journal entry: We are always searching for our ancestors. Their stories and their clothing and their faces and their tools. Their professions and their families. Their talents. Sometimes we follow clues but other times we barely know where to start. We can remedy that disappointment in our grandchildren’s …
“As much as I love to converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scenes, for the warbling of birds and the prattle of my children.” -John Adams- journal entry: This is my second family group made from …
” People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.” – Edmund Burke- journal entry: Today I made a simple family tree. The pretty paper caught my eye. I said to myself “there is a family tree in there”. I cut apart a jeweled swirl …
“It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.” -Alice in Wonderland- journal entry: Most family portraits today are the same. Fifty people with the same shirts, arranged by the photographer so that they look like a choir. Not this portrait. I thought it would be fun to make …
