Darker Desires
31 December 2010
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Whatever You Do, Don't Push the Beautiful, Shiny, Jolly, Candy–Like Button
by Vesperae
SMOKE SIGNALS MAGAZINE - January - February 2011
Two decades ago, Canadian animator John Kricfalusi dreamed up the brilliantly funny, but all too short lived The Ren & Stimpy Show. While originally picked up by the American children's network Nickelodeon, it became quickly clear that the various and sundry misadventures of the title characters were much too dark and sophisticated beneath the slapstick for young audiences, although it quickly found a diehard cult following among adults with an offbeat sense of humor on MTV and countless home-grown VHS compilation tapes, and I was most definitely one of them.
01 November 2010
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A Collection of Random Fleeting Moments
by Vesperae
SMOKE SIGNALS MAGAZINE - November- December 2010
As I've said before, I believe that a Fetish is essentially a Personal Mythology that gives special meaning and narrative and value to that which is Fetishized. Once we begin to gain a persistent focus on the objects of our desires, a Fetish becomes a lens and a screen for every subsequent encounter with them, and each of these encounters serves to further fine tune our reactions to them, and to deepen our feelings and responses to them.
