MY BEST FRIEND ONCE TOLD ME ABOUT THE TIME SHE & HER BABY BROTHER WENT TO HAVE PROFESSIONAL PICTURES TAKEN. AFTER THE SESSION SHE SAT DOWN IN THE PARLOR TO REVIEW THE PICTURES WHEN SUDDENLY THE PHOTOGRAPHER WITH THE SINCEREST FACE, ASKED HER BLUNTLY, "DO YOU WANT THAT EDITED OUT?" "THAT", WAS REFERRING TO HER TRACH. IT WAS SECOND NATURE FOR HIM TO ASSUME HIS CLIENT WANTED WHAT HE PERCEIVED TO BE THE OBVIOUS. "WHAT WAS HE THINKING!?", YOU ASK. I'LL TELL YOU: HE PERCEIVED SHE WANTED HER DISABILITY TO GO AWAY, THAT SHE MUST BE SO FILLED WITH SELF-LOATHING THAT SHE'S OBVIOUSLY DISGUSTED BY THE SIGHT OF HERSELF. HE ASSUMED SHE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO LEARN THAT SHE CAN DENY HERSELF FOR ONLY AN EXTRA FEW BUCKS & A GLOSSY FINISH TO BOOT. "I'LL OFFER TO EDIT HER [ISSUE]", HE MUST HAVE THOUGHT. SHALLOW? YES, BUT I HOPED AT LEAST WITH THE SINCEREST INTENTIONS, AS I LISTENED TO HER EXPLAIN. YET IN STILL, THE DEMEANING CONNOTATION OF HIS QUESTION WAS ALMOST MORE THAN SHE COULD BARE, SHE SAID. I COULD ONLY IMAGINE HER ANGER.
AS A SOCIETY PUTS ENDURING EMPHASIS ON OUTER BEAUTY - WE HAVE BECOME CAUGHT UP IN VANITY, SUPERFICIALITY AND SELF ABSORPTION TO THE POINT OF PUKING. SOME ARGUE THAT AS A PHOTOGRAPHER THE MAN WAS DISPOSITIONED TO HIS LACK OF INSIGHT. I SAY THAT'S SOME PSYCHO BULL 'ISH OF AN EXPLANATION FOR THIS LACK OF TACT. I VENTURE TO SAY HE IS SIMPLY YOUR EVERYDAY, RUN-OF-THE-MILL ASSHOLE. AT BEST, HIS PROFESSION MADE FOR AN INTERESTING DOSE OF AMERICAN IRONY. MY BEST FRIEND SURVIVED A NEAR FATAL CAR ACCIDENT WHICH SHE IS THANKFUL FOR. STILL, THE DAY SHE FACED HERSELF IN A MIRROR WITH A TRACH IN HER NECK WAS A LIFE ALTERING EXPERIENCE. THE FACT THAT SHE MAY HAVE IT FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE IS A HARSH REALITY, SHE EXPLAINED. PERHAPS, IN HER INNER MOST DESIRES SHE DID WANT IT TO JUST GO AWAY; BUT THAT DOES NOT GIVE HIM OR ANYONE ELSE THE RIGHT TO EXPLOIT THE SITUATION OR ONE'S INSECURITIES. IN OTHER WORDS, SOME THINGS GO BETTER LEFT UNSAID. DUELY NOTE... IF A CLIENT DESIRES TO EDIT THEIR PHYSICAL REALITY THE CLIENT WILL BRING IT UP FOR THEM SELVES. MY HOMEGIRL IS A STRONG & INTELLIGENT WOMAN AND HAS NOT FORGOTTEN THAT A PERSON'S BEAUTY GOES FARTHER THAN SKIN DEEP. THEREFORE, IN LIGHT OF THE SITUATION SHE COUNTERED HIS FLAGRANCY WITH INTEGRITY & SELF CONFIDENCE – SOMETHING SOCIETY TENDS TO TAKE FOR GRANTED AMONGST OTHER THINGS; BUT THAT'S A WHOLE 'NETHER STORY
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AS A SOCIETY PUTS ENDURING EMPHASIS ON OUTER BEAUTY - WE HAVE BECOME CAUGHT UP IN VANITY, SUPERFICIALITY AND SELF ABSORPTION TO THE POINT OF PUKING. SOME ARGUE THAT AS A PHOTOGRAPHER THE MAN WAS DISPOSITIONED TO HIS LACK OF INSIGHT. I SAY THAT'S SOME PSYCHO BULL 'ISH OF AN EXPLANATION FOR THIS LACK OF TACT. I VENTURE TO SAY HE IS SIMPLY YOUR EVERYDAY, RUN-OF-THE-MILL ASSHOLE. AT BEST, HIS PROFESSION MADE FOR AN INTERESTING DOSE OF AMERICAN IRONY. MY BEST FRIEND SURVIVED A NEAR FATAL CAR ACCIDENT WHICH SHE IS THANKFUL FOR. STILL, THE DAY SHE FACED HERSELF IN A MIRROR WITH A TRACH IN HER NECK WAS A LIFE ALTERING EXPERIENCE. THE FACT THAT SHE MAY HAVE IT FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE IS A HARSH REALITY, SHE EXPLAINED. PERHAPS, IN HER INNER MOST DESIRES SHE DID WANT IT TO JUST GO AWAY; BUT THAT DOES NOT GIVE HIM OR ANYONE ELSE THE RIGHT TO EXPLOIT THE SITUATION OR ONE'S INSECURITIES. IN OTHER WORDS, SOME THINGS GO BETTER LEFT UNSAID. DUELY NOTE... IF A CLIENT DESIRES TO EDIT THEIR PHYSICAL REALITY THE CLIENT WILL BRING IT UP FOR THEM SELVES. MY HOMEGIRL IS A STRONG & INTELLIGENT WOMAN AND HAS NOT FORGOTTEN THAT A PERSON'S BEAUTY GOES FARTHER THAN SKIN DEEP. THEREFORE, IN LIGHT OF THE SITUATION SHE COUNTERED HIS FLAGRANCY WITH INTEGRITY & SELF CONFIDENCE – SOMETHING SOCIETY TENDS TO TAKE FOR GRANTED AMONGST OTHER THINGS; BUT THAT'S A WHOLE 'NETHER STORY
FOR TAMOI~
