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“The artist, if he is not to forget how to listen, must retain the vision which includes angels and dragons and unicorns, and all the lovely creatures which our world would put in a box marked CHILDREN ONLY.” – Madeleine L’Engle in Walking on Water
You can find the first half of this session here. We met for dinner and I photographed this lovely Mama and her boys in a tiny upstairs room of an old house around a big wooden table with evening light streaming in through little windows on every side. That’s where the boys looked at me with their souls and I played with capturing her hair in golden light. On our way out to the cars I had visions of trying to get some rad shots in front of old walls, everyone lined up looking cool and disinterested. But there was a Koi pond on the way out and alleys are for running and brothers are for being silly. On this my first attempt I have learned I am not one to take those stylish images, but to grab what they give me and play with it as much as they enjoy the moment.
She and I live in the world of children, homeschooling our kids. It is a wild and ridiculously fabulous world. Sometimes I have to remind myself of this after a long week of containing the chaos enough to teach a few lessons. But these moments always come, such as Saturday morning coffee in hand, editing photos of little boys all lit up with life. I’m reminded how my little men keep that box wide open with dragons and such spilling all over every inch of our lives.
