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montroytana — Self: childhoods end
Published: 2010-01-09 04:47:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 2911; Favourites: 78; Downloads: 0
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a second photo manip self portraitim just barely 17 in this photo in a bed i no longer have in a room thats no longer mine in a house we no longer own
i hated this photo for years
i hope to claim it with this version
my mom climbed a ladder to take it
shes dedicated to her art that way
some of you know i was very sick for a couple years
this was the start of it
thats behind me now
i thought i might tell you more but im not ready to yet
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this work makes me feel like you were out of hope during this time; maybe alone. i hope not. i dont want to presume to know what you've gone through and/or are maybe going through, but i think we have similar stories. please forgive me if that sounded presumptuous.
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im glad you think so
it was hard to share
but easier once i had
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I'm sure it took a lot to muster the strength to do so.
I've been in similar shoes my self once or twice.
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Powerful. Superb. Speechless. I want to get to know you more.
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I exceptionally love the descriptiveness of the photo. Your mother is talented in I'm sure many ways.
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This is Beautiful, in every aspect. Your style is so...refreshing, yet classical? I just LOVE it. I can only aspire to be as talented as you one day.
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this is so amazing I'm glad you chose to share this piece with us
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thank you wil
ive finally gotten to the point where i dont want to delete it
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This is an incredibly powerful image. It seems you are brave to post it, and for that I respect and thank you.
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I like this, even though it seems to have brought you some memories that are not that great. Otherwise this is a great shot, and you treated it well with your manipulation!
Btw, you were just as hott lookin in this photo as any other guy of that age! 
Thanks for sharing the photo, and the background story!
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You are very welcome!
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i get a sense of despair, as someone waiting for the end, but is actually at peace with it. i've done what i could, i'm proud of it, and if the world doesn't like it then no matter, i do/did. the illness has taken over but there is always what comes next.
congrats 
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thanks evan
cant say i was at peace with it when the photo was taken but im at peace with it now so maybe that shows through
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well that's what i got out of it, so maybe it does with your effect.
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In a word: powerful. Absolutely. Powerful.
Congratulations on this, Troy. I hope you're very proud of yourself. Way to reclaim this photo.
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Glad to hear you are better, or at least getting better
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I just love this technique you've been using. It's so cool.
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i really love the strokes in this one. it adds a sorta powerful energy and tension to the piece. great job! such personal pieces can always be difficult to share, but thanks for sharing... it's a really good one!
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this piece is stunning. it makes me happy to see you've posted this and actually started coming to terms with things. thanks for sharing this piece.
ian
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Hey you, I was out of town. It's great to see you
Loves,
-Kody
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the other one feels a little angry to me this one feels more hopeless
but thats just me
you are allowed to see what every you see in it
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Thanks, I really like your recent work more and more. It seems you have been waging a personal war with the recent work. I like where its going.
-Kody
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Why does it seem there is something poking up under the sheet.
And with your mother there too.
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you need to clean your eyes they seem to be dirty
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ME!? my eyes dirty? Looking at YOU?
NO WAY.
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it seems that as you evolve and grow your art grows more impressionistic and less about the making a...a piece...
and the less you can see in your photographs, the more your photographs reveal, the more emotion i feel...and your dark arm, in the picture...
i think i like this..because it doesn't feel as if you cared, if anyone liked it.
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i care
but thats not why i do it
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exactly.
i run into a lot of people on Da, whose accounts ooze "i am so good, and i do it just to be an artist."
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I'm proud of you Troy 
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my mom is awesome in a momly sort of way
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I know just what you mean.
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