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I taught you

I taught you
book pages and self-portrait


See? You do remember.
I taught you dancing, too,
and languages and all the music that I knew
and how to love what's beautiful.
The Lion in Winter, James Goldman


Comments

Katrin said…
Beautiful interpretation of this topic!
Rebecca said…
Love what you've done here. Beautiful. Simple. Powerful.
michelle gd said…
beautiful...
Unknown said…
speechless.
robin. said…
simply beautiful.
Anonymous said…
Awesome!
annie said…
I love this! It's beautiful!
Tracy said…
LOVELY.... this is magical in such a soft, quiet, yet powerful way, Juana! :o) Happy Day ((HUGS))
Tammie Lee said…
such wonderful words
i wonder how it will inspire you ~
Susan said…
Marvelous. What a wonderful photo.
L.McG.-E. said…
A lovely soft, touching shot.
Anonymous said…
creative and beautiful. Total inspires me.
Bella Cirovic said…
A tender, beautiful take on the prompt! Thank you for sharing, Juana.

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