Madonna&Child

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A ninety-year old woman charges his seventy year-old ward to supper; he quickly acts and pleasantly obliges her with an almost excited indulgence.  She tells him to put on the table his place-setting, and to fill his plate with freshly made or yesterday's left-over rice; next,  she spoon-serves into a bowl for him … a meager portion of the one-dish meal she took time to prepare.  You could tell from his obligatory obedience to her prodding that this was an interaction long established.  You could observe as well from the almost calculated movement and exchange of action-reaction that this was not only a rhythmic act, but one into which they have, in a long while, stepped into and perfectly danced.