kate knysh

there is a feeling when you hold a baby or when you hug a child.  it is pure, yet powerful.

several years ago in a multimedia painting class, i grabbed a large empty coffee can from the shelf, a smaller container and a charcoal stick and i started drawing this image of two interlocking circles - one big and one small.  i had just come from a friend’s house where i had held her newborn baby and that pure and powerful feeling of a child’s love somehow played through the charcoal stick in my hand and onto the blank, watercolor paper in front of me.  

it became a symbol for me of pure love.  i later wrote a book, loved, based off of this drawing and dedicated to my own two children, Mia and Roman.  

after drawing these big and little circles for my book, i started seeing this loved symbol in my every day.  i photograph it whenever i see it and share those moments with the ones i love.  

i am sure that you will see some in your every day too. i hope that they will also make you smile and that you can share them with the ones you love.

it is a simple reminder of the great value in all of the moments that we share with the little (and big) ones in our lives.