Ian Jacobs Blog

Ivy, my daughter who is now 21 months, received a number of “Baby Einstein” videos when she was born. At one year, we shared a few with her, and she labeled them “eema” for reasons we don’t understand (though it is possibly due to the “ima” in “animal”). She enjoys watching them and we have heard the classical music that accompanies the images of puppets, animals, toys, and babies many times. Last night, we attended a concert of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra that included two of the pieces. I could not help but replay the associated animal video in my mind during the performance. For those pieces I expect I will be thus distracted for a very long time. As Ivy would should with glee whenever I turn on the DVD player: EEMA!

Many thanks to Dominique Hazael-Massieux, who helped me set up this blog!