Word and Image

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The image is adapted from the 2007 desktop calendar, which features Gackt in Canada and which is copyright to Dears.  The words are mine.

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[wongkk.livejournal.com]

Good idea. Yes, maybe blurring would have worked better, though it would still have the strong contrast with the sharpness of the layout here. There are a few more in this set but they're not exactly comfortable ideas or topics so I'm not rushing to offer them - definitely need something a bit happier in between!

Ah - you'll have to supply your own guess at what he's trying to leave behind. Could be something he's done or a person or a part of himself that he's not proud of. I like to sprinkle ambiguity about a reader's head!

Thanks for reading and leaving a comment. Nice to see you again - Captain.

[mingoes.livejournal.com]

Ah, at least the messages comes through. ^^
hmm you can post in your own LJ *is curious now*
this poem, it's light, yes, but it has a sad tone in it too. So I was wondering what you had in mind when you wrote this. I like ambiguity.

hehe..it's just because it's "workday" lol.
at home it will be olympics and other stuff..^^

[wongkk.livejournal.com]

My, I'm glad you like ambiguity cos I've scattered my replies to you round at least two LJ sites and goodness knows how many entries! Good luck trying to work out which reply matches what - that'll feel like competing in the Olympics.

The idea for this poem was quite personal, in that starting or ending a journey usually makes me think, respectively, about what I'm leaving behind (or, indeed, about which things I can't leave behind - like my own bad habits and bits of guilt) or about what I'm returning to (or about what came with me but maybe has changed because of something that happened on the journey/during the time away).

The sky for me also travels - and can be "new".

And I've quite liked playing the mind game of CHOOSING how one would be if nobody knew one - would I act tougher, or less confident, or more interested or reveal a liking for something or someone which current circumstances make me keep hidden? etc etc. You get the idea. Fresh start; same old, maybe.

Gackt's face in this photo is very much a picture of someone on a journey into - or out of - himself. The physical departure/arrival is not the significant focus in his expression (hence the fragmentation I've used in image treatment). That's what my eyes saw at the time. But you can see what you like!

You're welcome to add to the story with another couple of verses. Why not? ;)

[mingoes.livejournal.com]

Hehe this is still easy to follow still know where and to who and about what I'm replying to, though sometimes gets so OT it does get confusing ._.

Hmmm yes, now I see more human less android. lol
As you said, you hardly do something without thinking it through. So, I'm pleased to read more of your reasoning behind it, very interesting thoughts.

Adding? Me? To that? I might 'destroy' that journey...maybe..maybe one day I'll give it a shot. -not a promise- ^^

[wongkk.livejournal.com]

Someone like you won't ever "destroy" it. You might just change the destination perhaps - which is fine. Maybe even it's better that way!

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