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if i close my eyes i can still see her..................
mary
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danielle and her mother
stand with them for a while and tell me what you feel
i could speak volumes of dialogue over this image and the two remaining in this series of 3, but too many words i'm afraid would ruin it for me
dedicated to for more reasons than one
i hope some of you feel something as this series plays out - thanks for watching
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this shot is absolutely brilliant. i can hear the wind blowing physically and emotionally in this girl's world. this is really a breathtaking shot. FAV!!
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i cannot describe in words what i feel - but it is many things. this image is one of your most owerful, i think.
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Yes, this too reminds me of The Ring. It gives me more a sense of abandonment felt by Danielle though. Something about the way the mother's dress sways in the wind and how she's in mid-walk; she seems so freewheeling, so careless, so unscathed. And this, contrasted with Danielle's solid, steadfast pose. It's as though she is unable to move; her pain, her fear, her feeling of isolation, has paralyzed her. Her black dress also affirms this notion. I feel as though the mother has taken her into this field, told her to stay there, not to cry, and not to turn around. Then she just walks away. As stated before, this photograph conjures up a quagmire of emotions which can only be clumsily put into words, so I won't try any further. Either way, a magnificent piece. It should definitely be a daily deviation.
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thank you -you are really on the money with what i intended with a lot of that body language stuff 
thank you - i really like how it gets folks to "feel"
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i can feel some sort of connection between them even though they're apart. Powerful peace
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As an only child this speaks volumes to me, as an only child who is a "mamma's girl" it speaks even more.
The emotions I see just flow from Danielle, and her mother.
So beautiful, I can feel her not wanting to let go.
You are amazing Mary, absolutely amazing.
I have to say that it reminds me of Ozzy Osbourne and Lita Ford's song "If I close my eyes forever".
"If I close my eyes forever
Will it all remain unchanged?
If I close my eyes forever
Will it all remain the same?"
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i'm an only child too
thanks for the support
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I have to TOTALLY agree with ~WeAteThreePizzas..I see the very same thing...my thoughts exactly...and she (I think) just put it into words that I would never have come up with.
This is really awesome Mary, the colors, and the focus, just everything is perfect!
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She looks very old here - about 12 or so
beautiful shot, i love her expression
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you see places and ideas that no one i know could see or think of, you are a very creative person and i love your work
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thanks amber
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Wow. Your concepts really rock lately. This is beautiful in so many ways. Not least visually. I love the way I can hear the grass dancing in the wind. Her trying to let go of her growing daughter, let her go and test her wings while all she wants to do is turn around and hold her and never let her go.
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thank you - i really value your feedback
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i don't think this needs too many words to attempt and discribe it. this is one of those pictures that one just has to appreciate in silence, letting all the ideas formulate in your head. just letting the air around it fill with emotion.
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thank you. that's why i ask the viewer to just "stand in the field with them and feel"
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Danielle is very expressive; she really emotes pain and anxiety.
I like all of the elements of contrast--black & white, back & forward, and the way the foliage changes between the two figures from leaves to grass. That's either very clever, a happy accident, or something subconscious.
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Oh I definitely feel something here... I feel like the young girl... closing my eyes - trying to remember every little detail, but my eyes are filling with tears (they really were...) This is amazingly powerful - the windswept field... almost a surreal feeling place... the thought of losing a mother so young. Or perhaps feeling very small and young when you think about how she isn't with you anymore as you live through your life. There are so many possibilities - but every one is just as intense 
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pleae do go on 
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I'm glad
And maybe I'll add more as I think of it
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wow.... As I sit and look at this there are a thousand thoughts and feelings running through me, but none of them seem quite right..... its almost as if its everything and nothing all at the same time.... I love it.
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Oh yes, very good concept indeed! I think darkening it (playing with the shaddows a little?) would maybe suit it greatly as well but I do like it alot this way! Great work!
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Oh yes, very good concept indeed! I think darkening it (playing with the shaddows a little?) would maybe suit it greatly as well but I do like it alot this way! Great work!
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thanks Lilly 
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I can't wait to see what's next.
I think this is your best since 'Sticks and Stones'. It has a great visual impact that will affect everyone in a different way, but I have no doubt that it will affect everyone who sees it.
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True art. It's like a whole story captured in a single moment. You have proved that a picture is truly worth a thousand words.
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thank you Jay
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It kind of gives me the same feeling as the movie "the ring"
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I like how you've effectively "blanked" out the sky. That part is really wonderful. But Danielle's expression, for me anyway, doesn't quite mirror the sense of anxiety that I feel from the rest of the picture. It's there, in part, but there seems to be frustration and even fatigue in her face. That said, the lighting on her neck is really superb. For that matter, the lighting in the entire picture is well done. Good old black and white.
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yes, frustration, fatigue, anxiety - all of it
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Beautiful Mary...so emotional and thought provoking.
Awesome work as per usual!
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So absolutely perfect. Great modeling as well! I can definitely feel it... Awesome photography Mary
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I love how gritty your images are getting. This speaks volumes.
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The feelings this piece gives its viewers will undoubtedly be at least a little different with every person, the amazing thing is I believe it will also be powerful across the board. It has an incredible impact on me, it's almost overwhelming. It reminds me of how hard I've tried to turn my back on my mother, and how evil I've felt for it. In my mind I relive how difficult it's been emotionally to separate myself, how the distance only leaves me with the ghosts of memories of when she was a different person, someone who loved me. How hurtful her silence is, how my heart broke when she disowned me the first time.
All of these things represented in their positions, the black of the girls' dress, the white of the mothers'. How the girl squeezes her eyes shut, trying not to look back. It's incredible, the various interpretations to be found in these elements.
I can see it in an objective way as well, I can imagine how others might see this and relate to it, but what it is to me is something terribly profound, painful. I know we share many of the same feelings regarding our families and pasts, and so I can imagine what this means to you, and I am deeply impressed by your ability to express your own story, your grief, in your work. It's a complex piece; the whole series is so layered in meaning. I love it... it hurts; it makes me cry, despite that effect, because of it, I love it.
You are an incredible artist Mary, I am grateful to know you...
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thank you for being you Julia and sharing the way you do - it inspires me to reach to express deeper myself and i can't thank you enough for that
your take on the image is very much like my own - i see deep pain and relationship and layers and layers and layers of feeling
i could go on and on
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One of your best, I feel.
Tones and quality are beautiful.
Expression on Danielle is wonderful - like she's dreaming, standing in the middle of a field and searching for her mother.
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yes - no words is quite appropriate eh?
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i like your recent submissions. they convey differentiated feeling.
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