Subject: Nuclear Age |
From: "Terry Johnson" <tenacious@cyberback.com> |
Date: 30/10/2007, 2:35 pm |
To: |
For something completely different... Thought
I’d share a little experience I had with my oldest son yesterday.
I borrowed a coffee-table book from the county library called
‘100 Suns’. It’s a photo album of 100 selected images
taken during the age of American nuclear testing. The book is very
neutral. There is no commentary or any written sentiments other than the
very brief name, date, size, and location of the detonation. It’s a
piece of art. Some of the images are stunning. Some are
scary. Some, with soldiers covering their faces in the glare, are
emotional.
I was sitting at the kitchen table with my 9-yr-old, Garrett
(some of you may remember when he was born—have we all really been part
of this patchwork family for that long?), staring at the images. The
first 40 or 50 images are of detonations over the deserts of
I laughed a stunned laugh. Amazing what comes out of
the mouths of children sometimes. Wonder how long it will be before he
understands the depth of his comment?
Something else. Several of the images were of
--Terry