There are many facebook groups around, honouring Prince,every now and then you come across

posts that are nothing But Posative.

I am constantly intrigued by the fact that some people are almost trained to LOOK for the Posative

and others only the negative....

This post is one of the former,made me feel all warm and fuzzy...

What do you all see when you look at this picture ?

[Edited 7/16/17 15:55pm]

Truly beautiful. I see everything mentioned here, ....but there are more to the eyes.

The eyes look tired, and sad, no longer sparkeling. There is a sadness in his face. The sleeves on his shirt are baggy to hide the thinness of his arms. His first finger in his right hand is crooked, the knuckle looks swollen, probably from so many years playing. He is stripped bare, where is his symbol necklace, his rings? Where is his glitter? He is on stage all alone, no band, no back up singers, just him.

Sorry I'm such a debbie downer, I think sometimes the trials in my life has caused me to be this way.

[Edited 7/15/17 21:13pm]

PennyPurple said:

Truly beautiful. I see everything mentioned here, ....but there are more to the eyes.

The eyes look tired, and sad, no longer sparkeling. There is a sadness in his face. The sleeves on his shirt are baggy to hide the thinness of his arms. His first finger in his right hand is crooked, the knuckle looks swollen, probably from so many years playing. He is stripped bare, where is his symbol necklace, his rings? Where is his glitter? He is on stage all alone, no band, no back up singers, just him.

Sorry I'm such a debbie downer, I think sometimes the trials in my life has caused me to be this way.

[Edited 7/15/17 21:13pm]

I can see the tiredness...I have also noticed his fingers before too...

I reckon he had osteoarthritis....not only in his hands...but also his back and legs...

and Yes...this was Prince ...Stripped Bare..

the MOST Naked we had ever seen him..

in retrospect...How could we have not know that he was not long for this world ?...

this picture and many others from the last three months..

THis one from Justine Warpole....

well.....he looks like he is in atrophy....

hauntingly beautiful though...

I don't know how we didn't know, or even pick up on anything.

Lovejunky said:

PennyPurple said:

Truly beautiful. I see everything mentioned here, ....but there are more to the eyes.

The eyes look tired, and sad, no longer sparkeling. There is a sadness in his face. The sleeves on his shirt are baggy to hide the thinness of his arms. His first finger in his right hand is crooked, the knuckle looks swollen, probably from so many years playing. He is stripped bare, where is his symbol necklace, his rings? Where is his glitter? He is on stage all alone, no band, no back up singers, just him.

Sorry I'm such a debbie downer, I think sometimes the trials in my life has caused me to be this way.

[Edited 7/15/17 21:13pm]

I can see the tiredness...I have also noticed his fingers before too...

I reckon he had osteoarthritis....not only in his hands...but also his back and legs...

and Yes...this was Prince ...Stripped Bare..

the MOST Naked we had ever seen him..

in retrospect...How could we have not know that he was not long for this world ?...

this picture and many others from the last three months..

THis one from Justine Warpole....

well.....he looks like he is in atrophy....

hauntingly beautiful though...

Lovejunky ,ithink I read this picture was taken the day before the Atlanta concert.by Madison Dube

[Edited 7/16/17 1:16am]

80tomato said:

Lovejunky ,ithink I read this picture was taken the day before the Atlanta concert.by Madison Dube

[Edited 7/16/17 1:16am]

So The day before NOT after...Thank U

So this is one week before he passed....

I believe as the poster suggests this was taken at the event AFTER the Atlanta incident where he told everyone 'wait a few days before you waste any prayers', correct me if i'm wrong.

The poster makes good points and it's very interesting about the eyes being closed but the third eye open, it was like he was signalling to us somehow.

I also agree as others said that the eyes took tired and resigned somehow, it could be that after the near death experience on the plane he felt he was no longer for this world and wanted to go?

[Edited 7/16/17 2:48am]

TheFreakerFantastic said:

I believe as the poster suggests this was taken at the event AFTER the Atlanta incident where he told everyone 'wait a few days before you waste any prayers', correct me if i'm wrong.

The poster makes good points and it's very interesting about the eyes being closed but the third eye open, it was like he was signalling to us somehow.

I also agree as others said that the eyes took tired and resigned somehow, it could be that after the near death experience on the plane he felt he was no longer for this world and wanted to go?

[Edited 7/16/17 2:48am]

Yes...I believe thats right actually....

I just found this picture, by the aforementioned photographer, Madison Dube

it was taken at Paisley....

Same outfit..same backdrop...same day....

would like to know the exact Date

Lovejunky said:

PennyPurple said:

Truly beautiful. I see everything mentioned here, ....but there are more to the eyes.

The eyes look tired, and sad, no longer sparkeling. There is a sadness in his face. The sleeves on his shirt are baggy to hide the thinness of his arms. His first finger in his right hand is crooked, the knuckle looks swollen, probably from so many years playing. He is stripped bare, where is his symbol necklace, his rings? Where is his glitter? He is on stage all alone, no band, no back up singers, just him.

Sorry I'm such a debbie downer, I think sometimes the trials in my life has caused me to be this way.

[Edited 7/15/17 21:13pm]

I can see the tiredness...I have also noticed his fingers before too...

I reckon he had osteoarthritis....not only in his hands...but also his back and legs...

and Yes...this was Prince ...Stripped Bare..

the MOST Naked we had ever seen him..

in retrospect...How could we have not know that he was not long for this world ?...

this picture and many others from the last three months..

THis one from Justine Warpole....

well.....he looks like he is in atrophy....

hauntingly beautiful though...

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That photo has been heavily touched-up. The coloring is all wrong, and not his best pic, that is for sure.

cloveringold85 said:

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That photo has been heavily touched-up. The coloring is all wrong, and not his best pic, that is for sure.

Look how his cheeks look sunken.

PennyPurple said:

cloveringold85 said:

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That photo has been heavily touched-up. The coloring is all wrong, and not his best pic, that is for sure.

Look how his cheeks look sunken.

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Yeah, but the picture appears to be heavily retouched, and his skin looks "yellow" and the shadows makes his cheeks look more sunken in.

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Lighting and special effects can really change a person's appearance. You will look much different in a black and white photo, versus one with color and light/dark shadows.

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I have plenty of bad pictures of myself, LOL

What happened to Lovejunky's 1st picture??

PennyPurple said:

cloveringold85 said:

I'd like to know how much that photo was retouched.

anangellooksdown said:

cloveringold85 said:

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That photo has been heavily touched-up. The coloring is all wrong, and not his best pic, that is for sure.

Yes I believe this photo was taken the night Vanity passed. After the PAAM Show. He was grieving, as his protégés meant so very much to him. This is the photo that spurned the beautiful article that Justine Walpole wrote about her experience not only that night, but in what Prince did for her. "The last shoot Walpole had with Prince was in a Melbourne hotel room during his February Australian tour. The shoot gave one of her favourite Prince shots, a haunting, straight-to-camera picture capturing the musician’s epic and intense other-worldly magic." "Walpole had spent three years staring into his face through a lens. She knew that face like the back of her hand and there was something across his face that night that she hadn’t seen before, something tender and vulnerable, something big and universal that crossed from mere polite gratit­ude into the realms of acceptance, and fate, and last chances. “It was the way he said thanks to me that night,” she said. “The way he looked. I felt at the time it was an unusual thing for him to do. It feels so poignant now when I look back. I don’t know, it probably sounds weird." https://www.google.com/am...57cb9b20bf Looking back at this all really brings it home to me, what this is all about.

It's very sad to think this picture was taken the night Denise (Vanity) passed away.

PennyPurple said:

PennyPurple said:

What happened to Lovejunky's 1st picture??

I dont know why it dissappeared...but I put it back....

anangellooksdown said:

cloveringold85 said:

Lovejunky said:

PennyPurple said:

Truly beautiful. I see everything mentioned here, ....but there are more to the eyes.

The eyes look tired, and sad, no longer sparkeling. There is a sadness in his face. The sleeves on his shirt are baggy to hide the thinness of his arms. His first finger in his right hand is crooked, the knuckle looks swollen, probably from so many years playing. He is stripped bare, where is his symbol necklace, his rings? Where is his glitter? He is on stage all alone, no band, no back up singers, just him.

Sorry I'm such a debbie downer, I think sometimes the trials in my life has caused me to be this way.

[Edited 7/15/17 21:13pm]

I can see the tiredness...I have also noticed his fingers before too...

I reckon he had osteoarthritis....not only in his hands...but also his back and legs...

and Yes...this was Prince ...Stripped Bare..

the MOST Naked we had ever seen him..

in retrospect...How could we have not know that he was not long for this world ?...

this picture and many others from the last three months..

THis one from Justine Warpole....

well.....he looks like he is in atrophy....

hauntingly beautiful though...

.

That photo has been heavily touched-up. The coloring is all wrong, and not his best pic, that is for sure.

Yes I believe this photo was taken the night Vanity passed. After the PAAM Show. He was grieving, as his protégés meant so very much to him.

This is the photo that spurned the beautiful article that Justine Walpole wrote about her experience not only that night, but in what Prince did for her.

"The last shoot Walpole had with Prince was in a Melbourne hotel room during his February Australian tour. The shoot gave one of her favourite Prince shots, a haunting, straight-to-camera picture capturing the musician’s epic and intense other-worldly magic."

"Walpole had spent three years staring into his face through a lens. She knew that face like the back of her hand and there was something across his face that night that she hadn’t seen before, something tender and vulnerable, something big and universal that crossed from mere polite gratit­ude into the realms of acceptance, and fate, and last chances.

“It was the way he said thanks to me that night,” she said.

“The way he looked. I felt at the time it was an unusual thing for him to do. It feels so poignant now when I look back. I don’t know, it probably sounds weird."



https://www.google.com/am...57cb9b20bf


Looking back at this all really brings it home to me, what this is all about.

LOVESYMBOLNUMBER2 said:

This is a photo art portrait, the entire piece has been washed in sepia tones, she darkened the shadows and the contrast. She is attempting to make the visual match the experience she had with him that night, and I think she nailed it. The tone and composition drip into my heart and make me feel better about whatever was going on in his life, something about his expression is penetrating in the purest way...in all the hundreds of thousands of photos I have seen of him, this is my favorite, it is gorgeous, not hauntingly gorgeous, just over the top deeply beautiful..........what was he

Do you think Prince approved it ?

I remember reading somewhere that he didnt like photoshop or too much retouching.

Interesting that this pic was taken in Australia..BEFORE the Atlanta shows

Lovejunky said:

anangellooksdown said:

Wow. Ok. I have never seen a picture disappear like that on the Org. No sign of any remnants of it or a space where it had been, etc. Prince has done some things before, set some situations a certain way for me here on the Org around my postings. Does anyone think that was him? And what would he be trying to tell us?

I just checked with a Moderator...

The picture was NOT edited out..!!!!

Mysterious and mysteriouser...

Maybe He is trying to call attention to this post by making us Search for even deeper meaning ?

Ive put it back now..lets see if it stays...

Lovejunky said:

PennyPurple said:

What happened to Lovejunky's 1st picture??

I dont know why it dissappeared...but I put it back....

Good! Thank you!

Just one correction to the original post: the heart chakra color is actually green.

Sorry, it just bothered me and I like to make sure people get correct information. I have never heard or read of "pink" symbolizing the heart (Anahata) chakra. I practice Kriya yoga (royal yoga) a form of pranayama.

But ultimately, I agree that we should find the positive. However, keep in mind that of dualities. If positive exists, so must negative. I'd rather see the truth.

Lovejunky said:

Thats true...but the heart Chakra has a higher and a lower electromagnetic vibration..

This is not widely known, but

Typically it will radiate Pink when feeling spiritual LOVE ..Joy

Green for earthly love...Peace and tranquility

Dont wish to argue..but I also practice Yoga and I was taught this by my teacher

and

I have seen it in my own meditation...

I totally agree about Duality ..embracing both rather than rejecting one or the other allowsTruth to be revealed.

Without the dark there can be no light

Prince embraced both his sides..and was open and honest about them...

and he was always gunning for the TRUTH..

benni said:

Just one correction to the original post: the heart chakra color is actually green.

Sorry, it just bothered me and I like to make sure people get correct information. I have never heard or read of "pink" symbolizing the heart (Anahata) chakra. I practice Kriya yoga (royal yoga) a form of pranayama.

But ultimately, I agree that we should find the positive. However, keep in mind that of dualities. If positive exists, so must negative. I'd rather see the truth.

Lovejunky said:

Thats true...but the heart Chakra has a higher and a lower electromagnetic vibration..

This is not widely known, but

Typically it will radiate Pink when feeling spiritual LOVE ..Joy

Green for earthly love...Peace and tranquility

Dont wish to argue..but I also practice Yoga and I was taught this by my teacher

and

I have seen it in my own meditation...

I totally agree about Duality ..embracing both rather than rejecting one or the other allowsTruth to be revealed.

Without the dark there can be no light

Prince embraced both his sides..and was open and honest about them...

and he was always gunning for the TRUTH..

benni said:

Just one correction to the original post: the heart chakra color is actually green.

Sorry, it just bothered me and I like to make sure people get correct information. I have never heard or read of "pink" symbolizing the heart (Anahata) chakra. I practice Kriya yoga (royal yoga) a form of pranayama.

But ultimately, I agree that we should find the positive. However, keep in mind that of dualities. If positive exists, so must negative. I'd rather see the truth.

Lovejunky said:

TheFreakerFantastic said:

I believe as the poster suggests this was taken at the event AFTER the Atlanta incident where he told everyone 'wait a few days before you waste any prayers', correct me if i'm wrong.

The poster makes good points and it's very interesting about the eyes being closed but the third eye open, it was like he was signalling to us somehow.

I also agree as others said that the eyes took tired and resigned somehow, it could be that after the near death experience on the plane he felt he was no longer for this world and wanted to go?

[Edited 7/16/17 2:48am]

Yes...I believe thats right actually....

I just found this picture, by the aforementioned photographer, Madison Dube

it was taken at Paisley....

Same outfit..same backdrop...same day....

would like to know the exact Date

lovejunky ,this was taken 4-13-2016 as per Madison Dube instgram

LOVESYMBOLNUMBER2 said:

anangellooksdown said:

Yes I believe this photo was taken the night Vanity passed. After the PAAM Show. He was grieving, as his protégés meant so very much to him. This is the photo that spurned the beautiful article that Justine Walpole wrote about her experience not only that night, but in what Prince did for her. "The last shoot Walpole had with Prince was in a Melbourne hotel room during his February Australian tour. The shoot gave one of her favourite Prince shots, a haunting, straight-to-camera picture capturing the musician’s epic and intense other-worldly magic." "Walpole had spent three years staring into his face through a lens. She knew that face like the back of her hand and there was something across his face that night that she hadn’t seen before, something tender and vulnerable, something big and universal that crossed from mere polite gratit­ude into the realms of acceptance, and fate, and last chances. “It was the way he said thanks to me that night,” she said. “The way he looked. I felt at the time it was an unusual thing for him to do. It feels so poignant now when I look back. I don’t know, it probably sounds weird." https://www.google.com/am...57cb9b20bf Looking back at this all really brings it home to me, what this is all about.

This is a photo art portrait, the entire piece has been washed in sepia tones, she darkened the shadows and the contrast. She is attempting to make the visual match the experience she had with him that night, and I think she nailed it. The tone and composition drip into my heart and make me feel better about whatever was going on in his life, something about his expression is penetrating in the purest way...in all the hundreds of thousands of photos I have seen of him, this is my favorite, it is gorgeous, not hauntingly gorgeous, just over the top deeply beautiful..........what was he

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Beautifully stated. Thanks for the explanation. I was going to say "sepia" too! I think it's a beautiful portrait also.