Friday, August 29, 2008

What Is It...



...about this picture that makes me feel/think/wonder a thousand things. Seriously, I'm asking. What do you think?

2 comments:

insta-wade said...

is it the money spent to get her body to be a certain way? or the money that will be spent on her? is it the blatant conflation of sex and commerce?
reminds me of when I visited my dad in Ethiopia--it's traditional to stick money to the foreheads of dancers (it sticks because they're sweating), but that's a lot more innocent than this.
my gut response to the picture is to say "No, I don't want you. Either of you." It's not alluring, though I get the sense it's supposed to be? What's the context?

Unknown said...

It's random. A piece of art I found in a calendar. You know: I collage with calendar pieces...so there it was. I felt like screaming. Then I was sad.

Today when I was walking down the hospital hallways I got to thinking about the way people look at women & money. Not so different.

The dollar bill on the forehead is exactly it: output and revenue, stuck together. Whew, that's powerful.