It's an example of magical thinking, an expression of the belief in the omnipotence of human will that psychoanalysts identify as the fundamental infantile fantasy.
This is a charming animated expression of a very simple insight – that for all our grumbling from January to November, the arrivals hall at Christmas is a magical place.
The woman's smile, the lion's staring eye, the bare, unearthly landscape, and the whimsical twist at the end of the lion's tail unite opposing feelings of peace and danger, and of solemn mystery and whimsy, into a powerful expression of magical enchantment.
And Ileana Perez Velázquez in "Idolos del Sueño," for the same instrumentation with cello added, had Ms. Mackenzie sing with an otherworldly quality mirrored in the accompaniment and sounding like a musical expression of the Latin American literary form magical realism.
"There's something warm and silly and magical in the facial expressions, the rhythm and the body language," says John Glynn, Andrew McMeel's president and editorial director.
There are moments in the history of art when an artist's unique vision is perfectly complemented by an innovative technical means of expression, and the result is magical.
Magda's passion for horses - she was a keen rider - found expression in The Enchanted Horse (2001), a magical tale about Irina, a child whose spirit feels crushed.
Seated around the weathered family table he poured a glass of vibrant, utterly magical Champagne--so pure and clean in its expression, with apple and a tickle of toast, I was smitten at the first sip.
The result is pure freedom of expression and it is nothing short of magical.
