הזיות של פרימיטיביזם בן זממנו, 2000

I'm kind of from around here, you know. I lived in Ulis, which is between Dallas. You know, they have everything that they do here, only it's just, you know, kind of five years later. It's real quiet. There's not a lot going on. It's kind of a sheltered place to grow up, I think. You know, I think growing up in the city here, life is much more real, and Ulis was kind of sheltered. You know, I'd been exposed to a lot of things like that. I'd, you know, I knew about tattoos not happening. It wasn't till I started hanging out in Dallas that I saw some kids, you know. And, you know, I just thought it was cool, you know. And I saw, like, in Details magazine, you know, a lot of the cool people, you know, tattoos, and I kind of got into it that way.

Once I got my first tattoo, I realized that that was, it was a whole deeper thing to it. And it's, yeah, it became, I consider myself a collector of custom wearable art, if you will. You know, some people might call me a living canvas. Others might might say that, you know, I'm not gonna walking museum, if you look at me, you know what I mean? It's just, and these are the pieces that are on display. Steve, we did good work on Stone. Well, come on, let me show you some of the stuff that we've done before. You know, I'm a big fan of studying other cultures and things like that. And if you look at other, other cultures, especially tribal cultures, you know, that kind of was an influence for me. Neo-tribalism, and, you know, I was first inspired by a lot of that. And I really respect those cultures where, you know, it's a rite of passage. It's, it's a ritualistic, you know, like I said, right up had, you know, when a, when a boy becomes a man, and some cultures, he'll, they'll be scarred or pierced. And, and for me, it was within myself, kind of, you know, a growing experience in that way.

Fantastic. All right, my dears, we're simply about the size of the scar and the location. And I've been thinking right there. And show me some right here because, yeah, oh, that would be great. Something similar, or maybe, yeah, it's a 38 special. It's very close to that. That's a pretty special. Yeah, that'll be great. Absolutely. You know, absolutely. The piercing set for a while for me. It's become kind of old hat, you know. I'm just not really about that anymore, you know. I've moved on and I, I think I've grown as a person. It's, it's time for the new deal, you know. It's the new millennium. It's time to up the ante. It's time to raise the bar. And piercings for me, it's no longer a viable expression of my anger. And the next stage of my inner growth, which is reflected, maybe by the way I've grown on the outside, is to get scarification through what's the ultimate piercing, but a bullet wound. And what else is there after, after you've had everything paired snapped, who you've been, you know, you know, when you've been tattooed all over and you've been pierced all over, what's next, you know? What is the next form of body modification that really means anything, that says anything? And it's getting shot.

What will happen is, is going through here. It'll, it'll pierce your pectoralis and it'll come out in your lats. You've got a little bit right under there. You can feel about that's the thinnest part of that muscle. So you won't lose, I don't think you're gonna lose any mobility. You might lose a little bit during rehab and whatnot. I'd recommend though that if you're right-handed, we should do it in the left side. I'm hoping you're right. All right, perfect. Right. It's kind of like what you did with Steve. Steve was a little bit heavier. Yeah, he used a Magnum on him. He wanted to be able to really talk it up. Right. You're a little bit slider. That doesn't mean anything except for I'd probably recommend a nine millimeter or a 38 special. It's still going to give you a good blowout scar on the back, but it isn't going to do all the damage going through. The key thing you remember is the bullet's design is to expand and stop in the body. We want it to go right, right, right. It doesn't matter who did it. Whether if I had gotten shot for real in crossfire of a gang shooting, or if I went and paid somebody to shoot me, it doesn't matter because metaphorically, I'm being shot. I am being attacked, if you will, by the world around me. And this is, this is my statement. You know, this is my, this is my nonviolent protest. And some people might say, well, getting shot is violent, but it's, it's not violent if it's to yourself, you know what I mean?

There is gonna be a significant amount of pain. If we use a twin, if we were gonna use a 22 or something like that, those don't hurt a whole lot. And it's gonna burn a little bit. All right, you ready to do what's gonna burn? That's just a sensation that usually comes with the bullet. Okay. It's not a lot different than the tattoo, right? It's just kinda, that's not even a factor for me to paint. You know, okay, that's, you know, I've been living in pain. Oh, cool. I, you know, I mean, yeah, you ready to do this, right? You wanna do, okay, let me close the door. Okay. Well, I did, I did, I had, I had my own ideas about what I wanted and what to me was appropriate and within the context of my inner, inner struggle and what, you know, it's realistic. I mean, you know, you can't just get shot in the head. I mean, that would be the ultimate, but really, you know, a bullet wound in my forehead would really be the ultimate statement. But realistically, I mean, I don't, I don't think that could be done. It could maybe it could be, but I don't know. I don't think it could be done that way. When it enters, it's gonna leave a nice entry point. It expands just a little bit, then it exits and it tears some of your flesh. You've got good start. Okay. If we use a full-on Full Metal Jacket, it's just gonna punch you go out the other side and not leave a good thing on the backside, right? I definitely want, you know, absolutely. Okay, that'll leave with nice scarring on the back. It'll take a nice big chunk as it's coming out the backside, okay? It also gives you a nice thing to talk about because when we get done with this, you're gonna want to tell people, right? You know, would you use that? I can get you when I get this, I can get you one after this. Yeah, see, because after we do it, I got to get you. Booker's gonna be outside. We're gonna put you right into the right into the ambulance and he's gonna take you to the hottest thing. And I'd like to have it. Sure. I can pick it out. Absolutely. It's gonna be in that. It's gonna be in that. Sure. Now, what I recommend is that we're gonna put on earring protection and eye protection, okay? When we put you down in the chair, all right? And then we're going to use the 38 revolver, okay? You know, I feel that I'm, I've hunted. I feel that I am, you know, I am be hunted man. And, and I feel that I have been shot down by society many times, as, as many oppressed peoples in the world. I relate to them. You see the oppressed peoples who were born that way. You kind of did this. Yeah. You know, what's one time I was, I was watching TV and I, and I saw a documentary and it was talking about, you know, life in prison and what it was like to live your life as a lifer in prison for life. I identified with these people. You know, these people are not criminals. They are victims of society. You know, the crime have been, has been committed against them, whether it was in their youth or not. And that's how I feel. I feel that I've been, I have been truly oppressed in my life. And it's maybe not the same as some other people, but it is the same. I consider myself a lifer, only society is my prison. And, you know, what happens if you try to break out of prison? You might get shot.

Well, what I'm gonna do is basically put on minor gear to protect myself. This is from any splatter edge. It's, it's mostly just preventative. Nothing normally ever happens, but you've got to get prepared for it. Otherwise, it wouldn't be right. I know, I know a lot of people aren't gonna agree with what we're doing or or even how we're doing it, but that's a risk you take. I mean, when you're pioneering a new field, you're gonna get some gap from people, that's just a fact. But I think doing this will help, you know, I think it'll bring more people to the business, but also it'll show that we're not out to hurt anybody. I'm not out to injure anybody. That's not it. The end result is what we're trying to complete. We'll just simply body art, something to talk about. Means how did you do that? Well, we did it with a firearm. That's all right. Or, you know, a sculptor uses clay. That's the medium. Well, here the medium is simply a fire. I think I'd rather not use hearing protection if that's all right, just because I'd like, I'd like it to be as real as possible. Okay, that's your choice. Doesn't bother me. You need me to sign something or whatever, you know, hearing damage enough, you know, whatever. No, I'm not concerned. It's not gonna make a difference whether or not we signed something or not because I'm cheating you. I'm shooting you with a gun. And right now, that's not recognized as an art form, but that's gonna change. That's gonna change. You can just hold on to him for a moment. No, there shouldn't be an exit wound. It's going to be a little bit bloody, but not too bad. Okay, go ahead and put our gear on. Go ahead and put your eye protection on. That's good. I just want you to relax, okay? This will be over very quickly. But take a few breaths, get relaxed. You okay? Yeah. All right, relax. Once you go to pick your elbow up there. You go, just like that. What I'm gonna do is I'm gonna go on the count of three, okay? Okay. All right. Yeah. Okay, here we go. Ready? Second. Okay, ready. One. You're okay. Look at me. This is me here. All right. You're okay. You're gonna be okay. You're okay. Though you're okay. Yeah, he's fine, man. They're gonna take the hospital and hook him all up to take care of his pain and they'll put some stuff on it. Booker's good. It's right down the street, so he'll be healthy. He's, he's part of everything that we're doing. I mean, when, when, when we've completed putting the artwork on our man, then Booker takes care of man professionally. Takes him to the hospital so he's all properly taken care of. He'll be fine. He'll be fine. He'll have a nice scar. I don't really care if people like them or not. I never, you know, did it for those reasons. And some people like them, some people don't. But I just, I kind of annoy me when people like it because, you know, they, I don't know, they don't see it for what it is, you know? This is not a fashion for me, you know? It's not about vanity or looks or anything. I actually hope though to get some some modeling gigs from maybe this. I'm gonna see. I'm gonna try to get an agent. I mean, look at me. Look at me. You know, put me in front of a camera. What do you, what do you got? You know, here we are.