There are times here on this blog where I like to write
about things that are somewhat controversial. This week, I’ve run across two
such things, oddly enough, with the same subject matter. I’d first like to say I’m
open to experiencing new and different forms of art and what I think is
controversial (or just plain weird) may not be to you, but it is what it is –
beauty, beholder, and all that jazz.
I’m always interested in reading different books
– different genres, authors, and whatnot. This week, I saw a book titled The Haunted Vagina on amazon.com. I, being the open-minded person I consider
myself to be, had to see more than the cover and read the synopsis for this,
uh, book. In very brief summary, the girl – Stacy – has a vagina that is a “gateway
to another world.” A creature comes out of Stacy’s vajayjay, so her boyfriend,
Steve, decides he will go in and check things out, but guess what? He doesn’t
want out because he’s met an attractive woman named Fig. One more time: He
doesn’t want out because he’s met an attractive women named Fig. In his
girlfriend’s vagina. Seriously, folks, I couldn’t make this up if I tried. You can
check it out here, but you’re out of luck if you want to buy it in print: it’s
temporarily out of stock (you can buy it on Kindle though!).
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| The Deflowering |
Today’s other bit of news surrounds the same
topic, the vagina, but in an odd form. Peter De Cupere is an olfactory artist
(he uses the sense of smell artistically) and created an ice statue (what he
dubs “frozen holy water”) of the Madonna entitled The Deflowering. Here’s where it gets interesting. The scent of
vagina flows to the nostrils when the statue begins to melt. That’s right, y’all.
It smells like vagina when it melts. Why, you ask? De Cupere said, “Religion has always been an interesting issue in art. The reason is
simple, because it's conservative, an old and closed idea and art is the
opposite, it's progressive and open -- like a vagina." Hmmm. Ok, so
how did he acquire such a scent? In a lab, of course. If you want to read a
little more and see the experience on video, click here.
What do you think about these two? Would you read the book
or go to see smell the statue melt?
mw
