i really like this; it works on lots of levels. explain how you executed it, if you would be so kind.

troubling but well done. movie poster?

I've looked at this several times since it's been uploaded and trying to make a decision not about the quality of the image as much as the message it is trying to convey.

Is this a child seeing something that is disturbing?

.. or is really about an adult that is depressed and how she feels inside... like a child, on the outside looking in but not really belonging?

As jimT says, it's troubling. You feel the child's angst as it is definitey not a happy-go-lucky picture. I just want to take the child in my arms, and comfort her.

I still don’t know if I like this image, but I do know you succeeded in getting me to take that second glance. This image is very provocative, I am left wondering if the child is looking in or looking out, is he trapped or being mistreated or just a child being inquisitive looking through an opening.

There does seem to be a sad mood to this image, very provoking.

it's very liberating to make artwork that will not compete in a contest. one can really let themselves go and experiment. my attempt was to make a "dark inner child" type of mood. everyone will take a different translation from the image. but I did it by simply taking an image and adding a soft edge mask and adjusting the levels into the extremes.