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Tell Me Your Story.

February 14, 2011
By MelanieO PLATINUM, Lawrence, Kansas
MelanieO PLATINUM, Lawrence, Kansas
20 articles 12 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today, and make a new ending."


READ ONLY AFTER YOU HAVE INTERPRETED IT YOURSELF.

Manipulated oil background and collaged “I miss my nickel.” at the bottom. The quarter is a representation of growth from the nickel, and the nickel represents being 5 or ‘childhood’ in general. Though a lost childhood is missed, growth has taken place both physically and emotionally. The year on the quarter is the year the author was 5.


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on May. 25 2011 at 2:31 pm
FatesMistake13, Springerville, Arizona
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one&#039;s mistakes.&quot; Oscar Wilde <br /> <br /> &quot;The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.&quot;

wow that deep. i got this sense of almost emptiness and the blue still made it seem like it wasnt misery either. Just longing. :) for such a seemingly simple painting this is terrific.

ShannonCB said...
on Apr. 21 2011 at 10:08 am
Clever and beautiful.  Love the blue.