As I see it...

i wrote some books and gave away a library, i like to think that every poem is a love poem. i believe that 'no' is a full sentence. i used to collect old books and young cats. i don't like noisy people, places or things. my three favourite words: yes, please, thank you. my favourite punctuation mark is the colon: i have a beautiful cat, a bicycle, an old typewriter, and a ladle. these things make me happy. i own nothing. i sell nothing. i work for nothing. that's something.

[gwenbeauregard]

AS I SEE IT

In close to a century, I have never in my adult life been a follower, least of all of the crowd. I will visit with you, laugh with you, cry with you, fall down with you, share with you, but I will never follow you. My time here is finite. I hold it precious.

Give up this notion you have for your own sake.

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Breakfast.

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Did you know that there are 11 types of grapes?

[newsfromsomewhere]

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Talk to them. Just don't listen to them.

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The Castle of Louis de Lombard: "A Strange Person" Monty Python (1975)

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Gardenias I will grow a garden full of gardenias in gratitude for days gone by not gray days but green and gold days of summer gone fishing days no need for galoshes days days that fill a gorge with wishes granted. by Gail Goepfert

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WARNING GRAPHIC INTENSE CONTENT.

The most tattooed person living (female) is Esperance Lumineska Fuerzina (USA), (age 40) has 99.98% of her body tattooed, as verified in Tijuana, Mexico, on 22 September 2023.

VERBATIM

Probably one of the riskiest mods (modifications) I have is the Scara tattooing. That was a pretty intense modification, I've also done ink staining on my tongue, and my gums. As well as splitting my tongue obviously. Then I have the five implants on my face that were done over three sessions in Phoenix Arizona. Then I've had my ears - uh three different pieces of my ears removed over the years, as well as multiple piercings in both ears and punches in my tragus. I sort of liked body art being this collection of memories that I could take with me anywhere. I've been pretty nomadic in my life and didn't add any extra space to my pack. It felt like I could have this art with me wherever I went.

I didn't plan on having so many but life being an evolution I ended up being this way. I would say body modification in some ways is more intense in terms of some of the risk. I really like seeing what the human body is capable of, and that's drawn me both to be heavily tattooed and heavily modified. The deeper meanings of my body art and look tends to be about evolving through life and kind of the process of converting darkness to light, so to speak.

In terms of experiences I think my experiences are deeply personal. So in terms of the art it's not so much to tell other people about those experiences but as a reminder to myself of what I've lived through. I do feel I'm in a happy place. It hasn't always been the case through my journey. I do feel that now I'm very grateful to friends and family. It tends to be mixed. Some friends in the past made me promise not to get more. But I didn't listen, so the people I have in my life now tend to be accepting of what I'm doing.

The feet definitely still need some work. I started to get some of the really tough areas like the webbing and the bottoms of my feet. Those have stayed several years. A lot of people think it's not possible to get it in there but it can be done. It just takes some persistence.

I think pretty much everything with tattoos or body modification can be painful. A lot of it, for me, is sort of having a meditative practice during it, to kind of get through it. Then of course the healing can be intense as well. It's a small moment in time, in terms of something I can keep for my whole life.

I don't know, my most exciting new tattoo is my face right now. I just had full color added to all of my face. I'm really in love with how it pops and how everything has come together. It's inspired another layer to my bodysuit. So that's going to keep going.

The oldest tattoo I have, that I haven't covered up, is the one on this whole side. That one will probably always stay.

I guess in terms of some of my tattoos a lot of the black work I added in England several years ago. I did 10 sessions in 5 weeks. That included pieces here. Then later I had my arms done in Spain, and my hand most recently in Connecticut, as well as my face. So it's a continuing evolution. My next steps are … I'm going to continue on another layer of my bodysuit.

I don't really have any plans to be done with body modifications either, but it's an evolving process.

I think there is still a way to go in terms of accepting people and just allowing people to look how they want, and maybe not discriminating or judging them for those choices that they've made.

To be the most tattooed woman in the world feels incredibly exciting I never thought I'd have this honor and I'm very grateful and excited for the future and of course I'm not done, Sweetie.

[Music]

"Judge not lest ye be judged." Go ahead. Judge me. This is beyond horrific. It is insane.

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Montreal

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"The Wicked Flee" Composers: Carter Burwell, Franklin L. Eiland Album: True Grit ℗ 2010 Nonesuch Records

The wicked flee when no man pursueth, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

-- Proverbs 28:1 (KJV)

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“I do not want my picture in your offices. The president is not an icon, an idol or a portrait. Hang your kids’ photos instead, and look at them each time you are making a decision.”

— Volodymyr Zelensky

The man of a thousand faces but only one heart.