Art that imbeds itself in your mind and heart

This weekend while browsing through a gallery with a friend, i ran across the art work of a rather phenominal artist. Lucy Hunnicutt paints folk art that is not only rich with storytelling and humor, but also quite brilliant in use of symbols and historical references toward religious themes/tales.

Her paintings don't just hold you captive... they make you feel good. Not a lot of art can do that - evoke a sense of heartfelt pleasure while viewing it. I've had to limit my collecting to local artists because face it - any free cash i may have for art usually funnels into my own work. But this is an artist i covet. I want one of her paintings. I want it more than i want icecream on a hot, blistery day. And you can bet I'll be tracking her until i can get one.

http://www.southernbreeze.net/tour152.htm

OMG SHOES

if you have delicate sensibilities.... you are probably NOT hanging out here anyway so I don't have to warn y'all about "content" in this vid do i?

Sandra wench sent me this link. ROFLMAO. It's about shoes, bitch.
The first 60 seconds is boring and wtf, but give it a minute. It gets good and wacked.

Barbie Gets a Tramp Stamp!

Yay! Barbie is breaking out of her box again and now comes with tattoos. Probably little hearts, unicorns, and butterflies. (I found a picture...heehee.)

It's kind of funny that Miss Thang getting a tattoo is such a hot and controversial news topic. For me it is more of a social commentary of what is hot and what is not.

I'm beginning to think that much like punk music that ends up as regurgitated elevator musak, (just possibly a sign that it is no longer "edgy" or "cool"???) once something is packaged with a barbie, its day is done.

I'd say next up would be Barbie getting her clit pierced, but i don't think she has one.
Hmmmm... poor thing can't even get nipple rings.

Anyway - this cracked me up.

Someone point me to the nearest laser removal shoppe.

Oh, and I'm scrubbing "stylin" from my vocabulary.

Barbie caught up in tattoo controversy
Updated: 22:01, Thursday March 5, 2009
Barbie may have turned 50 last month but there's no slowing her down.
She has reinvented herself yet again, but there's controversy over her latest fashion accessory.
'Totally stylin' tattoos' Barbie has recently hit shelves in the US.
The doll comes complete with body-art stickers, which can be placed anywhere on her body.
Some die-hard Barbie fans are less than impressed with the new addition.
I guess I am old school now, but that would not fly, I would not buy that for my granddaughters,' American grandmother Beth Kirkpatrick said.
Mattel says it has no plans to discontinue the doll and says it gives girls a chance to express themselves. http://www.skynews.com.au/showbiz/article.aspx?id=309131

Interestingly enough, they did discontinue a Tattoo Barbie ten years ago when there were protests. Watching the shifts in attitudes on what evolves into acceptable cultural norms in any given decade can be an intriguing and amusing passtime.