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LauraGigs:
It may not look like Heath from his golden-boy pinups, Fran, but IMO it does resemble late 2007 Heath:
:-\
optom3:
--- Quote from: Fran on March 02, 2008, 07:22:44 pm ---I'm having trouble with the prominent clavicle bones. Heath looks too thin in the painting.
OK. I'm going to say it: I don't think it looks like him at all
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Me neither,
or at least, not the way I would like to remember him.
I find it too painful to think of him, and indeed see him ,looking so thin.I realise he was probably troubled latterly,I just prefer my memory to be of that lovely smile,and reflective unassuming persona.
Meryl:
Call me crazy, but I love that portrait of Heath. I think it's a great likeness, and it suggests his deeper, more creative aspect to me. He had an active mind, to the point where he couldn't sleep for his racing thoughts, and the artist seems to have found a way to represent that brilliantly. The other parts of himself are ever present, active and restless. The number three is mystical and makes me think of the description of him as an "old soul." The expression on the face of the central figure suggests he's looking inward. I love the tattoos, too.
j.U.d.E.:
--- Quote from: Marge_Innavera on March 01, 2008, 11:42:01 am ---What I thought was the best insight, though a very bitter one, was the author's remark that if Heath had started "acting like an a**hole", showing up for a day's work at a movie shoot obviously under the influence, etc. he might still be alive because people who knew him well might have figured that something was wrong and done some kind of intervention.
[..] And it's true -- it's the people who, through insecurity, strength of character, or some of both, who struggle along in "quiet desperation" without showing any outward signs who so often fall through the cracks.
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I want to agree with that!
j. U. d. E.
j.U.d.E.:
--- Quote from: Meryl on March 02, 2008, 09:07:08 pm ---Call me crazy, but I love that portrait of Heath. I think it's a great likeness, and it suggests his deeper, more creative aspect to me. He had an active mind, to the point where he couldn't sleep for his racing thoughts, and the artist seems to have found a way to represent that brilliantly. The other parts of himself are ever present, active and restless. The number three is mystical and makes me think of the description of him as an "old soul." The expression on the face of the central figure suggests he's looking inward. I love the tattoos, too.
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Very beautifully said Meryl! I like the bit about the 'racing thoughts'. I like the triple Heath too. To me - I said it before - it's like he's saying - 'too many Heaths in my head'.. He seems exhausted. I know what I'm writing isn't very clear, but I hope Vincent Fantauzzo wins!
j. U. d. E.
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