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10/08/09
There was also an image from his nude series of the model's vagina, which has stayed with me ever since. My experience up to this point with works of art of women and vaginas done by men made me embarrassed and uncomfortable in their sex and taboo. I could not look at them without being uncomfortable and often felt they didn't have much more purpose than to shock.
Although Penn's image was taken from the same familiar male perspective: directly from between her legs, Penn's image with it's emphasis on light and shadows made it somehow not sexual to me but a thing of beauty to be looked at with awe and wonder and no shame. I could have contemplated it for hours.
It was so lovely and abstract that it didn't hit you immediately what you were looking at it, but once you recognized it, you couldn't help but look closer.
His work was art.
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A lovely appreciation of Penn, Jenna. Thanks.
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And yes, I smoke.
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(I like to pretend I have a smoking room. Where cognac is served.)
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RIP Abuela; you were dearly loved.
05/22/09
Which is a detriment to us, and should make us feel shame. It makes me wish I'd paid more attention to my grandmothers when they were alive.
05/22/09
Aw, I love snarky Grandmas! RIP, Maria.
05/22/09
That said, this old lady was rad and I hope she rests in peace. It is not often somebody is able to reach out and touch so many people before they die.
05/22/09
The fact that she's from Galicia makes me love her a bit more, since my family is close to that area.
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I think most people, at least ones who die in their old age, choose an obit photo ahead of time. I have no problem with wanting my last appearance in a newspaper to be a good one.
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