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Published: 2005-05-20 02:15:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 1630; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 271
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don't let the wind blow away your mask dear..........
mary
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this image is all about the tension for me - the raincoat/umbrella against the gorgeous sunny day; the plastic person in the natural setting;
to say anything more will just ruin it for me - so i'll stop now
thanks to those of you that "get it"
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Wow... I really love the meaning behind this! 
Sorry I haven't really been commenting on your work lately... I've just been really busy with things and lately I have less and less time for the internet. But I hope all is well with you and your family! 
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So many protective layers in this shot
I understand that and I have to ask if you feel at all vulnerable posting these? I know I start to.
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I am very vulnerable posting any older images that are just for me. It seems like if I've posted some from teh same shoot previously- people ASSUMe they've "seen" the photo and don't even bother to really look at it. Either way - yeah - but I'm truly to the point of doing my work and structuring this gallery to be 100% for me and no one else.
Hey - I did POWER YOGA today - 3 days last week and my goal is to do it daily now. 
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Brian Kest 
I'm so proud of you it's time you spun the events to suit you instead of coming in on the short end all the time. This is the Mary I like, the one that takes control of her life
I'm looking forward to seeing more
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I like him even better with short hair but in this video he's got super long curly hair
It does feel great to be where I want b/c again - if I love it I stick to it. Like I've never had a problem keeping up with my weekly weight work outs or my yoga ball ab workouts - b/c I enjoy them. 
I find that the yoga also comes from such a loving place - that it bleeds into how I deal with food in a more positive way and well, just everything.
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there is some very true about that, wearin' masks, each and every one of us ...
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i get it.
it kind of reminds me of hiking through the beautiful wilderness to find an old styrofoam cup or candy wrapper on the ground.
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Extremly odd, but I get it. Feeling out of place recently?
P.
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the setting and dualty (sp?) are just great...
(you've also done a good job on the framing as well)
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Very creative and symbolic...especially for women...we try to hide our true Selves behind a mask...men do, also, but in a different way.
I like the contrasting tones and the lighting, adding drama to this beautiful capture of expression.
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This reminds me of some of the horror movies that I used to watch in the 80s. They were frighteningly complex and so is this.
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But isn't this quasi a resubmition?
Same shot, different concept now. You've changed.
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No- I never submitted this picture.
and how have I changed?
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THat's why i said you "almost" submitted it. I meant it was from an older shoot.
You've changed because you're using photos from the same shoot but now it rings a different bell for you, you want to express slightly different things.
At the time it was critic towards society of plastic and shallow beauty,; now it expresses your own feeling of tesnion and duality. Ambivalence.
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so, did i remotely get you this time? :shy:
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This is absolutely amazing. I feel like the word tension hardly grabs it... I mean the background and the foreground look like they might just rip apart. An amazing concept - as usual
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I definitely "get it" - I think a better way to describe it is to say that I "feel it" - it's very powerful. And of course, well composed and you colours are beautiful!
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That mask really repulses me...it always has; but that doesn't mean I do not like the image. I think the colours are really nice in the scenery, and the concept is clever....yet I think I would like it a little better if the umbrella was only the wire skeleton without the plastic..Sort of like the subject is to preoccupied with protecting herself from the ideas and opinions of society to even realize that her protection from the elements is useless...even harmful. I do feel the tension that you speek of, my interpretation comes from seeing the image as a thumbnail first, and thinking the umbrella wasn't functional.
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that is a wonderful idea about the umbrella - i wish i'd thought of it beforehand
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she seems to be trying to hide...
maybe she thinks of herself as not being enough for the rest of the world
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Wonderful shot Mary, it repeats what you said so well.
Quite inspiring.
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The title definitely suits the feeling I get from this as well. Great concept photo.
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Eek, definately gives off the feeling of tension.
I really like this. Well done.
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Wonderful..concept and image. Very imaginative..I like how she's holding her mask on, as if she's afraid of letting it reveal what's behind it..Nice job
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