Existence in Images

I am here!

As long as I have existed, I have existed in images.

Dead Mother as the baby she was. Dad writing. Old photo archives. Full Permissions.

My mom and dad too,

their parents, and their parents, and

I don’t know how far back these folks go,

but they are in Oklahoma and the US Air Force:

Maternal grandmother’s family. My grandmother is the baby girl to the right as you look at the old photo. Old Photo Archives. All dead now. Full Permissions

Dad (dead I sadly say) at work. He could make things work. US Air Force. Old Photo Archives. Full Permissions.

For some people or organizations

I simply don’t exist in their images,

a little in their writings. You too. We all have birth certificates

and for however long we live

death certificates too.

We have other things too like health, living, and job

records that follow us around.

What else?

It could be a little or a lot

depending on how public you were for how long.

Empiricism is a thing of beauty that applies to most things.