Friday, June 01, 2007


Self Portrait Week
This week I am going to do a series on self-portaits.

Day 1: Entitled, Ashley#1.
aRTIST'S COMMENTARY:
tHIS IS A PORTAIT OF THY SELF...AS I GROW OLDER THE CONCEPT OF "KNOW THYSELF" HAS BECOME ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT AS I EMBARK ON LIFE-CHANGING DECISIONS. ONE THING I KNOW IS THAT i HAVE A "WIERD RELATIONSHIP WITH TIME" THIS SHOT IS A PROFILE SHOT OF THE GRANDFATHER CLOCK IN MY LIVING ROOM, AND ME OWN NOSE. aS YOU CAN SEE, MY ENTIRE FACE IS COVERING THE FACE OF THE CLOCK...LEAVING ONLY A FEW TELL-TALE signs THAT THERE IS IN FACT A CLOCK BEHIND ME, ONE BEING THE SUN-MOON cycle, AND THE OTHER, THE ORNATE "BUTTRESSES" THAT SEEM TO BE HOLDING UP THE 2-INCH LEDGE TO THE RIGHT OF THE FACE OF THE CLOCK...HMMM?!?! sO AS YOU CAN SEE i HAVE LITTLE RESPECT FOR GRANDFATHER CLOCKS (YOU CAN BUY AT COST-CO) AND TIME ITSELF. i AM MUCH MORE inclined TO BELIEVE IN THE ESSENCE OF TIME rather THAN TIME itself..... I will leave you with this quote: "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen all at once." -Einstein

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