Just saw "Black White Gray: A portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe "
I think that some of the content the striking images and perhaps the subject matter could resonate with both of us--
I could really see my work addressing sexuality more... in combo with the spiritual side of things that will always be there. Like in my newest image, you haven't seen how it normally looks. There is this big spike in my crotch.
Mapplethorpe reminds me anything is possible.
The photos Wagstaff collected were incredible--- some so captivating. You need to watch this documentary. Has patti smith in it a lot (I bet you like her?). Available for instant viewing on netflix. Maybe I can even give you my netflix password to watch if you don't have netflix anymore.
Documentary is inspiring and haunting. I am letting all these possibilities creep into my view of things and it is kind of scary but also kind of titillating.
Ohh I just met Anne Walsh last week (CHECK OUT HER WORK). She has a tattoo that looks a lot like the tattoos you posted. A student tattooed her for a project the student was doing. It is what darwin had on his hand. A two word phrase that was actually kind of sweet even though it was something that meant humans are no more than animals.. sweet in that it was darwin being humble... something "never better" or something like that. Right in the area between her thumb and first finger.
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