reverb10 ~ Prompt 5: Letting Go

Let Go.
What (or whom) did you let go of this year? Why?
(Prompt Author: Alice Bradley)

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Ok, this is starting to feel like therapy. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but I’m already in therapy once a week and it’s hard work and even though I also want to dig deep to reflect and reverb, I also want to enjoy it. So at first I was resistant. But then I let go (see what I did there) and gave in to my need for play…



~ Letting go,
my "enigmatic" semi-blind contour self-portrait,
(Pen, ink & picnik)

Upon further reflection, this ended up being a rather joyful exercise. In addition to making the above drawing, I also made a list of things I’d let go of, things I no longer needed. Because they’d been weighing me down. But I don’t want to share the list. Except for one item. One thing I let go of this year, even if means having to let go of it every day, several times a day. The notion that I cannot…

The Gallery: Self-Portrait

I've just discovered The Gallery via this blog.  There's a new theme every Wednesday and this week's theme is self-portrait. 

Like many people, I don't like looking at photos of myself or having my picture taken and I especially shy away from posting photos of myself on my blog.  As if I'm afraid that people will know who I really am or see my face and immediately identify me as some sort of imposter.  If you're a regular reader you'll know that I rarely feature in any of the photos posted here.  But, I was inspired by the idea of taking self-portraits so our children can look back and see who we were.  When I look at photos from my childhood, I'm always sad that there are so few of my parents in comparison to the ones of my brother and I, and especially of my father, who was always behind the camera.

So, this is for you Jake.  Here's the face you know so well, just as I am, today.  No pretty-fying and not even with my hair brushed.  Is this how you'll remember me when you're older?

Self-portraits

The top two are blind contour, the second has colour added later courtesy of oil pastels.