So, here I go again, taking things internally.
I have seen a picture, and it is torturing me.
I always browse through the style section of a newspaper, because there is where all the information about people and arts are. One picture jumped out at me. I couldn't look away from it, but then again I couldn't stand to look at it.
There were several pictures, all distressing. This is the mildest one...The rest were even more grotesque.
What is it about this girl that makes her so fascinating and disgusting? Its just mud on a face and a bloody mouth. But no, something about the distress in her eyes and her partially open mouth is just crushing to me.
This, I see, and I do not get out. It follows me and stays with me. I want to talk to the girl. I want to talk to the artist. I want to understand. Why? Why represent such a horrible image? What is in her mind? What is it about it I am so absolutely fascinated to? Why so eye catching?
I apologize if this gives anyone nightmares. But I wondered how others would think about it, or if this just goes back to the Oversensitivity Judges and me.
If anyone else is interested at looking at the rest of her bizarreness, the photographer has her own blog you're welcome to visit and try to understand:
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I've meant to respond to this for a while, but I declare, I just have no time.
Initial reaction:
Oh! How horrid! And intriguing all at once!
I did check out her website, but I stopped from looking too far for obvious reasons.
Despite this pic's grotesque nature... it's very artsy, and quite beautiful in that way, which must be part of what's so drawing about it.
Though personally... I wish there were MORE expression on her face. I don't see much of ANYTHING from her eyes or mouth... Normally you can look at someone's mouth and guess the emotion, or look into someone's eyes and see hurt, pain, history, etc, yet when I look into this girl's eyes... I see... nothing. I can't read them. And while I would be inclined to say that that lack of emotion makes her not gripping enough, maybe that is indeed what makes it SO gripping. The... lack there. It's scary.
And the lack of knowing what's there. You just can't put a finger on her! Which makes us keep coming back trying to...
Interesting.
Brilliant piece of art, either way.
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