for week 40 of the 52 portraits of me challenge, i need to portray fear.
i really don't fear the dark, but of late, my body or my old brain seems to react to dark places. i noticed this when i first went to lunenburg. there was a beautiful church near louise and ken's @Weezilou house that we visited and for some reasons i couldn't explain even to myself, i started to feel dizzy, then shortness of breath that i had to beg off and go outside. i noticed it earlier when we were touring the old academy - the darker rooms somehow made me feel nervous. i had the initial shortness of breath which i attributed to the heat for it was somewhat warm, but the unknown force didn't really set in until we were in the church. the couple of times i went to the movies i had the same symptoms but dissipated once i was seated.
but that is not my greatest fear. i am deathly afraid of dogs, big or small. that i attribute to having been mauled by a german shepherd when i was five or six. and then there is also my fear of snakes. leave me alone with a dog i could probably brave it but not snakes. i see a photo of snake and it gives me nightmares!
shall i grovel and beg you to please be sure to check them out and try to put in an entry or two for either or for both. much appreciated, folks!
ps: over at five plus two, our theme this week is beauty. might you join us with a self portrait depicting your interpretation of "beauty" and tag it fiveplustwo-beauty http://365project.org/fiveplustwo/365/2017-10-04
thank you for your kind visits and comments, as well as your generous favs; all are appreciated.
The expanse of solid black in which the unknown lies, whatever your fear, portrays the sense of fear so well. This is excellent. I also fear dogs - and feel quite guilty when I am unable to enthuse over other peoples pets. I was chased up an apple tree by an alsation when young (and I wasn't the tree climbing type).
I feel guilty for all the snake pictures I have posted now that I better understand your fear of them