<p>German artist, actor and author Armin Mueller-Stahl (born 1930) is well known for his roles in movies such as <i>Night on Earth</i>, <i>Shine</i> and <i>Music Box</i>. <i>The Blue Cow</i> is a superbly designed volume of watercolors and charcoal-on-paper drawings, based on the quirky ballad of the same name, proves to be a heavily symbolic fable.</p>