Screaming Through The Fourth Dimension

This is new from me and a few steps and choices narrowing it down.

Before Photo shop, History's Faked Photos

Most of us are aware that any photo can be faked, a little Photo shop or any myriad of free photo editors at our disposal, we can change anything, making our reality as unrealistic as we create! No longer a time consuming chore, now simply a click away. Did you know, however that even before Photo shop was invented, photographers have been finding ways to fake photos throughout history, and not just faked spirit photos, but good old fashioned history! In the past we believed that photographs do not lie, now we know better, but back in the day, we where duped!


Most notably Abraham Lincoln, his image was manipulated more than once and without his consent as naturally a person always wants to look their best; we want to represent our very best in photos, and this is partly the reasoning behind these manipulated images. Being Cognizant of how lengthy and difficult the whole process was back then it is hard to fault it.

 First photo up is John Caldwell Calhoun   an American political theorist for the first half of the 19th century; he built his reputation as a political theorist by his "redefinition" of republicanism to include approval of slavery and minority rights (the southern states being the minority) he was best known for his intense and original defence of slavery as a positive good while for directing the South towards a secession from the Union.  Lincoln, I imagine would not be thrilled to know his head was cropped onto the body of Calhoun, it seems Calhoun had a markedly more masculine posture perhaps, as the photographer chose this option.  This is the original photograph of Calhoun:

                                                  (Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

                                           

And here is Lincoln

                                                 (Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

  It was not until only recently that these photographs had been discovered to be faked. Russian dictator Josef Stalin was also known to dictate changes to his photos, here he crops out someone
who has fallen from his graces and now may be considered an enemy,

                                                                             

   If your government cuts you from a photograph, by erasing you they could literally change how and what you believe. In this shot, from Wikipedia you can see the dramatic number of people who are; one at a time, slowly removed from this photograph, until a stark final photo of Stalin alone remains. These men in the photos are not only eliminated from the image but from real life as well, and the propaganda continues.
                                                                   

    Back to American history we have Ulysses S. Grant and a very famous battlefield photograph, it is Grant circa 1864 on a battlefront with his troops, the interesting thing about this one is  it actually is derived from three different photos. The library of congress had to do some digging to do in order to uncover this mystery :This photo was only recently discovered to be a fake.

                   
                                             

                                        (http://www.fourandsix.com/photo-tampering-history?

  This photo is of Queen Elizabeth and PM William Lyon- Mackenzie, it was he who removed King George VI from the photo, as the PM used this photo as an election photo and would be seen in a more powerful light standing with the Queen only.

                                   (http://www.fourandsix.com/photo-tampering-history/)

    It would appear the history of photo manipulation has always been alive and well, it is only now that researchers have compiled this information, and shared it. This next photo is an example of a little Russian conservatism, The German chancellor of West Germany , William Brandt (left) met with Brezhnev (right) and drank and drank, getting quite drunk reportedly, the First secretary of the Communist Party, the soviets released the photo on the left sans bottles, the second photo was released by the Germans.

 
    In an age in which we think we cannot be fooled by photos, some of us still are! Throughout history many of the photos we assumed to be real, are not; how many, is uncertain as researchers are constantly discovering new evidence! So, next time you sit down and enjoy some news or think it is news, always question, never fearing to ponder, question your reality, and avoid 'buying into' anything as real, look at your news sources as this is the age of the internet, so many news sources are fraudulent, Frequently I see people post articles as 'news items'  that actually contain no factual information; obvious after reading more than the title. News is a dime a dozen these days and most internet stories  are not true, my son Ian taught me that early- don't believe everything you see on the internet-and please remember it is your duty to question authority and find the truth in your news when & where you can!

We run around

 We run around/ We never stop /we wish for things we do not need/ to fill our mind so the heart won't hurt and the mind cannot heal. We are the human animal.. so strange and beautiful, so primitive and wild. . .we fill our world with materials that will never fill the void, we search for problems we do not  have answers to. We search to fight,for what/ To feel alive? To ascribe, for what to who? Why do we do what we do? What makes you, you?

 I made this with David Hawkins, Hawkins words.

Eye is to See

A preface to this blog is, it is very old and written at a time when I was working in mental health doing art therapy and care giving for the mentally ill. i was just feeling annoyed because I noticed when ever I would be asked what I did for a living, responding I work for the mentally ill, or with the terminally ill- people just say the worst things.. things like ":OMG, how can you do that, or eww!" Everyone seemed so "turned off" by my job, and I thought I was doing an amazing job working in my community trying to do something good for the good of others and myself, but no one seemed to get it and in fact it is still a common reaction, whereas people love my work in hospice (usually saying they would not do it themselves) but not the mental health job, and that's why I wrote this:

If the eye is the doorway to the soul,
facial expression is a gateway to unguarded truths. If we are caught, unawares.
You may not have noticed, You couldn't have known.
It was a glimpse of raw emotion seen clearly by others, never really quite seen by you.

 An expression so astounding, Perhaps disgusted, or confounded.

A face I see often When I look into their eyes. like you of flesh and of bone.

 Once labeled, labeled forever only inciting to be mislabeled. Unorganized and alone it remains just a label Human lives and its purpose become defeated by labels. 

Just like you, just like me~ they are you, they are me,

 Time to pour it all out, out with what they taught you, be it your surroundings, other people and groups~

 Human cruelty like a dance when we learn all the steps. Humanity like an infant Never too late to learn.

 Time to exit from stupidity, leaving ignorance behind, It requires much strength and hard work.  Choose not to be afraid Follow not, fear not Understanding, with kindness bound with great care.  Daily it arises, within’ the questions of life “Where do you work or What do you do?” Upon answering this question, Often I see a face twisting grimace and a lack of composure and tact I deemed it discomfort, some consider it “normal” even funny,

 to share how they deplore 

and make fun of the “crazies” out there. 

Can we please just evolve? Stigma once created, and now given to many It is not a stain on your sofa, or just an imperfect soul. My friends all I'm asking, is to consider my goal to be aware of your actions, your potential for growth. Not resigned to accept any bad habits of hate. Empower yourself and surrender to a new kind of change.

Brushes For Ian

In memory of Ian and his death date on April 26trh, I have been so very down, but I can try to put my thoughts into something artistic and something foer Ian~ so I did, these are my IanBryson90 Seattle brushes, I miss you my child but you are never forgotten, always loved and always remembered..


http://smittyjade1.deviantart.com/art/IanBryson4EverBrushes-527348741


These are 2 samples I made in only minutes with the new brushes..