Bring the candle to the flame
Sometimes it is best to work from back to front.
This year’s birthday came and went. I was never there.
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JonGriffin
I find this completely mesmerizing LR…....is it anguish? depression?
a glimpse of years that go by marked by dates? it’s fantastic….I found myself looking at this forever, then going back to it over again. nice.
laurenrabbit replied
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aglaia b
happy birthday gorgeous, another year goes by.
i love the clenched fist. and i must say you have the nicest cakes. hehe
the candles are positioned perfectly here.
;-) xox ♥
laurenrabbit replied
It’s always the same cake. I bought that cake at the Safeway in 2006 and keep it in the freezer, taking it out once a year for an hour or two.
micklyn
so cool, such rich detail, such a sense of mood and (sad) occasion… ( :
Graham Farquhar
This is definitely a beautifully enigmatic picture… I reall love it
woof
happy birthday!!!! my birthday came and went a week ago and here i sit for it will come and go
whether i’m here or not. :)
Heather Hartkamp
Happy Birthday Lauren!
Melanie Dooley
Mmmmmmm…fossilised cake. Yummy!
laurenrabbit replied
A little obsessiveness photographs nicely.
:)
Mel Brackstone
I understand perfectly about not being there for birthdays. Amazing image, so much to read into it!
Mel Brackstone
I understand perfectly about not being there for birthdays. Amazing image, so much to read into it!
DragonFlyer
What is it you are holding on to so hard in that fist, I wonder?
Now that I’ve finally seen your images in real life, I feel like I can appreciate much better on the comuter screen what this is REALLY like…
K x
laurenrabbit replied
The hand, in this case, was empty.
deepbluwater
brilliant image… I love the clenched fist and the tilt of the head.
yes, sometimes we are there and sometimes the birthdays just
race by on their own…
aglaia b
hahaha, a frozen cake for a prop. once a year, that’s brilliant! ;-) xox
Gerijuliaj
Beautiful image Lauren..but such a sad refrain. I relate so much to how you feel as my daughter Lauren also celebrated her birthday recently thousands of kms away and due to her physical and mental problems felt the same, even though a few people did turn up, she was still so alone…I do hope your next birthday is not so lonely…Happy Birthday Lauren…
laurenrabbit replied
Not so sad. Things are what they are and I have been in alone in these rooms for years now. Happy birthday to your daughter.
Juilee Pryor
happy happy days gorgeous girl…. love the frozen cake… that is just so cool…. no pun intended….. I get my print sometime next week and I can’t wait…. think about you often and wish we had more time…. all that lovely libran energy….. hugs honey….. :)
laurenrabbit replied
Back at ‘ya.
Noel Elliot
love this Lauren
laurenrabbit replied
:)
jacqleen
oooooooh…so you and I had the same kind of a BIRTHDAY this year :))) LOL….
I still LOVE your image here….at least YOU have this…..I don’t even have this to remember the missing B~DAY LOLOL….Love your work hun :)
laurenrabbit replied
Thank you.
Paul Vanzella
your work impresses the hell out of me!
laurenrabbit replied
I’m flattered, thank you.
izzybeth
exactly how I felt on my birthday
laurenrabbit replied
It does happen.
DaRkSiLeNcE 25 days ago
wow… your images are stunning… love the darkness, the background… the kind of antique feel to it… awesome!!