No, that's still too much. Here, watch this
[01:43.787]Okay, I'm going to draw our mountains...
[01:47.475]See? See that? See how I'm shading them. That gives them dimension
[01:55.486](sung) Make this part look rugged, mhmm
[01:58.617]Allegheny Plateau
[02:01.429]This dark shaded stripe, bum bum bum
[02:05.087]Is the front
[02:06.659]And paint the long ridges and valleys below, mhmm
[02:13.487]SMALL ALISON: I want the whole state
[02:14.531]BRUCE: I'm trying to explain to you, you can't do that.
[02:17.316]SMALL ALISON: But, let me try!
[02:17.841]BRUCE: No, Allison. This is how it should look.
[02:19.395]SMALL ALISON: But I like the way mine looks!
[02:20.441]BRUCE: No you can't do that unless you want to ruin it!
[02:22.262]I'm trying to teach you something important!
[02:24.264]HELEN: Bruce, it's a drawing. It doesn't matter
[02:28.131]BRUCE: It doesn't matter? She's taking it into to school. She's showing it in class...
[02:32.682]You know what, nevermind.
[02:35.047]You want to take some half-baked mess into school. You want to embarrass yourself.
[02:38.990]Doesn't matter to me. Do what you want. I don't care
[02:42.363]SMALL ALLISON: No, I... I like the one you did Daddy