It's Not Hallowe'en

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Not it's not, but I love taking pictures of kids having fun. Their fun is for no one else but themselves, a healthy selfish thing. On the Saturday before Hallowe'en, the people known collectively as the Friends of Dufferin Grove Park organize the Night Of Dread
parade that winds itself up Dufferin, past Sufferin' Mall, along Bloor and down to College - back up to Dufferin Grove Park. I find it a great opportunity to see kids able to dress up as they wish and get out and walk in the middle of 15 foot puppets, crazy music and samba bands, and generally grownups acting bizarre too. The kids go nuts and laugh and sometimes get a bit scared, which is partly the purpose.

Start With A Picture

When I don't know where to start a thing, i start with an image, a picture. Not necessarily one where a picture is worth a thousand words, or a million, but one that brings up even just the important words that twirl around the surface of our brains at any moment.

So I start with this picture of my daughters Anne and Lara. It brings many words and scenes to mind, and and many thoughts about my place and their place in the world. I will present other pictures soon that I hope spark words, feelings and thoughts in the viewer.