(Wo)Man in the Mirror by alophoto

(Wo)Man in the Mirror

I had to look up the actual name of the painting that fascinated me and was so beautiful to me at the Cincinnati Art Museum. It's amazing what you can learn on the internet. It is called 'The Mirror' by William Merritt Chase, an American Impressionist.

This reminds me of Michael Jackson's Man in the Mirror song which can be heard here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PivWY9wn5ps

A year or so ago, I was a part of a ladies Bible study where we were studying and learning how to hear from God. Hear His voice. It was pretty awesome. Well on the last meeting, we participated in prophetic prayer time (a first for me). Well I was prayed for and someone heard this song and the lyrics and saw me looking in the mirror. I am still trying to wrap my head around what it meant, what changes I should make. It was pretty powerful and cool, though. Change can be a really good thing. It's been good to have to shift my focus and priorities by going back to work.
Very nice 😊
February 7th, 2015  
cool! just don't show the church people your self portraits! :-)
February 7th, 2015  
Super painting shot, I grew up in PIqua, Ohio, went to Capital Univ. in Columbus, OH and lived in Dayton for a while.
February 7th, 2015  
Very cool
February 7th, 2015  
@summerfield Right? I had a funny time that I had posted a sketchy one and then someone asked to see my project.
February 7th, 2015  
@amandal - change status to 'restricted' if they're not members they won't see that particular photo, even if they are members they'd have to follow you and they can't still see your photo if they're allowed to see only your public photos. but i suppose you know that.
February 7th, 2015  
Great shot of the wonderful painting...spirituality is profound
February 8th, 2015  
@summerfield Great idea. Never thought to change those settings.
February 8th, 2015  
@sailingmusic How cool. It seems that everyone has some sort of tie to OH. Columbus is a great town. And Dayton is pretty close to me. I don't know Piqua, though.
February 8th, 2015  
I would be drawn to this photo in a gallery as well. I think you should try to do a selfie inspired by this art.
February 8th, 2015  
nicely done!
February 8th, 2015  
@cejaanderson Maybe I shall. Her face reminded me of my Grandmother I have something I could wear perhaps and this great mirror...hmmmm...:).
February 8th, 2015  
This is a beautiful painting! The "Man In the Mirror" song could mean that no matter what you do, be true to you authentic self?? Just guessing of course, you seem like a person who values that quality. This makes a beautiful photo.
February 8th, 2015  
Well done
February 8th, 2015  
Beautiful painting Amanda, and as you say, you can learn such a lot from the internet. Nice capture too.
February 8th, 2015  
Beautiful painting and I agree it would be a lovely selfie to recreate.
February 8th, 2015  
Great painting
February 8th, 2015  
Great capture of a lovely painting.............looking forward to seeing the selfie you create :)
February 8th, 2015  
Amanda - This is a lovely painting, I can see why you are attracted to it. It is always good to self-reflect.

@summerfield Good to know about the restricted access. :) Thanks for the tip!
February 9th, 2015  
Pretty painting and photo!
February 9th, 2015  
At first I was expecting a selfie. I'm so glad MJ week is over, at least I didn't listen to any of the links. ;-)
February 9th, 2015  
Lovely shot of this beautiful painting :D
February 9th, 2015  
A lovely painting and a great capture of it
February 9th, 2015  
In reading your commentary on this photo I was expecting you to say that you have every intention of creating a selfie similar to this artwork. I can see you pulling that off with style.
February 9th, 2015  
Thanks for sharing this beautiful artwork. With your talent, I bet you could do a selfie from this really well!
February 9th, 2015  
Great shot of this beautiful painting, Amanda. I was reading above. Did not know we could change our settings like that.
February 10th, 2015  
Wow, I can see how and why this painting would so powerfully resonate with you! It is a really wonderful painting, btw....and, yes, change can be extremely good.....it gets us out of our comfort zone, and lets us see the world with different eyes and perspective!
February 10th, 2015  
@darsphotos I did it and then the next day got no views on my photo. I may try to change some photos to have that feature, but won't change the overall settings again. I thought just friends and followers could see work, but it seems like it was invisible.

There is a privacy tab with each photo and I wonder what would happen if I messed with that when I wanted a photo less accessible?

Thanks for all of your lovely comments!
February 10th, 2015  
@amandal Guess I will not be changing that setting either. I have not heard of it before and will wait to see what you find out. You are welcome for the comments. I am behind posting because of my computer though may pull some photos from before and maybe do B&W. Though my son said not to change anything on my computer and just use for email, FB and commenting here. Nice weather here and through the weekend after all the rain we got. It was 72 yesterday and this morning woke to blue skies and sun. Loving it. Hope you are having nice weather as well.
February 10th, 2015  
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