This started off with a wish to do something for one of the Flickr groups, which I then decided against as I could not be bothered to go to the effort of photographing myself, but then when I saw what the target for the day was and decided I could do it with nothing more than the small pile of objects that end up like driftwood around my keyboard.
The aim was to take an image that was reminiscent of the 'no image' graphic used by Flickr for members who have yet to put up a thumbnail of themselves - or whatever.
My belief is that if you spend too much time looking for material, you are not focussing on the prime task, practicing avoidance, or you are doing it for someone else. The memory stick and press stud were there and were enough to produce the face like image on my hand, what more would one need?
I was not really serious about the image, I just happen to like some of the people in the group, including my younger brother. I almost only saved it as a jpeg image, but at the last minute saved it as a gimp file - which is lucky as the imagery I put in ended up being a lot more powerful on a personal level than I had expected.
People who fight a lot tend not to forget, perhaps because it gives further excuse for the excitement of further fights, whatever. The psoriasis is there, and I do remember what my hand was like before it came, and it is a big, visible part of my life.
I love the color, the expression, the rough and flakey nature of the skin, and even the position - although why I chose my right hand I do not know as it was harder to use my camera with my left hand.
Still, as I worked with the image, I worked my thoughts into it, trying to look for and show those things that I find important. In many ways it is rather like playing lucky dip with your mind, the actuality of playing with your thoughts bring on unexpected ones.
Pensive Trevor
11 years ago
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