2 of my New Wacky Packages paintings for Series 9, 2012. p. 103 - Other Crafts

L lanikai Member Hawaii Joined: May 15, 2004 Posts: 490	L lanikai Posted posted on Fri, May 5, 2006 2:32 PM On 2006-05-03 16:07, hewey wrote: My only comment would be that it might have been cool to put in some striping? There'e no room to add it to that design though. A flying eyeball might be a bit too cliched. well there is still room for the cliche to be altered, adapted and re-used. The flying eyeball is not exclusively a kustom culture icon, as it originated with the Macedonian and Egyptian cultures at least 5000 years ago. It has been employed as a symbol within esoteteric philosophy through countless cults and writings, religions, etc. since time immemorial, basically conveying the concept "the all knowing omnipresent omniscient overseer is everywhere and knows all, sees all..." (whew. talk about a picture worth a thousand words.) and as Kenny Howard was such an iconoclastic buggah and believed in reincarnation, it suited him. [ Edited by: lanikai 2006-05-05 14:33 ]

On 2006-05-03 16:07, hewey wrote:
My only comment would be that it might have been cool to put in some striping? There'e no room to add it to that design though. A flying eyeball might be a bit too cliched.

well there is still room for the cliche to be altered, adapted and re-used. The flying eyeball is not exclusively a kustom culture icon, as it originated with the Macedonian and Egyptian cultures at least 5000 years ago. It has been employed as a symbol within esoteteric philosophy through countless cults and writings, religions, etc. since time immemorial, basically conveying the concept "the all knowing omnipresent omniscient overseer is everywhere and knows all, sees all..."
(whew. talk about a picture worth a thousand words.)

and as Kenny Howard was such an iconoclastic buggah and believed in reincarnation, it suited him.

[ Edited by: lanikai 2006-05-05 14:33 ]

Post #230665 by lanikai on Fri, May 5, 2006 2:32 PM