A GIRL WHO INSISTED ON POSING FOR ME

With my luck, she's giving some sort of gang sign that will inevitably lead, through however many twists and turns, to my being beaten to a pulp. If you're going to be beaten to something, pulp is not what you want to shoot for. I'd put in a request for being beaten to the consistency of silly putty, see where it went. When I was younger, I used to dream that I was made of silly putty and I would press myself against people and then transfer their image to a canvas and people would marvel at the likeness and give me a grant. I've come to realize the impracticality of that dream in the intervening months, because silly putty doesn't have eyes and, with my luck, I would press myself up against a gangbanger, and then I'd be back at square one.




Reader Comments (4)
I have never understood the people who have stopped me on the street when I've been out shooting gargoyles and whatnot, and ask me to take their picture. Especially in those pre-digital days when they couldn't see how it turned out. I have a boxful of pictures of complete strangers. I'd be really afraid of anyone who insisted that I draw him/her. With a photograph, if it turns out badly, you can blame the subject. With a drawing... well, just hope it's not a gang member.
i think that symbol means "west side"