Saint paddy´s purse

...who tought that kilts are a typical Scott´s thing is wrong Saint Paddy´s day proofed that the Irish as well  enjoy the feeling of legroom, but anyway this entry is not about men feeling masculine wearing a kilt...
what really caught my attention were the little bags hanging around acting as male part protection, called SPORRAN usually made of leather or fur, these little bags would also look nice on my shoulder.......

.....these more traditional guys only remove their sporran when  driving a car, dancing, playing drums, or engaging in any activity where a heavy pouch might encumber the wearer, the sporran can turned around the waist to let it hang on the hip in a more casual position.....

We are prostitutes...

reading this amazing book, about the rough childhood of a  boy growing up in a family of  courtesan´s under matriarchy, who finally turns into Pakistans most famouse painter, one rainy sunday afternoon, put me on the track of  IQBAL HUSSAIN

self portrait

 Hussain between Rembrandt and Delacroix

... born and raised in Pakistans disputed red light district Heera Mandi, he soon had to learn that in a family of sex workers and no men, boys are not very welcome, the only way to escape the boredom was painting
.....nowadays Iqbal Hussain is known as enfant terrible of Pakistans art scene, his  paintings of women from Heera Mandi (prostitutes), are for many people in the strictly islamic Pakistan a thorn in their side, thats why a lot of galleries refuse to display his works...

..... his paintings show real life secens, women crying, holing a mirror reflecting their past or just waiting and then there are other women, fat but beautiful with kids, their clothes awry, ravishing girls waiting what the day will bring, either anxiously or selfconfident and just admiring their own beauty

... still living  in Heera Mandi, where he gets all his inspiration from, he owns now a little cafe, there in the darkness of the small rooms he exhibits all the paintings this is also the place where he works and where the women come to, to pose for THEIR artist, in the morning, sometimes also in the afternoon depending on their mood however they please

Shity thursdays

..... to all the fellow dog lovers, today i stepped in dog poo

 AGAIN!!!!!!!

i know exactly wich exemplar is responsible for turning my street into a smelly minefield, and i am always wondering how a single bulldog can produce SO MUCH droppings........yuck

there is a dark side about having a dog and living in a city but with these little gadgets, product design team JUNGESCHACHTEL helps to handle SHITY SITUATIONS in style

http://www.poopoobags.com/

http://thepinkmonkeycompany.co.uk/product.asp?ProductID=88

16 hygienic and  bio-degradable bags, with 8 different designs in one box (inluding a using instruction) make it amazingly simple to get rid of no longer wanted  burden

..... so please Mister bulldog - owner  take this as an advice and bring a poo bag today or just a fu**ing TESCO plastic bag, otherwise i will put my diabolic vengeance plan into practice......

BE AWARE...............

every night...

... we dive in the depths of our subconciousness which allows us to enter the most surreal places, but as soon as we wake up we´ll be pulled out of this state of mind and all that remains are small fragments ......

 *THE EARTH

 WINTER

 WATERLOVE

 CAPTURED

 

  HER GARDEN

 MOTHER AND SON

 THE VOYAGE

COWBOY

LET IT RAIN

   THE SECOND LOOK

 

    THE SUN

WHALE WATCHING

THE INTRIGUR

*MR. CHARMING

TIME TO SAY GOODBYE

FAMILY PORTRAIT

PRECIOUSE FLIGHT

SUMMER

 THE PREY

..... it seems as if CATRIN WELZ STEIN aka. CATRIN ARNO has permanent access to the secret world of dreams and imagination, her art work captured me at   http://www.sohighsoho.co.uk/ 
where they sell her prints as postcards

...mixing old pictures and vintage photos with photoshop elements creates images in which you want to get lost, every time you look at them you will spot something you have never seen there before and without realizing you´re in daydreams.

ENJOY!!
* marks my favs