This is a drawing done in pastel on paper that is taken from an old photo. It shows my mom as a teenager, standing in the field at her home farm holding what I think is a kitten. The photo is old, black and white and small so was quite a challenge to try and interpret. I like it tho' as the whole process of doing it was like a meditation on a part of a parents life that a child can never really know--their youth. The way she's holding this little creature made me think of how much it symbolized the final grasp of innocence before circumstances in life threaten to grab it out of our hands. So hang on tight!
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