Category Archives: the body

The Silver Loo Gallery, exhibit no. 1: The body inescapable

Rinus Van de Velde [A post i started in July and only now got around to finishing...] I noticed there’s an alarmingly disproportionate amount of text on this blog compared to images, which i find ironic, because i’m a very … Continue reading

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Forgiving vs. Forgetting

Do you forgive but never forget, or forget but never forgive?  Remember that question from silly surveys we’d fill out in junior high when we didn’t feel like doing our homework?  Well, this question just came up in an email … Continue reading

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Body hair

Forgive me if this is too much information, but i don’t shave anywhere.  And i can’t believe that it has to be like this, but my parents give me so much shit for not shaving my armpits. They’ve long given … Continue reading

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“The artist is the athlete.” –Matthew Barney

Everything about The Cremaster Cycle is sensuous, and Matthew Barney is the most generous filmmaker; he is not interested in feeding us a world through his eyes and ears.  Instead, he wants to open up a world to us by uncovering … Continue reading

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questions on the loo, issue #6: Which of your senses would you lose if you had to lose one?

This is a common question that i’ve seen pop up in many places, but i never thought deeply about it until my best friend asked me it the other day.  At first, i confidently said, “Smell.”  I couldn’t give up … Continue reading

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Protected: A confessional letter

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The woes of modeling

I was watching Marc Jacobs & Louis Vuitton the other day (excellent documentary, by the way), and this one particular scene is still haunting me: Medium shots of several models getting their hair and makeup done.  They’re all wearing thick … Continue reading

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Women with big nostrils

Is it just me, or are big nostrils really sexy?      

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