Noticing Beauty

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Christi

934724_579469235408786_472276085_nAs we drive into Fair Oaks Ranch tonight (where my parents live, close to Boerne):

Claire (6yrs): Annalise, quick, this looks familiar! Roll down your window! That’s important.

Annalise (3yrs): <frantically finds switch, rolls down window obediently>

Claire: <reaches arm out window to feel air, takes a deep breath> Oh my goodness! You’re right Mommy! It SMELLS beautiful. Like fresh water. And it FEELS beautiful, especially the cool air. Annalise, see? Put your hand out the window like Mommy and me, and feel the air.

Annalise: <puts hand out obediently>

Claire: And it LOOKS beautiful! See, there’s a deer! And the stars! They’re so bright, like little beans of light shining down on us. And it SOUNDS beautiful, especially the crickets. You’re right, Mommy!

Annalise: Yes! Mommy, it IS beautiful!!!

Me: <Sigh. I just love them.>

About Christi

I am a single mother with two young daughters who are the world to me. I am a philosophy professor, especially fond of Kierkegaard and Augustine. Presently, I teach as an adjunct at a plethora of colleges in the Houston area, trying to make ends meet. Creating art brings me immense joy, but only recently have I begun to venture into the arena of making my creations a consumer commodity. I'd rather my work be created as a good in itself, and given to those I love. But necessity breeds invention, they say, and human beings have to eat.
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