This shot was taken before Senior Prom, couple of weeks back. My oldest son’s in there somewhere. I’ve known most of these kids since grade school, and have taken many of them on various camping, canoeing, go-cart racing, baseball-playing, downtown exploring, museum-attending, other-region exploring escapades since they were small. Three of them are artists. All of them I have always encouraged to view the world in whatever unique way fits them, and to avoid conformist thought. Their parents have encouraged the same. In my way I love each of these kids. They know it, and we never need to discuss it.

Anyway, I think their smiles tell a pretty good story.