Guest guest Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 >Velvet... Nope Charlotte it is!! Not too many of us around. I would love to see your work. If you can, please post some in the group, that would be wonderful. I think starting an area for some of the artsy things we do would be wonderful. I always wished I could paint. Like I am wanting to now start something in photography that grabs attention, but what I am wanting is something to show the beauty that is still there with having one breast, no breast, scared breast. I want to protray that a woman is still a woman and beautiful without her breast or with those scars. But yet of course tastefully done. Please post some of your work if you can, I think its wonderful you are so talented. hugs char Hi Char ~ and Char is Charmaine? no ~ yes? > Yes I do a number of arty things mostly commissions at the moment, everyone wants a dog portrait for the spouse's Christmas present but oil paint takes 6 months to dry so they get a quick glimpse in a cardboard box and it's back to me to await varnishing. > I admire your courage to photo yourself ~ that would be too real for me, have a bit of paint and a mirror and a bit of licence and that's quite enough for me. > > There is someone famous (wish I could remember who right now) ( a film star) who painted his wife with one breast and it's fabulous, infact I first saw it when I was in Miami back in 1995 I think?, this artist, whoever it is, had an exhibition at various galleries in USA, New York too. > The skin was basically underpainted in greens and blues with a faint skin tone applied on top. The figure was smiling yet out of this colouring there sprang a dramatic feeling of mixed emotions, the blues and greens giving the painting an almost ethereal/ negative aura yet the smile conflicting. Amazing! It said it all really! > > Take care. LOL Velvet x > > > > starshinespedestal wrote: > > Velvet > > Its nice to see such artsy people in here and I think it gives us > something to take our minds off things. You should do more to express > yourself. Funny thing, yesterday I decided to shoot some pictures of > myself and my breasts. I tied a pink ribbon around my long hair and > let it hang down between my breast and shot a few pics of my " battle > wounds " . I think though when looking at them afterwards I was shocked > at how I looked. I will probably do nothing with them, but I will > keep them as my reminder of the path I am now traveling. > > Char > > Hi , I am just being inquisitive now, are you doing this calendar > project as part of your job, part of a degree course or just as your > own project? > > > > I am sorry if I came across too businesslike but creating > something and marketing go hand in hand if you want to reach your > target audience. (I can be so Bossy ~ sorry) It comes from teaching > the whole package. > > > > I am arty too and painted myself with one breast ( when my > reconstruction had a hiccup, I was left with one for a few weeks) It > acted as a catharsis at the time but I found afterwards that it > haunted me so waste of canvas and oil paint and has been painted over > since, (I am an art and design teacher ~ amongst other subjects) > > > > Go for it , you sound so determined and good luck, take care, > Velvet (UK) > > > > > > > > picturesquefoto <picturesquefoto@> wrote: > > Velvet, > > You raise some good points. The reality is, I may not ever be able > to > > complete this project, but I'm not going to prevent me from trying. > I > > may combine some ideas that I already have with yours and a few > other > > people. > > > > Perspective is truly a personal thing to each and every one of us. > > How could I ever presume to capture those perspectives in photos? I > > can't, and I know that. However, and I hope this doesn't come across > > as an argument, I do think the terror and pain, and all those things > > you mentioned are important, not because we want to experience them, > > but because they are part of the reality. The artist in me, won't > > turn away from the goal, but the person in me is willing to look at > > all the posibilites. > > > > Something else you mentioned that I'd like to address: Sales. You > may > > not believe me, but to be quite honest, I had not even looked at > that > > aspect of this project. This is one of a few projects I have done > > that " its not about the money " . If I see that I'm going to be able > to > > complete the calendar, and I feel it is worthy of the cause, I have > > considered offering it to groups for fund raising, but as far as me > > marketing and profitting - not with this project. > > > > I hope this better explains MY perspective as I try to understand > > yours a little bit better. Thank you for your thoughts and sharing > > your feelings - it truly does help. > > > > > > > > > > > I'm probably not like anyone else in your group, but I > > would really > > > like to be here. Let me explain. > > > > > > I am a photgrapher, and I'm working on a project - I'm building a > > > calendar (hopefully for 2008) for Breast Cancer Awareness. Since > it's > > > a calendar, I obviously need 12 images for it. That's not > important. > > > What is important is that I want to show a different perspective. > I > > > look anywhere for facts and figures, or medical information, or > any > > > kind of specifics like that. That is not my focus. > > > > > > I want to learn about the emotions of people dealing with Breast > > > Cancer. What do they think, how do they feel, what goes through > their > > > minds from the first moment of " I may have a problem " to " seeing > the > > > doctor " , being told " You have a spot " . I think you get the idea. I > > > am only guessing here, but I think I could capture the range of > > > emotions in 12 stages. > > > > > > I have not had to deal with this disease personally, so I have > > > absolutely no first hand knowledge of what you experience. I hope > > > that I can learn enough from you folks to get a tiny little clue > of > > > what you feel and translate that into photos. I wish to honor > those > > > that have suffered through this - both the ones that have > survived and > > > the ones that haven't. > > > > > > I am like an empty sponge, please, fill me up with your feelings > and > > > experience. Thank you for your help. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends > > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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