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"I guess that's the whole Nature vs Nurture question isn't it? Was I born a cute vindictive little bitch or did society make me that way? I go back and forth on that..."
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I don't know about you, but my pain threshold is fairly high. I've found that girls have usually got a higher pain barrier than boys (they just hide it and pretend to be macho, amazes me how thick my gender can be at times), so I wouldn't expect any problems with a little cut (or otherwise) if you were thinking about doing some blood art of your own.
If you want to do blood art just read this first okay? Just to make sure you want to do it (scars last a long time, we all have regrets), and if you do (which is cool) then you can be safe. I don't want someone getting hurt because of me.
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If you create anything, message me please, I love to see the work of others. Looking forward to hearing from you.
P.S. I love your "Don't take life so seriously. No one gets out alive anyways." Genius.
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Life's cheap, I'm just making myself that little bit more expensive.
We live as cattle our entire lives. We are born into a crowded, sterile, doomed world, a life fulfilled only by existence, while we wait to be called up to the meat trough.
Oh really? I never knew that. Yeah us girls tend to have a pride problem sometimes lol.
Oh of course I will read it. I've just bookmarked it and look forward to it. I'm not worried about scars. Hell if it's for my art then I'll proudly wear them. Yeah, I understand why you would want to be cautious.
Of course, I'd love to show you! I'd also love to get some critique on it.
Oh, thank you!
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"I guess that's the whole Nature vs Nurture question isn't it? Was I born a cute vindictive little bitch or did society make me that way? I go back and forth on that..."
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I don't think it's pride...
Okay, whenever, it's not a "read now or die"-thing. I just don't want to see you hurt. That's the attitude, plus anyone who is going to see them is going to understand why you do them as well.
Great, can't wait to hear from you.
You're very welcome my dear, always here to help.
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Life's cheap, I'm just making myself that little bit more expensive.
We live as cattle our entire lives. We are born into a crowded, sterile, doomed world, a life fulfilled only by existence, while we wait to be called up to the meat trough.
Oh I know. But if I'm going to be working with this medium I want to get as much information as possible so I don't accidentally go off and do something stupid like get an infection. Well I would hope that they would understand but there is that majority of people who will have something negative to say (not that I care mind you. It's more of a nuisance to me to sit there and listen to them while I roll my eyes because they don't and wouldn't understand)
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"I guess that's the whole Nature vs Nurture question isn't it? Was I born a cute vindictive little bitch or did society make me that way? I go back and forth on that..."
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Definitely. I got an infection, bad one. I was out of it for 3 days, lying around at home. I try to help out other blood artists as much as I can (because some of those who have had more practice at it, are complete jerks to beginners. I think it's because they're normally being treated badly for what they do, so they automatically act defensive or rude). A lot of newer artist have kind of "stemmed" off from me. Charlie Carver, DBC, Zium-m, and a few more I think. I like it though, I want blood art to be appreciated more, I'd love it if there were galleries doing blood art exhibitions.
If you have any questions, ask me. I'm more than happy to help. And don't start until you feel you know what you're doing, and you're comfortable.
I know exactly what you mean, I really do understand, some of them have these "don't hurt yourselves because we love you" speeches. Despite me telling them, I'm not in it for the pain (necessarily), it's for the blood and expressing myself in a different way. And there's this guy I know, seems it's funny to just drop me in on conversations as a Nazi, misanthropic, fetishistic, blood painter. People just look at me weird, and half the people I know hate my guts just because I'm different. Makes talking to girls so much fun. Last night at friend's 18th: Girl comes up to me, says hi, heard I was doing art at school. The guy walks past, hears the word "art" and then pats me on the back and says "so, how's that self-harming painting with your blood thing going". Conversation ended, goodbye. Hate that.
My advice: keep it to yourself and just your very closest of friends who would support you, or get used to being treated differently and be open about it. I'm open, it's your choice.
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Life's cheap, I'm just making myself that little bit more expensive.
We live as cattle our entire lives. We are born into a crowded, sterile, doomed world, a life fulfilled only by existence, while we wait to be called up to the meat trough.
Actually I do have a question. Do you have any feelings or thoughts about people who use syringes to get the blood instead of making an actual incision? Because I was looking into that as an option too.
It's mostly my parents I'm worried about (I'm 19 and am still living with mom and dad unfortunately) They already think I'm some poor depressed little emo kid. Them, I might be a bit more evasive with with my art. But fortunately I do have other family and friends who would understand and if some of my friends don't and start complaining then I made a poor judgment call on what friends I make. Oookay, I don't see how you could be a Nazi just because you paint in blood.
Believe me I'm already used to being treated different. But I guess that's the whole point of it isn't it? Being different.
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"I guess that's the whole Nature vs Nurture question isn't it? Was I born a cute vindictive little bitch or did society make me that way? I go back and forth on that..."
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✔ Don't give a shit
I've never done it. But I know that Sacabria (just type that into the search and she pops up) does. You could ask her, but she was friends with a nurse or medical aide and she learnt of them. But if you want to go ahead! It's completely down to the individual and using a syringe is okay in my books too. Knives don't require knowledge, so I prefer them.
18, same situation. Dearest mummy and daddy think little old socks is going to blow out his brains or something. It's pretty bad, especially when they know about it. But my family was dysfunctional to begin with. I keep it to myself of course, and usually do my work at night (usually from 1 till 3 in the morning). It's always easier with friends there to support you, and they're less likely to freak than parents.
I'm German, and some find it humorous to make references to Kristallnacht and Auschwitz just because my family were Nazis. It pisses me off to no end.
Yeah, partly. It's about making a stand, willingness to make a sacrifice, individualism and hatred of conformity, promoting unconventional art. Usual stuff.
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Life's cheap, I'm just making myself that little bit more expensive.
We live as cattle our entire lives. We are born into a crowded, sterile, doomed world, a life fulfilled only by existence, while we wait to be called up to the meat trough.
It was EXTREMELY popular in my school, 05ish, to do this sort of thing. When it dries, it turns brown. Why not just use brown ink?
Here is a story!
our school did a yearly art exhibit where only select pieces of the freshmen class were shown in the college's main building. I was chosen. But my piece was ridiculous. I didnt hear an assignment right. "Draw a sad face" was the assignment, what I heard was "Draw something that makes you sad." So I drew a dead roadkill rabbit and used brown ink to describe the "blood". I splattered it on to make it good and crazy looking.
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS REAL BLOOD FHWHJ
I actually got honorable mention in the gallery and a 50 dollar gift card, because at the time thi kind of extreme behavior of painting in blood was popular. So they saw my piece and said "OMG THE TORTURED ARTIST AND HER LOVE FOR THE INNOCENCE OF A DEAD RABBITBLABLA" and awarded me. So silly.
I just worry for your safety. If you cut enough in one place, it will leave scars. When you get older you might become ashamed of your behavior now. Also if the blade is old, dirty, etc, you can get tetanus, where your jaw will lock in place because you got rust into your blood stream.
Also, in the world we live in today, many people have diseases such as HIV/ hepatitus. If you have open wounds and you so much as get a speckle of someone else's blood onto your cut, you are infected. Its quite easy. My advice is to just use red/brown ink. Its the same effect without needlessly putting yourself at risk. Please be safe.
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But I assure you that I am aware of what I'm doing, I have been doing this for a while now, I did write up this blog so that others could reduce their risk of such things happening.
Is blood art cliche? Well, it's not exactly entirely original (and I'd never claim that it is), but it's far enough away from mainstream for my liking. Also, it's not blood to oil paint, it's just blood in case you didn't know. And I like to think I'm an individual in my (not unique, but frequent and liberal) use of "chunks" (dried blood and skin), it's just like any artform really. Everyone does it a little different.
Thanks for the concern.
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Life's cheap, I'm just making myself that little bit more expensive.
We live as cattle our entire lives. We are born into a crowded, sterile, doomed world, a life fulfilled only by existence, while we wait to be called up to the meat trough.