Another transparent excuse to post pictures of my son

He was quiet for too long the other night, after a nasty melt-down involving an unsatisfactory amount of parental participation in his creative process, so I went in to see what the hell, right? Then I snuck back into my room and grabbed the camera before he became aware of my presence (he’s become quite camera conscious, which makes getting the kind of candid shots I like increasingly difficult).

The amount of concentration The Boy brings to his work is a thing of beauty to behold.

I named the one he’s working on in the photo above “WALL-E’s accident.” He graciously consented to pose for a photo with his work-in-progress: