October 24, 2006
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Self Portrait Challenge
Oct:Your Imperfect Self
Nakedness
This is new,
this place that self portraiture has put me in.
I am vulnerable and bruised and raw.
I am pale
and needing reassurance that these things are normal;
this sadness, this moment of dark thought,
a sigh.
I know there is nothing new here, I am just as fragile and
sturdy as the next woman
I can be lonely or thirsty or lost and I am
still human
still good,
still worthy of love.
It can be difficult but I am not alone.
Comments (32)
You are definetly not alone.
But you are pretty darn cute (=
Not alone at all.
I have enjoyed especially this month’s self portraits of you. You are so authentic to me! I admire you so much. I know how hard it is to reveal the imperfections, the parts we would rather cover up. How much more true can you be without being naked?
I take to heart the words you wrote underneath the photograph.
eeek! i know. i just hope she doesn’t end up being 100lbs! that’s a lot of dog to feed!
and i love your light. that comes from you. even when you are at your most vulnerable.
Wow, you’re good. You have such a gift for photography and prose. Truly, it’s a gift. Lisa
Definately not alone. And you are brave…I still struggle to post pictures of myself. Even though I used to draw, and did lots of self-portraits, photographs are just very different.
There you go… nekkid again.
Oh I am so pale. So so pale and it is so so normal.
Not alone by a long shot.
Love this!
p.s. I really need that portable background(black and white) where did you get it?(I’m copying!)
Beautiful shot.
You are pure perfection Mama! Every thing about you! Your happiness, your sadness, your insecurities, your smile, your wrinkles, ALL OF IT, perfection!
quite lovely. all of them.
What a great picture. You are looking right at me! and right at yourself. Beautiful. You are such a wonderful human.
Very normal. Not that I’m much of an authority on normal.
No, not alone.
You are lovely
Love the pic. You are not alone. Autumn brings about so many changes. Be Blessed
Oh, you are sooooo not alone…. and this is a very very good self portrait!!!
You are so brave… what beautiful writing. Makes me really not want to post my stupid pic about my eyelashes. LOL
Off to come up with something more meaningful…
Amen!
I think that people forget that EVERYONE is worthy of love.
You are, most definitely, not alone. I love this post.
beautiful, great post!
awesome photo and words, Julie. You get right to the heart of it as always.
Yeah what they said!
i like the line about being “fragile and sturdy as the next”
Great blog! it’s funny that people say you are not alone. I have people all around me everyday yet I feel very alone!
You are so brave and smart and beautiful. Thanks for sharing so much of yourself!
Your photograph is beautiful! You are never alone
You have a beautiful site…what an amazing post and self-portrait. We are a homeschooling, organically grown family, too. Nice to meet you
You are not alone.
Beautiful post in it’s entirety. I love the peotry.
This month must have been a hard month for self portraits. You seem a wee bit hard on yourself. I just wanted to say I think you are adorable and your personality from what you share online, seems to be mostly uplifting and joyful. So many people enjoy reading what you write. You humor, inspire and entertain. You have a wonderful way with words. Thank you for sharing with us.
I LOVE YOU JULIE!!!