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bypass2020 [2008-08-29 23:33:06 +0000 UTC]
Featured here ... thanks for submitting such a great image!
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zedka [2008-06-09 13:31:07 +0000 UTC]
This one is a nice concentration of your style, it's both light and dark, and technically well made
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etc-etc-etc In reply to zedka [2008-06-10 03:36:18 +0000 UTC]
Thanks very much! And for the favourite
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violent-relapse [2006-09-20 17:05:13 +0000 UTC]
I can definitely see your feelings and emotions in this picture, and I as an outsider totally appreciate it. Good work
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MentalEclipse [2006-04-08 19:04:25 +0000 UTC]
WOW. This is really amazing. I think that you are really amazing.
Reading what you had to say there, just made this piece so much more.
I think i have a mild case of the same thing. Especially when i was younger, but I won't go into detail.
Just know I have been touched by this (maybe in a wierd way, but I think that's irrelevant).
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etc-etc-etc In reply to MentalEclipse [2006-04-09 00:44:34 +0000 UTC]
Wow.
Thank you so much!
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Celeserenity [2006-02-07 05:37:14 +0000 UTC]
That was an incredible read! The photo was captivating and drew itself out of the gallery, but the read was just fascinating! I love balance, and could probably have had OCD if it developed further. It's so incredible to see you putting it to such a great use! Your photos all, just as you say, possess a kind of balance! My only complaint is your border size is rather small for all of your shots.
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etc-etc-etc In reply to Celeserenity [2006-02-07 05:47:56 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for the comment
I'm at bit of a loss with the borders at the moment. Personally, I don't see them as 'borders' but rather a 'background'. As if the work is hanging on a white wall, and not a white frame sitting on top of it. I've made them bigger, but they start to look too big and 'bordery' for my liking.
I will find a solution one day! Thankyou for the critique.
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Celeserenity In reply to etc-etc-etc [2006-02-07 08:58:21 +0000 UTC]
Ahhh I understand what you mean! Yeah I'm only just getting into the borders myself and too small felt weird, but when you explain it like that, it makes really logical sense too! That's a hard decision!
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T774 [2005-11-02 10:09:49 +0000 UTC]
I can understand you. I was born with a skin problem and people are often scared of it because it looks quite bad and bloody sometimes, but it helps with separating the really important people in my life from the people who don't really care about me. My best friends don't have a problem with the way my hands look and my girlfriend loves me for who I am, not how I look.
I have the same problem with most of the poeple around me... They care a lot about stupid things and don't notice the subtle little things. I would love to live in a city without any people in it.
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Madzix [2005-10-14 14:16:03 +0000 UTC]
i love the way you play with art
how ingenious you are and how interesing your art is!
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etc-etc-etc In reply to Madzix [2005-10-16 11:00:33 +0000 UTC]
Hehe, well I wouldn't say ingenious
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gregoriousone [2005-09-07 01:51:48 +0000 UTC]
well that certainly explains your 'eye' for composition.
And i totally get what you say about seeing the shapes and lines in things. While i don't suffer from OCD I have always been fascinated by the shapes and lines that create things-- the inherent patterns in nature and manmade things. good composition consists of creating the right kind of balance- to create tension and to attract the eye to certain areas.
It's obvious you have a keen sense of observation by they way you compose your images. You are indeed a sum of your parts and changing just one of those parts changes the whole tapestry of who you are.
thanks for sharing the ramble, it's always nice to get a glimpse into the world of other deviants, it certainly helps me as the viewer to understand their art from a more personal level
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etc-etc-etc In reply to gregoriousone [2005-09-08 23:09:39 +0000 UTC]
Thanks so much for you comment Gregory
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pebaline [2005-09-05 10:43:41 +0000 UTC]
I love this photo, and the text you wrote as very separate, powerful pieces.
As for the picture I am very drawn to the colour red at the moment, and this, as all your gritty street stuff is very beautifully composed and seen.
And as for the text, I truly admire your strenght and especially bravery to share with all of us something that so many people are anxious and very embarrased to talk about (I work with people with OCD, among other mental health issues). It takes people like you to change the stigma, the taboos and the concept of shame and guilt around subjects like this. Thank you so much!
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etc-etc-etc In reply to pebaline [2005-09-08 23:11:17 +0000 UTC]
Glad you like it my friend!
And I am a real one for raw human interaction and honesty - so I love to share personal things.
Thanks very much for your comment
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Valyrei [2005-09-03 22:47:43 +0000 UTC]
This is excellent.
The colours; the red with the black and white stripes, and the hint of blue; it all really works well together.
You have an amazing way of making things seem brighter.
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Bull7 [2005-09-03 22:45:12 +0000 UTC]
I know what you mean, the "good" and the "bad" things in your life define who you are, and sometimes the bad things bring something good, yes illness sucks (believe me I know), people pretending to know what you feel it's anoying, and being judged for taking actually good decitions such as no drinking or smoking or doing drugs it's... , but at the end it is you who decide what to listen and what to dismiss, what to do and enjoy, and what to... shut down...
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etc-etc-etc In reply to Bull7 [2005-09-03 23:24:29 +0000 UTC]
Exactly!
Thanks very much for your comment
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ikhon [2005-09-03 11:21:44 +0000 UTC]
kinda drifting into the abstract in terms of how i see myself.
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Valyrei In reply to ikhon [2005-09-03 22:45:00 +0000 UTC]
sometimes
i think i can see right through myself
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Cafeestabien [2005-09-03 01:55:52 +0000 UTC]
excelent picture.
i read the whole text. increible story. keep on.
about the moral, i will not say that moral sucks, because we got moral. all of us, all the people, we cant scape of moral, we are moral creatures. good moral, bad moral (i hate those therms, i thinks its depends of the eye that each people see it) but moral at the end. moral is a warm gun.
and about the drugs and al that stuff. didnt you ever think that maybe the things that caused you an OCD, it could cause another person the became a drugadict, for example? you build your moral influenced with the society group that surround you, why happends if you didnt have the parameters that made you think that something is bad and something is good? what is bad and what is good? to whom?
well, moral its quiet a them.
saludos!.
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etc-etc-etc In reply to Cafeestabien [2005-09-03 02:23:27 +0000 UTC]
Hello, thanks for your comment and the favourite
Yes, I know that some peoples problems cause them to go that way - I'm not comdemning people who do drugs - just saying it's not for me.
Plus, you have to understand my perspective. I sit in classes at school surrounded by kids talking about how 'cool' it was that they got so smashed on the weekend. Then I have to see them crying regretting the things they've done.... and then talking about doing it all over again the next weekend.
I feel genuine sympathy for people that end up being alcoholics and doing drugs because of problems in their lives.... and can understand what enormous struggles they have. That's why I hate to see teenagers just jumping into this world, for pleasure.... and talking about how cool it is.
We do indeed build our morals based on our society - mind have sprung out of the large dislike of my society
Thanks for your comment
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Cafeestabien In reply to etc-etc-etc [2005-09-03 03:30:07 +0000 UTC]
ah, ok. i understand.
yes, that kind of drug consumer is really stupid, i mean that kind of teenager. do not blame the drugs for them stupidity. blame some drugs -partly- if they became addicts .i think that drugs are a delicated thing. i didnt think that that kind of people - the teenagers- jump into that world only because of pleasure. they just wannabe something, and a lot of another thing together. well grow up in this world isnt easy. and well, maybe you go to the wrong school too.
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FuriousLee [2005-09-02 17:33:22 +0000 UTC]
this is a powerful image taken by a powerful person. i feel it, its almost overwhelming yet controlled.
the sharpness in my opinion doesnt matter. you were there in that place at that time to pull the trigger.
thats what counts. you realised it when you saw it. and acted on your nature.
your a gift.
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etc-etc-etc In reply to FuriousLee [2005-09-03 01:11:11 +0000 UTC]
Thank you so much for such a wonderful comment Melvin !
The last line brought tears to my eyes. Thank you so much
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briefrespite [2005-09-02 12:20:51 +0000 UTC]
it made sense.and i adore your eye that finds all these amazing things.
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lukeroberts [2005-09-02 11:31:56 +0000 UTC]
that was quite a read. I've learnt to appreciate that in modern art, the image is not always the most important thing. But here, the photo is great. It's not perfectly sharp, but i think that can be tied in with the them of identity searching.
It's interesting to hear how you've developed your morals and so on. Being an introspective person myself, i suppose i developed them in a similar way. And for the record, i think you're more sure of yourself than anyone i've ever met
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etc-etc-etc In reply to lukeroberts [2005-09-03 01:05:16 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for your comment Ekul
And yes, I am damn sure of myself
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Mind-decay-reconnect [2005-09-02 09:18:52 +0000 UTC]
*cant believe she read all that and really doesnt know what to say*
And the picture is well enough honey.
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etc-etc-etc In reply to Mind-decay-reconnect [2005-09-02 09:20:15 +0000 UTC]
Congratulations to you on getting through it all aswell! Hehehe
Thanks for your comment love!
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DimensionSeven [2005-09-02 08:57:49 +0000 UTC]
Uhh. I'd have never expected to read a description as deep and personal as this. Thank you.
And you don't have to have OCD to have such a moral system. I hate those kind of people too. I've never felt comfortable among people like this. But that the fact that most people are like this, always made me feel an outsider.
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etc-etc-etc In reply to DimensionSeven [2005-09-02 09:18:00 +0000 UTC]
Oooo wow, you actually read it! Congratulations!
At least we're together in our outsiderness anyway
Thanks for your comment
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