We Rise Again
Boy, it's been a very eventful couple of weeks, and not in the best ways! I'll get into more of the medical stuff on a later date when I feel up to t...
Read more
Boy, it's been a very eventful couple of weeks, and not in the best ways! I'll get into more of the medical stuff on a later date when I feel up to tackling the whole story, but I had my sinus surgery. Unfortunately I also had a very strange complication afterward which caused an artery at the back of my sinuses to burst, leading to me losing 2-3 pints of blood and having to have emergency surgery to stop the bleeding. It's been about a week since then and nothing else weird has happened so I'm hoping I'm out of the woods now!
This does kind of lead me into the idea behind this self portrait. The initial inspiration came several months ago when, while routinely checking my blog's stats, I found a phrase typed into a search engine which had led someone to my blog: “I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and I want to give up.”
I'll never know who that person was, but I wanted to help them. I wrote a post at the time, written to this unknown person, but I'd wanted to do a photo for my Enchanted Sleep series, http://www.sarahallegra.com/ME.html, around the idea as well. It's obviously taken me a while to do; my first attempt was less than great and I had to figure out what was wrong and then find time to reshoot it. But the image is finally done and posted.
Surviving any kind of chronic illness is all about getting up again when you get knocked down. You try and minimize the number and severity of instances when you'll get knocked down, but it's certain to happen. The only way to beat it is to keep getting up... time after time, after time. It is not a sprint of pushing yourself through a hard time but a marathon of rebounding from falls and scrapes and breaks.
I certainly understand this person's feeling. Everyone with any chronic illness will want to give up at least at times. But I hope that they, and I, and everyone else with this struggle, will find the will to get up one more time.
See my blog, http://sarahallegra.wordpress.com/2014/11/18/rising-again/, for more about the image and what else I've been up to!
*Twitter: http://twitter.com/sarahallegra
*Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/artosthebear
*Blog: http://sarahallegra.wordpress.com/
*Prints: http://www.etsy.com/shop/SarahAllegraArtistry/
*Red Bubble - a wide range of items to choose from! http://www.redbubble.com/people/sarahallegra
*Instagram: http://instagram.com/artosthebear
*Site: http://www.sarahallegra.com
Read less
This does kind of lead me into the idea behind this self portrait. The initial inspiration came several months ago when, while routinely checking my blog's stats, I found a phrase typed into a search engine which had led someone to my blog: “I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and I want to give up.”
I'll never know who that person was, but I wanted to help them. I wrote a post at the time, written to this unknown person, but I'd wanted to do a photo for my Enchanted Sleep series, http://www.sarahallegra.com/ME.html, around the idea as well. It's obviously taken me a while to do; my first attempt was less than great and I had to figure out what was wrong and then find time to reshoot it. But the image is finally done and posted.
Surviving any kind of chronic illness is all about getting up again when you get knocked down. You try and minimize the number and severity of instances when you'll get knocked down, but it's certain to happen. The only way to beat it is to keep getting up... time after time, after time. It is not a sprint of pushing yourself through a hard time but a marathon of rebounding from falls and scrapes and breaks.
I certainly understand this person's feeling. Everyone with any chronic illness will want to give up at least at times. But I hope that they, and I, and everyone else with this struggle, will find the will to get up one more time.
See my blog, http://sarahallegra.wordpress.com/2014/11/18/rising-again/, for more about the image and what else I've been up to!
*Twitter: http://twitter.com/sarahallegra
*Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/artosthebear
*Blog: http://sarahallegra.wordpress.com/
*Prints: http://www.etsy.com/shop/SarahAllegraArtistry/
*Red Bubble - a wide range of items to choose from! http://www.redbubble.com/people/sarahallegra
*Instagram: http://instagram.com/artosthebear
*Site: http://www.sarahallegra.com
Read less
Nov, 2014Views
4647
Likes
Awards
Top Shot Award 21
Contest Finalist in Redefine Selfies Photo Contest
Featured
Peer Award
Superb Composition
Outstanding Creativity
Top Choice
Absolute Masterpiece
All Star
Magnificent Capture
Superior Skill
Genius
Top Ranks
Top 30 rank week 1
Top 10 rank
Top 20 rankTop 20 rank week 1
Top 20 rank
Categories
giannispietro
August 16, 2015
Join the conversation. Add a comment or even better, a critique. Let's get better together!
giannispietro
August 16, 2015
Wonderful liigt and sharpness... its as if I was there. Reminds me of all the entrance ways in all the houses I used to live in.
greenfrog482
August 24, 2015
There is so much emotions within this photo! It is so strong of an image. The placement of the person ( in middle of a doorway), the hands( searching for the power within to go on),the curls of the hair and not seeing the face....truly heartfelt!....Thanks
Kitsea
November 03, 2016
This is terrific Sarah. You seem to step outside to the fringes of your comfort zone with your art, and your boldness and honesty brings you to a higher level.
Beautifully_Soft
January 08, 2020
Marketing stuff aside ... I really enjoyed you testimony. Never Never Never give up ... and btw this image is simply fantastic. I love it and it is selfshot. Big big props!!!
Same photographer See all
Discover more photos See all
