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Published: 2009-08-21 22:54:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 432; Favourites: 8; Downloads: 15
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This was a spur-of-the-moment drawing that i did because i was feeling very, very upset T___Tso i channeled my aggrevation and upsettedness into this deviation. i feel better for now ^^
. . .for NOW. auuuuuuggghh.
maybe working on comics would've been better for venting. . .
>___>;
(ah. but there is so much to interpret here! so many little symbolic things i placed in here--for those who care to maybe guess what some of those are! (do it! just humor me, please?))
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I truly love this piece. I can see the pain portrayed. The coloring is great and the composition is wonderful. The surrounding boxes are a nice touch. Looking at this piece, I am reminded that "Relapse" has more to do than just drugs/alcohol, and that a truer definition is "returning to something one attempted to give up."
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In addition, the framed pixelized image formed around your person could symbolize being trapped in a simpler form and having to withhold certain details and emotions, and the overlapping original image with torn clothes could be the aftermath and attempts of trying to break free. >.<;
Hmm, the hand placement could have been elsewhere then the left side (heart) For example, when one is holding back tears/breath, there is a sharp pain in the pit of the neck. The previous comment of forced constraint is also likely.
well, there's my diagnostics, probably a quite a bit off.
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i wouldn't say it's "off" because everyone has different interpretations of things 
hehe. actually (i'll be honest) the "framed pixelized image" was a mistake >___>; i hadn't intended it, and i tried to get rid of it after i realized it was there. . .but i left it because it added something to the pic and -could possibly symbolize SOMETHING, who knows.- 
your participation was greatly appreciated
it's a little odd though that no one mentioned the dark blue gradient at the bottom. . .(it's one of the few things i had an actual reason for. heh.)
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awe maybe another time, when my analyzation skills have improved 
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the thing that came to my mind was "being pulled back -down- into darkness" /
"obscuring clarity (the white)"
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Heh, why not actually.
I'll guess a stranger's feelings.
Right then.
First look: Torn clothes, wind blowing from background direction, hands clenched in tight fists on chest. Not immediately obvious whether right or left side of chest. Whole body rigid, anguished expression, tears.
Analysis: Really strong emotion, obviously. Definitely a negative emotion, on basis of facial expression and tears. Heartbreak unlikely, since although hands are clasped on chest, they aren't very obviously on the heart's side. Ragged clothes are probably a symbol of having endured hard times in the past. Hands being clenched may mean inability to do anything, or forced restraint.
Artist's comments refer to "aggrevation and upsettedness [sic]". Upset can mean too many things to be sure, but aggravation points to anger.
So: I'd say you're tormenting yourself with something that's happened, probably pretty recently. You'd want to change things but can't.
How close?
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*w* ooooh! though torment may be a tad strong a word. . .i say that's pretty accurate
and hey, you nailed the part about the hands being clenched--it's sorta BOTH inability to fix things and a forced restraint.
i think the side of the chest the hands were on was a little more obvious before i gave her hair
though i'll admit, the problem did stem from heartbreak. . .but i didn't want the hands directly over the heart, because -the title being what it is- i wanted a broader audience with a broader interpretation (for lack of a better term) instead of just specifically "heartbreak"
i wonder if that makes sense?
thank you so much though for your comment--it's hugely appreciated (because all other times i've asked--no one ever did
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Yey for logic. Slightly altering symbolics to cater for a larger audience makes sense to me.
I think people are too predictable. People should act on first thoughts a little more often and the world would be a better place. I think it's the internet actually. Here, everything we do is recorded in some way, so we can't "afford" to make mistakes. To make as few mistakes as possible, we think too hard about things.
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i myself tend to over-analyze everything
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Reminds me of Aristotle's Doctrine of the Mean.
Quote from the English translation: "And so we may say generally that a master in any art avoids what is too much and what is too little, and seeks for the mean and chooses it — not the absolute but the relative mean."
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