"I have nothing but contempt for you! Buy my stuff!"

[elfs]

The other day, I was tracking down some art blogs (mostly lead by looking at Gaping Void, the blog of artist and motivational speaker Hugh McLeod, who wrote just about the most succinct description of the creative life ever, The Hughtrain, and this wisdom: "Quality isn't job one. Being totally fucking amazing is job one.") and I stumbled upon something similar to McCleod's art schtick but different in a porny way: Naked Chicks on Post-It Notes. Now that's a Project 365 I could get behind (ahem) someday.

I noticed as I flipped through them that the artist had an obsession with an excessively, um, "frontally gifted" pin-up girl named Rachel Aldana (that's okay, I didn't know who she was either). Despite drawing picture after picture of her (until even he admitted that it was starting to get "creepy") he wrote, "I've always seen hatred in her eyes, like she despises us porn surfers. It was us who snatched her from her quiet life of hairdressing, and spread her chest across the internet."

I just don't quite get that. I mean, if you're going to invest time and energy into collecting any given pin-up, wouldn't you rather find one that was obviously having fun? Someone with laughter on her mouth and smarts in her eyes? My principle reaction was, "Dude, go find a healthier relationship, like one with Chloe Vevrier or Danni Ashe." (Wikipedia informs me that Ashe retired from modeling in 2004, which shows how tragically out of date my porn-surfing habits are.)

Comments

[nbarnes.livejournal.com]

The difference between 'eh, another naked girl on the internet' and 'oh, I want to fall in love with her' is the smile and the eyes.

[hydrolagus.livejournal.com]

I had to Google her and I don't get it about seeing hate there. She had a couple "get on with it" shots, but her connection skills were pretty darn good.

[elfs.livejournal.com]

Eh. I can see it, now that I've gone back through the Fleshbot (http://www.fleshbot.com) archives. She always seems to have a sneer on her lips. Only in the candids-- photos taken while she's getting makeup on, or getting dress-- does she not have it.

My principle reaction to her was "Eek. Fine, get the photos, get your money, and then for Gods' sake get them reduced or you're not going to be able to walk in twenty years!"

[bldrnrpdx.livejournal.com]

Because sometimes you're just drawn to someone (no pun intended). It's not about "Oh, I want to fall in love with her", and sometimes not even about "I want to jack off to her". Sometimes you just can't help being fascinated with someone. Kinda like car accidents.

[hydrolagus.livejournal.com]

Ah. I was not so thorough. Maybe someone told her that was sexy?