My friend the ghost by yomah

2D • People • posted on Jun 28, 2006

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Description

Bobby walked like a ghost in the high school hallways. He worked hard at being non-descriptive and inconspicuous. As a result people looked right through him. His manner of dress was unremarkable, he was good enough to get B's and C's but tuned in enough not to make A's. It took his teachers three weeks to learn his name though they seldom used it. Lackluster was his byword. Humiliation and head thumpings in middle school taught him his place in the schools caste system. But I could never manage to stay under-the-wire. I knew I'd never be one of the golden ones, so I tried stay the hell out of sight, but my home life made me too visible and put a bull's-eye right on my forehead. He taught me to disappear. ~yO

Comments (9)

1:44PM | Wed, 28 June 2006

interesting choice of POV. really portrays the text. i think you are so expressive, both in words and in imagery. beautiful work of art. well done. thank you for sharing.

Lashia

1:48PM | Wed, 28 June 2006

Amazing story along with another amazing portrait, I love the pose, it really descrives the invisibility he has. Great image :-)

shutterb

1:49PM | Wed, 28 June 2006

Great colors and lighting to set the mood for the story...

ARTWITHIN

2:18PM | Wed, 28 June 2006

Superb painting yo! Wonderful colors and lighting. Your descriptive text and the painting are very thought provoking. After I reflected on Bobby, I realized there is an contrasting reality with the same ghost. There are also those who are very popular, very visible, and yet, within resides the ghost of one very different. Some learn to play a role very different from who they are to protect themselves from rejection.

dragonfly2000

2:47PM | Wed, 28 June 2006

There was a movie I saw once, "Mr. Roberts" and one character, an Ensign Pulver, had been aboard this small US Navy ship for 7 months before the captain ever knew he was there; an iconic device. Laying low is too often the only defense one has in the world, and as I can testify darn useful. Really like the work on this image.