If you're going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you're going to San Francisco
You're gonna meet some gentle people there...

Oh who are those young sinners with the handcuffs on their wrists?

And what have they been after that they groan and shake their fists?

And wherefore are they wearing such a conscience-stricken air?

Oh they're taking them to prison for the colour of their hair.

'Tis a shame to human nature, such a head of hair as theirs;

In the good old time 'twas hanging for the colour that it is;

Though hanging isn't bad enough and flaying would be fair

For the nameless and abominable colour of their hair.

(Adapted from the poem by A.E. Housman)

(Flaying was the practice of torturing someone by cutting off their skin while they were still alive)

I utilized the Face Transformer program to heighten the humorous or satirical aspects of my self portrait. My altered self portrait is meant to depict one of those older socially conservative persons whose attitude towards the individuals in the top image would consist of an equal measure of derision and of hostility.

But is that REALLY my attitude?

When I took the image (above) I was employed full time as a computer analyst for the United States Department of Defense. I therefore had a mindset much more "alien" or antagonistic to this type of person (pictured above) than I now do, as my major interest now is personal self expression, rather than that of contributing my efforts and time to fulfilling the technical support needs of a large conservative organization.