civilized ku # 2107 ~ tableau vivant / Eden Alley

Huddled ~ Saranac Lake, NY - in the Adirondack Park • click to embiggenWhile John Linn is worrying about the possibility of a toilet series (see comments on civilized ku # 2104-6), I am contemplating a series focused on the making of tableaux vivant featuring kids.

My personal tableau vivant awakening - that is to state, my making thereof - of the past few days has made me realize that I have not been taking advantage, picture making wise, of the situations I find myself in on fairly regular basis. Thanks to my grandson, I very often find myself in the presence of kids although it has never really occurred to me to consider that situation as fertile ground for picture making. Needless to state, after this past weekend's picturing, to include today's huddled picture, my thoughts on that subject are undergoing a revision.

Not that I haven't thought about what I have always considered to be the hidden / secret life of kids. The life they live when parents and adults aren't looking and/or listening. The one their parents and adults would be surprised, perhaps even alarmed, to know about. From my experience, personal and observed, I believe many kids have a rich and diverse life that is beyond their parent's and/or adult knowledge and control.

A verse from Timbuk3's song Eden Alley (the first selection) has always struck me as particularly meaningful, re: the hidden/secret life of kids:

We were raised in Eden Alley
Where the music plays all night long
& children make love in the shadows
While the elders pray for kingdom come

If I were to pursue this idea, and I am inclined to, the series just might have to go under the title of Eden Alley.