Response to Invitation by the Artist Lee Ming - Sheng for the work entitled "More Than A Sketch And An Image" Title of Response: " Let I = The Avatar M. River (AKA More Than a Construct And A Body)"

Question Four: What did your parents do for a living? Describe your Family life. They are there in a picture that I hold in my left hand. A man and a woman look out to the camera with a cautious smile upon their mouths. Let us call the man father and the women mother. As I hold the picture up so that you can see the slight yellowing of the papers edge, please note how my hand holds this image with the lightness touch. No, you may not see this picture anymore. I need to put it away someplace safe. In the old world where light embedded by chemicals onto frail paper, love must be held with the slightest touch. Occupation of my parents? My family life? No...sorry. I am fictional. I can only show you pictures. I will show them to you for a moment and then place them safely away. 1. A child sits on the floor, under the gaze of his mother and father, under the lights of a Christmas tree , showing the camera a toy dump truck. 2. A women stands in ankle deep in snow. Her left hand is held up to shade the sun from her eyes. 3. A small dog runs in front of a large man who is lighting a pipe. 4. A man and a women stand in front of a red station wagon. The boy seem to be crawling into the back seat. 5. Dim lamplight shows a man asleep on a plush yellow couch. 6. A boy in a blue T-shirt blows out red candles on a chocolate cake. 7. A woman lays reading the Sunday paper on a yellow couch. 8. The man , woman and boy stand by the side of a road in front of icecream store. 9. The man, woman and boy stand by the side of a road in front of a hospital. 10. A child sits on the floor, under the gaze of his mother and father, under the lights of a Christmas tree , showing the camera his new camera You may feel that i have avoided this question. Please do not be so suspect. I have told you everything. Meaning is all in the details. Next page >