At other times, they play off the current moment. “What Children Say” is a kind of incantatory elevation of Kids Say the Darndest Things, the rhythmic push-pull of a child’s incessant needs capturing the whipsaw pivots required by parenting. But it’s rescued from kitschy nostalgia with its caption: “Day 759 of quarantine.”
The messy domestic life Baer depicts is not exactly unique. Instagram poetry is filled with admissions of vulnerability and inadequacy, and subsequent admonitions to do the work to be a better human being; this is a self-help that rewards with areligious enlightenment reflected in gauzy square-shaped images—a perfect cup of tea, a well-framed flower, a carefully groomed eyebrow. These images can be quite beautiful, in a Kinfolk-y kind of way; they are not, very often, funny.
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