I don't generally post copies, but I light the color & the edit so equally that I decided to. I may end up removing one later, but for now. ^.^

Self Portrait.
The only editing I did to this was by bringing out the color in the eyes just a hint. Nothing more.

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[ Do they hear it? I look around at the strangers who move on, normally; without so much as a blinking change of emotion. I realize it. They can't hear them. The screams of the broken ones. The blood-wrenching tormented howls. I do. I hear them all. Sometimes I see their faces when I close my eyes. Hopeless tears glazing their faded-colored irises. Desperation parting their lips in one last whisper... ]