Nelson Mandela Portrait - Tattoo
Image by Byron Rode Photography
Portrait Tattoo of Nelson Mandela on outer thigh.
Time taken: 2h 30min using reference photo
This is being presented to Nelson Mandela himself, as well as featuring in a number of Newspapers around CT and SA.
Artist: Robert Turner of Freestylers Tattoo Lounge (http://www.tattoostudio.co.za)
Blue Beetle #7 page 7
Image by roadkillbuddha
I'm including this here as reference for my When Superheroes Were Allowed to be Funny blog post. Click "All Sizes" above for full size.
See also page 8.
Writer: John Rogers
Artist: Cully Hamner
Letterer: Phil Balsman
Colorist: Guy Major
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
Image by legends2k
Quote by Pablo Picasso
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Meet birthday boy Siddu, a very good friend of mine, also my ex-roomy; geeky and naive are the words that come to my mind. There's a peculiar anecdote from his childhood days like I've one. Originally he was named Gautama Badella, by his grandfather; when he went to school, fellow kids there started making pun of his first name; girls teased him Gautami (which is a girlie name), Gautami Express (a train name), etc. There, on the very first day @ school, he made his mother come down to school, said won't leave until his named is changed. His mom asked him to come home, so that they can discuss about it, saying she doesn't have a good name right there. But the kid said he'd thought of a name already, Siddhartha; he said it's a word which people cannot change to different forms and tease. Finally she gave in, since he didn't budge until she did so. He was renamed Siddhartha.
Siddu's idea of choosing this name came from the stories of Buddha his granddad used to narrate. He later realised that both his first names are actually names of Buddha, the spiritual founder of Buddhism, whose original name is Siddhārtha Gautama. Naive, young prince Siddhārtha Gautama, screened from life's darker side by his father (who did it deliberately), once happened to see an old man, a diseased, a decaying corpse and an ascetic; He asked his charioteer Channa, who briefed about them. Agitated, He escaped the palace with Channa, leaving his royal life to become a mendicant. This is traditionally called "The Great Departure" in Buddhism, where the horses' hooves were muffled by the Gods.
Far from His land, He's recognised by King Bimbisara's men; Bimbisara, King of Magadha Empire, was a contemporary of both Siddhārtha Buddha and Mahavira Jain (the spiritual leader of Jainism, another great religion that sprung from India a few years before Buddhism; Mahavira's father's name is Siddhartha, a coincidence). The King offered the throne to Siddhārtha, which He refused and promised to return. Then He went on in His pursit to know life's truth; years later, sitting under the Bodhi Tree, He vowed never to arise until He had found the Truth. After 49 days meditating, at the age of 35, He became Buddha, the enlightened one. Buddha means "one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment" and there are several people who have been given the title. Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha later travelled to Rajagaha, the capital of Magadha to visit King Bimbisara, keeping his promise.
Reference: Wikipedia
Wish you a very happy birthday Siddu :)
Harbinger of Happiness (blue bird raptor), 2011
Image by mandymama
Jan. 14 - Feb 5th, 2011 at Roq La Rue Gallery. www.roqlarue.com.
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About “Honey and Lightening”
“Honey and Lightening” is a show of installation chambers, sculptures of talismanic birds and a series of staged photographs all revolving around examining the mercurial nature of human desire. The substances honey and lightening both have literary, mythical and archetypal references to the occurrence and evolution of desire and it’s fading. I see one as the slow ooze of pleasure and the other as the dangerous, uncontrollable and inexplicably instant occurrence of magnetism between two bodies.
Sponsored in part by by the City of Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs CityArtist Grant and 4Culture/King County Lodging Tax Revenue.
photo: Mark Woods
Harbinger of Happiness (blue bird raptor), 2011
Image by mandymama
Jan. 14 - Feb 5th, 2011 at Roq La Rue Gallery. www.roqlarue.com.
mandygreer.wordpress.com
About “Honey and Lightening”
“Honey and Lightening” is a show of installation chambers, sculptures of talismanic birds and a series of staged photographs all revolving around examining the mercurial nature of human desire. The substances honey and lightening both have literary, mythical and archetypal references to the occurrence and evolution of desire and it’s fading. I see one as the slow ooze of pleasure and the other as the dangerous, uncontrollable and inexplicably instant occurrence of magnetism between two bodies.
Sponsored in part by by the City of Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs CityArtist Grant and 4Culture/King County Lodging Tax Revenue.
photo: Mark Woods
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