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When I Was Young, the Planets Would Come To My Bedroom Window and Speak to Me

Posted on February 8, 2009November 23, 2009 By P U 7 Comments on When I Was Young, the Planets Would Come To My Bedroom Window and Speak to Me

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When I Was Young, the Planets Would Come To My Bedroom Window and Speak to Me.

I hid beside my bed because they seemed so big and significant and they made me feel small.

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Some of them belittled me, especially Saturn, and a few others, but Jupiter wouldn’t have it.

Then over came Jupiter.  He was so big it really scared me. I was almost shaking with fear and trepidation.

Jupiter chided the other planets, and coaxed me out, to stand, while he mildly berated them for their poor behavior towards me. He (it certainly seemed like a ‘he’) made me feel that it was the planets who were being small right then, and he made me feel a bit ok.

After that, the other planets didn’t give me any grief, and I never felt like hiding from then anymore.

Ken Storch

This image was made through a multitude of imaging techniques:

  • Film developed and then scanned
  • Etched artwork scanned and edited for the piece
  • Details wholly computer generated

All of the above was then composited in Photoshop (I think it was in Photoshop version 7 ?)

and then printed out in various ways over time as:

  • B&W silver gelatin prints (the kind most modern darkroom printers make)
  • Piezography carbon pigment prints using Jon Cone’s system on an  Epson Stylus 3000 which I modified for the purpose
  • Ultrachrome K7 pigment prints on the fabulous Epson Stylus 3800 printer (the best prints I’ve ever made of this image) onSomerset Velvet  and Harman AI FB papers.
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Comments (7) on “When I Was Young, the Planets Would Come To My Bedroom Window and Speak to Me”

  1. lee says:
    February 8, 2009 at 08:42

    those planets can get so pesky, can’t they????????????

    Reply
    1. Ken Storch says:
      February 8, 2009 at 11:29

      and, think of the years of therapy I didn’t need, thanks to Jupiter’s intervention.

      Parents: watch your kids around planets!

      Reply
  2. jockoB says:
    February 10, 2009 at 18:15

    Cool. So you used Photoshop to create the planets?

    Reply
    1. Ken Storch says:
      February 11, 2009 at 21:30

      jockoB,
      The planets were made from different sources. Computer generated image, photo image, and something else turned into a ‘planet’.
      I used Photoshop to combine the various elements and to make them look good together.

      Ken

      Reply
  3. Steve says:
    February 18, 2009 at 23:25

    This image was always one of my favorites.

    Reply
    1. Ken Storch says:
      February 19, 2009 at 10:04

      Hey Steve, Thanks. It’s one of my personal faves, too.
      Seems like it strikes a cord for many other people as well.
      Cheers,
      Ken

      Reply
  4. eastcoaster8 says:
    March 14, 2009 at 20:50

    very evocative and drmatically moody.
    and reminiscent.
    good piece.

    Reply

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