OK. The paternal instinct to protect is a powerful thing. After Lillian was born, I started wearing seat belts. Wait. That’s protecting me.
The feeling of protecting your child is strong though. Ask any parent. You look at them sleeping and it almost hurts it’s so strong. Why is this? Big eyes. All baby things have big eyes. I saw this on a National Geographic Special. 95.5% of all baby things have big eyes so you won’t hurt them. It makes them cute. Even baby snakes are cute. It gives the little buggers a chance.
I took this picture of Lil when she was about 3. She has the big eyes. I brought the photo to a presentation given by Annie Leibovitz, a famous photographer, and asked her to sign it along with an old Clash poster she had shot for Rolling Stone. “I want to give them to my daughter when she gets older” I said. Annie signed the Clash poster, smiled and said, ” I remember this.” Then she looked at the photo of Lil and said “Who shot this?” “I did” I said. “Then you sign it-and take care of that kid.”
It’s the big eyes.
