Paul GrahamVerified account

I recently painted a portrait of my parents it had the same effect as if I’d characterized them with words.

@Memorywell @JNSmall

Wish I did the same but I was able to capture pieces of her essence in pictures & videos

Going to call my mom Thanks for the inspiration

I will do this today. So I don't have a similar regret later in life.

Thanks for suggesting this, Paul. I still have both, and hope to write two essays about them very soon

I attempted to capture this on Mother's Day but it's hard to do that when there's so much about a person to capture. For me, it's my mom, especially, because she represents integrity and compassion more than anyone I know. https://www.instagram.com/p/BvRKFZ0BEUZ/ 

You should still write it, she will appreciate it and the exercise will help you tremendously...perhaps you can also share it with you kids so they also know her better and they have that perspective about you.