An activity designed for father daughter bonding? 

After lamenting about the fact that I was spending too much time at work in the hospital, and not enough time with the family, I decided to remedy the situation. 

So, here we are at the kitchen table having breakfast.  My daughter picks up her spoon and says, "look daddy, I can see my reflection!".  Using that as a cue, I picked up my camera and the above photo is the result.

This is my daughter, holding a spoon.  My intention was to recreate the effect of the MC Escher  etching, "Hand holding a Reflecting Sphere". (see below) I took the above photo with a Nikon D 90 Digital Camera. 

 
Escher Hand with Reflecting Globe Courtesy of Wikipedia

There is the obvious observation.  Both images have a certain feeling of introspection and focus on the sense of self which could very well form the foundation of existential philosphy. 

The Spoon Photo was taken about 10 years ago.  Did my daughter then go on to get a PhD in existential philosophy?  No, not exactly.  But she made her daddy proud by enrolling in one of the top art schools in the country, excelling as a fine artist and photographer.  Father daughter bonding has never been stronger.