Me (age 5), big brother Russell, and Nutsy the cat
Me today (self portrait from above)Pretty much the same girl except for a few wrinkles and eye glasses.
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"Give me the child until he is seven, and I will give you the man"
a quote by Francis Xavier and the premise for the UP Series.
This weeks CV theme reminded me of this series. Have you seen it?
Fascinating. Every seven years since 1964, British filmmaker Michael Apted took the same group of school children and interviewed them on their lives and dreams for the future. If I am counting correctly there have been seven films in the series to date. The latest one out is 49 UP and the next 56 UP is scheduled for release in late 2011. Can't wait.
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CV starts here
33 comments:
love these films! thanks for the link :)
Mysterious Janis ;)Lovely photo of the 5 year old you! I am definitely going to watch!
I love your portrait, I see you !
And I send you a bonjour from the South of France, from the "red city" !
Did you pack everything ????
me like janis!
lovely janis...
Love your inner child!
Nice to meet that girl.
interesting, those films... i didn't know of them.
nice too, to meet you, through time.
This photo is so tender...with cats already;) I love your fluffy dog! How is the house and Milo doing? xo
cute childhood photo ... sounds very interesting those film. I will watch out for them :)
i love that picture, cute kids, and the cat is so funny! he looks really comfortable.
love your childhood photo!
I think i have something in common with you: I like comfy shoes too, and those are so pretty!
What a wonderful post. Love your self portrait!
lovely photos both janis and you have the most gorgeous hair! how did you manage that angle? or did you have help?
love the xavier post and the UP serious. one of my very favorites. have been watching it from the beginning. it's an extraordinary project, isn't it?
xoxoxo!
lovely post! and the colors are wonderfully soft in the second photo... just like you. Thank you!
I didn't know the series and will watch it as soon as possible! Thank you for this! And quite nice childhood-picture!
I like both of your photos. Before and after. Time marches on!
great photos janis...
{love your hydrangea too, how do you manage to keep it green and pale blue? mine turned an hideous flashy pink! but i noticed that here most of them are that colour, perhaps is the rain(?)}
such a lovely smile...
first i´m drooling over your shirt! and yes i´ve seen the series. it got a little depressing, don´t you think? hugs dear janis!
To ALL you lovelies - thank you for the nice comments - I so appreciate you! xoxo...
Catarina - Milo has been doing very well with all the activity of late - better than me ! Thoughtful of you to ask.
Rosa Maria - I am a mary jane sort of gal. Though I've been wearing this pair of shoes too much and wearing them out - I love them so much.
Mlle Paradis - I just held the camera over my head and clicked ... and my hair, thank you for that - though I think it looks better on camera ;^) ...and YAY for knowing the UP series. I thought more people would be familiar. I hope more will see it now. It really is extraordinary!
Alessandra - We get flashy pink hydrangeas at the end of the season (September). I will have to take a photo of the color range of my plants right now for you to see. Ah, a blog post perhaps?!
Jane - Now that you mention it, yes it IS sort of depressing! Even still, I am captivated. This sort of thing fascinates me :^)
Fantastic photos janis... so gorgeous!
Nutsy is a cute name ...
the seven up films are amazing and also very bittersweet.
Have lost track - missed the last one ... really very revealing and special...
so much more than one bargained for. A bit like a school reunion too..!
And I would love if you were to send a postcard.. never to late...keeping it going actually...
ciao bella,
S xo
you are a beauty, and I love the connection of your childhood smile to your shoes of today...a true circle of YOU:)))
I don't know these series you mention, but am curious to find out more...
thanks! and thanks for sharing in the philosophizing meditative recent blogging moments... the spider web was suddenly gone tonite, before dark, like magic. hope all's going well with your move...xo
That series sounds amazing. I've never heard of it before!
I love the photo of you from above. Very unusual being this "tall", :)...
xo
Andrea
{i hope your worries end soon too...thank you!}
Oh, you are TOO CUTE!!
This would be a fascinating series to watch...
both shots are great ...
What a sweet post, and nice photos of you back in time and now. I haven't seen that series, I hope there's something available on youtube, sounds very interesting - how do we remain the same, and yet change so much? How does that happen, and make sense at the same time? I look at the 5 yr old you holding a stuffed animal, and see a love of cats there already ...
These photos are lovely! I like the way how you took your portrait! Great shot, Janis! Hope you are having a great weekend!
I love, love love this. Thank you Janis for showing me the UP series. It's a miracle, watching those little boys turning into middleaged men. And all that has happened around them. I am so fascinated.
I'm sure I was not drunk when I read your posts ;)
but my understanding of english, sometimes... is "bizarre" ;)
French hug for you
Hi Janis,
I hope your absence from this space means things are coming along with the house:)
Meant to tell you I enjoyed this post last week..but I got a bit busy myself before my little trip to Denver. The childhood photo of you is so sweet. Nutsy is a great name for a pet!
sweet you :)
sounds interesting, that serie. will have to check it out.
Both shots are lovely!!
Will check out the series right now :-)
I love looking back and your current self portrait is wonderful too. I know I've seen at least one of these films. The topic is so interesting. I do feel like much of my seven year old self is still here with me. Nutsy is a great name for a cat.
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