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I drew this today in oil pastels and it really bothered me for a while. It started when sitting through an art history lecture earlier this morning. The only thought that passed through my head while looking at early photography was 'all of those people are dead now'; from there I started to think of my own mortality which was unusually jarring for some reason... I drew this and just stared at it; it really horrified me. The thought that we'll all look like that some day... Quite a sobering experience.

full view is recommended on this one.

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~Sanatkar Sep 2, 2004, 1:35:51 PM
Wow, this really reflects my mood right now... Not in a gristly, gothic way... I'm just not in a great state of mind at the moment. Would +fav, but it won't let me... don't worry I'll figure it out! ;)

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All of your sorrow, grief and pain
Locked away in the forests of the night
Your secret heart belongs to the world
Of the things that sigh in the dark
Or the things that cry in the dark...
~Princess Mononoke
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~vivifyarabella Sep 2, 2004, 1:48:46 PM
Really well executed picture. It kind of manages to have several expressions at once- gaping up in horror, while eyes look sad, and an apparant inbreath.
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~ladyo Sep 2, 2004, 2:13:02 PM
I was browsing through the deviations passing the time in "read only" mode...eh...and this really caught my eye.....so much emotion...it really conveys the anguish..:thumbsup::+fav:

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~Awesome-Youth Sep 2, 2004, 2:39:52 PM
wow this is scary, very good work, its amazing what your brain spits out
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~Sh4down Sep 2, 2004, 3:13:32 PM
ooh i liked :D

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~cova Sep 2, 2004, 3:16:07 PM
totally awesome dude.
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~Mahamatt Sep 2, 2004, 3:29:24 PM
lol- is death wearing a tie? that would be my perfect perception of death's character lol
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~kid-a Sep 2, 2004, 3:46:34 PM
Well, actually the figure depicted is that of someone dead (in funeral attire and all), not the grim reaper. I almost titled the piece 'coffin' or something like that, but thought just 'death' was more to the point about my anxiety over the whole thing. I guess you could say it's a self portrait in a way.

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~Body-Without-Organs Sep 2, 2004, 3:46:34 PM
I really like this. At first it reminded me of Francis Bacon but thinking about it it has very little in common. Bacon was all about the violence of forces in motion but this is decay. Anyway, what I like so much about this is there's no conspicuous gore, it's like a white collar businessman whose life has just been extinguished and now he's decaying but it's not his body that's decaying, it's his identity and how he thought of himself that coming down. Plus I love the coldness of the bluish hues.

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~OLoboCanta Sep 2, 2004, 4:27:15 PM
Incredible use of colors. The concept of death has always intrigued me. Beautiful piece. :)
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