Photo Hunters~Original

I am not ashamed to admit that this week's theme had me stumped. I am also not ashamed to admit that this might be a sign that I am taking this much too seriously. As always, knowing is half the battle, right? So it is the knowledge that I am unable to NOT take it seriously, that helps me accept my NEED to find the perfect image to convey this theme. To do so...I needed to understand the word "original" more clearly. I did as all crazy responsible Internet addicted individuals do, and googled it. DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT!
Here is the definition:

o·rig·i·nal
–adjective 1. belonging or pertaining to the origin or beginning of something, or to a thing at its beginning: The book still has its original binding.
2. new; fresh; inventive; novel: an original way of advertising.
3. arising or proceeding independently of anything else: an original view of history.
4. capable of or given to thinking or acting in an independent, creative, or individual manner: an original thinker.
5. created, undertaken, or presented for the first time: to give the original performance of a string quartet.
6. being something from which a copy, a translation, or the like is made: The original document is in Washington.

–noun 7. a primary form or type from which varieties are derived.
8. an original work, writing, or the like, as opposed to any copy or imitation: The original of this is in the British Museum.
9. the person or thing represented by a picture, description, etc.: The original is said to have been the painter's own house.
10. a person whose ways of thinking or acting are original: In a field of brilliant technicians he is a true original.
11. Archaic. an eccentric person.
12. Archaic. a source of being; an author or originator.

Guess what.....that didn't help. Maybe the Synonyms and Antonyms would help:

—Synonyms 1. primary, primordial, primeval, primitive, aboriginal. 7. archetype, pattern, prototype, model.
—Antonyms 7. copy.

Ummmm...yeah...still wasn't feeling it. I mean all photos are basically originals, I mean....no two pictures are exactly alike, right? Yet, how could I just simply post ANY picture? Nope...that just wouldn't do.

After days of agonizing over this silly theme...I finally settled on something. Even as I press the publish button on this post I am doubting my choice, but serious...I have bigger things in life to worry about, right?


I'd like to present my daughter, finger painting for the first time. As you can see she is deeply engrossed in creating an original, one of a kind masterpiece!