One of the highlights of the APP convention for me was finally getting to meet Emilio Gonzalez in person for the first time. Now, I've jokingly said that Emilo is either at the top of my “dead pool” for first modification artist to kill a client, or literally the guy that will escalate this industry to the next stage in its evolution. I got to see some of his work including some really wild ear pointing on his partner (photo by Efrain) that certainly pushes the boundaries of that modification. Check it out:
Truly elf-like (and that's some of the lighter work he's done on her)… I was very impressed with what I saw all-around, and I hope to meet up with Emilio in Venezuela in July when I'm down there for
Transvision and maybe even talk about hosting
ModCon V in South America. I've really been inspired over the last three years over the work I've been seeing coming out of that continent.
Let's see… how about some photos from BME's ongoing “misuse of power tools” series:
One of the people that's featured in my new book was doing chest play piercing analogous to this (straight in with long pins) and actually went between his ribs, and nearly skewered his own heart — he recounts looking down at the needle and watching it shake with every heartbeat. So be careful!
Other than that, some people have been rubbed the wrong way I guess by some of the articles that Fakir Musafar has written for BME because of its negative attitude toward “pop culture suspension” (my term, not his)… I thought this photo would truly make him roll over in his grave (no offense at all intended to the artist in the photo):
Two people taking photos, one with a bowl of popcorn, a highly “unritualistic” environment, and what would be considered by some to be showboating. That said, let me emphasize:
I'm 100% cool with every reason out there for suspension. If someone is open to being blasted through the doors of perception, in my opinion it will happen whether they asked for it or not — some of my most “spirituall intense” moments have birthed from pathetic drunken party stunts.
If God wants to talk to you, God will talk to you.
He's omnipotent and omnipresent, you know.
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