Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]wonderful capture of pure emotion and magic... seeing this image reminded me... of a recent discussion of opera singers that insist on singing "beautifully"... they are too often afraid to sing ugly, which is needed to capture the heart of certain characters... Only a few had the talent and guts to sing ugly...and only the greatest could do those roles justice... thanks Don... Steve >>This is the time of year in the U.S. when seniors who have applied to >>highly selective schools are pretty nervous. In the school counseling >>process they are told about Andover students who had great grades and >>test scores who are not admitted to any universities. When these young >>adults tour the campuses all the admissions people talk about the >>importance of taking the toughest classes as well as social activity, >>the fact that they receive ten to twenty applications for every spot >>available. >> >>Toward the end of February, my daughter was bemoaning the fact that she >>had not started an orphanage for tsunami victims in our back yard. Every >>day that one of her friends crowed about being accepted at another >>school was both a good day and a very bad day: as a parent I could not >>tell her that the only admission worth being excited about was her >>friend's acceptance to Yale, the others were mid tier schools hoping to >>get lucky. >> >>Thursday night two of her acceptable schools called with acceptance and >>one a large merit scholarship: I was lucky enough to capture her dancing >>through the house in a tiara and a pink feather boa: >> >>http://gallery.leica-users.org/album143/maryaccepted >> >>Comments always welcome. >> >>Don >>dorysrus@mindspring.com