Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Creative for a Second Project 2010: part 2

Here is my second piece of work for the C4a 2nd Project. It's a series of seven images called 'Is it All in my Head?' and tries to deal with conflicting emotions around having a chronic illness which some people don't believe in.




#1 Is It All in my Head ?






# 2 What if they're right ? What if I'm Mad ?





#3 Praying for a Miracle: Less Talk, Less Arguing, More Action PLEASE





#4 How Do I Live my Life ?





#5 Put Up or Shut Up






#6 Sometimes I've Just Had Enough






#7 Can I Still See Myself ?

9 comments:

Lee Lee said...

Oh those are just awesome!!! I love the 'put up or shut up one' haha, excellent work grrl!!!

Amanda said...

Quite disturbing - I'm sure it will make people think. Congratulations!

Reading the Signs said...

Darkly disturbing. I have often said that having M.E. is like living with a false cloak always covering you and pictured someone like Thousandfurs (from fairy tale). But in this the desperate face stares through at us. And I find myself wondering who or what I'm really seeing.

Cusp said...

Thank you all for your comments. Much appreciated. Yes LeeLeeI thought these would 'float your boat'.

Amanda I hope they do make people think-- not pretty but they were never intended to be.

Signs '...who or what I'm really seeing ?...' Is that good or bad Signs ? Good I hope, in a puzzling way

Reading the Signs said...

- what I mean is that I feel I am perhaps looking at an embodiment of the illness, or someone who has become half-crazed by it. Those eyes!

Where are those photos from - and who was the model?

Corina Duyn said...

Cusp, the images are amazing although disturbing, but so true. Well done!

Ruth said...

Freakily beautiful. They move me, and I feel your pain in them.

John William Brown said...

Powereful - Dangerous - On The Edge - Wonderfully Disturbing! Oh, how I wish I'd done something similar myself!

Digitalesse said...

Powerful stuff, Cusp.