040 - F is for Fashion not Cashion

040 - F is for Fashion not Cashion, originally uploaded by gingerpig2000.

As you will see over the next few blogs, Ania has been taking a more central role in my images, altghough often I have to struggle with her wish to have only socially acceptable 'perfect' images shown iregardless of the power of the image we have produced.

Scarves are generally wound people's necks in a small number of ways, but I thought it is time to reconsider how we do it, bring back some former methods and even use some elements designed for other purposes.

Here I have used belt buckles, bangles and even a hair clip, and I am even considering using a ring for lighter scarves. This is rather pleasing as, like amny other people, my mum had a box of buttons and old belt buckles, very few of which ever got re-used. Here we do not have such a stock, but Poland has small shops selling these little items everywhere - and the plastic belt buckles shown here are plastic, bought from such shops for little money, and being plastic are light enough not to pull down the material.

Similarly to button collections, how many old rings and bangles do you have at home - have you really got the most out of them?

039 - W is for What you think is not What you see

039 - W is for What you think is not What you see, originally uploaded by gingerpig2000.

This is a variation of an earlier picture, the original being the top left image of this one. This time I wanted to push the boundaries of what is acceptable in terms of dress within Western norms, and in particulr Polish norms. In fact, the result has me in a skirt which resembles native dress for males from hot climes combined with a t-shirt, which is the whole point since I first and foremost regard myself as a human being than as a national of some state.

Your time on this planet is short, do you really want to continue living someone else's narrow dream of society, or is it time that you embraced what you really are, whatever that is?

What with an incredibly exhausting work schedule, I have been lagging in the impetus to produce fresh images, or even to find the energy to blog them when I do create them. Now that I have a vacation, I will be filling in the missing images and creating new.