May be too intense for some viewers.

When the Varmint and I went up to "Lake Apocalypse" to take redscale pix, I found I had some film still spooled up in my SLR. This film had been in there for like 10 years. I finished the roll and then loaded the redscale and went on my way. When the pictures came back from the developer we found some pics I had taken in peepslayer's factory loft apt way back when. The model was named Johnny, and this was his own gear, I don't remember what I was going for with these but they kind of stir me now, in this post-9/11 world and so forth.

Clickie the piccie for more.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_Habacuc_Vargas


It's a lot easier to cry out for blood (or sign a petition)  than to care for a stray dog.

Anyone that would care to pose for me for the purposes of art please do let me know.  I need more figure source material - I don't care if you think you aren't model worthy, I can get a good pic out of anyone (and they may be radically manipulated in "post", so don't fret).

When done, I'll give you a copy of all the pics in web ready sizes (hint hint new profile pics) and any print of my own (8x10 or 11x14) that you might want.

You don't have to pose nude as part of the photo shoot, but that would give me more options artistically speaking.  It can be at my home, your home, or on location. We can work out timing, etc.  Essentially you just show up with a couple changes of outfits you like and we'll go from there.  Can be brief or extended shoots.

Let me know!

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Had a nice coffee date yesterday with a cute pocketdaddybear sort. We had a really good conversation, so much so that I felt like I was an auctioneer trying to jam in every thought at super-speed to cover all the bases. Whew! LOL, might have also been the chai latte, I shoulda got decaf. ;) He was doing the same thing, so it was all good.

After my micro-rant about "erotic massage" the other day, wouldn't you know this feller was all into it at one time and taught classes in it, etc. So yeah, we had a very interesting discussion of our take on it, the POV's surrounding it, the ramifications, etc etc.

I can't say I'm any more in favor of it thah I was before *as practiced in a professional session* (personal un-hired time is a whole 'nother story) but now I *can* say that I at least have some understanding of where its proponents might be coming from (no pun intended) and what needs it serves beyond the obvious.

I also realized that to understand someone's POV is not ncessarily to agree with it, and to respect it is not ncessarily to endorse it, and that's perfectly fine. We don't all have to agree or support one another to be civil, or even friendly. We just have to shut up for a second and listen to the other person's story. There is almost always a common thread or theme that we can at least say "hey that's not what *I* would have done there, but I can see why *you* would do it in that circumstance."

The best part is that when he got home and sent me a thank you IM, he said he'd had the very same experience from our convo! LOL! Pretty cool.

On a less happy note, I got the last of my art back from Borders today. I understand them wanting to do something different after an unprecedented 13 month display, so it's all good.

Takin' down my art installation from the Cafe at Borders on Barrett this weekend. Its been up there (with a couple of revisions) for about 13 months now, which was totally unexpected - it was supposedly just a one month display. I was thrilled they let me keep it up and they always remarked how people asked about it all the time, my cards kept being taken, etc...yes no one ever contacted me about any of it. With nearly 2 dozen pieces out for over a year its disappointing that I didn't sell a one of them. So now taking it down (they're going to change formats and let school kids rotate art out monthly) feels rather like a defeat than the denouement of a good long run.

It might feel less that way if I'd spent any real time or energy on ym art in the last year except for Dragon*Con (a good show, I sold well again, but it was all older work - nothing new). This year Dragon*Con will likely be the only show I do again. I just don't seem to have the time to do it all, and that kinda sucks. I could be less social, but not only does that seem unattractive for various personal reasons, it would also hamper my networking for my massage business.

*sigh*

I've taken hundreds of new pics for source material in the last few years and barely touched them as far as making art goes. I just never was as successful at the entire business process with art as I have been at massage so far. Maybe I just don't know what I'm doing when it comes to marketing my art, maybe I'm just not as good as I think I am. Maybe massage is just easier. Maybe I'm better suited to massage. I dont know. All I know is I have bills and debts to pay and art isn't doing it, so it gets the back-burner.

The sucky thing is the back-burner has guttered out and I don't know when or if it will ever get relit.