Depressed?

Well, I found it interesting that one of my friends found a doll of mine depressing, one I didn't intend to be so. In retrospect, I thought it might be interesting to post all the dolls I've made specifically representing sadness and depression. Beside these dolls I've written an explanation.

(Now you too can see my avatars through the glasses of my mind!)

DON'T be scared now :D

Left: "Feeling Sad"
She's crying. :(









Right: I'd call this one,
"Feeling Cool"
She looks at the world sarcastically, prudently, coldly and passionless. "What will be next?" she wonders, but nothing could upset her much at this point. Slightly jaded, but quite depressed, she's a bit too much of a realist, and needs to lighten up a bit.


Left: I would call this one "Seeking Control" Her destiny, the world, hangs in the balance in the background, her life is out of her control, signified by the wild flowers and grass. Yet, she searches for some type of control, signified by the bloody dagger and sword readied for battle. The basin of water has leaves drifting into it, time passes slowly, what will happen is unknown. In the end, she can only control herself - how will she wield such power?

Right: (con. from above/left) In the end, she feels vulnerable. She is innocent, and yet not so innocent, a strange paradox. The color in this Gothic doll represents hope, yet the obvious pain, suffering, and depression is there as well. The paradox does not end and life goes on... as it always will... She experiences happiness, but the pain and suffering are always there, afflicting her periodically throughout life - this is the way of the world. She stares at you frankly, not unfeelingly, but she refuses to wear her emotions on he sleeve, and she is cautious from past experiences. Overall however, she views life with one eye completely open and unblocked, and the other through the veil of her hair, "hope." Don't give up on her, she has potential...

Left: Here is the original, "Inside I cry." [I thought the blood to be a nice touch.]
This is probably one of my saddest avatars. The pain of life claws at the avatar, but little expression is shown through the face or clothing. As I've said in another post on my other blog, the black and white clothing, the white face and hair are ambiguous, but this doll, she's bleeding from the inside out, the pain of life seeping through her eyes, the window of her soul. Of course, there is always hope. According to mysticism, hair represents a person's ability to accomplish, and her hair flows white, signifying good, and freely. She has hope, but she must fight the pain within before taming her hair, and using her wings, which can be used for good or bad as signified by the black and white, she can fly off to do good.

Left: "Identity Crisis"
This doll was meant to portray confusion in life. The multiple layers of wings, wild hair blowing, the fact she is expecting, and the strange skirt are all confusing, clashing, and strange. The blank face is again a symbol of neutrality, neither good nor bad, simply another stage of reality. Face the weirdness of life and try to move forward anyways.

Right: This is just me on a bad hair day... I guess you could call that a form of depression. "I look like Medusa today!" *grrr* "Why can't I do anything will my hair today?" :D


Left: I suppose you can make what you want of this one. Now that I look at her objectively, she looks kind of sad. When I made her, I was overwhelmed by the beauty of her hair. She fit together perfectly in my mind... She's exquisite, dangerous, exotic...

And, for our last look at life through an avatar [at least for the moment] -drum roll please- we have:

ENTER stage Right: "On Stage"
In the end, we're all on stage, acting out our lives. Every day we're recorded/video taped, and one day we'll watch our own show, laughing, crying, but we will have to explain the accounting behind our lives.

"SMILE, YOU'RE ON CANDID CAMERA!"

Well, I believe those are the majority of the depressed (life related) avatars I've made to date. [In fact, now that I think about it, I could probably analyze all of my avatars and see interesting insights in the pictures.] Anyways, please remember that I don't sit making these avatars all the time, but the fact they exist show I am a normal, well balanced human being. :D

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