Re: Nathan's PAD 01/11/2009: a friendship rekindled

Nathan showed a very touching moment!
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  From: Nathan 
  To: Leica Users Group ; LEG ; Olympus Camera Discussion 
  Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 10:25 AM
  Subject: Nathan's PAD 01/11/2009: a friendship rekindled


  This picture was taken at 4 in the morning on 1 November. The two people 
depicted were friends back when we were teenagers 30 years ago. The guy on the 
right was in my class in high school. He is now an environmental scientist and 
a talented jazz musician. The guy on the left is blind (from birth).  His 
hearing is phenomenal. When we were young, he would play goalie in soccer and 
hear the ball come towards him in the air. Later he became one of the most 
sought-after piano tuners in Denmark. Unfortunately, still later, his life has 
become marked by addiction and other problems, and he now sometimes spends the 
night at a shelter for homeless people in which another mutual friend is a 
volunteer. So on Saturday night (or rather, Sunday morning), on the way home 
from our high school reunion, we stopped by the shelter to allow the two former 
friends to be reunited:

  http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#701004151_FUZid

  Hi Nathan,
  A very powerful photograph when one reads the story! The clenched hand on 
chest is the the moment of emotion as the blind chap is feeling the heart beat 
of his old school mate. In a feeling manner rekindling those long ago days and 
friendship.

  Even without the story, it's the manner in the way the hand is on the chest, 
this doesn't indicate a "fist against." But it's a "touching, feeling fashion," 
quite interesting really. One could almost say a manner of hand shake, but in 
this case he's feeling the heart beat of an old friend.

  Well done mon ami, well done. And as usual an interesting story line.
  ted

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