Saturday, July 31, 2010

Elie Wiesel and the "obscene" play


Racist right-wing zionist threatens grovelling playwright

Roger Corman used to cast movies by going through lists of Screen Actors Guild members, looking for names he recognized but who hadn't worked in a while. This how he happened give work to aging stars like Boris Karloff and others. Seems like a good idea. Larry Cohen was asked how he got Broderick Crawford to star in The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover, and he explained that there aren't that many leading roles for older actors. Write decent roles for older stars and you can get who you like.

There was a playwright in Hudson New York who tried something like this. Wrote a play for a couple of geezers. It might have worked if not for one thing...

The play was an imagined meeting between Elie Wiesel and Bernard Madoff, written by Deborah Margolin.

According to an article in The New York Times:

The Wiesel character in the earlier script was no passing contrivance. Ms. Margolin said she had seen the character as an ideal dramatic device, a name that would instantly connote moral authority. The central scene of the original play was an imagined conversation in which Wiesel pleaded with Madoff to invest his money. It also included a sexually tinged memory of Wiesel’s time in a concentration camp, as well as readings from the Talmud and meditations on repentance.

Wiesel spent much of the play cajoling and counseling Madoff, building up to a climactic moment in which the treacherous investor considered confessing his deceit to his wise and kindly companion.


Where did they get the idea that Wiesel was wise or kindly? He always seemed like a jerk to me.

Apparently Wiesel had been taking in contributions for something he modestly dubbed The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity. Donors probably thought the money would be used for the good of all mankind (except Palestinians), but Wiesel put it all in the stock market. He handed it all to Madoff until Madoff was thrown in prison.

Over the years, the wise, kindly Elie Wiesel refused to take part in a conference on genocide because it included mention of the Armenian genocide; he attacked Simon Wiesenthal because Wiesenthal called for the recognition of non-Jewish holocaust victims such as Gypsies and homosexuals; when asked to comment, he expressed no sympathy for the 2,000 or so Palestinians slaughtered in Sabra and Shatilla refugee camps, said that he felt "sad for Israel, not against it," and said that no one should comment on it or criticize Israel for carrying out the massacre.

In the late '40s, Wiesel was a member of the Irgun, a Jewish terrorist group that helped carry out the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. He wants to criminalize Holocaust denial, but he denies the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, denies the Armenian Genocide, and wants the world to ignore the Nazi genocide against Gypsies, homosexuals and others.

Wiesel called for the U.S. invasion of Iraq and is now calling for war on Iran. He continues to defend and support any mass murder of Palestinians.

But Wiesel is as angry as a Transylvanian can be about Bernard Madoff. Wiesel thinks Madoff should be forced to spend 24 hours a day looking at pictures of the millionaires he defrauded. He thinks Madoff would be tortured with guilt.

And now we have this idiot playwright who thinks that sticking Wiesel in a play gave it instant moral authority.

The woman has no right to be so stupid. She teaches at Yale, for God's sake.

She sent a copy of the play to Wiesel. The wise, kindly Wiesel wrote back that the play was "obscene" and threatened to sue her.

Margolin quickly rewrote it. Wrote out Wiesel and replaced him with a fictional geezer poet.

It didn't seem to change her opinion of Wiesel. She told the guy at the New York Times, “I didn’t set out to be on the wrong side of anybody, let alone someone I admire."

If she wants to admire him, okay. She can if she wants. But don't be an idiot about it.

Designer Printed Salwar Kameez

Designer Printed Salwar Kameez
Designer Printed Salwar Kameez
Fashion Model posing in Designer Printed Salwar Kameez Dress

 FAMOUS ART QUOTES, MUSIC QUOTES, PAINTING QUOTES, FILM MAKING QUOTES, PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES:

There's music in the sighing of a reed;
There's music in the gushing of a rill;
There's music in all things, if men had ears:
Their earth is but an echo of the spheres.
~ Lord Byron

Art is not a thing; it is a way.
~ Elbert Hubbard

Musical compositions, it should be remembered, do not inhabit certain countries, certain museums, like paintings and statues. The Mozart Quintet is not shut up in Salzburg: I have it in my pocket.
~ Henri Rabaud

An artist's career always begins tomorrow.
~ James McNeill Whistler

Shaiya Light and Darkness Game Wallpaper

Shaiya Light and Darkness Game Wallpaper
Shaiya Light and Darkness Game Wallpaper
Shaiya Light and Darkness Game Wallpaper

 FAMOUS ART QUOTES, MUSIC QUOTES, PAINTING QUOTES, FILM MAKING QUOTES, PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES:

Music is the poetry of the air.
~ Richter

Surely nothing has to listen to so many stupid remarks as a painting in a museum.
~ Edmond & Jules de Goncourt

If I were to begin life again, I would devote it to music. It is the only cheap and unpunished rapture upon earth. Sydney Smith
~ Music Quotes

No photographer is as good as the simplest camera.
~ Edward Steichen

South Indian Actress Sheela - Photoshop Art

South Indian Actress Sheela - Photoshop Art
Sheela - Tamil Actress
South Indian Actress Sheela - Photoshop Art

FAMOUS ART QUOTES, MUSIC QUOTES, PAINTING QUOTES, FILM MAKING QUOTES, PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES:

Every time someone tells me how sharp my photos are, I assume that it isn't a very interesting photograph. If it were, they would have more to say.
~ Author Unknown

Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.
~ G.K. Chesterton

There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is.
~ William P. Merrill

Grammar stops at love, and at art.
~ Valentine Sterling

Sindhu Tolani - South Indian Actress

Sindhu Tolani - South Indian Actress
Sindhu Tolani Tamil Actress
Photoshop Digital Art of South Indian Actress Sindhu Tolani

FAMOUS ART QUOTES, MUSIC QUOTES, PAINTING QUOTES, FILM MAKING QUOTES, PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES:

Music is the shorthand of emotion.
~ Leo Tolstoy

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.
~ John Ruskin

There is no truer truth obtainable
By Man than comes of music.
~ Robert Browning

Art... does not take kindly to facts, is helpless to grapple with theories, and is killed outright by a sermon.
~ Agnes Repplier, Points of View, 1891

Monday, July 26, 2010

Ed Hardy Tattoos - Lower Back Design

Ed Hardy Lower Back Tattoo
Ed Hardy Lower Back Design
Ed Hardy has contributed a lot to the to the world of tattoos and he is well recognized today for his works. His art work have traveled many nations where the designs of Ed Hardy have been inked by many people. In this tattoo, depicted is a popular tattoo that is probably the most famous Ed Hardy Designs, "Love Kills Slowly", which is also a logo that is printed on shirts and clothing line by Christian Audigier, who was granted permission by Ed Hardy to print his designs.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Fashion Model Posing in Printed Kaftan Dress

Fashion Model Posing in Printed Kaftan DressFashion Model Posing in Printed Kaftan Dress

FAMOUS ART QUOTES, MUSIC QUOTES, PAINTING QUOTES, FILM MAKING QUOTES, PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES:

A Ming vase can be well-designed and well-made and is beautiful for that reason alone. I don't think this can be true for photography. Unless there is something a little incomplete and a little strange, it will simply look like a copy of something pretty. We won't take an interest in it.
~ John Loengard, "Pictures Under Discussion"

I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you are taking some of their soul.
~ Mary Ellen Mark

Truly to sing, that is a different breath.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke

Art is Man's nature. Nature is god's art.
~ James Bailey

Game Wallpaper - Soulcalibur 3

Game Wallpaper - Soulcalibur 3Game Wallpaper - Soulcalibur 3

FAMOUS ART QUOTES, MUSIC QUOTES, PAINTING QUOTES, FILM MAKING QUOTES, PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES:

There is in souls a sympathy with sounds:
And as the mind is pitch'd the ear is pleased
With melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave;
Some chord in unison with what we hear
Is touch'd within us, and the heart replies.
~ William Cowper

Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.
~ G.K. Chesterton

When words leave off, music begins.
~ Heinrich Heine

Why should I paint dead fish, onions and beer glasses? Girls are so much prettier.
~ Marie Laurencin

Sexy Soccer Babes 1

Sexy Soccer Babes 1Sexy Soccer Babes

FAMOUS ART QUOTES, MUSIC QUOTES, PAINTING QUOTES, FILM MAKING QUOTES, PHOTOGRAPHY QUOTES:

Music expresses feeling and thought, without language; it was below and before speech, and it is above and beyond all words.
~ Robert G. Ingersoll

All the other colors are just colors, but purple seems to have a soul. Purple is not just a noun and an adjective but also a verb - when you look at it, it's looking back at you.
~ Uniek Swain

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.
~ Alphonse de Lamartine

Architecture begins where engineering ends.
~ Walter Gropius

Lower Back Butterfly And Tribal Tattoos

Lower Back Butterfly Tribal Tattoo
Lower Back Butterfly Tribal Tattoo
Butterflies are beautiful creatures of nature, their meanings as a tattoo often symbolizes rebirth or can be a significance symbol that revolves around a new change in life. Butterfly tattoos have always been admired by both women and girls. There are many places to get a butterfly tattoo design. In this picture of a lower back tattoo, the design consist of a butterfly tat with tribal designs that is embellished with a name in black ink.

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Daniel Schorr


I heard a bit of an obituary for Daniel Shorr, dead at 93, on public radio. They talked about what a fine reporter he was because, on CBS TV, he interviewed the leader of East Germany. Shore kept interrupting and badgering the man until he walked out of the interview. The head of CBS complimented Shorr on how cool and calm he remained throughout the interview, but Shorr admitted to him that it was a fraud, that the reaction shots of Shorr were filmed after the fact. They re-edited the interview so that Shore looked calm and collected while the East German leader was so irrational that he stormed out.

The reporter on public radio thought this showed how honest Shorr was. Yes, the reaction shots were deceptive, he said, but Shorr admitted the deception immediately.

Well. No. Shorr admitted it to his boss; he never informed the public about his fraud. He used a rare interview with the leader of East Germany strictly as an exercise in propaganda. Imagine the reaction if a reporter from the USSR acted that way while interviewing a West German leader then used faked reaction shots and broadcast it in the Soviet Union.

They said that CBS banned the practice of filming interviewer reaction shots after the fact, but that ban didn't last long. That sort of fraud was Mike Wallace's whole career.

Baby Wings Tattoo Design - Memorial Tats

Baby Wing Tattoo
Baby Wing Tattoo
Winged tattoos are commonly known as a positive symbol that have a connection with heavenly angels. It is a symbol that many people have come to love having as a tattoo design. In this image, it shows a winged tattoo of a memorial or remembrance design that is dedicated to a lost love one, most likely that of a newborn baby or child.

Friday, July 23, 2010

Best Friend Tattoos - Matching Tattoo Designs

Best Friend Tattoos
Best Friend Tattoos
Ideas for best friend tattoos can come in many ways and form. Ideas can come from the things you and your friend both have in common or ideas can be keyed to activities you both love to share and enjoy together. Having matching tattoos of a similar design as in this tattoo picture of matching star designs, is something you can relate ideas from. You can also think about tattoos with "half counterparts" such as a half heart tattoo that can be split between you and your friend. Deciding to get a "friendship tattoo", remember a close friendship bond is something that should always be cherished through both the good and bad times. Seriously think about getting a best friend tattoo design, as sometimes friendships our not forever, but tattoos are.

BBC questions do it yourself tattoos

Would you tattoo yourself using a DIY kit? This is the headline of the story unveiled by the BBC today in this article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-10713587.

The BBC has revealed that more and more young people are using DIY kits to create their own tattoos...with no protection and no experience.

Tattoos are more popular than ever and there is increase pressure to have one, especially among young people. One surveys says that 1 in 3 has a tattoo in the UK.

More people are taking things into their own hands and tattooing themselves using various cheap methods. This was confirmed by tattoo artists who say they see more and more people walking in asking for a cover up of a really bad home made design. Many have been done with kits bought over the Internet for as little £60, mainly from China. The risk is high as this can lead to infection....and regrets!

Think twice before going for a DIY tattoo. It's definitely best to save up and have it done by a pro!!

DIY Headdress from Bright Young Things

(via Ecouterre)

I read a fair amount of fashion blogs, but only recently did I discover the fabulous story and photos over at The Uniform Project. The designer of the now-famous little black dress featured on the site is Eliza Starbuck, who apparently is launching a new line called "Bright Young Things."

To commemorate the launch, she offered up this project on the blog Ecouterre, "guaranteed to turn heads". Yes friends, you can now make your very own hipster headdress.

The post offers step-by-step instructions, and I found it hilariously ironic that either Starbuck or Ecoterre reminds you to "just be sure to choose cruelty-free feathers (faux, vintage, or found), rather than pluck the plumage of some hapless bird." Definitely, worry about the birds, but not the people you may be offending (They are a sustainable fashion site, though, so I'm not totally surprised about the bird reminder).

That's one weird trend I've been noticing with some of the hipster-headdress wearers--many of them are quick to jump on other causes, environmental sustainability, relief for Africa, etc, hinting at some sort of solidarity with those fighting for what's right...yet they clamp down on the headdress and staunchly defend their "right" to wear it. If someone of a marginalized group tells you, to your face, that what you're doing is hurtful and offensive, how can you, as an "activist," still wear it? I don't get it. But that's just one of my personal pet peeves with the whole thing.

(via Ecouterre)

A commenter named Margo posted the first comment on the site (thanks!), linking to my hipster headdress manifesto and my culture is not a trend, to which Starbuck responded:
E. Starbuck: @Margo,thank you for the reminder. I think EVERYONE is aware of stereotypes and what is and isn’t “PC” at this point in time. A handmade headdress (and not the dime store “cowboys and indians” plastic version) is sacred to anyone who wears it and certainly to anyone who makes it.
and then an E.J. Starbuck commented on my hipster headdress post:
I think this point of view is painfully old-fashioned. The Internet has created a melting pot of Ancient, Present, Past, and Future cultures from all around the world. And at this point, everyone is fully aware of what stereotypes are and what "PC" is, and going on about them is only going to perpetuate them. Practice sacred culture, don't preach it. Making efforts to keep sacred cultures segregated and separated in the name of respect and cultural preservation maybe honorable, but it is quite impossible and impractical. If that were the way, then the spirit of the Native American culture would be long dead, and we know that isn't true, it's just evolved. Everyone is connected and everyone is mixed, this is a new tribe of people. A handmade headdress (and not the dime store "cowboys and indians" plastic version) is sacred to anyone who wears it and certainly to anyone who makes it. To limit that sacred experience to Native Americans when people from every part of the planet have been using feathers as decorations on their heads all throughout history is just wrong.
So this is a new argument to me--that creating the headdress yourself makes it "sacred"?

I'll turn this one over to you, readers, since I want some more voices than just my own on this issue. Thoughts? 

Ecouterre:  Make a DIY Feathered Headdress by Eliza Starbuck of Bright Young Things

Earlier: But Why Can't I Wear a Hipster Headdress? (for the full breakdown)

(Thanks Amy and Margo!)

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Random Appropriation of the Day! (Daufuski Korean Oysters)


Chrissy, one of my Twitter followers, came across this can of Korean Oysters while shopping at her local grocery store (I believe in Alabama?). From what I can gather with a quick google search, Dafuskie (with an "e") Island in South Carolina used to be a big oyster producing area. But this website gives us this additional piece of Dafuskie trivia:

Indian pottery found on the island is among the oldest of its kind in North America, dating back more than 9,000 years.  Their history on the island ended in the early 18th century, after a battle with English soldiers in 1715. After the sand ran red with Indian blood, the southern tip of the island was given the moniker Bloody Point, a name it carries to this day.
Horrible.  How would you like to live in "Bloody Point" knowing that is the history of your home? That's a whole post in itself.

Back to the oysters. These are, today, produced in Korea, but I found some images of early ads, from the 1950's:
(image source)

If they are referencing the Daufuskie-Indian connection, they might want to look into traditional regalia of South Carolina, cause I'm about 100% positive they didn't wear plains headdresses. In addition, I don't think the proper way to memorialize slaughtering all of your island's Native inhabitants is to put them on a can of oysters. But that's just my opinion.

(Thanks Chrissy!)

Ace Of Spades Tattoo Design

Ace Tattoo
Ace Of Spades Tattoo
Playing card tattoos are sometimes tattooed by individuals that like to gamble. Some of the most popular tattoos of playing cards are the "joker" and those of the hearts and spade suits. The queen, king, jack, and the ace are some of the preferred designs for tattoos. The history of the ace of spades and it's design goes back to its creation. The ace of spades is a known as the death card, the ace is also considered the highest valued card in the deck.

Red Bull Gives You Stereotypes


Red Bull, the energy drink of the masses, presents us with a winner of an appropriation. This commercial reads like a check list of Native stereotypes. Apparently this ad aired heavily overseas (it can be found in many different languages on youtube), and first aired in the US back in 2009. However, it seems that Red Bull decided stereotypical imagery works, because I've gotten multiple tips in the last few weeks noting that they've started airing it again.

Here's the transcript of the commercial:
(war whoops and drumming)
Brown Bear: Greetings White Dove, my heart is heavy
White Dove: Mine too, Brown Bear
BB: The end of the year is near, and we still can't get together. Brown bear can't jump that far!
WD: And White Dove can't fly! We are only united in mind.
BB: Yes, but my body longs for you too.
WD: Oooh. *sigh*

Narrator: No Red Bull, no happy ending.
Watch the commercial here (sorry the embedding isn't working):  

 So let's see:
  • Tipis?
  • Smoke Signals?
  • War Whoops?
  • "Tom-Tom" Drumming?
  • "Indian" Names? (Brown Bear and White Dove? Really?)
  • Speaking in third person/broken English?
  • Sexualization of the Natives?
Check, check, check, check...

I also found this other Red Bull commercial that uses Indigenous people as "cannibals" (who the smart white man can escape by drinking red bull and getting wings!). Especially note the "daughter" with her exposed breasts and buck teeth. (Oh, and it's in Italian, but I think it's pretty easy to understand what's going on):



So there you have it, Red Bull Gives You Wings Stereotypes!(TM)


(Thanks Virtue and Harsh!)

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Lower Belly Tattoos

Lower Belly Tattoos
Lower Belly Tattoos
When we think of belly tattoos, one of the most likely area we think about is the navel or belly button. But not all belly or stomach tattoos have to involve around the "belly button". Women and girls thinking of getting a tattoo design on the stomach area might also find the lower belly area of the waist a good spot for a tattoo.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

If Movie Titles Were Honest: Dances with Wolves Edition

  
White Man: The Superior Indian 

My friend Amy, who is the best internet browser in the history of the world, sent over this movie poster after my Dances with Wolves post last week. I love it. The whole slide show is pretty creative and entertaining.

Can anyone think of any other "honest" movie titles for movies about Indians?

Last of the Mohicans (I finally saw that one too!): Lots of Blood and Gore but Who Cares I'm Looking at Eric Schweig?

The New World: Waving Grass and Rushing Water But No Plot or Dialogue?

Leave more ideas in the comments!

Cracked.com "If Movie Titles Were Honest Photoshop Contest": http://www.cracked.com/photoshop_130_if-movie-titles-were-honest_p30#30


(Thanks Amy!)

Ankle Tattoos For A Woman

Ankle Tattoos
Ankle Tattoo
Some of the best places for a tattoo on a woman is the ankle. Tattoo designs for such a spot can be very stylish and fashionable. Women and girls often get their name tattooed on the ankle, but their are other designs of ankle tattoos beside names you could consider. Just to name a few, ankle tattoos of flowers, ankle bracelets, floral vines, stars, beads are great tattoo designs for the ankle.

Zombie Girl: The Movie, Pathogen



I heard about Martin Scorcese on location on one of his movies. His mother had a small role. She played an elderly Italian woman. They were working late at night and he was having trouble getting what he needed on film. And his mother started complaining about the obscene language in the script. He finally had to tell her to pipe down and let him work. He said she wasn't happy about it, but she understood that he had to get it done.

Now I'm sitting here watching Zombie Girl: The Movie, a documentary about twelve-year-old Emily Hagins making her feature-length zombie movie, Pathogen. Her mother is helping her a lot, doing a lot of work and spending a huge amount of time on it, but at times the mother is directing the director even though the girl seems to have things under control. Well, if it were me, I'd have been trying to get them to speed it up, too.

The mother was sort of the opposite of Martin Scorcese's mother---or his "mama", as his people would say. Mama Scorcese was slowing things down. Emily Hagins' mother was trying to keep things moving.

Now they're filming in a grocery store.

When I've written scripts, I've tried to write them so all the scenes could be filmed places where no permission would be needed, even if it could be gotten easily. I wouldn't have filmed in a supermarket. The girl seems more ambitious and talented than I've ever been. She convinced them to close the store while they filmed.

I just hope the kids in the documentary aren't watching this particular broadcast. The channel keeps showing commercials for non-prescription aphrodisiacs.

Here's the site for the documentary:

http://www.zombiegirlthemovie.com/

And here is Emily Hagins' oddly named website where you can order her zombie movie, Pathogen:

http://www.cheesynuggets.com/

Monday, July 19, 2010

"Legend has it...": More Natives in Advertising


Last Friday I headed over to the Harvard Med School (HMS) to listen to the final presentations of the students involved in HMS's Native American High School Summer Program. I was so blown away and impressed by the students and what they managed to accomplish in three weeks, their presentations were incredible, powerful, and moving.

But back to the issue at hand, the image above. I was waiting for my flatbread pizza in the schmancy new HMS cafeteria and noticed this sign next to the ordering station. Text reads:
Did You Know?

There are only three fruits native to North America: blueberries, cranberries, and Concord grapes. Legend has it that Native Americans gave blueberries to the new settlers, helping them make it through their first winter.
Not completely outright offensive, but I still find it troublesome. The main issues I find with the ad:

  • The use of the phrase "legend has it...", which implies a mystical or mythical connection, not a historical fact. It could have easily said "historical accounts tell us" or omitted the phrase all together. To me, "legend has it..." draws up imagery of campfire story time, furthering the stereotypes of Natives as connected to myth or the mystical. 

  • The use of generic "Native American" instead of an actual tribe. I've said it once, I'll say it again and again until it gets into everyone's head--there are over 500 distinct tribes and communities. Not every tribe saved the settlers' butts that first winter. Not every tribe used/uses blueberries traditionally. 

  • The fact that they chose a "fact" that relates Natives to the white settlers, rather than the numerous other connections New England area tribes have with blueberries. How about mentioning that local tribes (like Wampanoag) have used and been aware of the medicinal properties of blueberries long before America caught onto the "antioxidant" trend? Why does it have to be viewed through a colonial lens?

The best part of all of this, guess who was in the cafeteria with me while I discovered the ad? about ten Wampanoag tribal members (from both Aquinnah and Mashpee), as well as all the other Native participants in the summer program. I pointed out the ad to one of the Wampanoag mentors, who was holding her beautiful baby boy (who's name means "brave" in their language), and she just shook her head and walked away.

It was her people who "helped" the settlers through that first winter, only to be memorialized in a generic, random ad in a university cafeteria. Imagine how that must feel.

So, I realize the ad isn't as outright offensive as the Potowatomi Chicago ad we looked at before, but I still think it is important to interrogate and re-examine images we take at face value, and problematize how seemingly simple and benign words can carry much deeper meaning.

Earlier: The Potawatomi didn't have a word for global business center?

(Thanks Rachel for being my lookout as I stole the sign to take pictures of it!)

Religious Wooden Cross Tattoo


Wooden Cross Tattoo
One of the most significant symbol for many religion's, are the wooden cross. Tattoos of the wooden cross are a common way to express a person's beliefs or faith in God. Crosses can be displayed in almost any form of design or pattern. Some cross tattoos can be that of tribal, Celtic, or other styles that exhibit a shape that is similar to the known design of the cross.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

10 Flower Ideas For Foot Tattoos

Foot Tattoos Flowers
Foot Tattoos Flowers


More ideas for foot tattoos representing different styles of flowers that many women find beautiful and irresistible. All images should be used to gather ideas for your own tattoo. Don't try to duplicate these flower designs in any manner, be creative and design your own tattoo.



flower tattoos
Flower Tattoos For Foot


Dandelion Flower Fluff Tattoo
Dandelion Flower Fluffs


Flower Tattoo Designs
Flower Tattoo Designs


henna flower tattoos
Henna Flower Tattoo


foot tattoos of flowers
Foot Tattoo of Flowers


Sunflower Tattoo
Sunflower and Flower Tattoos


Tribal Flower Foot Tattoo
Tribal and Flower Foot Tattoo


Flower Ideas For Foot Tattoo
Foot Tattoo Ideas For Small Flowers


Hawaiian Flower Foot Tattoo
Hawaiian Flower Foot Tattoo

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Toward a People's Cinema

People's Cinema has never worked out well. Soviet Experimental Cinema was never really popular. Neither was Italian Neo-Realism.

We should note, though, that nearly all of the Spaghetti Westerns were directed by Communists. You don't need to look very hard for Marxist symbolism, like the gold buried in a massive war cemetery in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly or Clint Eastwood counting dead bodies by their monetary value in For A Few Dollars More. There was one--was in Django?--where the rich American murders Mexican peasants and feeds their bodies to his pet eagle.

And Soviet cinema did quite well producing a lot of well-made big budget movies. George Lucas ripped off Soviet special effects in Star Wars. Spielberg freely ripped off Soviet war movies in Saving Private Ryan. They understood the importance of plagiarizing only obscure sources. Your massive fraud can go undetected for years, and if anyone does discover it, you call it a homage.

Cute Elephant Design - Ankle Tattoo

Elephant Tattoos
Elephant Tattoos
Cute tattoo designs can involve lots of things that people find very pretty and attractive. Baby animals such as monkeys, tigers, kittens and this elephant tattoo design fits the category of being a "cute tattoo".

Friday, July 16, 2010

Tattoo Pattern Designs Of Tribal, Celtic, & Henna

Tribal foot tattoosThinking about some of the best designs of foot tattoos can lead you toward some of the most popular tattoo designs. With that being said, tribal, Celtic and henna designs can fit most women needs to wanting a great tattoo for their foot. With tribal designs for a foot tattoo, you can create a design to accent the lines and curves of your foot.

Tribal foot tattoos doesn’t have to be a complicate design to be beautiful. A small simple tribal design can be pleasing just as much as any other design.

Tribal Foot Tattoo
Tribal Foot Tattoo Design


Tribal Koi Tattoo
Tribal and Koi Fish Tattoo


Tribal women designs
Tribal Designs For Women


Tribal Design Foot Tattoo
Tribal Design foot Tattoo




Looking at Celtic foot tattoos, they can be symbols commonly used in Celtic tattoos. Knot works can be configured into many shapes and objects. Creating your own interlacing Celtic patterns into a unique design is something to consider also.

Celtic Trinity Tattoo
Celtic Trinity Tattoo


Celtic Tattoo
Celtic Tattoo




Henna foot designs leaves a lasting expression that is very amazing and beautiful. Henna art are very detailed and delicate. Having a great henna design tattooed permanently will have you enjoying the henna tattoo for the rest of your life.

henna tattoos
Henna Tattoo


Henna Tattoo Ideas
Henna Tattoo Design Ideas


Henna Foot Tattoo
Henna Foot Tattoo



Bonus Round: All the Awesome Tips in My Inbox

(screen shot from the new N.E.R.D. and Nelly Furtado video)

Welcome to a new Friday feature, where I round-up all the awesome tips I get in my inbox, but don't have a chance to write full posts about.

Consider it a work-in-progress (I still need a name for it--ideas? let me know!). If anything in here strikes your fancy, and you'd like me to write more about it, post in the comments. Tips with highest number of "votes" will get a full write up!

Ready? Here we go...

  • Actress Erin Cummings has an image of her dressed in a headdress as her Twitter background, and when contacted about it, said the CBS producers liked it and approved it.
  • The Little Marc Jacobs Store in Manhattan uses a Tipi in its window display
  • Taylor Lautner, aka Jacob Black in the Twilight movies, comes to the shocking realization that Natives are just like everyone else! They hang out! They play basketball! Shocking!!
  • Cage the Elephant has a new-ish music video featuring a headdress-clad dude for their song "In One Ear", and even an online contest to "win the headdress".
  • Zimbio has an image of Izia (a model)  and fashion designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac at the launch of the new clothing line in Paris, France. Izia is wearing a full warbonnet and feathered dress.
  • Shrinky Dinks (yes they're still around) is selling a "Wild West Party Pack"--i.e. Cowboys and Indians. Interestingly, the Indians have a range of skin tones, and are shown doing the "modern" activities, but also are all wearing feathers and doing stereotypical activities as well (peace pipes, tom toms, canoeing, etc)
  •  Bossip shares a "Wild West" inspired photo shoot for the release of Playstation 3, which consists of a barely clothed model in a headdress (probs NSFW). What does that have to do with Playstation?
I have more, but I thought this was a good start! Keep the tips coming, and thanks to everyone who contributed.


(Thanks Lici, Peggy, Sarah, Tanis, Liz, Katie, Laurie, Christina, Kannon, Denise, Ben, Mom, Mar, and Lauren)

Batman and Superman as Indian Chiefs?

Holy Headdress Batman! (omg I'm so creative I know).

Reader Brianna sent over this image of Batman, in a headdress, punching what appears to be an Indian (POW!). She didn't know the context, but a little googling this morning led me to this blog, with more images of Batman, plus other superheros, all dressed up in racial drag: (all images courtesy of Everyday is Like Wednesday)




That's the cover of the issue that the first image came from. Then there's Superman:

And Captain Marvel:


and even Rex the Wonder Dog:


Everyday is Like Wednesday offers a plot synopsis of the Batman comic, filling in the gaps to demonstrate just how Batman ended up dressed like a stereotypical Plains Chief. Definitely head over for a read. Here's a screen shot of the comic:


 (click to make it bigger and readable)

The main plot point is that Batman must disguise himself as an Indian in order to fight the bad guy. Awesome?

These were released in the 1950's, so back at the height of Westerns and an American fascination with Cowboys and Indians, so I'm not surprised that the trend bled into the comic book realm. I'd love to see the full comics, I'm really curious to see the full portrayals of the Native people. 

For more: Everyday is like Wednesday: Chief-Man-of-the-Bats

(Thanks Brianna!)