Play is the official work of the child - it is their office, their job. It is here that they learn the socializing and enculturing elements that make them civilized human beings - here that they learn the ins and outs of intimacy. To capture them while in this environment is a privilege, and not one to be taken lightly - if taken for anything less than this is to court missing the extraordinary, the special, the fantastical world of the child...

Teiya is still too young to count her environments much beyond home and back yard - or, you might add the grocery store, or any of the other errands a parent will take her on. Still, she is learning all her skills as a wee one under the tutelage of her parents and grandparents - and, this makes up the most significant of environments for a portrait - to grasp this moment in the form of a portrait is to grasp the stars and the heavens...

She is new at this play, and it shows - but, as all children move beyond into more intricate play, into a new office space every few days, it won't be long before she is asking those questions that come with thunder, simple though they sound coming out of the mouths of babes...