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« Despite its richness and variability, the well-defined world we inherit doesn’t quite fit each one of us individually. Most of us spend most of our time in other people’s world – working at predetermined jobs, relaxing to pre-packaged entertainment – and no matter how benign this ready-made world may be, there will always be times when something is missing or doesn’t quite ring true. And so you make your place in the world by making part of it – by contributing some new part to the set. And surely one of the more astonishing rewards of artmaking comes when people make time to visit the world you have created. Each new piece of your art enlarges our reality. The world is not yet done. »

From Art & Fear, Observations of the perils (and rewards) of artmaking.

Substitute « blogging » to « artmaking » in the paragraph above and it still works very well.

My nephew Renaud is back home from the hospital where he can rest while the family waits for the result of the biopsy. The doctor insisted on saying that he believes the lesion on his bone is benign but the biopsy will help determine whether he needs a bone graft or not. We’re all hoping, of course, that he can be left alone from now on and that no more surgery will be needed. When Renaud left his hospital room yesterday, another boy of the same age came in with a similar lesion around his shoulder bone. My sister saw the worry on the parents’ faces and shuddered at the thought of what they were going to go through.

This picture of Renaud as a soccer star was taken two days before he broke his arm. He was full of energy and wasn’t feeling any pain prior to the fracture. A bit of innocence has been lost through the medical adventure but we’re confident that the energy will come back just as strongly as it was before. He plays for a soccer team called Italy – though he won’t play this summer – but we’re hoping the name will bring him luck!

People who work at ice cream counters are always super friendly and look happy.
(unless they are a bored 16 year-old hired for the summer)

Plus, they always warn you about the fragility of your cone when you have them dip it in chocolate. « Fais attention », they always say. It’s kind of comforting, in a funny way.