Comments on: A Thing of Beauty

By: danial

danial — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:01:39 +0000

I saw Lake Como last week, and there were moments when I was frozen in place.

By: Ben Daniel

Ben Daniel — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:30:35 +0000

Dude.

I actually think that being frozen in place by beauty is a natural response to a thing of beauty. It’s not just parental (though seeing that trick performed on the instability of a brick surface would strike fear into my paternal heart). I saw Lake Como last week, and there were moments when I was frozen in place.

I like to think this can be the work of the Divine who is present in the beauty of children and of lakes.

By: shoreacres

shoreacres — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:47:09 +0000

Michael Smith over at Dissent Decree has been teaching me about photography and how photographers think about their art. I’d known nothing until now about Henri Cartier =Bresson, but this is a wonderful example of his “decisive moment”, not to mention a superb example of street photography.

Thanks for a great post – especially the photo.

By: Emily Barton

Emily Barton — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:00:20 +0000

I’d be right there, frozen in place, with mother. If we lived near each other, we could link frozen arms while watching. And then we could talk about the beauty — after we’d unfrozen and realized no harm was done.

By: openpalm

openpalm — Sat, 30 May 2009 03:12:08 +0000

oooooh. good shot!

By: dadwhowrites

dadwhowrites — Fri, 29 May 2009 06:17:17 +0000

I’d forgotten that it was the first line of Endymion – I haven’t read that poem since my early twenties. Must dig out Keats again. Love the picture.

By: Cam

Cam — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:19:33 +0000

Like the skateboard trick.
Like the mother was frozen in place.
Like the thing of beauty.
Like the Keats’ poem.
Like the reminder of Keats’ poem, of the mix of fear and joy that skateboarding teens bring to their mothers, of finding beauty everywhere.

By: bloglily

bloglily — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:03:59 +0000

Kate — I was struck, reading the Keats, by how truly lovely those lines are. It’s good to be reminded of what lasts.

By: Kate S.

Kate S. — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:12:13 +0000

A thing of beauty indeed. Not just the acrobatic feat and the great photo documenting it, but also your nimble juxtaposition of Keats and skateboards!