that thousand word business
The radiant Robyn Bender has a rather twisted streak. Today she sent me a series of links that have left me shaking my head. For example, the variety of artistic statements you can make with your choice of coffins (have a look toward the bottom for 'return to sender').
...a report on how effective abstinence only sex education can be
...another example of global dopiness
And finally, the one that has really caught my attention and my imagination, a series of mug shots from Smoking Gun.
I ask you to consider the fact that this is a human being. Once a newborn, a new light in the world. What happened between then and now is something I find myself thinking about, but I sure would like to stop. If you are looking for inspiration for a troubled and troubling character, this might just be what you need. An exercise I liked to use in the classroom was this: find another photo to pair with this one. This guy's mother or brother or wife. And don't settle for obvious or stereotypical.
Thank you for the thought-provoking exercise. It led me to ask about some family history with a new eye.
I am looking deep into this person's eyes and think about everything that you said, newborn, a new light and I am searching for a clue as to who I think this person is. Maybe he was a follower, a leader, a victim of cimcustance. I want to do the exercise and try to see what I am capable of creating, story and picture wise as to who he and his family is/was.
Ha! I was hypnotized by those pics on Smoking Gun. People with socially inappropriate suggestions or comments tattooed on their forheads/eyebrows? I can't look away.
We were at the mall a few years ago, and a guy wearing what my mother would call "a smutty t-shirt" was asked by security to turn it inside out or leave. What happens to guys with smutty eyebrows? Do they walk around band-aided over, looking like Groucho Marx, every time they want to go shopping?