powells:

nprfreshair:

This past weekend, as part of the New York Times’ end-of-year tribute to those who died in 2012, artist and illustrator Christoph Niemann made an extraordinary animation in honor of Maurice Sendak using a musical bed of Schubert and audio from Fresh Air’s 2011 interview with the late author and illustrator. Prepare to be undone.

The full interview is here.

image via lookintomysuns 

Keep the tissues close at hand.