A large blue and white 'dragon' basin. mark and period Guangxu. 41.5cm. |
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Instead of a stunning chinese dragon, a 40 cm penis had been tattooed on his back along with a lewd slogan implying he was gay. Your skin is who you are and not your dreams and aspirations, and must reflect your true identity and status in the prison community. Gays, like child molesters, rapers and murderers were despised and were treated as the outcast in Russian prisons. It would seem these views are still harboured in hardened fundamentalists in society today - even amongst our closest and trusted friends. Maybe - to close to comfort !
1 comment:
hi eugene, now i've heard everything... it's a sad story and in my state the politicians (election day this tuesday) are pandering to those fundamentalist that you speak of. anyway the drawings and prototype construction are really beautiful. your project reminds me of an interview i heard the other day on the radio. the author being interviewed had just published a book about eels and said that in some island cultures (he mentioned borneo) where there were no native snakes that the eel had the mythic position of the snake and that, i think it was in borneo, the eel was the most sacred animal in their mythology. another amazing fact was that certain eels spawn in the middle of the ocean and migrate up fresh water rivers to live their adult lives for many years before returning to the sea. love the drawings and the concept
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