Truthiness

20 Mar

I decided that I’m woman enough to show you all my true self. As part of the Self-Portrait Truthiness project at Flickr.

I am a real woman. Yes I wear makeup and jewelry. I groom. Heck, I even shower! But in the morning all you get is me – morning breath and all.

But, my husband sees this every morning and hasn’t run away screaming into the dark morning hours yet, so I know he loves me anyway.

Sweetney had this to say:

I post this for two reasons. One, I think we’re all very good at glossing over and covering up, and let’s face it, that’s kind of lame and cowardly. We all promote our best head-shots, our most flattering angles, and stuff under the rug the reality of what we REALLY look like without tweaking and all manner of artificial support. I’m no different, of course: I edit and select all of the images I post here, and am loathe to publish photos that make me look less-than-attractive(-ish). But I’m not a head-shot, and my life most certainly isn’t lived in soft lighting, and truth be told I rarely (okay, almost never) wear makeup. This is pretty much who I am. Internet, meet my everyday reality, in all its haggard ingloriousness.

And two, I’d like to meet YOU in your stripped-down, unvarnished loveliness, as well. So I’ve created a handy-dandy flickr group called Self-Portrait Truthiness, and I invite each of you to post one or more photos there of yourself as “the real you.” Interpret that as you will, bearing in mind that honesty and keeping-it-real is the goal. The truth will set us free… or at least be entertaining for a few days. snort.

So let’s do this thing! I double dog dare you. Yeah, I said it. Whatcha gonna do, punk?

I was double dog dared.

But, to protect your small children, I’ve put the photo below the fold. Click if you’re willing.

Me. In the Morning.

The Truthiness by Sparks and Butterflies, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

5 Responses to “Truthiness”

  1. FireMom 20. Mar, 2008 at 12:22 pm #

    I totally dig your glasses!

  2. admin 20. Mar, 2008 at 12:47 pm #

    Thanks! Totally cheap, got them from Mir’s suggestion of zenni optical.

  3. The Nester 23. Mar, 2008 at 7:37 am #

    i thought you were a cartoon!

    you are so much prettier as a real person!

    The Nester’s last blog post..Good Friday

  4. To Think Is To Create 23. Mar, 2008 at 10:53 pm #

    Love it! I’m doing mine tomorrow. Great chatting with you tonight. :)

    To Think Is To Create’s last blog post..The Blood, The Tomb, The Life

  5. admin 24. Mar, 2008 at 5:12 am #

    GREAT chatting with you too! I’ve got your blog bookmarked to check out (you’re new to me) =)

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