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Tony Villari

Face of Wonder

  • I see it in museums, and at the seashore, carnivals, parades and holiday celebrations.  The look in a child's eyes as they marvel at something is to look into the face of angels; the innocence, naiveté, and the wonder of all things new to them.  Amazing to me is that a child ever finds a reason for sadness, except as a witness to the destruction of beauty or their irreplaceable innocence.  Wouldn't it be marvelous if we could all maintain this wonder of the universe around us, a desire to always find the magic in things, and the capacity to always see the beauty even in that which is not so much?

     

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6 comments
  • Gary V. likes this
  • Gail Dobson
    Gail Dobson The wonder in the eyes of a child is beautiful to behold. However, much of this piece is an ill-informed, anti-choice, anti-woman's health rant, in the guise of childhood innocence. 
    February 25, 2019 - 1 likes this
  • Gary V.
    Gary V. Bull, killing a child in the third trimester is sinister no matter how you look at it! Just another dumb thing in life, like dumb people who think they are God! For example, R. Kelly!
    February 25, 2019 - 1 likes this
  • Gail Dobson
    Gail Dobson The innocent beauty, love, and promise we see in a baby or young child is over-ridden by the sentence of the 'god' who declared we are all born in sin. IDK how "believers" worm their way out of "hell for sinners" for stillbirths, miscarriages (child has n...  more
    February 25, 2019 - 1 likes this
  • Gary V.
    Gary V. I'm confused!
    February 26, 2019 - 1 likes this