The Empowerment of Women Through Body Art…

 

So here goes the inescapable question… "Why do you paint naked women?”  You’re kidding right? Do you honestly think the person depicted in the photo(s) shown on this page has any desire whatsoever to paint cold, hard, motorcycle gas tanks when he could instead be occupying his time with the immeasurably more challenging task of painting a warm, soft, breathing human female?

It’s all about the girl(s).  Women have an instinctive desire within them to make themselves look good. Clothing and cosmetics make up the vast bulk of all shopping centers. Thus it only seems appropriate to indulge them in this all consuming quest. After all… what’s life all about? Eating, sleeping, breathing, and pleasing women! It goes without saying. Nothing else matters.

You can clearly see this process take place in this critically acclaimed motion picture in which I appear… as myself. Currently on the best sellers list over at Amazon, it shows quite graphically what take place during one of these women worshiping engagements...   Enjoy.

 

Why I Built My Own Car…

 

Let's get something straight here, I hate cars. I do not revere them. If I’m going to worship something, it’s not going to be a car. It’s going to be soft and warm, and be composed of flesh and blood, not glass, metal and plastic… (well, maybe a little bit of plastic.) Unfortunately, automobiles are a vital necessity for those who wish to function in society. Being somewhat less than qualified at this time for nursing home care, an alternative solution has become necessary.

My immense hatred of the automobile and its vast shortcomings has led me to build my own version of personal transportation. In doing so, a decision was made that I would not become a servant of the afore mentioned. Yes I would change the oil and the wiper blades, and perform other routine maintenance, but aside from that, it would serve me. And it would represent a persona consistent with its creator. So let’s start with the fact that the creator wishes to sit in the middle with his legs apart. The creator also wishes to be securely strapped in with a full harness, not a lap belt. Let’s not forget to mention the full roll cage either, or the panoramic mirrors to eliminate blind spots.

You see, Fleshpainter believes in the laws of physics. That an object in motion will remain in motion until it strikes the dashboard, or the windshield, or the steering wheel. Flesh does not hold up well against these types of forces. Blunt trauma is a tragic result of the sudden deceleration of the occupants which occurs during a collision. It is not a pretty sight, and is an experience I do not wish to endure. 

 

How To Prevent Breast Cancer…

 

This is a subject that no one likes to deal with. Women don’t like to deal with it because we’re talking about the irreversible self-destruction and surgical mutilation of their bodies. Most men don’t like it for exactly the same reason. I’ve had the opportunity to paint several women who had undergone mastectomies. It was challenging but worth it. They said it was the first time since their surgery that they actually felt pretty again. But painting over the scars is not a very elegant solution. We need to take a closer look at the medical facts.

Women’s breasts are susceptible to cancer because they are always in a state of trying to change from “just hanging out” to actually producing milk. Lactation reduces the lifetime exposure to estrogen, which decreases the risk of developing estrogen-induced breast cancer. In addition, the hormones are altered during lactation, resulting in fewer menstrual cycles and less estrogen exposure. Environmental carcinogens that are stored in breast tissue are constantly purged by lactating breasts. Plus, lactating causes changes to breast cells which increase their resistance to cancer-related mutations. The more milk they produce, the lower the rate of cancer. We’re talking on the order of something like 4% reduction in the chance of becoming cancerous for each year that the breast spends actively lactating. Let’s do some math here: 4% x 25 years = 100%. Now we can’t realistically expect the reduction in breast cancer to drop to absolute zero, but the example given above contrasts quite radically from the alternative: in the normal population the chance of developing breast cancer = 12.7%, which is like 1 out of 8… ouch!

So what are we saying here? To prevent breast cancer women should start lactating? Well, without beating around the issue, yes. And they should start young. Like as soon as they’re physically ready. We’re talking somewhere in the order of around 15 (solar earth years since the time of their birth.) Let’s do some more math: 15 years old starting time + 25 years of lactating = almost zero % chance of developing breast cancer by age 40.

I can here it now, the shrieking and screaming. “No 15 year old daughter of mine is going to give birth just so she can lactate!” or “I’m not giving birth just so I can lactate!” etc, etc. who said anything about giving birth? Do you know what the definition of a “wet nurse” was for 3 million years, up until the end of the 19^th century when formula was invented? Or how about “induced lactation?” Yes, a woman can lactate without giving birth. It just takes some dedication.

Ok, I didn’t say you were going to like the solution. But it isn’t likely to kill anyone. But breast cancer will. Or at least it make life absolutely miserable for it’s victims (the ones who survive). Now ask yourself this: If you were a middle aged female about to undergo disfiguring surgery, and could go back in time to your teen years and start using a breast pump, or whatever method works for you, and not develop cancer years later,  what would you decide? “Oh, but what do I do with the milk?” you ask. DUMP IT DOWN THE FUCKING TOILET – WHO THE HELL CARES WHAT YOU DO WITH THE MILK! SAVE YOUR BOOBS!

 

http://www.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Detection/probability-breast-cancer

 

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1612710,00.html

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet_nurse

 

http://www.babyzone.com/baby/feeding_nutrition/breastfeeding/article/induced-lactation

 

 

Why I Don’t Paint My Car…

 

One would expect, and would not be out of line to do so, that a custom car would have a custom paint job. Mine does not. Let’s refer for a moment to my post about “why I built my own car” in which I clearly stated that I hate cars. Aside from the safety issues there is the burden of maintaining the outward aesthetics of a machine which is expected to travel at highway speeds, upon imperfect roads, in inclement weather conditions, and alongside other vehicles, all without ever scratching the paint.

When I paint a woman’s body, I don’t expect it to last. We shoot the photos, touch up a few spots here and there, shoot more photos, then it’s off to the shower. The paint never looks the same at the end of the session as it did at the beginning. But none of that matters once we have the photos.

Now let’s compare this to car bodies. Show me a paint job after 180,000 miles and 10+ years of service. There’s likely to be a noticeable difference. Now explain to me why I would want to waste my time applying artwork to something only to derive absolutely no benefit for my troubles. Do you think women will throw themselves at me because of the way my car is painted, or because of the way I have painted other women?

The more effort I expend on the paint job on my car body, the more I have at stake every time I encounter less than perfect conditions. If I coat it with roofing tar, then I have the least possible amount of my invested efforts to worry about.

 

How to Become a Body Paint Model…

 

Unlike traditional runway, glamour, or fashion-type modeling, body paint modeling has it’s own set of peculiarities. First of all, if it’s worth doing at all, it’s done nude. To paint someone as an art piece with half their clothes on kind of defeats the purpose. Yes, people do it all the time, but it doesn’t sell my videos very well.

It’s funny to watch sometimes at a public event such as “Nude Nite Orlando” or “Art Undressed Miami” a girl will be watching her friends get painted but won’t quite have the nerve to drop her top, at least until she sees how much attention she’s missing out on. Finally, after enduring some playful teasing she decides to have a go at it. By the time she’s done, she becomes a complete attention whore and spends the rest of the evening posing for photos with total strangers. I’ve actually had women thank me at the end of the night for “liberating” them.

If we’re talking about a studio job, and someone is serious about becoming a living art piece, they need to spend at least half a day with the artist. Inventing a theme which goes well with the models overall shape, size, and look can take some time. It can also be quite challenging when working around tattoos, or getting a design to fit on someone who isn’t quit shaped right for it.

It takes many hours to do a good paint job, and towards the end, it becomes even more difficult because the model can’t sit or bend certain ways without wrecking the paint. Touch-ups are a constant ongoing process during the photo session. Obviously, some parts of the human body require more touch-ups than others. Especially the warm moist regions. I’ve even had girls begin to “leak” on more than one occasion. Potential models needn’t worry however, it doesn’t faze me, it’s all part of life.

 

Why My car Burns Propane Instead of Gasoline…

 

Here’s why: First, propane engines last 2-3 times longer than their gasoline driven counterparts. In a gasoline engine the oil is constantly being washed off the cylinder walls. This doesn’t happen in a propane engine. A propane engine also burns cleaner and doesn’t require any type of ancillary pollution devices. No oxygen sensors, catalytic converters, A.I.R. pumps, etc. simpler = better. You tear apart a propane engine which has been running every day in a warehouse 8 hours a day for 10 years, and it looks the same inside as it did when it was first put together.

But this is what I hear it all the time: “Isn’t propane more dangerous?” Let’s think about that for a moment. In order for hydrocarbons to burn, they need to be in contact with a suitable oxidizer. Sealed inside of their respective containment vessels, propane is not in contact with oxygen, but gasoline is. As propane leaves the tank, the remaining propane expands. (the tank is not vented) As gasoline leaves the tank, air fills the void. (the tank is vented)

A propane tank is also much thicker than a gasoline tank. An accident sufficient to rupture a propane tank would be fatal to the occupant(s) anyway and thus it becomes a moot point to discuss such a scenario. A gasoline tank, on the other hand, will, as history shows us, rupture at impact velocities far below the threshold of imminent fatality. Such a collision on a propane vehicle will at most break off the fill valve or other fittings.

So, here’s an experiment you can try at home: let’s take our two types of tanks side by side and fill them up with fuel. Now we’re going to break a fitting off the propane tank, and rupture the gasoline tank at the same time. The first thing we notice is that the gasoline pours out all over the ground so that in the next part of the experiment, when we apply an ignition source, the entire area is immediately engulfed in the ensuing conflagration. The propane tank, on the other hand, has but a somewhat controlled and predictable jet of flame emanating from its broken orifice, which on a vehicle would be aimed towards the back, away from the driver.

Propane, hydrogen, methane, ammonia, and other flammable gas explosions occur when the gaseous fuel leaks into a confined space, mixes with air, and ignites. Such explosions are devastating and can level entire city blocks. This is nearly impossible to occur in an open chassis vehicle such as the one I constructed, because the vapors will just dissipate and blow away.