Firstly, it is interesting and validating to me that you go with your first lasso (highlighting) of your images. I am finding that letting intuition do the guiding (and then using analysis later when your intuition has defined the entity) is a very successful combination. I'm learning to let it be this way for me, too. First impressions.

This entity is a mixture of things to me. I see the legs as if it is climbing the stairs. I see what I feel is a mask or conical hat it is holding out from its face. And I interpret that it has wings, too. Frankly it reminds me a lot of the Cottingley gnome photograph. That is the thought that came to me, and as we were just saying about first impressions...

Next, thanks for the Shakespeare. It is fun, but makes me have to concentrate and interpret from the many possible layered meanings in the lines! Good brain workout.

And that you played Puck... utterly synchronistic. After all, Puck is also Robin Goodfellow, who is also Pan, who is also Green Man! And Green Man is my Main Man these days! He seems to be everywhere and in everything that crosses my path.

And when we speak of puppets and a puppeteer, or the one for which we are all linked to, being creatures of the earth, perhaps it all leads back to Puck, Green Man, Thoth, etc., who is lord of all the earthly elementals, fairies, gnomes, mannikins, tree spirits, devas, etc.

Meanwhile, I do see other faces to the left of your purple highlight. It to me is two aspects of some entity which might also incorporate the "gnome". It might be the gnome's facial profile as I have numerous spirit photos that do this...show the body then a close up of the face (straight-on, profile, 3/4) above or near it to show me the detail I can't otherwise see. Cool spirits.






I've highlighted with dark and light to bring out the image of the profile facing to the right (top crop) and then another face at a 3/4 angle as circled (bottom crop).