Scary Eyes: A portrait by Mike
June 23, 2009
Artwork by Mike Renner using Wacom Tablet, GIMP 2.6, and eco-friendly electricity
“I have a long neck, a big nose, and fluffy, blonde hair, but ‘Your eyes are scary’ is my recurrent motif; melanin production in infancy saturated my Aryan baby blues with a hazel kaleidoscope of greens and golds. In certain lighting my irises more readily refract the gold pigment, and the illuminated golden bands and halos effortlessly dominate the easel.
My eyes are scary. So, my left eye is golden-hazel, and my right eye its equal (it’s important to have a spare). But such redundancy surely disqualifies either from representing a uniqueness quantification.
Having been told my caricature resembles Gollum (prior to the tooth decay and hair-loss stemming from a steady diet of fish heads), I decided that my uniqueness quantification is something… precious. ‘there is one and only one’. Our most precious uniqueness quantification we do not keep for ourselves, but give to those we cherish the most. While it’s not uncommon to receive such a precious gift, take special care because this particular uniqueness quantification is prone to scarring, and we have no spare.”
∃!(x,y) Є [(x2+y2-1)3 – x2y3 = 0]
I’ve seen Mike in person, and I can confirm his eyes are scary … and absolutely distinct. The ladies love ‘em, right? Mike is a mechanical engineer residing in Washington, DC.
