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Re: Pose and repose were on a boat

kimpainter — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 09:57:34 -0000

You are a great dad, you know that? The time will come when both Ava and Emmett will prize having parents who had real consciousness of how precious each moment is, and who articulated that for them to see years later. They will feel a resonance as they read of your experiences of joy, fear, life's comedy, irritation, dread - all of it. They will also love that you are cool and take great pictures, of course!

Re: Moment of cuteness

kimpainter — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:23:01 -0000

The pic of Ava is so great, as I see it, the lilacs play second fiddle for sure. So why not have them b/w? It's a terrific shot.

Re: Boy, oh boy!

kimpainter — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:16:13 -0000

OK - I gotta do this. In re: that whole dress thing? Check this one out. The pang when this little boy is told he is not a "single lady" is heart wrenching. And so damned cute!!! I don't know how to make it an "active" link here, but I hope it magically occurs.

http://gawker.com/5506978/l...

Re: Boy, oh boy!

kimpainter — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:27:02 -0000

Leah: How lovely! He is such a lucky little boy, and it is especially great his parents know fully how fortunate they are in each of their children. I always love reading these posts from you and Mark.

I already delight, as I watch his chronicles online, in Em's sweet temper, his humor and joy, the twinkle in his eyes, and his spirit. I just want to see him absorb everything, and form his thoughts and opinions. I really can't wait to see where he goes. He is already so much himself, Emmett Charles, that it is amazing.

Though I don't wish to make much of it, I also applaud your comments regarding that dress. But then, I've never gotten over the fact that my brother-in-law melodramatically forbade my nephew, his son, from wearing a christening gown. It wasn't my place at all, but I admit I wanted to clock him for that bit of business. And so it goes...the family of humankind. :)

--Kim

Re: Marriage Poll #3

kimpainter — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:56:45 -0000

oh, yeah. like i'm stepping into this one! ;-)

Re: Moment of cuteness

kimpainter — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:52:29 -0000

He looks like he's about to make his closing argument. And win his case.

Re: Another poll: Public versus Private

kimpainter — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:01:55 -0000

A little more fuel for thought: http://www.slate.com/id/224...

Re: Moment of cuteness

kimpainter — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:25:42 -0000

sweet - a toofer! just when you think a little guy can't get any cuter, he sprouts a single tooth right where it matters pictorially.

Re: Stop the Charmin bears

kimpainter — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:31:15 -0000

in my neck of the woods - yes, the woods - we deplore the Charmin bears.

Re: Man, I feel like a woman

kimpainter — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:15:03 -0000

The best moment was with about 16 or 17 seconds left, after you asked, "All done?" He looked at you and got the most beautiful look on his face. Oh, my. Just the sweetest.

Re: From Latin desperare

kimpainter — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:56:32 -0000

Jess and I discussed this before I came to work today. All the images coming from Haiti. We are big 'beholders.' The images, however intensely private the pain may be, are everyone's in the largest possible sense. Because we all belong to this world, and we all have obligations and connections to it, and to turn from that is to perish in some small way. I don't see them as exploitative, I see them as honorific. Despite the terrible damage to physical selves, the grime and dust, the grimness of it all, I see the photos coming out as absolutely elegiac. It doesn't matter if it's a war zone, a psychiatric facility in the Ukraine, a camp in Darfur, or the aftermath of a stunning natural disaster. To me, the picture takers are doing essential human work, and I owe them some mysterious debt I can't really fathom, frequently in direct proportion to the discomfort they cause me.

Re: From Latin desperare

kimpainter — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:36:03 -0000

it's the eternal debate over photographic journalism itself, isn't it? i wonder how many have dashed themselves (photographers i mean) against those shoals throughout entire careers? i don't know that there's an answer. i think they just have to live with it, feeling alternately heroic and deeply, deeply villainous as they document a world's glowing moments and complete calamities.

i can see why mark's dream would resonate back at him from within this photo. and i understand how leah feels, too. like i said, no answers...

Re: First non-food item

kimpainter — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:09:35 -0000

sure. essential. it removes dental plaque, too.

Re: Moment of cuteness

kimpainter — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:16:10 -0000

retch, retch, retch. and retch again, i say! it is absolutely adorable. in fact, on more than one occasion i've wanted to send my own family the pics you take of your children, just because they are so darned cute! this one is just a total joy.

Re: Moment of cuteness

kimpainter — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:33:08 -0000

ok - i did sign in, honest! my computer is not very responsive today, though. anyway, these pictures of em are as cute as they come, and justify expensive cameras and lenses, and thanksgiving from hy-vee. --kim

Re: Moment of cuteness

kimpainter — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:55:58 -0000

Saw this on flickr. Tremendous, Mark! (And ladies...)

Re: Stick it

kimpainter — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:42:51 -0000

i'm tellin' ya. food on a stick, cows on a stick, heart attacks on a stick, and some years, presidential candidates on a stick as well! It's the Iowa Way.