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Bo Davies  

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Look Up!

Journal Entry: Tue Mar 25, 2008, 11:15 PM
  • Mood: Angsty
  • Listening to: Alice In Chains - Dirt
  • Reading: Awakening To The Tao - Liu I-Ming
  • Watching: Rambo
  • Playing: devil's advocate.
  • Eating: irreligious confectionery.
  • Drinking: only what I can afford.
Forgive me DeviantArt for I have sinned. It has been almost three years since my last journal entry!

For a long time I have been trying to find an analogy to describe the way I am, to be able to relate to anyone that might ask, what it feels like to 'be', from my particular perspective. I am still a long way from finding a suitable description. But one concept has recently been playing on loop in my waking dreams.

Imagine if all humans, like dolls, had stiff necks, and eyes that roll closed when they lie back. They could never look up, never see the sky. In time, even the idea of raising your eyes becomes meaningless. After all, there is nothing up there you can touch, nothing you can take, nowhere you can go...so what are you missing?

What are you missing?

Perhaps nothing, as everyone has come to believe. Or perhaps, there is something, some vital sense of perspective, some celestial mirror that reflects the movement of the world, and shows the beginning and end of any path you and those around you may choose to take.

My neck is loose. My eyes do not roll shut. I see reflected light upon the ground, and feel the weight of the enormous truth that hangs overhead. A truth too vast for me to absorb, too bright for me to focus on, too intricate for me to be able to describe. Still I desire it, but I know that if I look up, my neck will lock, my eyes will never close. I will never be able to look down. I will have an understanding I can no longer apply to my own surroundings, an endless overview of people whose faces I can never see, whose eyes I can never look into. I will give up the beauty of what's right in front of me, for the ability to see into the future.

To look down is suffocating and claustrophobic, but it connects you with the people around you. To look up is to lose sight of yourself in a vision of infinite detail, but it shows you the workings of the universe itself. Do you join the others, ignore the truth that lies above, and try and learn to find fulfilment in that which is explainable and apparent? Or do you seek the ultimate understanding, at the cost of all that lies at your feet, of those you can touch, but never see? Do we learn more about ourselves through understanding our place in the world, or through seeing the effects we have on the people we meet?



People surround you on all sides. Life saturates your senses. But your neck is loose. Your eyes do not roll shut. A reflection dances on the ground before you. A thought occurs to you, builds in your mind....look up.......LOOK UP!

Devious Information

  • Current Age: 30
  • Current Residence: Stratford-Upon-Avon
  • Interests: Music, Martial Arts, The Orient
  • Favourite movie: Currently - Fighter In The Wind
  • Favourite band or musician: www.myspace.com/breakerband
  • Favourite genre of music: Depends on my mood. I listen to everything....it's all inspirational in some way.
  • Favourite artist: Giger, Lichtenstein
  • Favourite poet or writer: Shakespeare, Tolkein, Bruce Lee
  • Favourite photographer: Girltripped, LaraFairie
  • Favourite style or digital art: Strong and dynamic shots that make you say 'How the hell did they take that shot!?'
  • Operating System: PC Windows XP
  • MP3 player of choice: Pod of i
  • Shell of choice: Abalone
  • Wallpaper of choice: Anything by *girltripped
  • Skin of choice: Thick...
  • Favourite game: Final Fantasy VII - a classic!
  • Favourite gaming platform: PS2
  • Favourite cartoon character: The Tick - anyone remember him?
  • Personal Quote: I've never fallen in love.....but I have trodden in it a few times.
  • Tools of the Trade: Drumsticks, Canon EOS 350D, Bourgeois Black Kohl Pencil!

Devious Comments

~AdayWithoutSunshine:iconAdayWithoutSunshine: Apr 24, 2008, 11:11:14 AM Mood: Neutral
what you reckon of my drawings?? r they a bit crap... do u think i should take them down?? be honest!! xx

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I step outside to get a quick breath
Of fresh death,
now there's no air left
And fifty percent of us couldn't care less
*MyLadyLiesWaiting:iconMyLadyLiesWaiting: Apr 23, 2008, 5:16:26 PM
Hey! Welcome to dA! Lookin forward to seeing your stuff...looking good so far! Hope you get as much out of this site as I do! xxx
~AdayWithoutSunshine:iconAdayWithoutSunshine: Apr 23, 2008, 4:19:12 AM
hi.. i am on here now.. only a few photos so far.. but am working on it!xx
*MyLadyLiesWaiting:iconMyLadyLiesWaiting: Apr 16, 2008, 11:02:59 AM
Heh....ahhhh shuddup you big gayer! *cough thanks cough* ;)
~mwmphotography:iconmwmphotography: Apr 16, 2008, 1:20:56 AM
Bo,

Did not realise how awesome your body is!

Ace Photos :)

Mike
~RainyDingo:iconRainyDingo: Apr 13, 2008, 11:59:13 PM Mood: Peaceful
hey bo,

wow, wow and wow!!!

Your work and aristic/peaceful sensabilty is quite superb and beautiful!!

And those dreds are artwork all by themselves :)

Love your way......

Ill be watching you, your insperational!!

PEACE

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~Bass players do it with rythem~
~moonsnow:iconmoonsnow: Apr 11, 2008, 10:19:55 PM Mood: Joy
Thanks a lot for the :+fav:, Bo!
:hug:

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One step closer to the future, one inch closer to the end.

Always a catch...

Temet Nosce
:plotting:
~MouritsaDA-Stock:iconMouritsaDA-Stock: Apr 8, 2008, 2:18:39 PM
I would like to thank you for the :+fav:. You make me feel extremely honored for visiting my gallery and for liking my stocks.
I must say that you have quite an inspiring gallery. Your artworks are superb^^ Surely i would love to see more from you in the near future. Thank you for your lovely deviations.
~Impakto:iconImpakto: Apr 3, 2008, 7:25:01 AM
its my pleasure to fave one of your creation...i love the way you manipulate that thing...^_^ awesome....hope to see more of those things soon... instant fave.

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secretly damn
~MelancholyMacabre:iconMelancholyMacabre: Mar 25, 2008, 4:07:21 PM
Hmmm...you got the point. :D

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I murmured a vow of silence and now
I don't even hear when I think aloud...
Extinguished by light I turn on the night
Wear its darkness with an empty smile...
~MelancholyMacabre:iconMelancholyMacabre: Mar 25, 2008, 4:05:17 PM
Thank you for the :+watch:.

;)


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I murmured a vow of silence and now
I don't even hear when I think aloud...
Extinguished by light I turn on the night
Wear its darkness with an empty smile...
~spitfirex:iconspitfirex: Feb 19, 2008, 7:40:58 PM
you're definitely getting there. :w00t:

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I heart <@=:
~vhaidra:iconvhaidra: Feb 19, 2008, 6:46:51 PM
Glad I could stroke your ego. Haha

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A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself.
*MyLadyLiesWaiting:iconMyLadyLiesWaiting: Feb 19, 2008, 6:44:24 PM
Heh...good to know! I'll work on getting from ';pretty interesting' to 'very interesting' in future! x
*MyLadyLiesWaiting:iconMyLadyLiesWaiting: Feb 19, 2008, 6:40:55 PM
My eyes are at the centre of my vanity, so you said the right thing! Thank you. x
*hetgras:iconhetgras: Feb 17, 2008, 6:20:45 AM
Hello :)

In the past you have been faving 1 or more of my deviations. I had some technical problems with my old account so I made up a new account and reuploaded the most interesting stuff. Would be great if you fav at least the stuff you have been faving in the past ;)

Thank you very much!
~spitfirex:iconspitfirex: Feb 6, 2008, 8:53:16 PM
ooh... pretty interesting stuff... even your journal is interesting. :D

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I heart <@=:
~vhaidra:iconvhaidra: Feb 6, 2008, 5:37:04 AM
You have a lovely gallery... and two of the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen :)

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A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself.
=blacklovelock:iconblacklovelock: Feb 1, 2008, 4:37:28 AM
very nice session, the one with Lara :) :thumbsup:
~Daimanius:iconDaimanius: Jan 4, 2008, 8:09:49 AM
The Tick... definitely.

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~lenagnl:iconlenagnl: Dec 24, 2007, 4:11:26 PM
soryyyy:Dthank you so much:) :santa:

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`larafairie:iconlarafairie: Dec 23, 2007, 6:27:14 PM
Have a great christmas you! Will send your CD after xmas :hug:

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Lara Jade.
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