Remember to say a prayer for the invisible ones. The unacknowledged. The transparent. The ones who hide in plain sight. The ones who wait to be noticed. All those who beg the favor of existence, which is conferred by a glance. All those who are grateful for the mere act of searching, the glance that seeks but may not find them.
Seeing is praying.
Prayer for the Invisible Ones — for C.R. (2012). Digital collage created & copyright © by Eric Edelman. All rights reserved.
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I am really enjoying the juxtaposition of the colors.
Thanks very much! I’m happy that you enjoy the collage.
So nice!! Happy WW
Brandi
Thanks Brandi! Hope you had a great WW.
What a powerful message!
Thank you very much, Alicia! I’m glad it resonated with you.
Another great WW post! Happy WW!
Thank you so much, Theresa! I appreciate your visit and your kind words.
Your work is so cool – thanks for hosting!
Here’s my link in case it doesn’t show up in the linky box:
http://www.create-with-joy.com/2012/05/wordless-wednesday-my-sweet-kitty.html
Thanks for your kind comment! It’s our pleasure to host you.
Beautiful
Thanks very much, Steve!
Love the effect
Thanks for your visit and your kind comment!
I love the gigantic face mixed in with all the small ones.
Thanks, Alissa. I used the different sizes of the same face to suggest that in some sense, we all have unseen and unacknowledged sides of ourselves. Getting to recognize the unseen with us can lead us to feel greater compassion for others who are entirely invisible.
Great post! Wonderful collage!
Thanks very much, Carol! I appreciate your kind words.
Who is That??
His name was W.A. Daily, and he was billed as a “life-saver” from California. He lived in the 1880s. I take it that Mr. Daily was a life-guard or another kind of professional rescuer.
happy ww
Happy WW, Tina!
thanks for the linky
You’re welcome. Thanks for visiting us.
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Have a Happy WW!
yes..thank you for this reminder…
Thank you for your thoughtful comment and visit.
That is very beautiful and truly touched my heart!
Thank you very much, Monica. Your comment means a lot, and it was kind of you to leave it.
Thanks for hosting this!
Thanks for your visit!
I see.
Happy WW!
~EdT.
I believe you do. Thanks!
Thanks for linking up w/The BOAT!
Thank you!
I like the color contrast.
Thanks! I was working to achieve color contrast, and I’m happy that it pleased you.
nobody should ever be invisible!
I agree with you, Jessica: nobody should ever be invisible. But sad to say, many people are still invisible: unnoticed and uncared-for. Thanks for your comment and visit.
Always know that when I stop by on Wednesday, that I will get presented with another very interesting art work. Thanks so much for sharing.
Thank you, Danielle! I appreciate your kind words very much.
I don’t know if this is relevant to what you said in your post, but I always think that even seeing is an art. You need to learn, to master it. The better you are at seeing, the more you will see.
It’s been a while since the last time I enjoyed your collages here and you have another great one this week.
Cheers and happy WW!
Thanks very much for your thoughtful comment. I do agree that seeing is an art that should be practiced and mastered. In connection with this post, seeing is a recognition of those who normally go unrecognized and unseen, and to master this kind of seeing is to deepen one’s compassion for one’s fellows.
Thanks very much for your kind words about the collage and for visiting our site; welcome back!
That’s a really interesting collage. Happy WW
Thank you very much for your kind words and your visit, Dominique!
Thoughtful collage.
Thanks for your kind comment, Claudia!
Happy WW!
Happy WW!
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Thanks for visiting!
Great one
Thanks very much, Meghan!
I just love the old fashioned pen and ink look of this one. Such pride in that face.
Thanks! Yes, that’s the wonder of wood engravings like this one, which were intended to simulate the look of pen-&-ink crosshatching. I do most of my artwork by digitally compositing scanned images from wood engravings. You can see more examples of this at: http://eric-edelman.artistwebsites.com/art/all/all/all
Interesting… very thought provoking.
Thanks, Michelle.
Awesome post! It’s really got me thinking!
Thanks for your kind comment and your visit, Melissa!
Very interesting photo. I like the idea of praying for the invisible.
Thanks very much! Actually the picture is a digital collage; the original inspiration for it was the plight of abuse victims (“Los Invisibles”: the Invisible Ones).
Thoughts are invisible unless they become deeds.
True. And yet, according to W.B.Yeats, “In dreams begins responsibility.” And the Hopi believe that things come into existence upon being first thought of. Thanks for your visit and comment.