Does anyone else get all 'fuzzy' after the holidays? My mind has turned to mush, and I can't make a decision. For example, Self Portrait Tuesday. I've taken several that fit into the theme of Reflective Surface (I've got a new camera. What else am I going to do?), but can't possibly manage to choose one. So to skip the decision making stress, here are all three. Seemingly narcisstic, but really just indecisive, I assure you...
I'm not really sure why I like this one, but I do. I don't think it's a great photograph (though I don't know what that even means), but I'm really drawn to it. I think it's the slight blur (just barely getting used to the manual function), the mostly 'white' color in the shot--the white print (my favorite Modigliani) on a white wall. It feels fitting for this time of year--white, and a bit blah. I also love that I'm holding Adelaide--and not because I intended for her to be in the shot, but simply because I happened to be holding her when I took the shot, you know? That's kind of how it is. She's like an appendage. A lovely one, of course.
This one is taken into and of a painting that I did 10 years ago, at a particularly challenging time, I stumbled upon painting almost
accidentally (dating an art store owner will do that to you). It fast
became a way of healing for me. And like my crafting now, I had
very limited knowledge or skill, but mostly just a desire to
create....something. The piece above was really the first painting I
did, and my partner at the time found it
and framed it for me. It was such a sweet gesture, but I was so
embarrassed at the 'product' that I never ever hung it up--or if I did,
I hung it in the closet (yes, really!). Recently, I decided to put it
in my room--as a symbol of many, many things, but mostly as a reminder
for me to create from and for my heart only. I really want to remember that.
This crazy one I took tonight, looking out the window at the snow falling, with lights on the tree outside. I like the tree coming out of my head. (I told you I felt fuzzy.)
