Trail of Smoke Across Hazy Blue Sky, Poignant 1969 Kodak Snapshot greenland frame 13" x 9 3/4”

frame 13" x 9 3/4”

While absolutely poised to serve again as a stool

and bright blue cast lead shoes

I find this second grader's drawing from 1945 really pretty touching--I'd guess created while his father was on leave from WWII

Craquelure

Trail of Smoke Across Hazy Blue Sky, Poignant 1969 Kodak Snapshot greenland frame 13" x 9 3/4”The date at the bottom of this color Kodak print is Feb 69, with its presence I think enhancing the poignance of what already feels like a pretty poignant photo. A launch and trail of white smoke vertically across a blue sky, which I find hard to look at without imagining a crash. Of a period filled with hope and despair, optimism about the future and unthinkable losses. Blue above but red on the horizon. And looks a bit like a bolt of lightening at