Vintage Valentines Late 1970's

The NICEST Thing Happened...A Word Problem

birthday card circa 1978

The nicest thing happened...
The incest thing happened...
The incest thing did not happen...
The nicest thing did not happen...

When I Grow Up I Want To Be A Housewife

Do Something This Christmas

My washing machine is saying:
Something Something Something Something

I've never heard that before

My current motto is:
Do Something

So, I dropped Sunny at school
I drove to the gym and exercised
I drove home sweaty and sang along with the rock and roll
I took a hot bath and used the exfoliating facewash
I dried my very long hair with cool ionized air
I started a load of non-separated laundry
I'm listening to solo John Lennon really loud
I'm filling the sink with soapy dish water
I'm wearing an apron that looks like Santa's suit

When I'm done with my work
I will still want to climb to the roof
And stand up by the chimney

I will start to proudly proclaim
My laughter ringing off the neighbor's
Dark windows
My family's dirty secrets

Old Footballers Fight Each Other A.K.A. Nothing Ever Changes

Oh Great! Now I'm Going to have Octopus Nightmares

Stevie Wonder and Bob Marley!

More Living Toys and Less Sex Abuse

Let's pause, shall we, and cut down a little on the manic sexual abuse recovery and go back to toys that come to life (under Sunny's steady hand and camera) to see

FLUFFY'S BIG ADVENTURE

Sex Therapy with Survivors of Sexual Abuse

Excerpt from Sex Therapist Wendy Maltz, M.S.W.
Upon further exploration I discovered that those clients had one major factor in common: a history of childhood sexual abuse.

 Besides how they reacted to standard techniques, I noticed other differences between my survivor and nonsurvivor clients. Many survivors seemed ambivalent or neutral about the sexual problems they were experiencing. Gone was the usual sense of frustration that could fuel a client's motivation to change. Survivors often entered counseling because of a partner's frustration with the sexual problems, and they seemed more disturbed by the consequences of sexual problems than by their existence.

READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE HERE

Portraits by Russian Painter Vasily Surikov

Her Toys Are On The Move -- Stop-Motion by Sunny

VANESSA STARTS HER ADVENTURE...

 

This was constructed from more than 200 photos Sunny posed and took herself. I'd love to splice all of them into a Gumby-type short film. It's very surreal and funny. And strangely serious. She does a lot of close up shots of the doll's feet and hands that are intriguing.

Self-Made Batgirl

Turning Tough

I Get Around like a Black Rhino

Here I'm going to the grocery store



I panicked in front of all those kinds of flour. Bleached or unbleached? Is the $9 bag better than the $3 bag? Did slaves grind the $3 bag? I came back with no flour.

  Relocated Rhino

Self-Soothing With Local Honey

To soothe my nerves...