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The Masks.
Taken near Hoan Kiem Lake
It was certainly after this picture was taken that I realized I possessed something that I didt know yet...
...Yes me, or some parts of me, another selfie probably while dancing around in my studio before painting, Why I guess it is before painting is that my mug seem rather untainted by paint...
I usually danced for half an hour before starting to paint and would often du the same when I finished the painting (unless I passed out by intoxication)
...as you see sometimes I documented my dance with a camera...
Peace and Noise!
/ MushroomBrain a Dancing fool but with two equally long legs!
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Café Frequenters Episode 266
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(malmö Sweden 1996)
Hello Dear mighty Goddess and friend!
...sitting Here on the café Gus at Gustavs-square!
Oakbaum was here earlier, he sends you his best...
Hector is working here today and his grumpy miniature version...
What Café´s do you frequent now when you are back in Storkholm our glorious capital?
Have You ever been to Mon Cheri?
...if You have, did you ever meet the 33-year-old? he used to frequent that specific café and talk to anyone he could, especially girls, I think he moved to the states so I guess you won´t see him around there these days, wait wasn´t he murdered?
I mean in the states...???
He was quite a character, but I don´t think he killed Olof Palme (our former PM)! what do you think?
I still find it amazingthat they don´t ban us from this place, I mean some days we sit here and zip coffee for a whole day and their income could be as low as 20 Swedish Squids a day and head...
That is actually why I sometimes when I get my state-money by a Vacum-sweet here for 15 Swedish Squids...
then again, we bring a good atmosphere to the place, like we are some kind of friendly furniture here... also they see me writing all the time, they might think I am an author waiting for a big fat paycheck?
Did you know the owner here is one of us! he used to run a famous club, that my mums best finish friend used to party at...
Taking about them, They were trying to paint mums apartment, then the started drinking, then he trod in to the paint and walked around in mums flat, then they carried on drinking (and less painting than before) they passed out at the kitchen table as usual and in the morning they woke up and started drinking again... then luckily, one sniffed to a drink mixed the day before but not drunken then...
...then they discovered that it was 50% pop-soda 50% turpentine...
...by pure luck non of them drank it.,..
I wonder what me and my sister would have thought if the police came and told us that they have died, we had probably wondered why they would choose such a painful way to en their lives in?
Burning their guts slowly in to pieces...
Still Luckily they didn´t drink it...
(a diffrent handwriting carries on writing)
Hello felicity! it is me Lisa Writing how do you do? now I will steal your pen friend for a while, since I am gonna tell him all about my new work, yes I got one...Bye Bye!
Lisa and Johnny
My second double exposure image: a side profile portrait combined with a landscape photo taken in Thorndon Park in Essex.
((Street)) • Venice Beach
He kept quitely - almost absentmindedly - sucking his cigarette, then he'd support it in his fingers as seen.
Every fifteen seconds, he'd start rubbing his face from forehead to chin, the from ear to ear. From my vantage point about six feet away, I could hear the scraping of his skin and stubble.
Shortly after, a vagrant threw a bottle onto the bike path/sand and the sound of shattering glass on the beach got everyone's attention. A tall man with a diminutive dog let loose a string of expletives, while his dog squatted.
The arguing continued for nearly five minutes, with the tall man demanding that the vagrant pick up every shred of glass.
Said tall man liked to go barefoot.
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Pilgrims from Nigeria not donning the white robes.
Notice the facial scarification of the tall lady. Scarification is a test of courage as it is quite painful, and requires great personal strength to get through the procedure without crying out in pain. It is also a means of establishing tribal identity and a way to enhance physical beauty.
Yardemit, Jordan River, Israel (Wednesday 24 November 2010)
Once you see these kind of facial features, you wonder if Jurasic actually ended as we thought. When it comes to technique, I had quite a bit of luck with light and AF on this as well :)
I had some fun with Dave Whatt's photo The Strange Book. Dave has previously shared some of the strange book's wonders with us on Flickr. Additionally, his photostream contains many other weird, wonderful, and eclectic images, which seem to bubble up from his multi-faceted artistic background like spring water.
In addition to following him on Flickr, I enjoy reading his blog. Many thanks to him for permission to use his photo to make this derivative work. And Happy Sliders' Sunday to all!
My weak attempt at doing all the different components of facial expression as dissected by Paul Ekman here.
It made my face hurt.
I've made two more epoxy putty and pastel blends since I said I had made the last one. Oh well... I still refined Elliot's nose a bit yesterday. Now I'm finally satisfied with his facial features, but there's a spot or two in his skin that I need to make disappear, so making at least one more skin tone blend is necessary. Hopefully that it will be it, and I will get to finish the face paint today or tomorrow. I paint the last layers of skin with my fingers so they dry quick and become thin and smooth.
I use three Toison D'Or soft pastel shades: Dark Orange, Light Caput Mortuum (a warm dark brown) and Light Ochre, carve them into heaps of fine powder and mix them with white epoxy putty and water; about the same amount of each pastel shade or a little bit more of the Dark Orange. It's very difficult to get the shade just right, but I find that it gets easier with each try. His face may be a little darker now than the body, but I prefer it that way rather than the other way around. At least it's in the same "color family" now. I might attempt to make it slightly lighter still. But maybe just in some carefully selected places, since real skin is never even everywhere anyway. His ears match the body perfectly.
That freaky wire thing is there to help curl his eyelashes as well as to keep them out of the way when I paint right next to them. ;-)
The Chin tattooed women live in the Chin, Rakhine and Arakan states in northwestern Myanmar. The origin of facial tattoos in the region is unknown. Some believe that the practice began during the reigns of Kings long ago. The royalty used to come to the villages to capture young women. The men from the tribe may have tattooed their women to make them ugly, thereby saving them from a life of slavery. Interestingly, I heard a similar origin for body modification among the Mursi tribe in Ethiopia. As legend has it, the tribeswomen began wearing giant lip plates to make them uglier to would-be kidnappers. Now, the bigger the lip plate the higher the bride price.
For years, access to the tribal Mindat area was restricted by the burmese government. It was opened just two years ago. Only about 700 tourists visit per year. Most of them only visit the bucolic Mount Victoria by bus, never meeting the tattooed women who remain isolated, hours away by foot. Those who do wish to meet them better pack good walking shoes and be prepared to sleep in smoke-filled local houses complete with rats.
There are a few different face tattoo patterns. The spiderweb tattoo is popular in the Mrauk U region. It takes a three hour long tail boat ride to reach this remote area. This tattoo is usually accompanied by a circle in the center of the forehead which represents the sun or lines under the nose symbolizing tiger whiskers.
Another design, known as the bee pattern, is common in the Mindat area. It is composed of dots, lines and occasionally circles. It is worn by the Muun tribe who inhabit the hills of the Arakan state.
The Magan tribeswomen wear huge earrings made of beads and calabashes. They can also play the flute with their noses.
I ventured to Kanpelet village in search of the women from the U Pu tribe who have the incredibly rare whole face tattoo. This is one of the most impressive styles: the entire face is inked up. Rumors had it that only three women in this area had the tattoo. After hours of off roading, I arrive in the village only to learn that one died recently and another was very ill. I was lucky enough to meet Pa Late. At 85, she is nearly deaf but still works hard with her family in a small house on the top of a little hill.
Pa Late said that a completely black face had become a symbol of beauty in the past. The few women who refused to do it looked ugly to the men. The tattoo took three days but the pain lasted over a month.
There are two ways to make the tattoo needle. The first consists of tying three pieces of bamboo together and the second uses thorns. The ink is a mixture of cow bile, soot, plants, and pig fat. It usually took one day to complete the standard tattoo and a few more for the totally black one. The tattoo artist was a specialist or in some cases a parent. Infection was a common problem as the girls had blood all over their face.
Everything, including the eyelids, was tattooed. Many women say that the neck was the most sensitive area.
Ma Aung Seim shared her memories of the tattoo sessions : “I was 10 years old. The day before the tattoo ceremony, I only ate sugarcane and drank tea. It was forbidden to eat meat or peanuts. During the tattoo session, I cried a lot, but I could not move at all. After the session, my face bled for 3 days. It was very painful. My mother put fresh beans leaves on my face to alleviate the pain. I had no choice if i wanted to get married. Men wanted women with tattoos at this time. My mother told me that without a tattoo on my face, i would look like... a man! The web drawn on my face attracted the men like a spiderweb catches insects!”
Not all the tattooed women live in remote areas deep in the mountains. Some have integrated into modern society. Miss Heu, 67, lives in Kanpelet. Her grandmother forced her to get tattooed. She lives in a modern house and even has TV (when electricity is not out). Chin people have maintained their modesty and shyness: when a movie showspeople kissing or making love, most of them still fast forward the scene.
As a leader in the local community, Miss Heu had the chance to meet Aung San Suu Kyi when she came in the area for a meeting. She is very aware of the tattooed women and the ethnicities that are forgotten by the central government. She says she and Aung San Suu Kyi are friends now. Heu’s daughter has graduated and works in Singapore.
The Chin culture is threatened by the government as their teachers are usually not Chin. For a long time, they fought for independence, but since the country began to democratize, things have calmed down.
“I am old. Soon I will die” says to me a Chin woman from Pan Baung village, while she does the gesture of drying tears from her eyes. In her village, only 6 tattooed woman remain alive. Those women are the last of their kind…
© Eric Lafforgue
Stream/feed filler until I get with the program!
Great Shape Barbie getting her face cleared with acne cream and bright lights. A friend found her at a garage sale and bought her for me, as she knows I collect Barbies.
I also received a Christie with can’t be saved hair, so I cut it all off and I’m waiting for inspiration ... a year later!!!