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Alicia


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Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Lensbaby 2.0
Date: Aug 4, 2010
Aperture: inf
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/25
Galleries: Black and White, Children
Date Uploaded: Aug 4, 2010

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Comments: 10
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 Nothing like art to work through some issues.

Here we have Baby with two sets of hands. My mother has lost most of her eyesight due to macular degeneration. In the last year, her eyes have deteriorated significantly. A life-long professional pianist, she had to quit playing and give up all her income producing activities. She had to sell her beloved piano. She had to give up her car. She had to move out of her house. It's been incredibly challenging for her, and because we're close, for me as well.

I didn't set out to express some of this emotional distress and turmoil in photos with dolls, but it appears that that is what is coming out of me as I create these images.

Not to say that I've lost my sense of humor, which I hope also comes out in some of the photos. ;o)

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 08/08/2010 09:03:21 AM
And an extra set of helping hands, yours. Lovely, disturbing, and I so get it. I went through the same with my grandmother. She was legally blind for the last 4 years of her life. The lose of "home" is the worst part.
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 08/07/2010 09:13:43 PM
definitely strange, but strange usually has a story behind it, as this does. A+
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 08/07/2010 04:30:08 PM
Thank you for sharing the picture and the story. It is rather quirky - and I love it - the quirkier the better in my opinion.

Art is the best therapy I think - you can express and feel through the process of creating and then look back at the finished piece and see how strong you really are and how much you've grown as a result of the struggle.
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 08/07/2010 03:12:19 PM
My grandmother had macular degeneration as well and she struggled with how much it took away from her. She eventually passed from cancer, but the loss of vision took away her freedom.
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 08/07/2010 11:51:51 AM
My sympathies for you and your mom. But your working through it is producing spectacular imagery. Weird, but spectacular. This whole series is brilliant.
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 08/07/2010 11:21:21 AM
Amazing on every level. Humbling stuff.
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 08/07/2010 10:59:18 AM
This is good on so many levels.
thank you for this one.
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 08/07/2010 10:16:15 AM
Bizarre but I like it ! The gauze is lovely-
I feel great sympathy for you & your Mom- not fair - sucks - it's a good way to express what you're feeling , Alicia...keep doing it (and yes your devine humor shows as well )
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 08/07/2010 10:01:50 AM
Alicia, I know a good shrink, if you want me to take you there LOL
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 08/07/2010 10:01:17 AM
HA! This series is a hoot. I love the netting. Maybe a baby bride? LOL FUN FUN FUN!!!
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