Comments on: The Everyday #171

By: Kayla Hillier

Kayla Hillier — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:32:42 +0000

WHA?? that has never happened to me #fail

By: themullusk

themullusk — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:17:27 +0000

it’s caused by pressure on the eyes. when you sneeze pressure can get intense for a second. that causes the effect you described. sudden shifts in blood flow (such as when you lay down/get up quick) are the most common ways. But, as you now know, facial contractions during sneezes can do it to.

Hope that covers it for you. Like your artwork.

By: Ste Hitchen

Ste Hitchen — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:18:06 +0000

this just happened to me whilst shelfing bananas, I almost fell over.

By: JonFHancock

JonFHancock — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:48:32 +0000

Just try not to faint while you leap. You don’t want to end up in a dress in the arms of a man named Russel in Nebraska _and_ be unconscious.

By: Cadwell

Cadwell — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:26:21 +0000

Thanks for all the comments guys. I’m glad you understand what I was trying to capture, unlike my little sister, who commented on Facebook that it looked like I’d snotted all over the carpet.

JonFHancock, my sparkles are silvery.

I like Fabman’s explanation best and that is now what I choose to believe.

By: JonFHancock

JonFHancock — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:28:58 +0000

In direct contradiction of my previous comment, I sneezed last night and saw sparkles.

If I knew how to cause it intentionally, I would live in a sparkly world of my own.

By: Fabman

Fabman — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:01:04 +0000

YOU WHERE GOING TO LEAP! or faint, just go with it next time. Oh boy.

By: Liv

Liv — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:20:05 +0000

I had the sparkles only today… just like that… but not sneeze related… standing up too fast… pretty

By: Spinadoo Matt

Spinadoo Matt — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:08:34 +0000

Yeah, this happens to me when I have a coughing fit but mine are kinda silvery, not gold (sometimes I have a mini-panic attack because I think I’m getting a migraine). Nicely done.

By: JonFHancock

JonFHancock — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:23:43 +0000

I have rarely seen it when sneezing. For me it is when I stand up too quickly from lying down. I get the head rush, my vision tunnels, then when it comes back, I see the sparkles. You really did do an excellent job capturing them.

I have trouble believing that they are debris since mine are all a uniform gold color. I’m curious. Are yours gold too?