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Afternoon with My Dad by ~OpheliasNightmare:iconOpheliasNightmare:

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©2009 ~OpheliasNightmare
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~israaeel May 31, 2009, 8:39:23 AM
This picture is very emotive, Ophelia
Did you took it on Memorial's Day?

I am sorry to know that you father lost his live during WW2. I have been reading a lot about the pacific war recently. Did he fought there?

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"Beauty is the oracle that speaks to us all. "
- Luis Barragán
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~OpheliasNightmare May 31, 2009, 10:39:09 AM
Thank you, Israaeel.
My father fought in WWII, but he died in 1995.
This was not from Memorial Day. I went to my hometown Friday and Saturday, and I spent some time alone at his grave with my guitar.
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*QwikDrah May 31, 2009, 11:16:13 AM
This is very soft, loving and intimate. It almost seems like a portrait the way you added adornments to the close angled shot. I can't say I've ever seen such a sweet photo with subject matter like this. Nicely done.
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~OpheliasNightmare May 31, 2009, 4:37:28 PM
Thank you very much. I do still miss him after all these years.

Somehow I feel like I've revealed more about myself in this one shot than in the rest of my gallery combined.
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*QwikDrah May 31, 2009, 5:38:43 PM
I can see why you'd feel that way, on both counts.
I hope your not feeling too exposed, though, as anyone who doesn't know you would only see a sentimental, albeit slightly mournful photo.
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~OpheliasNightmare Jun 1, 2009, 12:17:40 PM
I don't feel too exposed in a bad way. I just feel like I was really going out on a limb there. And I expected only a few people to catch how emotionally loaded the image is.
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~israaeel Jun 4, 2009, 3:53:33 PM
Oh, I see
He must have told you great stories from those times.

--
"Beauty is the oracle that speaks to us all. "
- Luis Barragán
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~OpheliasNightmare Jun 6, 2009, 6:43:20 AM
Some were great, some were horrible. He was shell-shocked... tortured in his nightmares for the rest of his life.
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