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Yearning by ~lien:iconlien:

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©2008-2009 ~lien
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Event 374 "Yearning" (climbing up the walls)
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9.5" x 9.5"
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Alabaster Dust, Oil, Emulsion, Wax and Pigment on Canvas.


This is my submission into the Remodernists Group [link] "Yearning" Project!

Details can be found here; [link] .

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Given 2008-04-04

"Yearning by *lien is incredibly simple yet packed with powerful emotions. It is of a person unhappy with his life & is so desperate to find a way out he crawls the walls in desperation. Sometimes life, family, depression, or a lost love make us feel like this: a cornered wounded animal trying to claw our way out to safety & to the light. There is just so much angst dripping from this painting, it hurts even to look at it for too long" (Suggested by *glunac and Featured by `sbaraci)

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*glunac Feb 5, 2008, 6:24:24 AM
You defintely should have titled this "Climbing the Walls" or even "Let me out"...but you are right the emotion that comes though is of yearning; of being captured into something that you must escape from even if it means clawing your way out.

So much anguish & passion in a very simplistic format. A powerful work, Neil.

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Malapropism is my fiend.
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~lien Feb 5, 2008, 6:36:35 AM
I am so glad that you said that, that the emotion of yearning comes through. I had to title it "Yearning", that was the title stipulated for entering the project.

Thank you so much for the comment, Gloria.
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~memoryboy Feb 5, 2008, 6:41:02 AM
That's really clever. It's such a simple way to get across the meaning. At first sight I actually flinched a bit, which I suppose proves how darkly evocative it is. I like the fact that you've used a white backdrop for this, when so many people would've thoughtlessly gone with the red-on-black cliche.
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~MissUmlaut Feb 5, 2008, 6:42:49 AM
Once again, less is more.
This have a terrific impact. And you photographied it just the right way to get the maximum of the texture, a good move !

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Me ? A signature ? Never.
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=SalusaSecundus Feb 5, 2008, 7:48:27 AM
I don't like Nine Inch Nails, but is the only thing I think about when I look at this piece, those big 9 inch nails!

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*livin-a-life Feb 5, 2008, 9:14:06 AM
this is kinda freaky,
like someone trying to claw their way out of a jail cell or something,
cool stuff though

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Thanks :D
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~2xrayzerase Feb 5, 2008, 10:50:17 AM
live and learn.
i tend to sometimes pass things upon "thumbnail-look"
BAD.
i came back here after seeing two. i have been here before-but today it hir me --i must be slow!
anyway-turned the wheel back and saw this work and again another strong one.
raw and i feel the harsh coolness of icy wind -that or the crusting sunburn open sores being touched over and over.
so so raw and unbearable to touch-and almost even see.
like the others-to see in real life...........
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~mbrummell Feb 5, 2008, 2:52:27 PM
This one was perfect for me to see today. Excellent work! :)

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:floating: "There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other." :floating:
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~dyzv0r Feb 5, 2008, 4:35:02 PM
idk if you named this after the radiohead song or not, but it captures the mood of that song for sure. Also, the very first thing i thought of when i saw it was the feeling of being on a locked ward and desperately wanting to go home. clean white cage

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That which does not kill us, makes us stranger.

-Trevor Goodchild (Aeon Flux)
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~lien Feb 6, 2008, 8:17:34 AM
i love this comment...thank you, and yes "I am the key to the lock in your house, that keeps your toys in the basement"!
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