History of photo sparks new project

Bex Hall
2 min readJan 28, 2022

A memoir-in-objects is on the drawing board

In 1989, my dad came to visit and brought with him a 9x12 manila envelope full of photos from his father’s estate. I chose only one to keep. The one Grandpa snapped while he was in France, Dad explained.

Grandpa’s photo circa 1940s somewhere in France

It’s of an artist painting en plein air. Her canvas appears complete, but is she finished? Is that grandpa’s coat, because it looks…

--

--

Bex Hall

Bex is an artist who writes and a writer who arts. Current WIP: memoir about cheating death, 2nd chances & the power of kindness. Blogs at bexhall.com.