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Mahatma Gandhi quote, with addition
Nor will I allow people to walk through my heart with dirty feet.
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For Mum
Originally posted a couple of weeks before my mother passed away, I recalled a letter I wrote to her after recovering from surgery that led to significant rehabilitation. The letter was prompted from the thought of what I would say in eulogy, then why do we not say it to the person while they are alive? This was my way of telling my mother I loved her.
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In memory
Originally posted on Blogger 15 February 2012 Today is Val’s birthday – wonderful husband to Barb and father to John and Brian. Today we also remember the fall of Singapore in 1942 – where sadly, Val spent a few years in Changi. A few years ago I had the honour and privilege of repairing and retouching the photo of Val’s battalion, the 2/29th, with the sad realisation that many did not make it home to their families. With the commemoration of 70 years since these events my thoughts have been with them these last few days. Today is also the memoriam of my grandfathers passing. Lest we forget.
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This beautiful photo and story brought tears
Pablo Casals, 1954 Originally posted on Blogger 7 January 2012 In the Abbey de Cuxa in Prades, I spent several glorious hours with the master of the cello. Our rapport was instantaneous – he trusted me to carry his cherished instrument. I was so moved on listening to him play Bach that I could not, for some moments, attend to photography. I have never photographed anyone, before or since, with his back turned to the camera, but it seemed to me just right. For me, the bare room conveys the loneliness of the artist, at the pinnacle of his art, and also the loneliness of exile. Years later, when this…
