Silence Darling
Mum are you sure this is safe. Hannah said her grandfather thinks having a photograph taken, opens your soul to the devil. Its alright darling, I know a really nice artist called Rochelle, and she will put our souls back. Once she has completed the picture, I will burn the photograph and break the negative. The photographer has assured that that will save our souls. But Mother Hannah says that the President Mr Lincoln was assassinated after having his photo taken.
Darling ‘there are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true’ now sit still and be quiet.
Quote in italics credited to Winston Churchill
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I sympathise. I’ve always hated having my picture taken, snatching my soul and flattening it
Photograph has always interested me, yet I to do not always like have my picture taken.
A lot can happen after the photo is taken!
Cool quote by Churchill 🙂
I have so many old family pictures, once I knew the names of everyone in them… sadly that is not the case now.
A biting take on the imaginary perils of getting clicked. Loved the qoute, too, Neil
It saddens me when I see images of far past family friends, and now I cannot really recall their names.
Dear Michael,
I love the story and your choice of prompt. It was up for grabs this morning, wasn’t it? The Churchill quote’s a good one and the photo of little Michael is priceless. Thank you for sharing it.
Shalom,
Rochelle
I am glad you approved, I thank you for the opportunity which I grabbed
Nicely done! I love Churchill’s quote–appropriate for our time, too.
Thank you Linda, I wonder what he would say about Twitter and Instagram
I never did like having my picture taken!
pax,
dora
It is strange, sometimes I am happy to have my photo taken…other times I might run a mile away to get away from having my photo taken
If only we knew which half of the lies are true, and which false. As for photos of me, I do anything to avoid them – I’m with Hannah’s Grandad!
Here’s mine!
Photos can be rewarding, but sadly some off their resent history is littered with evil
Great picture. I like the idea of a painter returning a soul.
Me to Iain, me to
Cute baby picture, and look, you even survived! Entertaining story.
It was a rather rough area but I have fond memories… and yes I survived,
A good criticism of a society where even photographic truth is now malleable. I love the baby snap, too!
sadly photographs are manipulated to deceive, but the one of me is original, I have many stories from that period
They may not steal out souls, but they sure can make us look bad.
Bad is not good, a photograph should have soul and be truthful
Lovely turn of a story, Michael. Well done.
Thank you so much Bill
A wonderful story. I always find painted images catch more of people’s essence (souls?) than photographs do. The Churchill quote is great and I love the bathtub picture.
Thank you so much..It saddens me when a photograph of individuals can no longer offer up the details of who they where.