Wouldn't You Like To See Something Strange?

Vlad Artazov

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Vlad Artazov

Ben Conrad

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Ben Conrad

Tithi Kutchamuch

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Tithi Kutchamuch

Theodore Geisel

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Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

Kate Breakey

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Kate Breakey

Dick Lane

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Dick Lane

Izima Kaoru

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Izima Kaoru

Liz Wolfe

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Liz Wolfe

Lucy Cadwallader - Victorian Hair Jeweler

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Lucy Cadwallader

Cornelia Parker

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Cornelia Parker

Life Before Death - Walter Schels & Beate Lakotta

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Rita Schoffler, 62
First portrait:
February 17 2004
Rita and her husband had divorced 17 years before she became terminally ill with cancer. But when she was given her death sentence, she realized what she wanted to do: she wanted to speak to him again. It had been so long, and it had been such an acrimonious divorce: she had denied him access to their child, and the wounds ran deep.

Second portrait:
May 10 2004
When she called him and told him she was dying, he said he’d come straight over. It had been nearly 20 years since they’d exchanged a word, but he said he’d be there. “I shouldn’t have waited nearly so long to forgive and forget. I’m still fond of him despite everything.” For weeks, all she’d wanted to do was die. But, she said, “now I’d love to be able to participate in life one last time…”

Barbara Gröne, 51
First portrait:
November 11 2003
All her life, Barbara had been plagued by the idea that she has no right to be alive. She had been an unwanted baby: soon after her birth, her mother had put her into a home. But she had a strong survival instinct, and became very focused, she said, very disciplined in the way she lived. After much hard work, it seemed that life was at last delivering her a better hand

Second portrait:
November 22 2003
But then the cancer struck: an ovarian tumour, which had already spread to her back and pelvis. Nothing could be done. Abruptly her old fears returned: the familiar sense of worthlessness and sadness. At the end of her life, Barbara told me that she was overwhelmed by these feelings. “All my efforts were in vain”, she said. “It is as though I am being rejected by life itself"

'Life Before Death' is a collaboration between photographer Walker Schels and journalist Beate Lakotta. It is a poignant documentary featuring the thoughts, fears and hopes of the terminally ill.

Freak(s) of the Week - Daisy & Violet Hilton

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Born in Brighton, England on February 5, 1908, these sisters were joined at the hips and buttocks and shared the same blood circulatory system. Their unmarried mother sold the twins to her midwife, Mrs. Mary Hilton, who began touring the girls in sideshows at a very young age.

Later, when Mary Hilton passed, the twins were emancipated. With the help of an attorney they were also able to recover a large sum of money that was withheld from them for their performances.

They continued to work on the carnival and vaudeville circuit and have gone on record as two of the highest paid freak show performers.

Both women had many romances and married and divorced men who managed to also cheat them out of their money.

During their last performance at a drive-in theater in Charlotte, NC, Daisy and Violet were abandoned by their manager. Stranded, they were forced to take a job in a local grocery store.

Later, when the women did not show up for work the authorities were called. It was discovered that Daisy and Violet had died of the flu.

Kate McDowell

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Kate McDowell

Marion Peck

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Marion Peck

Grace Weston

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Grace Weston

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I'm in the middle of moving, but I'll be back around very soon!

Alison Brady

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Alison Brady

Daniel Firman

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Daniel Firman

Dino Valls

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Dino Valls

Jennifer Maestre - Pencil Sculptures

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Jennifer Maestre

Freaks of the Week

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Masha & Dasha Krivoshlyapova were born in Moscow, Russia on January 4, 1950. They were ischiopagus tripus twins with their spines conjoined at 180 degree angles. Their mother was told that the girls died moments after birth, but in reality they were swept off to a Soviet research institute for studies.

For twenty years the sisters were subjected to cruel experiments in order to determine which anatomical systems they shared.

One would be placed in ice cold water while the others' body temperatures were monitored. Another experiment that was performed was for one to be pierced with needles to see if the other felt any pain.

The sisters learned to walk around the age of five, requiring crutches to move about. At ages 16 or 17 their third vestigial leg was amputated.

From 1993 - 2003, Masha & Dasha were the oldest living conjoined twins in the world. Although several physicians offered to separate the twins, they refused.

On April 17, 2003, Dasha, who suffered from alcoholism, died of a heart attack. Masha still refused to be separated from her sister. She was administered medication that caused her to die less than a day later.

Did You Ever Want To Fly To The Moon?

goodmourningglory.diane@gmail.com (Diane) — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:24:00 +0000

A company called Celestis makes it possible to realize that dream. Even if you have to wait til you're dead.

They will launch a "symbolic portion" of your or your loved one's remains into the Earth's orbit, onto the lunar surface or into deep space.

Find out more about their Memorial Spaceflights.

Wonderland, Detroit - Extended Show Dates

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If you're in or around the Detroit area and you haven't already experienced the wonderfulness of Wonderland, you're in luck. The show has been extended another weekend, January 8th & 9th, at Hastings Street Ballroom/Tangent Gallery.

Tickets include a walk through the Looking Glass Gallery, where you can see some of my work along with the works of many other local artistic talents, performances by local musicians and a grand finale of Wonderland, a neo-vaudeville burlesque rendition of Lewis Carroll's classic tale.

Me with my piece 'Alice In Wasteland'.

Overlooking the gallery.

Some of the other pieces in the gallery.

More info here.
Tix here.

And if you're looking for a unique card for your sweetheart this year, check out the new Valentine cards at my etsy shop.

*click to enlarge*

:)
.diane

Patricia Waller

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Patricia Waller

Photo of a Man and Wife

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From my collection