Shh, be quiet you might piss somebody off
“Like me mother fucker you’ve been at it for too long”
lyrics: Scream – Avenged Sevenfold
Self portrait
no editing other than converting to black and white
this one requires a back story, in my opinion
As some of you may know, I’m well on my way to winning a life long battle with schizophrenia/severe psychosis/multiple personality disorder (i’m not 100% clear as to what they’re saying it is now. I don’t think they’re sure either). The side of me that the medication is preventing from coming out, is a very angry, violent, disturbing, dark person from what i’ve been told and have been shown. So when people see that I’m in that state, they get quiet and away from me so nothing harmful is provoked, hence why I chose the lyrics for the title, and put the makeup to look like my mouth was stitched shut. and if you look at the song, the song fits that too.
so it’s a type of self portrait I’ve been wanting to do for a while.
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Irish
Very powerful Chica!~
botticcelli
great composition!
Judith Oppenhe...
well done and point very well taken, i feel that way all the time
aglaia b
wow, love the crop and the viewpoint, and really love that stitching! ;-)
LizVengeance replied
thanks
it’s actually liquid eyeliner =P
Karl Denton
Nice work here, very nice work!
wolfllink
his is very cool and powerfull. Great work
dreckenschill
I like this a lot. It’s kinda strange that I know of a person that really had that done to them and I’m not kidding at all. I guess you do things like sew your mouth shut when your crazy haha. Thats probably only funny to me….......
LizVengeance replied
haha
nahh I thought it was funny too =P
HeatherTS
well damn…i will never be quite! but alas i have heard this and felt this so many times in the past few weeks i have to fav this!
LizVengeance replied
thank you .
JenniferB
nah… there’s always somebody somewhere who’s going to get pissed off… so unless you elect to be a ferking mute, you may as well just speak your mind… :-)
great image… I’m assuming that you didn’t really stitch up your mouth! I mean, that would be taking Art to the extreme wouldn’t it? :-)
LizVengeance replied
haha thanks
no I didn’t, it’s just eyeliner
Michelle Boyer
Great image
Mohammad Khaksar
well damn LIZ…WHAT A GREAT IDEA!
LizVengeance replied
thank you!!! .
ozlat
should of gone for real stiching… as an artist you can get away with it
Mindy McGregor
Powerful work!
Andrew Makowi...
Really disturbing, awesome
sami al-haj
fuck me, this is powerful.
LizVengeance replied
glad you think so! :D!!!
JamieLA
Awesome!.. Great song, powerful story.
LizVengeance replied
indeed :D
and thank you =]
Elissa Keogh [:
This is amazing,I love the meaning for the picture too :)
LizVengeance replied
thank you Elissa :D