MMIX- My Will Be Done

This photo was a concept I'd had in mind and had wanted to shoot for months now. It was going to be my first serious photo of 2009 and I suppose it still is, though circumstances have changed some of the meaning behind it.

The symbols are found easily enough, so I won't waste time on that. I've been interested in iconography and idolatry for some time, the deep rich colors and gold tones of the traditional Orthodox icons made me want to do my own, with my own symbolisms and meanings. Crowley's "Every man and every woman is a star" is part of it. I'm not really a Thelemite, but I guess I am a magician and this photo is my latest working, photographic manifestation of my Will in action.

Shot by myself in the room that used to be my bedroom when I was a teenager. The halo is a prop and is hanging on my wall, though I did make relatively minor tweaks in PS. The cuts are real, though the hole was embellished for art's sake.

If thine heart offend thee, pluck it out...