As soon as I woke up the Critic started in my ear. What was I thinking? This is unoriginal and silly. How many projects are crushed before they even start because of the Critic? It would be so easy to stop posting, roll up into a ball, and protect myself so that my pride isn't hurt. But as artists we have to put ourselves out there. It would be easy enough to make one photograph a day and not show it to anyone, but then what value does the image have. One component of art is to communicate... and the photograph can't do that as an inaccessible file on my hard drive.A year ago I worked on some composite portraits of my daughter. The series was called "Gemini" after her astrological sign and often Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde personality. For months I have wanted to return to this series of composites. This image created today is inspired by my "Gemini" series and Duane Michals' "Self Portrait as I Were Dead". I am disappointed in how the photo manipulation on the left hand figure is rendered so subtle on this site. In print the figure is reminiscent of a body ready for burial - the skin smooth, painted, and translucent.
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