Hooray for your honesty, my lovely friend! X X
I imagine you don’t like it because the smile is (mostly) painted on, a pretend smile. Is that it?
Thank you again!
Interesting comment, Robert. I consider ‘Watching the News’ and ‘Insomniac’ self portraits but not the rest. I’ve been thinking about this lately (and a multitude of other things, my head is very full), self portraits, I mean. I’m thinking that all our creations contain a part of us and when I use myself as a model it becomes harder to tell how much is me, Ashley and how much is performance. For me as well as for others. Or something like that…
Good point, S.E…
even intending to do something as a true / accurate depiction of ‘self’ it seems very difficult not to get pulled into some kind of ‘role’, or conform / adapt to a preconceived idea or concept (either intentionally or unintentionally…)
*smile*
It wasn’t an order, Sean.
In fact I’m changing the title from ‘Smile, Please!’ to ‘Smile for the Camera, Please!’
It’s infectious…
Quick! Protect yourself!
I don’t really like this one Syncy. It’s scary.
Hooray for your honesty, my lovely friend! X
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I imagine you don’t like it because the smile is (mostly) painted on, a pretend smile. Is that it?
Thank you again!
Sometimes I think it’s not even so much about a mask itself as what that mask might conceal that makes us pause, I think…
Interesting comment, Robert. I consider ‘Watching the News’ and ‘Insomniac’ self portraits but not the rest. I’ve been thinking about this lately (and a multitude of other things, my head is very full), self portraits, I mean. I’m thinking that all our creations contain a part of us and when I use myself as a model it becomes harder to tell how much is me, Ashley and how much is performance. For me as well as for others. Or something like that…
Good point, S.E…
even intending to do something as a true / accurate depiction of ‘self’ it seems very difficult not to get pulled into some kind of ‘role’, or conform / adapt to a preconceived idea or concept (either intentionally or unintentionally…)
Changing the title to ‘Smile for the Camera, Please!’. Does that better reflect what you see, Nursie? x
I like this series Syncy.At once ghoulish but also something quite gentle beneath the mask!
That would be my sagging cheeks! Thanks very much Shaun.
I left a comment on your blog yesterday but my phone disappeared it. I’ll have another go later. Good to see you blogging again.
Vulnerable!
Yes. Like she (not me) is smiling for dear life.
Is this the face that launched a thousand ships ?
Ha! Not unless she literally did it with her face – in which case that white stuff must be limpits or barnacles or somesuch.
Creepy clown….did you mum know you had her lipstick
Hey, Cuddly Bear! So good to see you here, mate! X
Oh, my mum was fast asleep when I was doing this.
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Thank you, Joseph! A lovely surprise for me!