Virtual Photograph

Contained here are photo's generated by the mind. While a picture may be worth a thousand words - it's possible to joyfully celebrate what we have seen - in words alone. Yes, there are real photos here but they are accent rather than content. If you'd like to participate as a Virtual Photographer just drop me a note. You'll then receive blog permissions, a copy of the card (shown below) 10-up in a pdf sheet. You then print, cut, number, hand to unsuspecting persons, and post your VPs here.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

VPID 007

This is a family. The baby lies, delicate as a flower, on the velvet red couch between proud parents. Daddy plays with his daughter: holding one end of a scarf. She grasps the other end in tiny fingers, and they pull the fabric back and forth in a dance of silent communication. It is a tug-of-peace. Mama gazes on adoringly, singing silly songs in a voice as sultry as summer air, occasionally pausing to laugh at her own silliness, and theirs. This photo is one of love as an activity, as an action. It is a blessing enacted in this singular moment. Likely enough though it will be oft repeated bestowing grace on others who are gifted with luck such as my own.

1 comments:

AnonymousJul 20, 2010 08:09 AM
What a wonderful and interesting idea and how fully you inhabited the possibilities of it. A beautiful way to start the day!

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What?

It started a while back when I wandered by a local park and spotted an old woman and her old dog. I pulled out my camera and asked her if I could take a shot of the two of them. (I try to be polite:). Her answer was a firm NO. When I describe this woman as old I am actually saying an old woman from the old country. She truly believed that having her photograph taken would somehow cast the evil eye on her.

Naturally, I did not take the shot. Still my first posting here is made with that image in mind, and no I never gave her one of the cards.