:: steep identity/never knows/filthy walk/king of sceptres ::
by weedo, therealbenni, doctormatt, and Jolly Gnome
::| an.exquisite.corpse : discussion : 12 |::
WOW. The colors on this one are PERFECT - limited, pure, and complimentary. Very nice work on all four slices. You guys rock.
Shae at February 20, 2006 8:01 AM
The Beatles' Purple Submarine!
Ann at February 20, 2006 9:19 AM
It's hard not to read it as the King of Scepters "communicating" with John Lennon, using his skull for the seance (god, I love this place). Really nice look and feel to the entire corpse. Excellent work. Pretty neat how that seagull is both positive and negative. There's something really visually compelling about the fingerprint under the golden stone.
Cicada at February 20, 2006 11:17 AM
This corpse raises a lot of questions about identity - fingerprints, by which criminals are identified, an iconic representation of a mysterious personality, a faceless, anonymous stick figure and a bearded, Freudian father-figure pouring his mind all over the picture.
Hopefully this will mean something different to everyone, but my chosen interpretation is that the four pieces of this corpse represent different ways we are seen by different people - the police (and other officials) see us as faceless identities (the fingerprint). Some see us as personalities, perhaps personalities with depth but ultimately caricatures of our true selves. To others we are merely the anonymous passer-by.
And others still see us as a bearded man holding a skull.
Patrick Beverley at February 20, 2006 12:01 PM
"And others still see us as a bearded man holding a skull."
There are others who will always see us as a threat or an enemy despite our actions and intentions.
Cicada at February 20, 2006 12:41 PM
This is one of my favorite corpses I've participated in! (Interestingly enough, one of my other favorites has a Beatle in it, too, though this one's title and content all reference the same album.) As Shae noted, the colors are great on this one. I also like how it begins and ends with dimension, yet the middle is mostly flat, and how the walking man happens to have a rough seagull shape behind him.
therealbenni at February 20, 2006 1:53 PM
Turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream, indeed.
amyc at February 20, 2006 3:26 PM
sweet.
Zounds Padang at February 20, 2006 6:09 PM
Right on! Cicada
Hey..
If you ignore one of the k's in the title, it makes real cool sentence.
Colin Vincent at February 20, 2006 8:35 PM
Outstanding!
Jim at February 21, 2006 8:17 AM
"There are others who will always see us as a threat or an enemy despite our actions and intentions".
That's what I meant to type. My finger slipped and I accidentally typed the inane rubbish at the end of my comment.
Cheers for spotting the mistake, Cicada.
Patrick Beverley at February 21, 2006 1:21 PM
Great blend work therealbenni.
moonroof at February 21, 2006 6:30 PM
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