A beautiful image of Lasse Marius suspending with Wings of Desire (I’m sure you already knew that from seeing their iconic rig) over the water. But you must also see the second photo (which is of Tom-Erik Johansen suspending at the same location) to put it into context — what a wonderful guerrilla suspension re-purposing of a diving board (which would be fun for its intended use as well)!

I was looking at this picture of Blake Eaton and considering how much a labret can push around the lips and thereby slightly redefine the mathematical representation of the face. I was wondering at what point body modifications — or facial tattoos — start to mess up facial recognition algorithms? Given how ubiquitous CCTV surveillance is these days, and how many of these cameras are being networked into systems that can do live facial recognition and tracking (thereby allowing the illuminati or skynet or whatever to track you any time you step into public view), such things are worth considering… With a couple of strategic large piercings, could you contort your face enough that by switching jewelry you effectively hide yourself from the robots?

…and then of course there’s always this…

This photo from the Corpo E’Mio “Apartheid” performance (facebook.com/bcirkus)) in Rome last year really shows the value of using a safety harness when suspending from the knees — look at how far they’ve torn and how little flesh is left protecting the suspendee’s neck! On a side note, those are some very interesting looking implants in his forearm.

One night Tristan had a terrible nightmare that he was being chased by a ghostly girl, and after pursuing him endlessly through the halls of a derelict asylum, getting closer and closer, he found himself pressed up against the wall of a dead end. Frozen in fear, he could not turn around, but the chill was obvious and he could sense a cold ethereal hand reaching out toward him. At the moment it slapped onto his back, the icy burning sensation where the hand touched him on his shoulder woke him up, drenched in sweat. He wasn’t able to sleep again that night, and when he got up in the morning his shoulder still ached. And this is what he saw when he looked at his reflection in the bathroom mirror…

Ok, so that’s not the true story, but it’s what I’d tell people when they ask me dumb questions at the beach. Truth is that he had his good friend Patrick Kielty of Body Alter Body Modification in Worksop and Chesterfield, UK brand a hand print of his own daughter, a wonderful little girl that Patrick also loves as if it was his daughter too. This is the brand nicely healed of course.