August 20, 2012

my ugly face.....


this little guy jumped into my arms, whispering, "take me home with you" while i walked through an art show, back in june. it was love at first sight.
it wasn't until i brought him home, that i truly realized i have a thing for faces. or heads. 
they are all around me. they are in sculptures, on vases, on prints, on boxes, on bags and all over my studio with my collection of vintage doll heads.
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then there's the fact that i would rather photograph a face than anything else. strong arm me and tell me i can never again photograph food or trees or flowers or old books or flea markets or basically any kind of still life and i'll say, "okay," but tell me i can never again photograph people and i'd painfully set my camera aside and curl up in a ball and literally be out of commission for months.
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i'm not sure why this poem and the photo of my little ugly guy {that i've had since he came home} found their way here today, together, but they did and sometimes you just have to go with your gut.
or was that me following my head? snort.
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20 comments:

  1. Love your little ugly guy Beth!

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  2. OMG. I feel this same way. Not about photographing faces, but Thom Yorke's quote. I want to be left alone. But then again, I want to be noticed. Or maybe it's just a need for validation. I love it here at your place. I love your face - this face. It's not me, totally not me. But it's you. And it's what I like about you.

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  3. He's a great little guy -- what a face! I'm just the opposite of you, though -- I never take pictures of people! Don't know why, it just doesn't feel like something I was meant to do.

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  4. I love that the head jumped in your arms and told you take him home...and that you did!! That quote makes me smile...goes beautifully with the way those eyes are positioned! :)

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  5. It's funny how that plays itself out. Things speaking to people! Is it just another side of ones personality that connects with items that seemingly grab our attention. Personally, I think its magic.

    Congrats on your latest acquisition.

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  6. Love the quote and your remarkable find!

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  7. That Thom Yorke quote is perfect for your art piece. It almost resembles him in an abstract way. See, I'm the opposite of you: if someone told me I couldn't take nature photos ever again I would be so depressed. I want to photograph people, but I just can't. Not my thang, I guess!

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  8. for a second I got scared that this little guy "literally" jumped into your arms... then I realize it was figure of speech *sigh in relief*

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  9. I love photographing faces too... especially capturing an unposed moment, not directly full on.


    HOWEVER, forgive me for this...but I have always been creeped out big time by dolls, doll heads??.. doll faces! Did you say you had a collection of doll heads?... ACK!... I could not close my eyes at night if I were to try to sleep in the same house, no kidding. It's a silly thing, but it's been with me all my life.

    Not to put a damper on your wonderful find :-)


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  10. Ok.... Seriously how I've been feeling lately; been a little blue and withdrawn but needing people to check in on me: push me/pull me :)

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  11. OK...that doll is not ugly! But I know what you mean about wanting to be alone, but noticed. Anyway, I feel about photographing food like you do about faces! Happy Monday...now almost Tuesday. :)

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  12. I confess he kind of creeps me out, but I blame that on an old Night Gallery episode about dolls. He's totally interesting, though, and I love the quote!

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  13. Very evocative little guy. The childish hat makes me want to "take care of him."

    Perhaps that's what "he said to you," when you knew you had to take him home with you? :-)

    The poem is so true, at times also. Betcha' it is for many of us, whether we admit it or not. .-)

    Gentle hugs,
    "Auntie"

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  14. i am sure i would have a lot of things like that if i had more space .. right now i have uncluttered a lot but then you show me things like that and i am itchin' to go to the Flea or a street fair and find one of my own.

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  15. I love this quote...its so me..I'd even get it tatto'd on my body...but somewhere only I could see it :-)

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  16. Now that is certainly some head. I immediately wondered what he was saying to you. Love your heads of all kinds and shapes.

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  17. Love your little ugly who is really kind of cute!!! I have a thing for faces myself. The show up often often in my art. Maybe it comes from being an extrovert who gets energy from my time with people? Don't know but that is how u am.
    Love how you celebrate the face!
    Hugs, beautiful!

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  18. There's definitely something unique about this little guy. Glad he found a good home!

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  19. Oh, I do love that quirky little face. Tell me you chance his hat with the seasons.

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**I love reading the comments you leave, as they make me feel like we're sitting in my kitchen, having a cup of tea, discussing life and wondering where all the time has gone ...beth