As I photographed this baby-beauty a few weeks ago, I captured this moment in time. Tell me if you cannot see the sultry and sexual beauty she will become someday. She will break a few hearts and I can only hope her heart will not be broken too often.
No, I do not see a "sultry and sexual" beauty that will break hearts and have a broken heart. I am uncomfortable with sexualizing and objectifying this little one. I see hope, adventure, brilliance.
ReplyDeleteI knew you would get the typical Victorian comments about the Purity of Childhood.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations for letting your observations ground themselves in reality instead of conventional, unexamined puritanism.
So many cultures would have no problem seeing what you see, but here you are 'sexualizing' her.
She's lovely, and those big, brown eyes will mesmerize!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely girl.
ReplyDeleteWow! Her eyes are like liquid pools of beauty. The boys are going to melt.
ReplyDelete"Anonymous" needs to lighten up a bit.
I can't stop looking at this Angel.
ReplyDeleteNothing puritanical about it. It is rooted in the contemporary crisis of child rape (1 in 6 children will be sexually abused in their lifetimes)!I work daily with these children, and these children when they are adults. They are broken. From babyhood people have commented on their looks, futures as sexual partners tried to fix them up with other little people. Can't children be children instead of mini-adults -- acting out our own imaginations?
ReplyDeleteShe is absolutely Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThe looks of an Angel to this grandma.
It's strange that people can project the adult that the child will turn into. I've done this too, until I finally learned that so many beautiful children's looks change completely when they go through puberty, that now I know that I can't possibly predict what they'll look like. I find so many children beautiful, that I don't see anything exceptional here.
ReplyDeleteWOW! You are very blessed to have such a beautiful family.
ReplyDeleteyou have got a really weird reader following this blog now. i just scrolled through volumes and volumes of comments on another of your posts. this is why i moderate comments.
ReplyDeleteoh, yes, this baby is absolutely gorgeous and quite the exotic one. the eyes are stunning!