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Take me or Leave me.

Mon Aug 4, 2008, 7:02 PM
I've been on Deviant Art before.

Actually, I've had about 4 other accounts. I feel this is the last time I will reinvent my account.


I come to self realization this year.

Not once in my entire life have a felt completely comfortable being myself. Everyone has made me suppress my true side because society may frown upon it. The people we emulate may not like what they see.

The truth is, I don't like what I see in the mirror. I don't recognize myself the majority of the time.

I have weird quirks that no one I know understands.

I have a weird fascination with blood. From the way it creates little pathways on the skin like a maze of exterior veins, to the taste of it. It is our life force. Nothing is more pure, more substantial, more alive.

I'm not masochistic or macabre, but there is a level of pain I enjoy. Every now and then, pain helps me see myself, and reassure me that I am not invisible.

I find the fact that life is so delicate frightening, but also beautiful.

I am religious. I hold to my faith because without it, I don't see a purpose in anything.

I love the thought of angels, especially fallen ones. I don't see a fallen angel as a being fallen from grace, simply misled. I find the symbol of a fallen angel related to us as humans.

I am dark, but on the outside, I shine like a sun. No one
would know that my life isn't picture perfect. And its better that way.

I am not myself. I am who I am silently asked to be. My role is the dependable, loving, effervescent, eternally happy, sun to everyone's rainy day.

I am not myself, but I have become that person.

There is a beauty in anonymity. Here, I can be whomever I choose, and if you don't like it, simply stray from my page.

Here, I am me. Welcome to my world. Take it or Leave it.

-Requiem for Reves


P.s:

A requiem is a chant for the dead. Reves means dreams.

It does not mean all my dreams are dead. Many have died, but many remain.

Hence my I.D:
I host a requiem for the dreams I have lost, in hopes that the ones that remain, will thrive.

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:iconpisopez:
well said! i like how you're not trying to be some pompous art type who thinks only their opinion of the world and the way they live their life is the only way to live. I almost felt like i was reading a bit of myself there for a second!

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..............if you see a fish out of water, step on it...............
:iconrequiem-for-reves:
haha thanks. i really changed a lot this year. i really just let go of all the pretending to be someone im not and god, the relief. now i just say it how it is for me, take it or leave it and im finding that im fairing far better.

but i completely get what you mean about the pompous artist thing. makes me gag a little bit. no one should take themselves to seriously.

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I host a requiem for the dreams I have lost, in hopes that the ones that remain, will thrive.
:iconpisopez:
same here! and if i may be frank and a little gross, i actually want to piant toothy fart bubbles coming from a girl whose floating underwater in a fetus position. the only real reason i want to do that is to rub it in everyones pompous face! Most people i tell that too they think i shouldn't ruin a good painting, but to me it's more of a funny/fuck the artworld peice that i want to do just cause i don't think anyone has truly painted a fart! let alona a girl farting underwater! i don't know stupidly hilarious to me, and just like you said, i don't care what people think of me or my art, cause realistically i'm doing my art for myself! now when i tattoo someone then it is for them, so i end up balancing out the energy! you're a smart girl!

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..............if you see a fish out of water, step on it...............
:iconrequiem-for-reves:
hahah well who they hell do they think they are telling you what you can or cannot draw? and i have to agree with you, im fairly sure that you would be the first haha but hey, inspiration is inspiration right? so fuck the artworld indeed, its far to full of itself anyway.

and i caught the last part about tattoos? is that your job? if so, awesome :)

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I host a requiem for the dreams I have lost, in hopes that the ones that remain, will thrive.
:iconpisopez:
yes it is my job! I'm actually thinking about posting some of my work here! you can always check out my portfolio on myspace if you deal with that forum. Just search PISOPEZ in google or myspace and i'm the only one in the world with that name cause i Rock! Can i ask you your name or should i just call you muse?

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..............if you see a fish out of water, step on it...............
:iconmslygh:
Poe wrote 2 poems that I really love. He wrote "The Bells" which is a rhythmical creation of beauty, but has very little to say. Then he wrote "The Raven" which is a rhythmical creation of beauty and has a lot to say. I think tha a persons life can be like that. The choice belongs to each of us. I choose The Ravens path. What do you chose? MLS
:iconrequiem-for-reves:
Poe is my favorite poet, so I am very familiar with both of those poems. I will always have a soft spot in my heart for "The Raven," because it tells so much about human nature in one piece of literature. It breaks my heart when people don't see the truth and meaning behind that poem. I might lose my mind if one more person says it is about a bird.

Yet, you said "The Bells" does not have a lot to say. On the contrary I believe it has a lot to say. I agree that is is about beauty, but can interpreted in different ways. I see it as a portrait of human life and experiences. The bells begin very light, sleigh bells and wedding bells, bringing about merriment and happiness. They then turn to alarm bells, signaling panic and distress. However, they are finally Tolling Bells, (and If you don't recognize the reference "No Man is an Island" by John Donne, Great poem!) Signaling a solemn passing of life.

I don't think I could choose between the two, but Id have to say, I relate more to the Bells poem, despite the fact I love the Raven most of all. Seeing as I have not, yet, lost my mind, I feel empathy for him, but simply cannot relate. They are both stunning poems though.

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I host a requiem for the dreams I have lost, in hopes that the ones that remain, will thrive.
:iconpeanut-time:
Those are pretty abstained "quirks"

You have to do things like put gloves on your hands and think your a villain...or use a broom as a sword.

God I'm a dork.

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Some refuse to be found in self pity. Others attempt to be remembered by their chosen path. Whether a person strives to be a priest or fights to not become a self prisoner or to be labeled. A person is still a person. Everyone is living different stories.

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