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Tuesday
Feb122008

blue.2 {self-portrait challenge}

blue 2


blue is (also), to me,
safety (inconsistent)
truth (truth)
warmth (distance)
clarity (aloof)
freedom (isolating)
coolness (wide)
creativity (muggy)
connection (puzzling)
music (quiet)
hope (cyclical)
blue is, to me,
home

blue.1 here
other interpretations of blue here

Reader Comments (19)

ahhhhh...
how i love parenthesis!
(seriously, i do)
i think in parenthesis and
ellispses....

i love this...
and the intimacy of the photo...
you are brilliant.

February 12, 2008 | Unregistered Commentergkgirl

this is wonderful, liz... and it says so, so much.
(like the lovely gkgirl, i'm a bracket fan myself too)
Vx

February 12, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterVanessa

amazing...in every way.xoxo

February 12, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterceanandjen

all of you....yummie-ness! xx

February 12, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterpERiWinKle

me too...

February 12, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterkelly

stunning.

February 12, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterkristen

this is incredibly powerful and full of depth and beautiful, yes most definitely beautiful too ...

and i also love parenthesis ... xo

February 12, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterdaisies

Blue...for me...is calming, life, and reminds me of my baby boy. Blues has always been my favorite color. It is clearer to me now why that has always been so.

February 12, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterLisa

i love this liz...and the pic of you...so very raw and human and therefore something i could really connect to...

beautiful, Liz.
(p)(a)(r)(e)(n)(t)(h)(e)(s)(e)(s)
(r)(o)(c)(k) (!)
:)

February 12, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterkalurah

Lovely and simple and perfect. I can imagine this in a painting, surrounded by blue swirls, hanging in an artist's studio space!

February 13, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterBethany

wow, this is stunning..
you are stunning...

fantastic

February 13, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMegan

fantastic photo! it conveys so much emotion.

-ruby

February 13, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterruby

Though there's no blue in your photograph, I can feel its coolness and contradictions.

Thanks for your recent comment on my blog! I've missed you--

February 13, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterPatry Francis

i just love this.. your photo and your words. :)

February 14, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterluzie

Beautiful...

:-)

February 14, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterPixieDust

soooooooo perfect. As always your writing moves my heart.

February 15, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterColorsonmymind

GORGEOUS picture Liz!! I love what you've written here, how these few words are so full, how they say so very much.

Perfect.

February 15, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterFrankie

gorgeous capture. i love the emotion in this.

February 16, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterplatinum blonde

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