Planet Grief
by jmritz

Comment by tanguera:
You know, I CAN see the (sad) man in the moon!

Mona Leisure
by jmritz

Comment by codfish709:
I get the pun, but the image doesn't support it all that well.

Mona Leisure
by jmritz

Comment by bmartuch:
This is wild. I love it.

Creation
by jmritz

Comment by ubique:
This was the most audacious of the Fine Art entries. Two juries did some justice to its reach; well done.

The title 'Creation' was a master stroke; so much more telling than the more obvious 'Just for You'.

The point of the whole work is gently echoed, and amplified, by the tiny graphic slyly included at the bottom right corner. A rushing man is admonished to put the wrapper in a trash can (but don't stop rushing to do so). The fact that this cynical appeasement appears on the wrapper only as a sort of graphic 'fine print' of the type not intended to be read nor even noticed by the consumer is a delicious further irony (as is my use of the word 'delicious' in this context).

The work is also signed there, where artists generally sign their work: 'USA'

And we voters have completed the artist's work, a picture that surely must either succeed or fail (there can't be a middle ground reception for this one, can there?) by awarding it 52 votes of '5', demonstrating that no matter what you say, most people will be too lazy or too busy (see the rushing trash-can-man) to listen. The ultimate level of irony of 'Creation'.

walking
by jmritz

Comment by tnun:
shadrach, meshach or abednigo?

Creation
by jmritz

Comment by chazoe:
I don't know why I am so drawn to this image, but I am. To me that means it is well done. Sometimes the things I like the most are things I can't explain, and I don't try, just let it be one of life's beautiful mysteries. Thanks

Creation
by jmritz

Comment by idealodds:
What really gets me for this one is its similarity to caution/police-line/warning/do-not-cross tape(especially via the thumb.) Almost as if it knows it should not be opened. The crumples give it a beat up, possibly like a crime scene, feel to me. But as Twain said, "[T]here is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable," and warnings be damned, I want that burger. Well done. I gave you an 8.

Creation
by jmritz

Comment by bspurgeon:
Well done John. Simple can be powerful.

Planet Grief
by jmritz

Comment by Dphoto:
Why take a picture if it doesn't support the message. I'm sorry but if it takes more than a few seconds to capture the viewer then it has no impact (IMO). Great for people that are looking for that but in general, it's lost. But who am I. It may be soring in votes and I guess the egg will be on my face. Sorry. Good luck.

Planet Grief
by jmritz

Comment by saintaugust:
i can see the sad face