These are a few of my favourite things

• Royksopp
• Trentmoller
• Art that turns the body/ anatomy in to something surreal and a bit unfamiliar

On the last point see also:

• The Our Skin pool on Flikr
• The Art of Anatomy pool on Flikr

Eurythmics

What does it all mean?

Not sure, but Annie Lennox could probably sing from a phonebook with a synth line in the background and I'd be alright with it.

Our Bodies, Our Art: Vanessa Tiegs

In the series Menstrala Vanessa Tiegs uses her menstrual blood to create a visual journal. I love that she collects it and uses it to paint paintings- gorgeous, expressive paintings- rather than hide it away as soon as possible.

Menstruation isn't often celebrated in our culture. A lot of women find it uncomfortable, painful and inconvenient, especially if they have endometriosis or any other number of medical conditions that make it especially difficult and painful, but a lot of that has to do with the revulsion other people feel over this process. Blood is so often associated with death and vaginas... yeah, they're disgusting and easy to shame.

I have to confess that I'm one of those annoying hippy-dippy, goddess worshiping women who really likes menstruation. Like... really likes it. I'm not sure if this is partly thanks to my stubborn inner (ha!) feminist, but honestly I've always sort of liked it, except for the first couple of years during which I either didn't think about it or wrung my hands over how the fuck to deal with it in various situations. There's somethings comforting about it for me... that's not a very good description I know, I've never really thought about why I feel the way I do, maybe I'll have to unpack it in another post. Until then, I'd love to hear your relationship to our favourite communist, Aunt Flow. (Especially if you have awesome period euphemisms).

ETA: I just noticed on a tab right next to this one I have a brilliant post titled Our Bodies, Our Neuroses by Pilgrim Soul at Pursuit of Harpyness. Ummm... thanks for the title inspiration PS! What can I say, the post was just so great I forgot all about the title as I read it!

Snazy new layout..

...and a snazy new product to boot!

I've decided to lump some of my art in here as well. At the moment it's running very parallel to my feminism, so hopefully the biggest difference you lovely people will notice is the presence of far more pictures and snarky warnings that I will hunt down anyone who rips those images off without reference.

Who knows, maybe I will even post more frequently then once a month? As a hopeful sacrifice to the spirits of procrastination I give you this;


A detail of a palimpsest/ book autopsy/ some book art I did for a project last year and am revisiting at the moment at Uni. No title as such, just cool shadows and a little fedora tip in the general direction of the amazing Brian Dettmer whose glory is so large I can only gaze longingly at him every morning on the 7:02 bus, never screwing up the courage to say hi or even make eye contact.

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Always,
mary, mary