Monday, 4 April 2011

ghost of a rose

blemishes you see behind that visage
are not all mine
I rubbed those out of the camera
how I did that I can't say
that picture is a messenger
but you won't understand it
can you enhance that flaw
a characteristic embedded in me?

you are out of that frame
I am in it now, right in front
a ghostly facade enhanced by lights 
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23 comments:

  1. Whitesnake4 April 2011 at 16:06

    Sounds like a song!

    Like the new look.....

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  2. Andy Sewina4 April 2011 at 17:04

    Wonderful! if you stare at the camera with your right eye and blink several times a face appears behind it!

    Ghostly!!

    <3

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  3. oldegg4 April 2011 at 23:49

    Vanity, to be and to look as we are not.

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  4. Old Altonian5 April 2011 at 02:47

    Apart from 'touching out' cracks and flaws in old photographs,I'm all for leaving things as they are, both in nature and on film - warts and all.

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  5. jaerose5 April 2011 at 04:50

    How true - a photo can longer be classed as an 'honest' image..we are losing much when we rub out imperfections..Jae

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  6. Christine5 April 2011 at 18:27

    So hard to know what is real in photo's anymore. Lessons I thought I wouldn't have to teach my daughters. Very insightful.

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  7. Christine5 April 2011 at 18:29

    Had a second look and read to your poem, didn't notice the camera person the first time because I was fixated by the girl. WOW.

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  8. dustus5 April 2011 at 18:34

    Love how you reveal "truth" through stating what is false about it.

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  9. Brian Miller5 April 2011 at 19:25

    nicely spun...and i like too how you carved out this bit of truth...

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  10. Eric 'Bubba' Alder6 April 2011 at 09:15

    That which is plainly seen is less intriguing than that which is partially obscurred, slightly hidden, a little mystery.

    Nice piece, Gautami!

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  11. Monkey Man6 April 2011 at 09:25

    There are many out there who could use a little photoshop on their personalities. Well stated.

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  12. Wysteria6 April 2011 at 09:45

    Wonderfully written and thought provoking. I see in a picture all my flaws and wish the camera would lie..)

    Peace

    Wysteria

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  13. Ann Grenier6 April 2011 at 09:55

    How interesting that you point out the camera as the culprit hiding a flaw that the cynic in us all suspects is woven into the soul of this beauty --- a logical, visual reason. Those of us who assume the flaw on a philosophical premise arrive at the same conclusion not having recognized the photographic elements involved. Ghosts indeed!

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  14. Celestial Dreamz6 April 2011 at 10:18

    very well stated.

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  15. Steve E6 April 2011 at 10:50

    Most intuitive comment award: DUSTUS, who wrote: "...Love how you reveal "truth" through stating what is false about it."

    How true...or false...or, ummmm--I am confused--not really--grin!

    I have a feeling God wishes us to look our finest, especially when we are leading people to a happier way of life!

    PEACE!

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  16. cloakedmonk.com6 April 2011 at 10:56

    I am struck by the desire to enhance our flaws. How interesting that our perceived flaws might just be what makes us unique and special. That it might be meant to be there.

    Lovely!

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  17. kkrige6 April 2011 at 11:37

    interesting take on who we are and who we present.

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  18. Andy6 April 2011 at 11:47

    Was it ever true that the camera never lies? Nice take on this one.

    (Thanks for stopping by.)

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  19. Jinksy6 April 2011 at 11:49

    And they say the camera never lies...

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  20. PattiKen6 April 2011 at 18:45

    How hard it is to see the private rose hiding behind the public mask. Lovely.

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  21. Dragonblogger7 April 2011 at 07:22

    Enjoyed the poem, and it is really astonishing how much photo manipulation can be done to hide how people really appear. I very rarely am in photo's as I often am the one taking them.

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  22. Claudia8 April 2011 at 11:41

    you are out of that frame...room to think on in your words..

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  23. linda may10 April 2011 at 00:21

    Well I love imperfections, I am made of them, haha. Leave them be.

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