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Xenophilia
Its difficult for me to describe what I felt when these came out.
Xenophilia
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Xenophilia is a registered trademark held by the creator of a northern California folk rock band.
Xenophilia means love of the strange, or a general interest in things foreign or unusual.
Xenophilia is also a form of Paraphilia where one is sexually aroused by a foreign entity from which is either of a different culture or race from out of ones own society.
It is also usually in the form of a fictionous Alien lifeform from either film, graphic novels and other forms of media within the same genre.
The Xeno title is linked to a fictionous creature from the Alien series and art of HR Giger known as the Xenomorph, which its appearance has been described as rather "psycho-sexual". HR Giger has a number of pieces that involve this so called fetishistic act of Xenophilia.
Size 36 x 45
Copper Wire Fire
If you’ve ever thrown XMas lights into a fire then you know what this is about.
Part of my fire flag series.
36 x 45
Pride NYC 2006
Rainbows...Every color pops brilliantly under black light.
Large set of Pride flags 56 X 42. I marched with these in the NYC Pride Parade 2006. I have not made a set of these in a very long time. They are large and weighted a bit on the heavy side so they fly great outside on windy days.
Lightning Sky 36 x 45
Lightning is one of the most beautiful displays in nature. It is also one of the most deadly natural phenomena known to man. With bolt temperatures hotter than the surface of the sun and shockwaves beaming out in all directions, lightning is a lesson in physical science and humility.
Lightning is a powerful natural electrostatic discharge produced during a thunderstorm. This abrupt electric discharge is accompanied by the emission of visible light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation. The electric current passing through the discharge channels rapidly heats and expands the air into plasma producing acoustic shock waves (thunder) in the atmosphere.
River Styx 36 x 45
In Greek mythology, Styx is the name of a river which formed the boundary between earth and the underworld, Hades. It circles Hades nine times. Styx and Phlegethon, Acheron and Cocytus converge at the center of Hades on a great marsh. The other important rivers of Hades are Lethe and Eridanos.
Styx is guarded by Phlegyas, who passes the souls from one side to another of the river. In other versions, Phlegyas guards Phlegethon, another of the main rivers of Hades.
The gods respected the Styx and swore binding oaths by it. Zeus swore to give Semele whatever she wanted and was then obliged to follow through, resulting in her death. Helios similarly promised Phaëton whatever he desired, also resulting in his death. Gods that did not follow through on such an oath had to drink from the river, causing them to lose their voices for nine years.
According to some versions, Styx had miraculous powers and could make someone immortal. Achilles may have been dipped in it in his childhood, acquiring invulnerability, with exception of his heel, which was held by his mother in order to submerge him. His exposed heel thus became known as Achilles heel, which interprets to a ’weakspot’ in modern meaning.
Styx was primarily a feature in the afterworld of Greek mythology, but has been described as a feature present in the hell of Christianity as well, notably in The Divine Comedy. The ferryman Charon is in modern times commonly believed to have transported the souls of the newly dead across this river into the underworld, though in the original Greek and Roman sources, as well as in Dante, it was the river Acheron that Charon plied. Dante put Phlegyas over the Styx and made it the fifth circle of Hell, where the wrathful and sullen are punished by being perpetually drowned in the muddy waters.
Which side are you on?
Monarch 36 x 45
This set of flags looks rather drab in this photo, but under black light in motion they are a maelstrom of black and yellow cris crosses wreathed on the outer edge with flame. The black looks like a deep satin velvet and the yellow pops brightly. My sister thought they looked like Monarch Butterflies, hence the name.
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