TEAT TIPIS

 

“Most of our ancestors were not perfect ladies and gentlemen.

The majority of them weren’t even mammals.”

 

~ Robert Anton Wilson ~

 

Digitally enhanced image from a untitled illustration by Geoffrey Bartholomew created in 1980.

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BLACK BILE

 

“The taste of your life depends on the spices you used to brew it.”

 

~ Israelmore Ayivor ~

 

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Digitally enhanced image created from a photo taken in Paris in June 2018.

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VIENS DANSER AVEC MOI

 

“We’re fools whether we dance or not,

so we might as well dance.”

 

~ Japanese Proverb ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original detail photo of the sculpture “La Danse” by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux taken in Paris in June 2019.

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WHORLS

 

“Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.”

 

~ Carl Sandburg ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in February 2020.

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ELLE DANSE AVEC DES MOTS

 

“I will have my serpent’s tongue –

my woman’s voice, my sexual voice, my poet’s voice.

I will overcome the tradition of silence.”

 

~ Gloria E. Anzaldúa ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in October 2019.

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LUSH

 

“Savor with me the lushness of a lingering sleep…

and last night’s dream.”

 

~ Sanober Khan ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in September 2019.

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AMBER DANCE

 

“Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment.

There is no why.”

 

~ Kurt Vonnegut ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in October 2016.

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FLOWER CUNT WITH BEE

 

“The lovely flowers embarrass me,

They make me regret I am not a bee.”

 

~ Emily Dickinson ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in September 2017.

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IN THE KEY OF COME HITHER

 

“Come hither, come hither, come hither:

Here shall he see no enemy

but winter and rough weather.”

 

~ William Shakespeare ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in September 2017.

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COME DANCE WITH ME

 

“Dancing is silent poetry.”

 

~ Simonides ~

 

Digitally enhanced image created from an original photo taken in Paris in April 2008.

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