Comments on: Meant to Be (part 1)

By: howard koor

howard koor — Thu, 28 May 2020 17:33:32 +0000

The picture alone is mind-blowing! Reading of the backstory brings it all to another level. Really beautiful. You can feel such amazing energy here. Mystical. Spiritual. Sensuous. And I love the comments from others immensely.

Thank you..

Howard Koor

By: Jen Kiaba

Jen Kiaba — Sat, 19 Jan 2019 13:46:24 +0000

This actually brought tears to my eyes. There’s something very pure about the love and grief you’re portraying in this image. You talked a bit about the taboos around this image on IG too, but when I sit with the idea of what makes it taboo I realize that our connection with death and grief are so antiseptic. I think this was a brave piece, thank you for sharing it with us.

By: Gallagher Green

Gallagher Green — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 15:34:58 +0000

In reply to Anna Bruce. Yes, the story with this makes even more powerful!

By: Gallagher Green

Gallagher Green — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 15:33:42 +0000

I am a little late to this post, I was all consumed by some creative class I was taking on Facebook. 😉
I can understand why did piece didn’t work for you in the way you want, but it is a stunning piece nonetheless. Powerful and emotional. But it doesn’t feel quite like you if you know what I mean.
It does give an of life and death, it seems like a lot of art I have been seeing in the past few days has to do with death and lose. Which is odd timing because my Dad is walking the tight rode of that line, and has been for weeks and will continue for possibly months. So maybe it is unexplainable timing, maybe it is me reading too much into things.

Thank you for sharing this with us. <3

By: JOSE Antonio Blaya

JOSE Antonio Blaya — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 08:52:26 +0000

Es una historia realmente apasionante. Yo leí hace un tiempo un libro titulado Sobre la vida y la muerte”, y en el de nos hace ver la realidad de cual es nuestro existir. No hay que tener miedo a la muerte, porque los que creemos en el Mas Allá, la muerte es vida.
Respecto a tu trabajo me parece magnífico y lo que me preocupa es lo que dices sobre el motivo que te ha llevado a ello y no puedes contarlo. Espero que no sea nada malo y personal respecto a ti o algún familiar.
Besos Brooke.

By: Anna Bruce

Anna Bruce — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 21:39:01 +0000

Wow, Brooke! I remember when you told the story at PPC. This is definitely a really deep take on life and death that I would never have even conceived. This image is beautiful and gives me anxiety all at the same time.

I am glad that you shared the meaning and story with it because it really takes it on a deeper level. I connect with this image on a different level which I will personally share with you some day.

I appreciate you and Kyna’s bravery to create something so bold. Art is meant to stir emotion and that is what I love about your work.

By: Mikael

Mikael — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 17:53:00 +0000

This image carries so much emotional weight with it. At the first glance I could feel it, though I could not yet exactly put my finger on what I was feeling. Through your story I was pulled so much deeper into the image. I understood the connection to the image. Anyone who has lost… Anyone who has brought life into the world… Anyone who has pondered his or her place in that cycle… I feel this image and its story has the ability to bind us all on a human level. Thank you for sharing the the gift your friend gave you with us and allowing that connection.

By: Franzi Zimmer

Franzi Zimmer — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 17:06:22 +0000

Oh Brooke,

this teaches me so so much on so many levels. First of all the vision you had and pursued and made come to life is incredible. It is touching and heartwrechningly beautiful in so many ways that I am not capable of putting into words adequately what this photo and its backstory make me feel.
But also it is just astonishing how brave and bold (in a super awesome way) you are to ask your friend to do this shoot with you. I probably would have shied away and if you would have done this you would have not given her the chance to experience such a profound moment to (in a weird way) celebrate life and death and use it as a kind of therapy and a memory that will always always have so much meaning to her.
You never cease to amaze me and I am forever grateful for you putting your art, your heart, your vulnerability, your success stories as well as your struggles out there. Thank you so much.

Much love,
Franzi

By: Mikael

Mikael — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 16:45:34 +0000

This image carries such an emotional weight with it. I could feel it at the first glance, though I couldn’t quite put my finger on what the feeling was. Through your story we are pulled so much deeper into this image. Anyone who has lost… Anyone who has brought life into the world… Anyone who has pondered his or her place in the cycle of beginning and ending… This image and its story binds us all on a human level. Thank you for sharing the gift that your friend gave you.

By: Tim Stephens

Tim Stephens — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 16:10:02 +0000

This is wonderful on so many levels! The seed of the idea came to fruition — from you broaching the topic with your friend, to the discussion, the boundary setting, the second thoughts and second-guessing that you both surely had, to the execution, the tear-down, clean-up, the post production — right up through to this blog post. You’ve given your friend one last memorable experience with her father. And told a tiny part of an important story about what it means to live and die in a world of deep connections — in this case, a connection that I’m presuming to be a profoundly positive one. But the image would still work even if he were her tormentor — or anything in between. Because the “true” meaning of the image is personal, subjective and unknowable to the viewer. It’s a gift to your friend that, for better or worse, can never be taken away. I think it’s important that we know the materials involved in its creation. Otherwise, the power of the metaphor and the purpose of the art is diminished. (I’m not sure exactly how that’s best accomplished other than with an illuminating title.) Not everyone will understand your purpose. But I do. Some will be offended. But I’m not. Kudos to you for exploring this idea. I hope you continue to do so. There is no more fundamental purpose for art than to examine our relationships with life and death.