Dirty Words for Dirty Minds

That’s the thing about these hothouse youngsters some are so keen to shield from the horror of marble statues of naked Greek athletes and proper name for body parts: If I remember anything about childhood at all, most kids are pretty filthy-minded, especially when it comes to rude terms for body parts and functions.And look at the world they live in! By 9 or 10 – the age of Lucky’s target audience – they’re steeped in the lowest of pop culture, everything from raunchy rap lyrics to the state of dress (or, lately, undress) of barely post-pubescent starlets and singers who present themselves as role models. And one shudders to think of what technically savvy youngsters are stumbling across on the ‘net.Are they really going to be seriously damaged by exposure to the word “scrotum?”

“Pinchable” Nudes

Today is the 166th anniversary of the birth of Auguste Renoir, the famed Impressionist painter who first painted small children and beautiful flowers. He was quoted as saying, “Why shouldn’t art be pretty?

Underwear

Many of my paintings wear hidden underwear. most of my favorite techniques involve underpainting to add richness and depth to the finished piece.

Exploration and Experimentation

I am refining my images with more pre-production and am playing with different media and different variations on my favorite techniques. It’s less about over-thinking and more about trying to be faithful to the visions in my head. It’s hard to explain but thrilling – It’s like something has been unlocked inside that allows me to see what I want to achieve and I have the trust in my ability to allow the piece inside me to come out.

Bad Taste Nudity

Accusations of “extraordinary bad taste” were levelled Sunday after details emerged of an Austrian designer snapping nude photos at a former Nazi concentration camp.Gudrun Geiblinger, an up-and-coming poster designer, used the memorial site at the former Mauthausen death camp as backdrop for nude photos of herself, the news magazine Profil wrote in its latest edition.http://jurnalo.com/jurnalo/storyPage.do?story_id=18621While I understand needing a place with a certain ‘look’, I submit that more care needs to be taken to preserve the dignity of an important site and to respect that many people might not consider it appropriate to pose nude where atrocities have taken place.

I should have listened..

Hazel warned us all but I stood strong, ‘it wont matter if I do a little’ I think, She’s had years of exposure, I’m just experimenting..It turns out that I am either hideously allergic to spray enamel or it is more insidious than I expected. I ended up with what looked and felt like chemical burns on my feet (barefoot!… and even more breathing difficulties.