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PROMPTuesday: Exercise #2

(This is my 150-word inspirational speech, written in under 10 minutes.)
(Oh, and it’s for my friend, Katie.)

You’re always saying, I’m not a photographer or How can I be a good photographer or Really, you’re a better photographer than I am. And to this I say: Grrrrrrl! Have you seen the photos you’ve taken lately?

Look, I know I’m no one to say but I’m saying it anyway. You. Are. Talented. Your shit’s hangin’ on my dining room wall, for Chrissake, right above a hair grease stain that rubbed off when Ruby was having a time out a while back and she cried with her head against the wall and begged to see “the children!” Of course, she’s referring to the children you snapped in Uganda that now hang on my dining room wall. Of course, her wails were compelling.

But I said, No you may not see the children, you’re having a time out.
So there. If you don’t believe me, believe my two year old.

By Katie Gardner


4 Comments

god, I love that picture.

Posted by stacy on 30 April 2008 @ 4am

Also loving that picture…

Posted by Deb on 30 April 2008 @ 7am

ohmanohmanohman. I’m laughing like a girl who’s just been asked to dance at the junior high party. I’ll take your two year old’s words to the bank and save them for a rainy day. Thanks, Aaryn. xo

Posted by Katie on 30 April 2008 @ 8am

That’s funny! Hopefully your speech works and your friend believes in her talent!

Posted by Amanda on 30 April 2008 @ 8am

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