- Valentine’s Day is for Suckers (hoodnomics.com)
- Happy Valentine’s Day to My Better Half! (jajsamos.wordpress.com)
- What to Do on Valentine’s Day if You are Single (psychicsource.com)
- Happy Valentine’s Day! From the Single Girl (efreese33.wordpress.com)
A shoutout to magicunicorn for recognizing the musical reference here on Instagram. You rock!
Edit of a photo in honor of Valentine's Day. See below for Behind The Music.
My awesome wife got some of these for Valentine’s Day (from me), and so I had to get a photo and have some metaphoric fun with the result. Below is an approximate rundown of how this came to be, and some classic V-Day music for your listening pleasure. Whether you have a Valentine or not, get out there andshare the love in whatever way you know how. Apps used: PhotoForge2,Lumiere, Dynamic Light.
The original photo
After cropping and creating a heart in the center using PhotoForge2, I added texture and edginess in Lumiere.
A quick black & white solarization with Dynamic Light, then back to PhotoForge2 along with the previous file for layering.
Boosted saturation for more red, layered previous two versions and masked selectively to highlight certain bits in PhotoForge2.
Seriously, there was a ridiculous amount of masking involved. Took a while here.
And finally, the completed image. A metaphor for what's at the heart of all we go through in love. Ultimately, the reward is there.
And now, ladies and gentlemen…
The Replacements – Valentine
Well you wish upon a star that turns into a plane.
And I guess that’s right on par.
Who’s left to blame?
And I guess that’s right on par.
Who’s left to blame?
If you were a pill,
I’d take a handful at my will.
And I’d knock you back with something sweet and strong.
Plenty of times you wake up in February make-up;
Like the moon and the morning star you’re gone.
I’d take a handful at my will.
And I’d knock you back with something sweet and strong.
Plenty of times you wake up in February make-up;
Like the moon and the morning star you’re gone.
(chorus:)
Tonight makes love to all your kind.
Tomorrow’s makin’ Valentines.
Tomorrow’s makin’ Valentines.
Hey you pop up in this old place,
So sick and so refined (divine?).
Are you strung out on some face?
Well I know it ain’t mine.
So sick and so refined (divine?).
Are you strung out on some face?
Well I know it ain’t mine.
If you were a pill, I’d take a handful at my will,
And I’d knock you back with something sweet and strong.
Trouble keeping your head up when you’re hungry and you’re fed up,
Like a moon and a lone star you’re gone.
And I’d knock you back with something sweet and strong.
Trouble keeping your head up when you’re hungry and you’re fed up,
Like a moon and a lone star you’re gone.
(chorus)
If you were a pill, I’d take a handful at my will,
And I’d knock you back with something sweet as wine.
Yesterday was theirs to say; this is their world and their time.
Well if tonight belongs to you, tomorrow’s mine.
And I’d knock you back with something sweet as wine.
Yesterday was theirs to say; this is their world and their time.
Well if tonight belongs to you, tomorrow’s mine.
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