Joshua Painting

Introducing: Joshua

My friend Rachel has a son named Joshua, and I have been close to him ever since I attended the birth. The whole experience has activated my 'tribal instinct', the feeling and need to belong to and with a group of people who are important in your life. So I go along with them to do stuff and they come along with me, and generally life is much better that way.

The other day Joshua wanted to paint. I videoed part of his painting, and enjoyed how he was quite unafraid of putting paint on paper, so his mom has agreed to let me put the videos up here.

SCOTT'S HANDSHAKE

Scott gave me a hearty handshake
          with the hand attached to his arm,
          the arm that he had,
          that went with him whenever he took
          his body somewhere,
          and moved around to various places,
          the kind of handshake that would break yer hand
          if you weren't on your toes
          countering
          with your handshake.


-John Bauman

January 14, 2001

First you're born,
          then you live for a while,
          you do a bunch of stuff,
          then you die.
You might get buried in the Earth...

Sometimes that red light
          on my caller ID flashes.
Maybe I should answer the phone.
Sometimes I like to laugh at myself!


-John Bauman

Shell

Taken 4/15/10 at Porcupine Hill Farm, Windsor MA.

- Selena Dittberner