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When you set out to make major upheavals in your life, it takes some serious self-examination if you want to do a good job of it: remembering, pondering, cataloging, prioritizing, and daydreaming about alternatives.
That is what I have been doing this week. It has been very uphill work, but I hope it will pay off. I also hope that Elinor Dashwood will be able to explain more soon!
I tried two or three various approaches to this collage, so it took a bit longer to make than usual. I looked at various images for mirrors, and I experimented with skewing the first image I found but wasn't satisfied with the result. I had to hunt a bit to find a nice-looking mirror held at the correct angle. And then the picture of me holding up a mirror and looking into it just seemed too simple to be satisfactory or complete, and I decided to add the lotus for enlightenment and an owl for wisdom. When I came across this particular owl, I was immediately struck by the idea that it looked as though it could be peering in the mirror, too, which I thought added a slightly humorous touch.
This one I'm pretty pleased with.
Image description: Background: water droplets trail down window glass. A woman (Peg) looks into a hand mirror. An owl behind Peg's shoulder also peers into the mirror, its head cocked in apparent curiosity. Foreground: a pink and white lotus in full-bloom is superimposed over Peg.
Self-Examination

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That is what I have been doing this week. It has been very uphill work, but I hope it will pay off. I also hope that Elinor Dashwood will be able to explain more soon!
I tried two or three various approaches to this collage, so it took a bit longer to make than usual. I looked at various images for mirrors, and I experimented with skewing the first image I found but wasn't satisfied with the result. I had to hunt a bit to find a nice-looking mirror held at the correct angle. And then the picture of me holding up a mirror and looking into it just seemed too simple to be satisfactory or complete, and I decided to add the lotus for enlightenment and an owl for wisdom. When I came across this particular owl, I was immediately struck by the idea that it looked as though it could be peering in the mirror, too, which I thought added a slightly humorous touch.
This one I'm pretty pleased with.
Image description: Background: water droplets trail down window glass. A woman (Peg) looks into a hand mirror. An owl behind Peg's shoulder also peers into the mirror, its head cocked in apparent curiosity. Foreground: a pink and white lotus in full-bloom is superimposed over Peg.

Click here to see the 2023 52 Card Project gallery.
Click here to see the 2022 52 Card Project gallery.
Click here to see the 2021 52 Card Project gallery.