Right now i'm currently working on a lot of personal projects, and i'm looking for more things to be inspired by. I'm very into music and i go through phases with what i actually like a lot at them moment. I like the femme rock bands and the riot grrl scene especially right now. it's what is in with me at the moment. i know it's twenty years too late but i just got really into Jack off Jill, i never even heard a song by them before! But i just got inspired. I found this band called The Gossip, and i recommend everyone listen to "standing in the way of control" its about the gay community losing the right to marry. But the lead singer is outrageous in every way. Her name is Beth Ditto and she is a person that exemplifies living out loud and for herself.
The other night i was working on a personal piece about the the octuplet mother Nadya Suleman, who's been coined "octo-mom" so the piece is her as a scary octopus monster that's releasing eggs into the sea. I have my photo ref on my studio desk, lots of octopi and me a little more shirtless trying to look scary to get a good upper body pose. Well it's no secret that i need to lose a couple pounds but a guard who does the overnight shift in my building comes up every night to do a safety check in the studios. He didn't know i was in the room and chose to peruse my affairs upon the desk, commenting on how i looked in the photos, he used the term "nasty" and i mean, good i was going for scary octopus monster. but still ouch, you know? what was that guy even doing perusing my things? But after that i think i found Beth Ditto at just the right time. She's 210lbs and is naked all the time. She loves herself and is having a great time. No one could make that girl not feel beautiful.
I also thought about mama cass after skimming though some google pictures, for Ms Ditto did a pose reminiscent of a nude mama cass shot in flowers. I love the mama's and the papa and so does my dad and he LOVES Mama Cass, because he thought she was an amazing talent and he said she had a beautiful soul so she was the most beautiful woman in the world to him when he was younger. How awesome is my dad? but all this just inspired me to work on a likeness piece.
I always struggle with them and i can't find one that really fits my style and i think all the large head tiny body stuff has horrified me out of the genre. But I was just too awe struck by Beth and what she is doing in life. There's the part about health, like we don't tolerate drug addicts why tolerate a similarly unhealthy habit of over eating? But some people's bodies are a lot different chemically and if she's healthy enough to be on stage doing a whole set, which is a lot of exercise i'm sure she is just fine other wise. If she has no serious health problems i think she can be as fat as she wants. especially if she's happy with it. I don't have a clear idea but maybe i'll post some sketches when i get to it, but i'm pretty excited.
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