I've been doin a little research on living

Joel Peter Witkins. so terribly disturbingly beautiful.
this guy. oh man. he photographed deformed or abnormal people in the 80s.
More interesting, he also photographed a lot of cadavers. How much he manipulated these dead bodies after getting them, we do not know.
but wow. wow. amazing.






real/fake



























This is amazing, and encapsules my thinking thusfar this semester.




as does this in a much different way.








I've been watching a lot of planet earth. I cannot even express the magic.

I FOUND OUT LAST NIGHT...

That my spirit animal is the fox.

more to come later.

MELANIE BONAJO & KINGA KIELCZYNSKA
"The culture that does not exist "

In the forests of Eastern Poland, a sacred cult has formed that has withdrawn from the outside world and worships Mother Nature. Living in houses made of growing plants, its members have turned their backs on the modern world. These eco-extremists believe that the origins of humankind lie in plant life, and seek to reverse evolution by living like plants. Far from the hectic life of modern society, they celebrate the existence of the forest in a spiritual way, with special altars and mystical ceremonies.

In their Playstation show, Melanie Bonajo and Kinga Kielczynska provide an absurdist demonstration of our relationship with Mother Nature. They exhibit photos of people dressed as plants in the dark forests of Poland, people who believe themselves to be one with their forgotten natural habitat. We also see an installation made of the natural waste found in the forest and a video of the everyday goings-on of the cult members amid the trees; we are even allowed to witness one of their secret ceremonies.

In modern society, nature has become a subordinate product amid a wealth of other products, and people have become alienated not only from their natural surroundings but also from their own nature. In an attempt to reverse this process, Melanie Bonajo and Kinga Kielczynska explore the extent to which it is possible for us to re-insert ourselves into the holistic system. In the radical reversals of the Polish cult, a near-religious refuge has been created that denies progress. The artists adopt a documentary-like presentation, showing us a glimpse of this outlandish community, absorbed in a quest for something that may in fact never have existed. The cult members have relinquished control over their lives, hoping that a lost intuition will take over. This is certainly an extreme variant of ‘Back to nature!’

www.fonswelters.nl

Ancient Suga'

This cake.
This cherished delicacy.





Each Odechia was given an egg. To represent the birth that they never had.

And most did not dare touch theirs.




IT was sacred

what would happen if you were to break an egg?

One

One


only one
he did

but not without the rites
The Odechias performed the dance
built the dressing

and softly, their chanting muffeling the cracking noizes ... .. .. .
they bore a hole in the outer shell.

out poured

nothing.


so they bore in a bit deeper and stuck in a brave hand::::::::::
soft. sponge. sticky .

upon making the hole larger, they see the cakes

hundreds of cakes. eating the delicious sugar up as quickly as possible.

Until..HALT!
these precious cakes are to be saved for future generation's finding of the spirit

Once they eat her cake, they will be hers forever


but do not waste it now, for this cake must wait. Thousands and Thousands.
millions of billions

of years

until it re-emerges

Western Society's 21st century goddesses

The pictures with writing and drawing on them were taken off of the ever-so popular perezhilton.com

From what I've winessed, there is a vast amount of our western culture's population that checks this daily. If not more often.







Their bible. Judgements and all.








It is VERY important that we know this information!



What I want to know though, why have we chosen these characters to follow?








What have they done for the betterment of society?



What have they done, at all really?









they are here to be whatever you want to be












I want to thank all the hairdressers.





All the clothing designers.





makeup artists.






stylists.


The real deities creating this beauty that is worshipped.

Obsessed over. Life shaking. Death warranting.


you've really taken art to a new level.


without any recognition.

talk about a giant golden calf.