| 6. First Child A Personal Note from the Artist |
one, you immediately embrace that responsibility with absolute enthusiasm and unwavering dedication.
It is truly miraculous the way this transformation instantly overwhelms you without your consent, and yet, you
do not even think of the need to consent. You just do. It is as natural as your breathing, or your heartbeat.
Of course, this sense of duty comes with each child, but it comes like an epiphany on the first one, because
you never knew something so powerful could overwhelm you so completely. It is a feeling totally out of your
realm of experience up to this point.
This is the moment when the child we were merges with the adult we have become, as well as with the brand
new child we have created out of ourselves. Our childlike self merges with our adult self, bridged together by
the new child in our lives. It is indeed a harmonious moment.
I gave it my best attempt to express these emotions in the face of the mother in this drawing. But these are
emotions beyond the realm of drawings or words. Nothing I know can actually embrace them except the
living of the experience itself. Hopefully, you can see this mother totally wrapped up in this little bundle in her
arms, giving every quark of her being to the newborn. The bond is total and absolute.
I also tried to convey a connection on the part of the infant to its mother. A mutual cosmic connection
between the two.
Words and images are only incompetent and frail attempts to describe this Stage of Life.
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As with marriage, having a child is not a Stage
of Life for everyone. But most adults do have
children or have friends and family that do. For
those that do, having that first child is a
life-changing event like no other.
After a lifetime of fending for yourself and
learning to take care of yourself, you are instantly
and forever connected to another human being
that depends upon you to take total care of him
or her.
As adults, it is an act of sainthood to choose to
do that for another adult. But with the wailing
entrance of your first child into this world, your
whole paradigm miraculously changes. Not only
is it not a choice whether you should take care of
every physical and emotional need of this little
of Life for everyone. But most adults do have
children or have friends and family that do. For
those that do, having that first child is a
life-changing event like no other.
After a lifetime of fending for yourself and
learning to take care of yourself, you are instantly
and forever connected to another human being
that depends upon you to take total care of him
or her.
As adults, it is an act of sainthood to choose to
do that for another adult. But with the wailing
entrance of your first child into this world, your
whole paradigm miraculously changes. Not only
is it not a choice whether you should take care of
every physical and emotional need of this little