I Want You To Notice When I'm Not Around
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terugvanver
strange frame.. kinda earie.. makes impact
Laurie Search replied
I’m so glad you feel it makes an impact….that’s what I shoot for, so thank you very, very much!!!!!
Erika .
oooh this gives me shivers….definitely makes an impact.
Laurie Search replied
Thank you so much, erika!!! I can’t ask for more than making some kind of impact!!! :)
H M Bascom
This is an eerie shot. I like it.
Laurie Search replied
Thank you so much, H M!!!!! I’m so glad you like it!!! :)
artisandelimage
I already do (notice), no needs to be scary !!! lol
powerful and haunting sight !
my best, francis.
Laurie Search replied
Well, I’m so glad you notice, lol…..so sorry for scaring you!!!! :) Thank you very, very much, francis!!!! :)
CLiPiCs
I noticed OK
now can we have Sweet Laurie back please :-)
Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss
Laurie Search replied
LOL….OK, I’ll see what I can do to bring her back….:) Thank you, Kriss!!! :)
BettinaSchwarz
holy cow!! ... we each got a dark side, I know that … but krikey – this is a side I’d prefer not to meet !!!
Laurie Search replied
LOL….you’re making me laugh….:) Yep…sometimes that dark side takes over…..Thank you so much for your great comment!!! :)
UnEasy
Oh, not much chance of this image going unnoticed. Totally Noir!!! Unsettling, yet mesmerizing.
Laurie Search replied
Thank you very, very much, UnEasy…that is a fantastic compliment!! :)
Joerg Schlagheck
It’s a little on the spooky side, but fantastic expression! Did you shoot this in a graveyard?
Laurie Search replied
Thank you, Joerg!!! No…I actually took the picture of me in my backyard….the background here is a picture I took in San Francisco on a very misty, foggy day…and I also added a shadowy figure in the back there, which was from another image I took…:) Hope I didn’t scare you too much!! :)
♥Trena Sheffi...
Fabulous SP:)))))))))))))XOXOX
Laurie Search replied
Thank you so much, Lilbits!!!! I really appreciate your kindness!!! :)
dogfish
love it, very intense mood thoughts!
bravo!
Laurie Search replied
Thank you very, very much!!!! I truly appreciate it!!! :)
Wayne Cook
You are able to adapt many moods to your work….I looked at a few pages of you images….haunting….Great work!
Laurie Search replied
Thank you for this really wonderful compliment. It means a lot. :)
April Mansilla
I really like the darkness of this!
Laurie Search replied
Thank you so much, April!!!!! :)
Paul Vanzella
superb mood laurie, you look amazing here!!!
Laurie Search replied
Thank you so very much, Paul!!! I really appreciate that!!! :)
DaveReed
Superb capture !!! . . . . this has such an errie n compelling feel . . . i just stared at it for ages lol . . . brilliant :)
Laurie Search replied
LOL, what a great compliment!!! Thank you very, very much!!! :)
Michael McCasland
Very haunting and lonely. Just wonderful work; there is so much emotion in this composition.
Laurie Search replied
Thank you so much, Michael…I’m so glad you felt the emotion. I couldn’t ask for more!! :)
Mudsoldat
what a beautiful woman…. everything about her… no secrets left in her… pure blood!! i love her LS. peace MS
Laurie Search replied
Oh, thank you so much for the wonderful compliment, MS!!!! :)
clickinhistory
this could be a still out of the series Medium, love the darkness in this
Laurie Search replied
Thank you so much for your wonderful comments, clickinhistory!!! I truly appreciate them!!! :)
Laurie Lou McKern
ghostly eyes and great cropping make this a strong and haunting image
Laurie Search replied
Thank you so much, Laurie, for the wonderful compliment!! :)
ViktoryiaN
Very moody! Great work!
Laurie Search replied
Thank you very, very much for the kind words!! :)
Graham Povey
I like your introspective work Laurie…......it has integrity….most important in life as in art!...Thanks.
Laurie Search replied
Thank you so much, Graham….This introspective work is like therapy for me, I think, lol….:) I truly appreciate your kind words. :)
Graham Povey
Your sensitivity is testimony to your concious awareness when surrounded by people going all out to subdue their own…....drink, drugs, noise, perhaps over indulgency in a personality ethic, rather than a character based one….Appeasing the ego?..... You say “therapy”....... I say, is not creativity an act of healing in itself?
Is not art a manifestation of truth?.....And truth, no matter how painful it can sometimes be, is necessary before real healing can begin…....In that sense all art is therapy!....(My own art has come to take priority since a recent bout of stress and depression, and my ex partner can be quoted as stating in her profile; “My art keeps me sane”) There has often been a hairs breadth between insanity and artistic genius hey!......Not that I’m suggesting you’re crazy Laurie!......but definitely very talented.
Laurie Search replied
Hello Graham….yes, definitely, I do believe that all art is, or can be, therapy….For me, doing any kind of photography is therapeutic, but doing the self portraits is even more so…..I think it might have something to do with my lifelong feelings of nobody truly understanding me…..I just have this need to try to show myself…I’m so sorry about your difficult times, but I’m also so glad that you have your art to help you through them…In the past three years, with many big changes and trials in my life, I’ve felt like photography has really kept me sane, too. Or….hmmm….maybe halfway sane…:) Thank you so very much for your extremely kind words!!!!! :)
Graham Povey
I empathise totally with not being understood Laurie!.......It can be extremely painful when it happens with the ones you love and put your trust and belief in….But we are who we are regardless, and we should seek no ones approval, nor do we need to justify ourselves to anyone but ourselves!.......Life is for living and experiencing, and it’s an ultimately very singular and personal journey I feel.
Laurie Search replied
Unfortunately, I have yet to come to the point where I don’t seek the approval of others, lol….In fact, I seem to desperately need it….It’s something I still am working on. :)
Graham Povey
Just as an amusing aside, I was once told by a Massai warrior in Kenya, after I had parachuted into the Don Don Mountains, that I was “Touched by God”....... The Arabs say if you are ‘touched by Allah’, you are mad…...but also blessed!
Laurie Search replied
LOL, thank you for sharing this….very interesting…:)
Graham Povey
You will get there Laurie…it takes time…..but you’re a true ‘Warrior of light’ as Paulo Coelho calls those of us who are searching for truth in life…......I am into my own Autumn now, yet am still learning….... until very recently, I also was very much an approval seeker!......
Laurie Search replied
Thank you so much for these words, Graham. :)