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Catharsisby ~xequemate

Photography / Conceptual

_{To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.

Catharsis: a Greek word meaning "purification" or "cleansing" derived from the ancient Greek gerund transliterated as kathairein "to purify, purge," and adjective katharos "pure or clean".

The concept:
This is all about illness, not my own illness but the pain brought to me by my grandma's disease, lung cancer.
She died 14 years ago, but I still can remember how painful it was. By the time she became ill, she was living with us and I remember, clearly, the dry cought all night and the blood in the bathroom and in the asseptic sheets. Hard times. She was like a mother for me, so it was one of the bad periods of my life.
The fact that I chose myself for the photo was intentional too. I intend the picture to be not only a representation of the disease but also a way to show how traumatic it was for me. I actually felt the symptons. So, this is really a catharsis.
It is also a homage to my grandma. I'll meet you again, wherever you may be.

This is my entry to the Catharsis' contest: [link] by *ItDoesNotHaveMe}

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~audi-katia Nov 30, 2011

I stumbled across this picture years ago (and I was one of those lazy people who didn't leave a comment) and thought this was an interesting picture before exiting out of the window. I can't begin to tell you how many times I have thought about this image and how much it all makes sense to me. This is one of the most powerful images I have ever seen and my mind seems to always come back to it. I was lucky enough today to stumble across it again and it's so much stronger seeing it again. Beautiful.

~xequemate Dec 4, 2011

Thank you very much for taking the time to write this moving comment.
I no longer upload stuff here, but it's a pleasure to know that my pictures still have impact on people.

~razorandrosary Nov 27, 2009 Hobbyist Photographer

Brilliant

My nan had cancer which spread right through her(she died in 1997), and although I was shielded from the horror of her disease, I still know the pain of losing someone from such a terrible thing.