SELF - PORTRAIT

PeaGreen sent me a a computer letter entitled, "Self-Portrait!"

It got me to thinking about "self portraits." My thinking is pretty simplistic (DUH!), and it occurred to me that a "Self Portrait" most often portrays what the artist sees in himself...ya' know...junk that others might miss, and all...

So, I thought it might be interesting for all eight of y'all that visit this blog to open it up for "Self Portraits." Sure, we all see each others' photos (you can see mine in the sidebar...and I have posted plenty of photos of myself. Don't bother to thank me...), but some of y'all don't know THE REAL ME.

The world-wide computer provides us all a platform to speak our minds, and often we get an image in our mind of what folks look like when we read their posts. I know almost all of y'all that comment on this pitiful blog...I have seen most of your photos...and communicated via computer letters. And, I know several on a "face-to-face" basis. But deep down, we all know ourselves much better than others do.

PeaGreen sent me a President Obama "self portrait," which may well be accurate. But, sadly, many of his fans feel the same way. I believe that a really good "self portrait" brings out the soul of the artist...exposing his inner self...hoping that others who view it learn something "new" about the artist.

So, we'll start with President Obama...then I'll go next! If you wish to participate, please do so in the comments...or send me a computer letter with your "self portrait." I'll post it up for the other 7 readers to see. Maybe we'll get to know each other a bit better.



Now, here is my "self portrait." As a 30+ year husband, and father of four sons, my "self portrait" naturally involves the rest of the clan. They are always on my mind. And I am only "who I am" because of them. As you can tell, I'm not much of an artist, but I do have some artists in the family...they got all the talent.

(click it to look at it big)

As a side note, I discovered a few months back that some guy had stolen my identity, and had started up a "Facebook" page using my not so closely held identity! I don't know how he got my REAL PHOTOS, or how he used my identity to reel in the chicks. But he did. In case you didn't know... you gotta be really careful when you put junk out on the worldwide computer. So, this is the real me.

Y'all go ahead on and bare your souls in a "Self - Portrait" if you want to. But I'll understand if you don't. Not everybody is as completely "together" as I'm is!