If you want blood? (You got it.)

[krickets]

→ So apparently!! Tyler Shields has collected (is collecting?) the actual blood of 'around 20' celebrities to be displayed as the center piece for an upcoming gallery opening. He's painting with it and maybe something else. Not sure how to react to that, but I do think it's a great metaphor for celebrity culture. Generally I'm a fan of Tyler's work, which you can see examples of below (unaltered aside from resizing, click the image for a bigger version). I think my choices don't really give you an accurate idea of his obesession with white, black, and red, sex, violence, sex&violence, and the truly bizarre, but you get the idea. See his site for more, which at times can be NSFW so I'd wait until I got home to click. I'd especially check out his portfolio (his blog has ADD) and his video portraits you can find there. He definitely has a knack for capturing celebrities in a way that they generally aren't captured.



→ So yesterday I stopped off after work to get some sushi (cause clearly I'm addicted) and this adorable server caught me making a horrified expression when I first read the news above. I explained to him what I was doing (reading tweets!) and why I was making that expression. Then later when I was checking out, he starts gushing, total fanboy mode, about how his favorite celebrity is Zooey Deschanel and how he follows her on twitter but she's never tweeted him back, and how he thinks she's the perfect woman ever. It was really cute. (Not in a stalkery way.)

→ Have I mentioned how Panera Bread has the best mac & cheese in the known universe?

Cause they do.

→ FIC REC: ozmissage, light of my light, apple of my eye, etc. etc. wrote me Caroline/Stefan/Tyler which is to-die-for. Suspenseful and really does a good job of bringing them together in a believable compelling way. Whereas I like to subscribe to the Caroline Forbes way of thinking: just add sex. Which, don't get me wrong, has its merits. But it is not this, which is just gorgeous and so in-character and perfect! Go read it!

Title: it seems that all of my bridges have been burned
Pairing: Stefan/Tyler/Caroline
Rating: PG-13 (violent imagery, character death)
Words: 2,716
Summary: It would be funny if he wasn’t one of the monsters. Spoilers through 2x17.

→ ETA: The Vampire Diaries was renewed! Yay! (Not that I was worried.)

Comments

[gigglemonster.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's....weird LOL. But I agree, an interesting metaphor. Some of his shoots are really gorgeous but others are just disturbing lol. He does photograph a lot of celebrities though. You can pretty much find a shoot of anyone haha

[crickets.livejournal.com]

Oh I dunno about anyone but he does have a Garrett Dillahunt shoot. Tyler definitely seems to have a type of celeb he prefers. A lot of obscure folks and up-and-comers, and then you throw in people like Zachary Quinto, Lindsey Lohan, and Danny Trejo to round out the odd collection. Plus! A homicidal Mickey Mouse! (And a lot of naked lady-butts!)

It's definitely weird, but like you said, interesting none-the-less. I wonder if he will reveal who his "donors" are? Haha.

I know Michael Trevino did a shoot with him recently and I want to see it but he hasn't posted any of the shots. I hope it's more on the "good" side of disturbing, lol.