Two months after Radiation
Self Portrait with Orange, last year
Three months after radiation
Two weeks before surgery
One month before Surgery
The beginning of the year
A year ago
Hey, vanity is stepping in around here. What do you look like? How do others see you? When they say you look great in a picture. do you? Do you even think about it? What is your perception of yourself? Recently, I’ve seen a lot of pictures of me that should all be deleted. Has the surgery changed my face? Will it take time to go back? Or will it go back? Or does the animation of real life make up an image of someone? How long does it take to repair what stress has done to your body? Does the camera take an accurate image of a person? Is a painting a better representation of a person? What about your imagination? Is that a better representation of yourself or your friend? Who am I? Who are you? What do you look like?
Carla (aka Hot Mama)
I’ve seen you before and after and you were and are and always will be beautiful..
You look amazing.
Cat
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Hey Cat! I really don’t mean to be fishing. Like, what do you think of your face – photos of your face. Do they look like you?
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Whenever I see a picture of myself, it jars me. Like hearing one’s voice from outside, things are just completely different out there. In here, I am my dreams, thoughts, ideas, and deeds. Out there, it all condenses on my face in a way that isn’t completely right– like a cake that rises too high or an amusement park caricature. Maybe I’d like a painting better. Especially if it was abstract. Love this post.
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Exactly. I don’t mean to be fishing I’m just trying to figure it out. I have a very different perception of myself. Before the cancer deal I had an uncontrollable urge to draw my self portrait. I now think I did have the cancer and subconsciously I needed to put down who I was, who I had been, up until that point. I did many sketches trying my best to draw my face. They all look different. My friends say that’s not you. I can do a how I feel abstract drawing of me. That’s easy. Thanks for comenting. I have not been good at reading your lately. Now I get the pleasure of going a reading the ones I’ve missed! If you go to Art Murmur on Friday stop by Oakololis. I’m in a show there.
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Exactly. I don’t mean to be fishing I’m just trying to figure it out. I have a very different perception of myself. Before the cancer deal I had an uncontrollable urge to draw my self portrait. I now think I did have the cancer and subconsciously I needed to put down who I was, who I had been, up until that point. I did many sketches trying my best to draw my face. They all look different. My friends say that’s not you. I can do a how I feel abstract drawing of me. That’s easy. Thanks for comenting. I have not been good at reading your lately. Now I get the pleasure of going a reading the ones I’ve missed! If you go to Art Murmur on Friday stop by Oakololis. I’m in a show there.
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Anna, I seem to be replying to me.The one that starts out exactly is supposed to be going to ui.
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