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February 05, 2009 |
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Lost Our Minds
FOUND by Lewis
in New Orleans, LA
I found this picture as I stumbled from the R Bar one Saturday night. Although the picture was covered in snails and pollen I knew it was worth saving. It wasn't until I flipped the picture over to read the note that I realized it was really worth sharing.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
So why didn't you put what the note said so we could also appreciate it?
I'd love to know what the note said.
so the flip side said "we've lost our minds"?
OOh! Ooh! I know how you do this - press magnify and then you can see the back!
Shouts of respect, Found Techno wizardry Found Technicians!
Press magnify.
This is my favourite find so far, I really want to know more!
Wow. Quite disturbing. How does a baby lose it's mind?
@LinLaw -- my thoughts exactly. Thank you Found chaps!
Makes the Find extraordinarily disturbing.
...yet one of us was still mindful enough to write a coherent label on the back of the photo over a year later. Go figure.
I'm wondering whether this photo is a Katrina survivor. And whether the people IN the photo are survivors.
And I like the crinkly look where the emulsion is separating.
That's why you sleep when the baby sleeps....
@James: thank you, thank you! You're brilliant! xoxo
@ Librarian
I prefer incoherent labels.
I agree this must be a Katrina survivor.
This is actually a picture of the mother and her newborn baby boy (her third child). Big Sister and her Baby Sister lost their minds a year later from jealousy, the baby's constant colicky crying, and the fact that the mother expected them to look after him & change his dirty diapers all the time.
I understand this because I was 7 when my own baby sister was born. I was so jealous I wouldn't even hold the baby, much less change her diaper. As she grew older, I used to do really mean things to her --- like when Lassie came on at the end of the show & lifted her paw to say goodbye, I told my baby sister that this was the last episode of "Lassie," because the beloved collie had died. Just to make her cry.
I'm not proud of my childish jealousy & meanness. Just a cautionary tale of how a new baby in the family can cause troubling mental issues in the older children.
When I lose something I retrace my steps and that usually works.
But it's not a real baby. Look at it. It's a doll. She just thinks it's a baby, because she has, in fact, lost her mind.
@Erp: You may have something there. I had an aunt who couldn't have kids, so she played with dolls all day. A mind is a terrible thing to lose.
Next thing you know, this young lady will be visiting a fertility clinic to see if she can get in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the largest (human) litter in the world.
@Mountain Girl. Thanks, you just brought up a childhood trauma of mine that I had long ago repressed. When I was 6 my step-brother, aged 16, and the family were at the beach. There were people taking photos of the sunset. He told me the reason they were taking so many pictures and oohing and aaahing was that it was the *last* time that the sun would set. That it was never going to rise again and that the rest of our lives would be spent in darkness, and that soon the entire Earth would perish because every living thing needed sun-light to live and thrive. I fell for his "joke" and sobbed like a baby.
I've been a pessimist ever since.
I'm not sure if i feel sad, pessimistic or upset.
Does this make anyone else crave s'mores?
have to just say it...you people are really selling it today!(the humor, i mean)keep 'em coming....8-D
umm, not thinking baby. This chick is hugging a really large potato.
wow- the damaged photo, the tragic caption, and the awesomeness of being able to click a link and see the reverse of a Find.. screw work. I think I'm gonna go get drunk, then cry all day.
Does anybody else see this? The mother is wearing a lacy eye mask. I think this is a Mardi Gras float photo. Erp got me thinking along these lines when he pointed out that the "baby" is just a doll.
But then, ....I don't see what the message on the back means, in this context??? It makes it even more mysterious, spookier.
Dang it, I gotta pull the plug now. I'm not getting any work done and I have a 4 p.m. deadline tomorrow.
Okay, then, which one is "me" and which one is "my baby sister"?
That is so sad. I wonder what went on in their home.
I bet that baby lost it's mind at a Mardi Gras parade. Everyone knows that babies hate parades.
Duh.
I would like to suggest that two-sided finds have a link under them to click on to view the flip side. Often, a total find in its entirety fees the imagination much more than only having half the story. Had "LinLaw in illumination" not posted the tip, I'd have never known.
Had to chuckle at Sammy Davis...a potato...wtf?
Robert, I think they're working on that one, but the "magnify" link is a quick fix, until they git 'er done.
See? That's why you need to come here daily (and many times a day) and not miss a single comment, because James Himself offered up that tasty tidbit a few days ago.
I think that baby's a real baby- just heavily water damaged. The hair, the way its little hand is right there by its face, and the tenderness with which Big Sister is cradling its head.. real baby.
It's Mau Margaret getting you into your nap routine!
Later we will wake you up and go out seeking beads at the parade. I think you will like it.
I lost my mind at college...left it in one of the study carrels and when I went back to look for it, it was gone.
This Find is like many a pizza - it starts out pretty good, then is made great by the toppings. Snails and pollen? It doesn't get much better (or more random) than that.
Heeeyy, just a gentle reminder to all you Found Hounds (and Dirty Foundphiles):
If you have Dirty Found as one of your fave websites on your profile, you should make sure the URL is updated to http://www.dirtyfoundmagazine.com
are they laying in trash?
this find reminds me of the Daniel Johnston song of the same name- both sad and captivating:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46HEC4brycA
Too bad this pic didn't have the water proofness of a seal. Then it wouldn't have been so damaged and we could tell if that was an Irish potato or a sweet potato she's holding.
I'm voting for Irish, because I believe a sweet potato would have a more pointy head.
yea...what did it say??
Irish..or maybe a big fat russet.
Omg, so many tears in these comments.. and me laughing like crazy. What's the matter with me? No more Lassie, no more sunsets, what could be sadder?
When my brother-in-law was a little boy, he would start to cry every time the theme song for Lassie started. The tune is quite evocative of emotion, if you think about it. But still. He must have been a sensitive little bugger.
How do snails and pollen come together in the same place? That seems weird.
I really like this find.
I love the epic caption and snails!
I Wonder what happened to the snails?
@ scribbler: I imagine the snails were scraped off the photo, scooped into a ziplok bag and sold as escargot in the market.
LEWIS! YOU TELL US WHAT THAT NOTE SAID RIGHT NOW!!!
(Replying in a whisper to Wonder in, "Click on the magnify button.")
the picture spooks me out, and then you read the back and it becomes even stranger.
in this pic, the baby is newborn, so a year later it would be one-maybe two....how many one/two year olds lose their minds? (temeper tantrums aside).
i think the only one who lost her mind is the older sister....i see blair witch written all over this
I feel like the comment on the back is implying she killed her baby sister. "A year later we both lost our minds". The only way a baby can "lose their mind" is probably through death. Is this radical thinking or could I be right?
Also, that is not a doll? It's real. The comment on the back can be read if you click "Magnify picture" underneath the picture.
Whether or not the auteur knew it, this is great art. The elements have made it look like a gorgeous oil painting. I wish I could've thought of stuff like this when I was younger. Now I do. I recognize the genius/madness combo immediately. Madness is a small price to pay for genius.