My kids in 1986 (smiling) - a photo on Flickriver

My kids in 1986 (smiling)

Laughter is a good thing. Smiling is good, even a snigger is permissable. A discrete titter behind your hand is OK, but there are times in life when you need to blow coffee out your nose in an explosion of laughter.

You get giggles from tickling but that is sort of cheating. A belly laugh that comes rumbling out of the depths of you is good for your soul, but the best laughs are the ones you do in unison, with other people... lets call it orchestrated laughter. No that gives the idea that it is organised and structued in some way. The laughter that has refreshed me the most is more like free form jazz, the noises of laughter are all improvised.

These times do not happen very often but they are characterised by abandonment and helplessness. Birds in Spring sing their heart out. There is joy in the sound of their voices, the warbling and the whistling. Laughter is something like that. Non-verbal communication of happiness and hope.

These are the laughs that leave you breathless, gasping for air. What do you feel when you are swamped by your own laughter, and joy is ringing in your breast like a bell.

It is like listening to a scratchy recording from the 1930's and recognising the wonder and the beauty of it all and saying Oh Yeah!! Oh Yeah!! Oh man!!

Taken on: April 4, 2005

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christopher

riina

patrik

ilona

Laughter

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Camera: Sony CYBERSHOT, f/3.2, 1/30 sec, 9.2mm, ISO 320 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony CYBERSHOT
Aperture:	f/3.2
Exposure Time:	0.033 sec (1/30)
Focal Length:	9.2mm
ISO:	320
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Metering Mode:	Spot
Color Space:	sRGB
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