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I snapped the picture and the next instant realized I was looking out of the bear's eyes, my mind trapped inside its lifeless immobile body. I had unknowingly taken the place of the previous victim of the Native American curse who now occupied my body...
Now it was my turn; how long would I have to wait until someone else decided to take a picture of the stuffed bear in front of the airport gift shop?
Now it was my turn; how long would I have to wait until someone else decided to take a picture of the stuffed bear in front of the airport gift shop?
Category Photography / Transformation
Species Bear (Other)
Size 500 x 676px
File Size 20.7 kB
Confession: I swiped the idea from (or was inspired by) "Axolotl," a short story by Argentine author Julio Cortazar (he wrote the short story that was adapted into the famous 1960's movie "Blow-Up"):
"...My face was pressed against the glass of the aquarium, my eyes were attempting once more to penetrate the mystery of those eyes of gold without iris, without pupil. I saw from very close up the face of an axolotl immobile next to the glass. No transition and no surprise, I saw my face against the glass, I saw it on the outside of the tank, I saw it on the other side of the glass. Then my face drew back and I understood..."
http://sayberklas.tripod.com/anthol.....lish/id32.html
"...My face was pressed against the glass of the aquarium, my eyes were attempting once more to penetrate the mystery of those eyes of gold without iris, without pupil. I saw from very close up the face of an axolotl immobile next to the glass. No transition and no surprise, I saw my face against the glass, I saw it on the outside of the tank, I saw it on the other side of the glass. Then my face drew back and I understood..."
http://sayberklas.tripod.com/anthol.....lish/id32.html
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