The Eyes Image (When I Grow Up Challenge)

by Nouvelle Bardot

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My small, glowing hands held onto the magical little box. Snap! The world freezes for a moment, hanging over the frosted horizon, the faint glimmer of the sea and birds swooping low over their prey. Snap! The bird flies, forever.

I turn the box around, and I hold my short arms out as far as they will allow and I smile, one big toothy smile. Snap! I’m smiling, forever, to myself. Like a mirror.

I was seven when I picked up my first camera. A dusty old Hawkeye I found in my grandmother’s garage. An antique, she said, holding it out to me after I had brought it in wide eyed, its yours.

And it still is. Like the childlike fascination with the mystery of what lies in an image. The magic of capturing something, forever. The lurid feel of your eye pressed up against a lens, seeing the world in your own personal way.

I knew what I wanted to be, without knowing it. And that tiny match flame is still burning behind my eyes, taking a picture with every blink.

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  1. The Eyes Image (When I Grow Up Challenge)

    PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA)'s Buddy Icon PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA)

    Posted 6 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I’m glad you found your calling early in life. Lovely imagery.

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    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 6 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Lovely and lyrically magical throughout. One of the more poetic entries I’ve seen on this one.

  3. The Eyes Image (When I Grow Up Challenge)

    Saint Chuck's Buddy Icon Saint Chuck

    Posted 6 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    I agree, great poetic fluency. Truly lovely.

  4. The Eyes Image (When I Grow Up Challenge)

    Mistress Elsha Hawk's Buddy Icon Mistress Elsha Hawk

    Posted 5 months ago

    so sweet, it is heartfelt and makes me want to go take up photography to try to feel as exuberant as you do!

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