Grace

There is an ancient belief that during the active labor mother, while in a state of weakened frontal brain cortex (a state of deep meditation and deactivated consciousness), “goes to the stars after her baby’s spirit and they come back together”. This is my wife’s portrait breastfeeding our two month old baby. I could feel the bonding between them and capturing that moment made me feel bonded with them too. She then started singing lullaby to soothe him, which made that moment even more precious and complete. It was a lullaby based on “Cradle Song”, a poem by Rafael Patkanian (1830-1892), one of the most popular Armenian poets. A lullaby with powerful underlying meaning and beautifully ...View all