4. Little girls

Robert, Sally and Cathy, Mission Beach c. 1947

Chan, Dale, Alix, Laura, Berkeley Museum of Art c. 1978

Carolyn, actress, Bodega Bay c. 1983

Alison

Kate and friends

Two (three girls) giggling at the beach while taking turns behind the bush, L'Espiguette, France

I could only look out the window, like glimpsing over the seawall to the vastness of sky and ocean vistas, or contemplate the softness and unknown delights of the marvellous little creatures that were my female classmates.  I had experienced these creatures also at home at the beach.  My neighbours Cathy and Sally were another vast universe that was mysterious, yet more internal, showing me love reflected as a virtual, also ungraspable reverse door to the ocean.