{"id":719,"date":"2007-01-22T11:45:08","date_gmt":"2007-01-22T17:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicheplayer.net\/wordpress\/?p=719"},"modified":"2007-01-23T13:31:04","modified_gmt":"2007-01-23T19:31:04","slug":"moment-of-brilliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheplayer.net\/avablog\/2007\/01\/22\/moment-of-brilliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Moment of brilliance"},"content":{"rendered":"

All right. Here’s the point in our program when I geek out on my daughter’s brilliance. Look, you knew it was coming, right? Don’t act all surprised.<\/p>\n

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Ava painted this picture a couple days ago. I think it started out as a picture for her Uncle Scott, who was coming over for dinner. OK, I know: It’s just another watercolor by some little kid. I hear ya. And to see her paint these things, you’d be even more disinclined to attach any sort of artistic merit to it. There’re a lot of really, really aggressive brush strokes \/ brush stabs involved. Such is the artistic temperament.<\/p>\n

But I really like the colors and shapes and lines. And I particularly like the small sketch of her father that she included in the lower left. Look here <\/a>for details. Mouse over the picture to see the notes I’ve included on the image. Happenstance? You decide.<\/p>\n

Second thing. We were in a toy store with G.G. on Saturday morning looking for a small gift for our friend Nina, you turned 7 over the weekend. Ava was in a fine mood, walking around the store and talking up a storm. At one point, the woman working the counter — who purported to be a teacher — commented to Leah in near-amazement that Ava was remarkably articulate. I lingered over by the wooden train set, pretending that I wasn’t listening and that my chest wasn’t swelling with pride.<\/p>\n

You really have to work at being humble in public when you’re a parent. Before Ava came along, I never had a problem hiding my admittedly dim light from unsuspecting members of the public, but Ava draws a lot of attention. And she doesn’t know enough to be proud of herself, so Leah and I have to shoulder that burden for her.<\/p>\n

I actually don’t attach too much significance to Ava’s verbal acuity. I don’t think I talked especially early or often when I was Ava’s age, but I turned out OK. Of course, my expectation is that Ava will surpass every one of my achievements, so comparisons with my past are pretty meaningless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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