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I think sharing
my photo once on a poetry was a mistake. All the worst critics were patronizing old men who told me I had a lot to learn and blah blah blah about my youth. I'm not even that young, but who can tell what from a photo. I guarantee if I would have posted a picture of an old man they wouldn't have made the same comments, not that my poetry is great or even good. It would have set a whole different tone. I think I'm going to have my husband photoshop me a persona. Take care Azur
posted by
Flumpystalls3000
on June 2, 2008 at 1:46 PM
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Azur ~ I respect your shyness. I'm shy as well - albeit you wouldn't know it to know me
--- I appreciate rejection --- rather I relate ~ it comes in all forms. But, you have the right idea. Get back out there and keep on going. Strong faith and strength period. Have fun swimming in the ocean ~ I could not do that - unless I prayed heavily ~
- Elyse
posted by
elysianfields
on May 24, 2008 at 7:04 PM
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Roarrrrrrrrrrr! The deliciousity I scoop up here in untold scoopfuls!
you are ummmm....indescribbible Azur
posted by
mysteria
on May 21, 2008 at 6:28 PM
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So. Did you post it in you Member Profile?
posted by
WindTapper
on May 21, 2008 at 5:17 AM
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Azur
Thank you Azur. You have just given me a new personal motto 'If I let me.'
posted by
johnmacnab
on May 21, 2008 at 5:01 AM
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I'm not camera shy...I just can't get it away from Bo!LOL!
Bo =^..^= sends you a rose
and a smile
(from me
too!)
posted by
Whacky
on May 19, 2008 at 8:19 PM
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Good for you, Azur. I'm not photoshy. I'm photo averse. I can't stand
people taking my picture. Should've worked for the CIA...
posted by
saul_relative
on May 19, 2008 at 10:38 AM
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I don't like to publish my foto either, because I just love the veil of mystery. On the other hand, if bloggers post their image it is nice to look at and identify their words with the image.
posted by
vogue
on May 19, 2008 at 10:36 AM
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I'm camera shy too
Have been since I was a little kid. Maybe it's because I was my parent's first child, and they spent the first 5 years of my life chasing me around with a camera--it's only logical that I'd get sick of that eventually!
Now, there are very few current pictures of me in existence. And none of them will ever be posted on the internet--at least not if I have anything to say about it!
posted by
Sira890
on May 19, 2008 at 9:32 AM
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Azur, I love it when bloggers post their pictures right from the beginning. I look at them often as I read their posts. But, when I have been reading a blogger for months/years without a photo, I develop my own picture in my head that I become used to. Then, at that late date, if a picture is posted, I am always shocked/disappointed because that is not the person that I know and love from their writing only.
posted by
TAPS.
on May 18, 2008 at 11:26 PM
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Azur, I have been trying to catch up on my reading and finally came across your entry. I am not a picture fan and I so appreciated your commentary. My heart sank when I saw your comment and I would not have my blog of yours with the letters sent or unsent. I am so sorry I got so uptight with Blogit that I acted so rashly without realizing what I was losing in the big scope. A lesson learned. I shall not abandon my friends but seek them out in times of trouble. You are a special friend and I would be so lost if I didn't have you to communicate with. Now this may be a comment that was or was not sent. lol sam
posted by
sam444
on May 18, 2008 at 10:37 AM
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In both cases, "the water's fine", no?
(oh, that was deep..pun intended).
Something about Internet for me where I am not really "picture oriented", although I have taken some ganders at Ariala's pictures, and mine is there (in nano form).
posted by
majroj
on May 18, 2008 at 10:18 AM
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I'm camera shy, too. I agree it's vanity, because I look better
in my mind than the camera reveals. I'm slimmer, younger looking. And the photograph reveals a plain Jane boring person I wouldn't go out of my way to meet. I guess the lesson in this is: I shouldn't take for granted the nice little woman who smiles and makes me comfortable at a social gathering has no story to tell.
posted by
Pat_B
on May 18, 2008 at 8:49 AM
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it's a little contrary to what writers are trying to accomplish.
Speaking for myself, anyway. We want the work itself to get the attention. If anything an air of mystery around the author sells more of their work. Everyone was much more interested in J.K. Rowling before we all knew everything about her. What's to be gathered from a picture? It's hit or miss; either they turn you on or turn you off, having nothing to do with what they've written. If I write like Shakespeare then it shouldn't matter whether I look like Brad Pitt or Brad Garrett.
Am I looking to date this person or read their work? Who cares what they look like.
posted by
CunningLinguist
on May 18, 2008 at 8:26 AM
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I cannot comment at length. But I can tell you I enjoyed it.
posted by
Kayzzaman
on May 18, 2008 at 12:46 AM
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Your courage in ocean swimming tops it for me with all the white sharks all
over the earth lately and all hungry, too. I do remember the warm sea in highschool, when it loved me back and rarely let me go for very long.
Let's see, I imagine you, sans photo evidence, as about 5'9" in heels, pert and sassy and not overly femme, but assured and attractive. You are the nice and serious teacher that little boys love and bring flowers to.
When I imagine you diving into that chilled but deeply warm sea, I see a two piece bathing suit in some bright color OR a red or black one piece like the lifeguards and swim teams use.
Me? I look horrible and don't mind that, but do send deceptive photos out online as it is much more fun. And when I get to a certain level of American judged old aged ugliness, I am thinking of putting on a hijab and being invisible, just for fun. England online sells the Yemeni kind, ultra conservative. Eyes only.
I have about ten wigs as disguises, including Marge Simpson's, and have other things that I use to amuse my old mother. I might release a photo like that, one taken just for her. She has many.
Smiling photos say 'vulnerable', so you reveal the serious one.
posted by
benzinha
on May 18, 2008 at 12:40 AM
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