installation of peeptoe: part1

nail polish

nail polish
my sister
windows up
dead of winter
in the car
why
why now
why must you paint
paint your nails

still image from peeptoe video

a ladies size 11 is like a guys size 9...that means i crammed my foot into a shoe 4 times smaller than my regular size. that would explain why my foot will not go back into these damn shoes!

ouch!

i just crammed my size 13 foot into a ladies peep-toe size 11. hopefully something good comes of it!

ive made a dress
a steel dress
a dress
for a man
can a man wear
wear a dress
if its made of steel
why is it socially unacceptable
for a man to wear
wear a dress

ponies and chainmail

a chainmail dress made for a man

dresses
i want to make
dresses

girls wear
dresses

boys dont wear
dresses

i want to make
dresses

dresses
for boys

carpurse

oh car
oh purse
oh carpurse

how little boys long
long to carry you
filling you with pretty things
makeup
dolls

how little girls long
long to drive you
up ramps
in the mud
filling you with little green army men

but they dont play
play this way

why dont little girls long
long to drive
drive you up hills and through tunnels

why dont little boys long
long to carry
carry pretty things and be pretty

why dont we just let kids play
play the way
they want to play

carpurse?

a response to a richard avedon piece i saw at the columbus museum of art

a smell rests upon his lips
rich in memory
as real as yesterday
today

a coca cola can
an image
a moment engraved in my mind

never will i drink from
a can
that my nose has not inspected

unattended soda cans are off limits

chewing tobacco has a new home

goodbye unfinished soda
be good to my dad

steel paper doll?

girls toys
mylittlepony
why cant boys play with
mylittlepony
if we dress them in armor
and play war
can boys play with
mylittlepony

amored pony

a poem about my work

powered by ODEO

currently in my work I am playing
playing with mylittlepony
knitting and felting purses
turning them into remote control cars

making steel dresses
photoshoping myself into dresses
questioning myself
my role in the making process
my role as a man
my role as a gay man
since I’m gay
is it okay for me to play
play with mylittlepony
why can’t straight men play
play with mylittlepony
there was a time
as a young child
I used to play
play with my sister’s mylittleponies
she had the pony play palace
we would play
play for hours
I loved it
but felt guilty
why should I feel guilty
why should I feel wrong for playing
boys toys
girls toys
why the labels
why does it matter
is the fear to be queer
why should I feel ashamed
I’m not hurting anyone
I’m just playing
playing with mylittlepony

my little pony fashion shoot

my little pony fashion shoot

Watch the video

divas!