I just submitted a few images for a juried exhibit this morning. The subject matter is “Bed.” Amongst the 5 images that were submitted, 1 were a constructed shoot that were used as an album cover, 3 are from my “fetal position and drool” and 1 is the image here. This was the last night I spent with Ian, we were in Bogota, Colombia.
I know we all put a lot of ourselves into our art, irrespective of what the medium of the expression is. But yet somehow, we manage to keep ourselves a little insulated, there is a bit of distance so that its not so naked and that it is clearly YOU. You in all of your vulnerabilities and nakedness (no, I am not naked in the photo).
I am not entirely sure why I submitted this image. It was snap shot, never conceived it as ART. But having looked through some of the images from last year’s exhibit under the same title, I thought that they would respond to this picture if they did not respond to the rest. I guess its honest if nothing else.
Talk to me. Talk to me about exposure and how much do we really put ourselves out there? I know that a standard answer would be “however much we are comfortable with” but I think you know that I am hoping for a discussion that goes beyond.