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Day 35 of 365

I got this idea from some others similar in fashion and from Boheme333's Day 20 post. I didn't have any of the answers to her questions. One line in her post got the old creative gears rolling though. So this is a little visual response (and a fun little photo edit) to I am blind to the truth and I don't know how to open my eyes.

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The way this one turned out was better than I had expected. It's freaky, a bit disturbing and I love it.

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NW Sunshine says:

Cool! And a wee bit unsettling.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Elena777 says:

Creepy, but good creepy! Very creative! 365 Days
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

cdnsue says:

Love it!!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

GreeneLens says:

Great job! It almost looks natural...
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

got hope says:

This reminds me of the movie Pan's Labyrinth - a Spanish film out at the moment... if you see the film - you'll get what I mean...
interesting!
365 pool.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

dcmahon77 says:

Ha! Disturbing, but I like it!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

jeneyepher says:

Ok, that is going to give me bad dreams tonight
...
but job well done!

~365~
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Bel Vezer says:

Holy cow.
My eyes are going bonkers.
Freaky.
But very cool.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

ferrous says:

wow. nice job. :-)

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Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Cayusa says:

@everyone, thanks

@jeneyepher, hope you didn't have too many bad dreams!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

boheme says:

Haha! This is so cool...I love it!! And it kinda helps me put things into perspective too.......great idea!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

TXAlleKat says:

But what if I don't want to see through my hands? I want to hide from the world ;-)
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Cayusa says:

@boheme333, glad it helped :D

@TXAlleKat, hmmmm, well I think maybe I'll have to answer that tomorrow or the next day, at least my take on it ;-)

I would have done a response to that today, but all ready had today's worked out in my head.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

_Wide_Goose says:

creative job..thinking is unlimited!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Cayusa says:

In response to TXAlleKat's question..........the answer is here.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

lido_6006 says:

Wow. Awesome work!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Tiago Daniel says:

Nice work
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Penelope's Loom says:

love it!

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Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

jspad says:

That is some mighty fine photoshopping -- very cool photograph.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

GPN says:

Aaha, nice work.. Very interesting, though a little funny too.. Making this a fave..
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Behzad K says:

WOW how did u do this ??? is there a tutorial i can follow -- this is great :-)
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Cayusa says:

@Behzad K, while I don't know if there is a tutorial on this, here is a bit on how I did this one: Brief Instructions
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

The Photique says:

Awesomely Funny, Great Sense of humor
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

the melody censor says:

Eeeeeep!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

magnoliaz9 [deleted] says:

blinded by the light
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

crizzdog says:

AHHH! That's insane, great job.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Lunar_Eclipse says:

That is amazing, great edit, must've taken a lot of work, thanks for sharing.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Marc (alias willy whopper) says:

Cool, I have to remember this for our 2008 new year special picture session!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Cayusa says:

@lunar, actually, no, it really isn't all that tough. If you scroll up you'll see a response to Behzad K with a link to a brief description of the steps I took to get this and the other two similar shots in this series.

@Marc, what you special picture sessioin?

@everyone else who has commented, viewed, and favorited this shot, THANKS!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

<-Freda-> says:

yikes... made me stop and take notice
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike_tn says:

Good Idea! Nicely done too.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Aerdna Elocin says:

Jeeze... I kind of like that and kind of hate it. It's visually interesting and you're obviously skilled, but that whole concept is wrong on some very basic, primal level. Good job, regardless
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Cayusa says:

@Aerdna, what exactly do you find wrong with the concept. I'd say it falls well within the realm of surrealism and don't find it "wrong" on any basic, or complex, primal or advanced level.

the liberation of the human mind, and subsequent liberation of the individual and society, can be achieved by exercising the imaginative faculties of the "unconscious mind" to the attainment of a dream-like state different from, or ultimately "truer" than, everyday reality.

this more truthful reality can bring about personal, cultural, and social revolution

My image was a direct response, albeit in a very surrealistic way, to questions posed and a statement made (I am blind to the truth and I don't know how to open my eyes.) by another user. It's sole purpose is to be interpretted by the viewer. I have my own interpretation of what this image says and why, but that is my personal take on the image and I don't want to influence anyone elses interpretation of the image.

Who hasn't had a dream that they have awoken from thinking, "Wow, that was really strange?" On a very basic and primal level our subconsious delivers to us (and always has), in the form of dreams, strange connections and interpretations of thoughts that on a consious level might not have occured to us -- new ways to view our lives, our surroundings, or our beliefs.

How can something so "normal" to the functioning of the human mind, something so basic and common be wrong on any level?
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Ron and Nancy says:

I think that PONY tail is wrong on a basic, stylistic level. Get a haircut, hippy! :-P
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Marc (alias willy whopper) says:

Regarding "new year special picture session".

This is our 2007 version ;-)

www.flickr.com/photos/willywhopper/338581726
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

lido_6006 says:

@thecarney23: reading your proposal I can't help remembering a brilliant track by Hans Dieter Hüsch, a well known German comedian linking Nazi ideology and people telling others they should get a haircut - thirty years since, but I won't forget that ...
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Steffe says:

Nicely done. I've seen something like this on the attu sees all blog and was planning to do something like this. Great stuff!
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Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Cayusa says:

@steffe, What is the attu sees all blog?
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Steffe says:

forgot the link. Here it is:

www.attuworld.com/
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

teekathepony says:

So cool! I have to do this... Or at least try! I hope you don't mind =) I'll link back to you!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

fotomanni.de says:

A great work!
Bravo!
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

frasto says:

fantastic work !!
Please, post this in StrangeJob group.
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

sailboatescape says:

truly mindboggling.
really does remind me of pan's labyrinth.
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

taysonus says:

hey, that's a good idea, man !
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

saxamaphoto says:

You should really think about entering it into this contest www.worth1000.com/cache/contest/contestcache. asp?contest_...
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

pictureclub_2000 says:

Nice! Looks good. Brilliant trick.
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

davetatt2 says:

cool
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

Я £ - Leonardo Régnier says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Unusual Portraits and Body Parts (english / português), and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

elrentaplats says:

Good one!
I used your image to ilustrate a post on my blog about education, blogs and blind people! Thanks
www.blocdeblocs.net/2007/04/10/blogs-i-necesi dades-educat...
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

[robert joseph] says:

great work!
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

*_rob says:

Yikes!
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

Steve-h - away until Jan 31st says:

very very clever
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

changing_name says:

you have strange ideas - great :D
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

Jack_iii says:

Nice work dude !!!
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

weram says:

really cool
well done
!!!
great idea
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

KaStBa says:

great idea, and so well excecuted. Very impressed
Posted 29 months ago. ( permalink )

xalamay - Very Busy. says:

Hi, I'm an admin of a * NEW * group called Clever & Creative Captures , and this is just the type of photo we like!! We would love to have your photo added to the group. Post 10 pics per day * Tag it with "Clever&CreativeCaptures"
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

jepoirrier says:

Excellent photo manipulation! I really like it! :-)
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

Alain Thibodeau says:

Very cool!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

Mallory Leider says:

Sooo intense!!
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

fabienbarral says:

it is the main imagie of Nitin Sawhney, an english musician : www.myspace.com/nitinsawhney
Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )

hairstylistt says:

Great!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

scott_prestridge says:

Neat.
Posted 5 weeks ago. ( permalink )

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