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Demystifying inspiration
So it's a sunny Sunday afternoon in Toronto. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
monshu, danthered, bitterlawngnome, and I have been discussing the upcoming photoshoot over a late lunch at Caplansky's. Now we are all walking west down College Street into Little Italy for gelato. Suddenly bitterlawngnome asks me, "How furry are you?"
In answer, I turn towards him and pull up my shirt, revealing a mostly smooth torso.
"I want to ride on you," he says.
I'm both taken aback by the bluntness of this statement and at the same time not fazed at all. I mean, artists, amirite?
"You're a librarian," he continues. "Librarian, lettering. Let me show you."
It's only after he produces pictures on his smartphone of calligraphy on human skin that I realise what he's actually said is "Let me write on you." And I quickly forget my chagrin as we get right on the business of discussing the technical aspects of the process. (The secret, as I discover, is pancake makeup--not Chinese ink, which I experimented with myself after seeing Greenaway's Pillow Book.)
monshu, danthered, bitterlawngnome, and I have been discussing the upcoming photoshoot over a late lunch at Caplansky's. Now we are all walking west down College Street into Little Italy for gelato. Suddenly bitterlawngnome asks me, "How furry are you?"In answer, I turn towards him and pull up my shirt, revealing a mostly smooth torso.
"I want to ride on you," he says.
I'm both taken aback by the bluntness of this statement and at the same time not fazed at all. I mean, artists, amirite?
"You're a librarian," he continues. "Librarian, lettering. Let me show you."
It's only after he produces pictures on his smartphone of calligraphy on human skin that I realise what he's actually said is "Let me write on you." And I quickly forget my chagrin as we get right on the business of discussing the technical aspects of the process. (The secret, as I discover, is pancake makeup--not Chinese ink, which I experimented with myself after seeing Greenaway's Pillow Book.)
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