week 37 of the 52 portraits of me challenge/project. the challenge is to age one's self. i say what? i'm already old, how much older do i want to be; old like pruny and wrinkly? not that there's anything wrong with that. so instead, i took the reverse.
yes, if anyone invents a time machine, i wouldn't go forward, i'd go backwards because there's just a lot of things i needed to tweak and straighten out. not that i made a lot of mistakes in my youth. in fact i made more mistakes in the last 10 years but i won't go in there. maybe if i corrected my earlier mistakes i wouldn't have made those later mistakes. nah! not really. if i go back it's only to tell my younger self that she was doing rather well, but i would still tell her what and who to avoid. and i would tell her to really take in those photography courses that i took for granted because...nah, let her learn on her own like i did. i just really wanted to wear again those high heels without the bunions! ☺
also for the six-word story challenge and the song title challenge. i'm sure you still remember this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsKbwR7WXN4 never liked the song nor the video but the title seems apropos here.
You only know what you know because you learned it along the way. Your commentary reminds me of that movie- and I can't remember the name of it- but a woman goes back in time and she's trying not to make the same mistakes, especially concerning love, but in spite of all her efforts, and even making different choices, things still end up the same. She keeps trying to bring things from her present into the past so that people will make money and be better off (life pantyhose) but no one will listen. And the only one who believes that she has come from the future to her past is her grandfather. Sheesh! You'd think I'd remember the title!!! ANYWAY...even if we could go back and change a few things here and there, I'm not sure it would change the inside. And as many have already said, the current you is the best you of all. (o:
We cant change things,, only make life better as we grow older. But alas, we are human & still make mistakes- but thats ok!! We are still learning, lovely photo of you both & magnificent on black
I like your commentary, Vikki, I think exactly the same: you are what you are because of your mistakes, wrong directions, missing and the like no less than of your achievements, successes, hit goals etc. And accepting what you are is the only way to survive!!!
A superb portrait of both of you! It certainly deserves the accolades it has garnered so far.
The song chosen is perfect for the shot - I like the song but not the video. I find Cher far too trampy in the video. Not sure how she got the Navy to allow her to do that ...
Congrats on being selected a finalist for the song title challenge! Good luck with it!
The song chosen is perfect for the shot - I like the song but not the video. I find Cher far too trampy in the video. Not sure how she got the Navy to allow her to do that ...
Congrats on being selected a finalist for the song title challenge! Good luck with it!