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The Farm Store
Cal Poly
Pomona, CA
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November 5, 2015
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Okay, so the deal is this. My sister and I were way the hell out in Indonesia. All the way east to the province of Irian Jaya, in the centre of the territory, outside of a village called Wamena. Hadn't seen a tourist in days and my guide and the villagers were all like, try the penis gourd on. They got all excited and brought me into their hut with them. I sat down on the grassy floor and took off all my clothes. The villagers dressed me in the fur and shell pieces, while the chief came and offered me his penis gourd. There's a string that reaches from the tip of the gourd and ties around your waist. That one was fine. There's another that ties from the base of the gourd and is a little loop that...well...goes around your nuts. Well, in my case, nut.
It wasn't working.
The chief tried a few things, and finally one of the villagers distracted me while the chief held the loop open with two fingers, and with two fingers on his other hand, SPEARED my nut through the loop and I pretty much screamed like a girl.
Okay, so my bitch sister is still outside (and I heard her laugh at my pain). But other than that she hasn't made a sound. Sounds would have been good to alert me to the fact that THREE German tourists with cameras had made it to the village and started taking pictures the second I emerged from the hut, looking...well, looking like this.
I was so not impressed.
Something a biti different from me. I have been fascinated with landscapes... at least the closed in sort of landscapes you can see around here. I only had three days in all of October where the light was good, so you may be seeing repeats of scenes (but slightly different).
So before I do that I thought I would do something else first!
Knobby, bumpy, fancy, plain, these gourds have apparently survived and diversified partly because humans think they are cool. lol
Just a few of the good selectection that came from one packet of Chilterns seeds this year.
I made a mono manipulation here www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=2487447
Go ahead... pick out your culprit! Some curious gourds...
About the Gourd: A gourd is a plant of the family Cucurbitaceae. It is in the same family as the pumpkin - some pretty big gourds. Gourds are native to Africa and spread throughout the world by people. For all you curious gourds out there, you can read more about this plentiful vegetable at: waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0503.htm.
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I photographed these gourds with a tripod in my backyard. It has absolutely no editing! For the first time in about two weeks, the sun was actually out and even shining! It was beautiful to actually see light for a change!
Three gourds from the Harvest Festival display on the porch windowsill of St Mary's Church, Burwell.
Another light-painting attempt; my wife very kindly bought me a box of gourds for my birthday!
Although not really in the style of US fine-art photographer Harold Ross (I wouldn't be so presumptuous), I'm definitely inspired by him ([https://www.flickr.com/photos/rossstudio]). It's a challenging technique, but I'm certainly enjoying trying to master it.