Saturday, June 16, 2012

Father's Day

He was a boy, and then a man, but never a father. There were times when he talked of days when he might have a wife and a family but he never got there. I don't often print up and frame my work. I had an 8x10 of this one printed and now have it framed. I'm still thinking about the composition, about whether I want to go back and shoot this shot up again, but with both the background and the boots clear and focused. I don't know.  I'm still thinking about a lot of things. Sometimes too many things, I think.

Anyway, I have loving parents so Mother's Day and Father's Day are easy and right for me as a daughter. But as a parent, these holidays are now somewhat difficult because of the missing piece of our hearts. Our home is really quiet this weekend.

Here is another shot where the boots are blurred and the background is focused. Maybe there is some kind of wise metaphor for the process of grieving hidden in these two photographs. I don't know. I'm still thinking about a lot of things. Sometimes too many things, I think. :)
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  1. PsycProf4:52 PM, June 16, 2012

    The one with blurred boots feels as if the attention is on future; the other, as if it is on present reminders of the past. I like both.

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    1. annie5:00 PM, June 16, 2012

      That's sort of what I feel when I look at both of them. Also, the feeling of reassurance that the grief will not so much always be at the forefront of my vision, though it will always be a part of me.

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    2. annie5:10 PM, June 16, 2012

      It is irritating to me that my profile pic does not show up when I make comments on my blog and on other blogs! I have tried to figure out the problem but can't.

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    3. annie5:12 PM, June 16, 2012

      Now I have a hint as to what the problem is (testing my hypothesis now)...

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    4. annie5:14 PM, June 16, 2012

      Okay, then, now I think I know what I must do.

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  3. PsycProf7:45 PM, June 16, 2012

    Look at you being all scientifical and hypothesizing!

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    1. annie9:11 PM, June 16, 2012

      It rubs off on me, from those people I hang out with. :)

      Now I am redoing my research to see if I can duplicate the former results! And that is as far as I want to go in my scientifical career!

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  4. Hope9:00 AM, June 17, 2012

    Big hugs to you today.

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  5. Jim1:03 PM, June 17, 2012

    I like both pictures, Annie; but, for me, the boots clear and the blur in the background is what speaks to me. Maybe it's because of my own reasoning that "now" is all we have, the future always a matter of stepping "through the veil", while "behind us" is always linked to us in some manner and there with us. Thus the boots...

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    1. annie3:36 PM, June 17, 2012

      Ah, Jim, I love your reasoning on this one!

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  6. Anonymous6:35 PM, June 17, 2012

    Both shots are good, but I still like the first one best. It's like growing a boy, or a girl, for that matter. Our focus is clear on the child, on the life of the child, and the background changes depending on the time of the child's life, or what is happening in that life. It's as if your son's life is depicted, clear at beginning and end, whatever the background was - or will be in his future existence.

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    1. annie10:02 PM, June 17, 2012

      Thanks! I think I like the first one best too!

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  7. Julz8:58 AM, June 18, 2012

    I think that first photo is perfect.

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