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Because it is a mean, ugly, frightening world out there, and people like to retreat into childhood and play with their dollies? Needing that retreat may be as pathetic as the "art". It is as good a reason as any for the sick sad-eyed children. I hated the big-eyed Keane kids in the 60s and still do. I am revulsed by Precious Moments. Hummel leaves me cold. Sad-eyed flat-faced toonimals give me the creeps... just as any biological wrongness does. I'm including a link to a website for people who want to wallow in this stuff. Oh, Sharon... Walter Keane stole his wife's art and marketed it as his own... claiming all of the money and credit for years and years. There was a lawsuit where both of them were set before easels to prove to the court who had really painted the children. Walter claimed that he wasn't in the mood, but Margaret quickly sketched out yet another droopy-eyed waif. There are some things which are naturally cute or whimsical or delightful... but these deliberate abominations are not. From what I've read, the modeling on Koshini is top-notch, but I'd never willingly have her on my computer. Carolly the Opinionated