Soft as fontanelle

Toe,
Another thing about photos: I am not sure if I am the only person who feels this way, but sometimes I find photographic images of people to be slightly heartbreaking. I am not talking about images of people while they are sad, or photos of some tragic scene. I am talking about just ordinary snapshots, where someone isn't quite looking as good as they can, with their eyes half closed, smiling or moving. Generally, images where someone is not aware of the fact they are being photographed make me a little sad. I see people as most vulnerable in shots like that.

I find this feeling arises also if I pause a DVD or VHS. I was watching "Friends" on DVD a few years ago. I think I was watching DVD after DVD, and there was some glitch on one disc that made it pause every so often. At one point, Joey, the simple friend. was saying something funny, and the disc paused. He was frozen with this kind of stupid look on his face, his mouth gaping, and his eyes closing. I felt such a paternal sense of caring for him, it almost broke my heart.

As I write this, it just sounds weird. Anyway, it's true.
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