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coastercrushed · 20 days

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@COASTERCRUSHED mapplethorpe landis, independent mapplethorpe landis from abc's crazy fun park.

open starters./ headcanons / verses.

written by billie. ( 32 ) minors & overall weirdos ( you know what i mean ) dni. THIS IS NOT A SPOILER FREE BLOG! i’m well aware that people are not aware of crazy fun town ( it's streaming on hulu ;) ). so, obviously, everyone is going to get spoiled. this blog will be horror heavy considering the series is about a bunch of different teenagers dying in gruesome ways in an amusement park & they are all spirits stuck there.

pack bonded with @artstayed.

also can be found at: @hangtenn, @gareththegreat, @frieddiscjockey

INFO UNDERCUT.

01. first things first, i am aware that a lot of people haven't seen crazy fun town. i highly recommend it. it'll make you laugh, it'll make you cry, it'll make you feel nostalgic. i digress because this will have a lot of horror aspects. a lot of the park kids died in really horrific ways. mapplethorpe ended up going to the abandoned park alone, climbing up a rollercoaster to take a picture with his cell phone and fell off the coaster platform, falling onto one of the stalls below. a lot of depressing topics will be mentioned considering mapplethorpe had died suddenly and he's a rather fresh ghost ( the other's being from the 80s - early 00s ) so he's learning to cope with his own death.

02. drama is not my thing. i avoid it in real life and you best believe i’m going to avoid it online, being that this is my hobby. i wont reblog callouts, but will read them. i’ll only reblog if the person is incredibly dangerous to make my followers be aware. no gross behavior with minor muses, either, thanks. don’t be transphobic, genderbend, whitewash, don’t be a racist asshole, don’t support n*zi imagery, don’t be a fucking dickhead.

03. oooooh i do love shipping! though, i do prefer a little bit of plotting beforehand. i think it’s very important to build a relationship ooc as well. i’m more comfortable to ship if we talk a little ooc.

04. i’m billie! i’ve thirty one years old and i’ve been apart of the rpc since late 2010. i’m an old lady. i’ve been around the block a few times. i work full time overnight ( twelve hour shifts ) at hospital & i have a lot of social obligations so i’m primarily mobile. most of my replies will be posted by queue due to this. my reply speed is slow and whilst i post a lot of ooc posts while at work & what not, it may sometimes take me a few days or even weeks to reply to a thread. patience is key! this is something i do whenever i want to destress and have fun.

STATS

GENERAL.

BIRTH NAME. mapplethorpe landis ALIAS(ES). mapplethorpe, mape, mapple, maggot boy, pennywise. AGE. eighteen. DATE OF BIRTH. may 8th MARITAL STATUS. single. verse dependent. SPECIES. the ghost with the most GENDER. cismale PREFERRED PRONOUNS. he/him ROMANTIC ORIENTATION. bisexual SEXUAL ORIENTATION. bisexual. OCCUPATION. was a student, planning on becoming a writer and making comics with his artist best friend chester. now? he's just dead.

PHYSICALITY.

HEIGHT. 5'9" BUILD. athletic, lean. in good shape. HAIR. blonde, curly. EYES. bluish hazel SCARS. miscellaneous scars from skateboarding. he has a lot of them. a lot of scars from just doing stupid shit as well. ABNORMALITIES. other than being dead? not a whole lot. TATTOOS. a smiley face stick n poke on his left knee cap. PHYSICAL AILMENTS. after snapping his spinal chord so bad he was essentially bisected? not really. ALLERGIES. none.

HEADSPACE.

ALIGNMENT. chaotic good MYERS BRIGGS. esfp FEARS. losing chester, memories of his own death. DISORDERS. adhd, autism, dependent personality disorder OTHERS. n/a.

BACKGROUND.

PLACE OF BIRTH. CURRENT RESIDENCE. RELIGION. agnostic FAMILY. felicity landis, his mother. father is not in the picture. considers chester dante his family. STATUS. lower-middle class

#PINNED.#DO NOT REBLOG.

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julietapark · 1 year

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WOW WOW WOW

I didn’t sleep much, but i took a shower, do some dutys and now I’m having a tea….

I was speechless but no I see the hole thing 🙌🏽

I’m going to divide this post in two, because as my beloved @nightswithkookmin said, let’s not coment much, first stream and then be delulu…

This man after all this weeks of things happening, has at last shown who he is and what he loves… in all the ways.

He starts with FACE-OFF the begin of this trip, the most enigmatic lirics from my point of view, maybe I will understand later… don’t know, it’s a beautiful song…

Then there is a beautiful interlude were we hear his routine life with the cheers of army, he loves it, he loves us!

And then ( maybe after the Covid) we have LIKE CRAZY

This song is soooooo good so frech yet a bit dark, describing a situation that I think I can relate: dance our demons out, allow himself to sink in the night… drink drink and dance dance, and maybe meet some one... The night life is like that, misterios, sensual, dangerous. This song has similarities with “After Hours” album from The weekend (I love him too) I would love to hear a collaboration between them. ( And Suga rapping on “Set me free”, would make me happy too).

But all the references: the tired body leaving and going back home, arriving a club when everyone goes, dancing with his friends, then facing himself in the mirror of a bathroom alone after facing the girl ( mirror girl)… in “bathroom” with open walls with ( I know what I’ve done in some bathrooms, in some corridors) next to a set me free…ahhh is toooo much and with the photos of Mapplethorpe on his trousers, him!!! (Go check his work 🤯) OH JIMIN!! You are a sexy little flirt…

I can believe his guts, he is a brave fluid/gay/bi/ man, allow me to say it clear…He is really brave!!! He is sharing his openness… i get the intuition that he doesn’t believe in conventional relations… But always believes in true love. That’s the revolution he is slightly showing to the wolrd.

Then we have “Alone” such a perfect song, I deeply love it and understand what he is trying to say. Then “Set me free”!!!! (I’ve already talk about it…)

But when we taught the party of released feelings was over… my jikook heart splouded.

LETTER!!!

EXCUSE MEEEEEE???

There is no need to have Jungkook doing background vocals on a “hidden track” called “(LOVE)LETTER” ( for Army, I don’t think so, for the members, more possible ) if you don’t want to have all eyes on it. There is no need… why do the symbolic gesture of hidden it?… only if you just REALLY want him singing it ! Because is maybe about their secret and they know that army will understand, will get the deliberate open interpretation about the recipient of the song. Because they know how we perceive their interactions, maybe their relation si innocent an platonic in a way, but they know that we have seen too the not-in-a-million-years-platonic-interactions. Ohh lord what they have experience??? We will never know!!

I will stop here, I need more hearing and thinking.

(I’m dead)

#jimin #jungkook #bts #kookmin #jikook #set me free #face jimin

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murdercapitxl · 2 months

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you think i could do something like that ? // for david

Morbid Curiosity II Accepting

"Are you backing out?" His words sounded sharp, but a grin gradually appeared on his face. Tonight was all about trust; he wanted to see whether the blond was committed to their lifestyle. He seemed eager, but that was never enough for David. It was solid proof he needed. And so he brought Mapplethorpe to a spot overlooking the rear entrance of the amusement park -- a sign reading STAFF ONLY hanging above a set of gates. In front of them, a lone security guard was fumbling with a collection of keys, muttering and trying to locate the correct one to lock up. They were young and fresh into the job, replacing the last one who mysteriously disappeared over a month ago; it was assumed he simply quit and the matter was eventually left alone. But in truth, his mangled body was slowly decomposing at the bottom of the ocean. Nobody would ever know he was there -- like all the rest before him. "I know you can do this," a gloved hand landed heavily on the blond's shoulder, giving it a firm squeeze. What should have been encouraging words felt more like a demand, judging by the way David stared into him. It lasted for a couple of seconds before the vampire settled his attention back on their impending victim.

"All you need to do is lure him to me -- simple as." It was an unnecessary step, of course. He could quite easily fly over there and kill the man before he had any chance to run, but where was the fun in that? Each of his boys were given this test at the beginning, pushing the boundaries of their loyalty. David had to know whether he could rely on them. Mapplethorpe was no different; there was no special treatment. "They managed," he added, driving the point home. It was another of his manipulation tactics, attempting to force the blond into believing that - should he back away - he was weak and undeserving of being apart of their gang. The vampire knew how close he was with the others, so he hoped the thought of losing their friendship was enough to push him. If his boys could do it, there was no excuse. He paused, allowing the words to sink in as they watched the security guard finally find the key, before giving Mapplethorpe a soft pat on the back of his neck. Time to begin.

"I'll be waiting over there." Here, he pointed over to a secluded area of the staff parking lot. It was devoid of lights, perfect for getting attacked by something lurking within the darkness. He could see a car parked on the opposite side, which clearly belonged to the security guard as he began walking towards it. "Hurry now," he added with a slow chuckle, dropping his hand and taking a step back to indicate his departure. "How much can I trust you, Mapplethorpe?" The task required him to switch off from the fact that he was sending a man to his early grave. His boys were merciless killers, after all.

#coastercrushed #take a chance ( prompts )#Lost Boy II David #( hope this is okay! :) )

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l0-f1g0dd3ss3s · 7 years

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1977 interview with patti smith

concentrating on the god within[from "Patti Smith Peaking: The Infinite Possibilities of a Woman," by Marc Stevens and Diana Clapton, Club Quest, January 1977]

She hurtles into the room, a breathless tousled angel with a face out of Edvard Munch. She carries with her the karmic electricity of the genuine superstar, the true heroine. Her energy is so untrammeled, it fills the room; it pushes us against the wall in its intensity. Those wondrous salamander eyes move slowly, almost supernaturally. They embrace the whole of the activity around her. Her Mary Janes, her 4th grade red sox, the fine, strange jewelry lashed to her writs. The arching, artist's fingers, almost too much purity and reality and talent. Things become improbable. She is gracious, considerate, the essence of feminine charm, all the mannerisms of the sexually self-confident woman, the emotional largesse of the truly arrivée. There must be something bad about Patti Smith. Well, she doesn't play the guitar that well -- yet. She has the eerie beauty she treasures in those old Italian or French films, the mantle of mystery of the steadily evolving female unafraid to declare herself a fully sexual individual. She speaks of her own erotic feelings with candor and honesty. Whoever said that rock was really sex with all the rhythms down -- certainly had Patti in the wildest corner of his mind. Patti: It's either not hectic at all or it's totally hectic. It's like the ocean, y'know, a big, big wave comes in.. I just tune it in. It starts out, there's a lot of static, like the radio, and you go like this [twists imaginary knobs] and it comes in. That's like the ocean -- not so bad. I don't care if there's a lot of action going on as long as I can tune it in.

CQ: You were supposed to be out at the ocean this weekend -- on Fire Island.

Patti: Oh, yeah, but I had too much work to do. Cutting the new album took about 3 weeks, but the cover and the liner notes...

CQ: The record [Radio Ethiopia] seems a lot more lyrical than Horses.

Patti: It's got a lot more presence. We've been on the road for a year. The first record really reflected exactly what we knew then. Being alone by ourselves, fantasizing, playing in small clubs, the fragile adoration of the people who believe in ya. But then you go on the road for a year and it's real maniac. There aren't 40 people who love you but 4,000. You have to really project. You can't be as fragile. It's the power of projection that you learn on the road. So the new record reflects what we learned from the kids. Before I was a fan, an artist, or whatever. If I'm a fan of anybody these days, I'm a fan of my audiences.

CQ: But 4,000 people means performing in large halls. Can you handle it?

Patti: I like performing anywhere there's a lot of energy. Like Jesus says, when two people are gathered together in my name. Well, I feel the same way. I like performing in an interview situation or for 4,000 people or in a club. As long as all the energy is directed toward the same place. When I perform some place and the people have their heads into what they want to see, like something artistic, it's a drag. But when they're loose...

CQ: How loose do they get at your concerts?

Patti: Real loose. Jumpin' up on stage and grabbin' me -- everything.

CQ: Do you get bothered?

Patti: I like it. It's rock 'n' roll. If nobody leapt on the stage and cried 'Fuck me' ... I mean, I've seen Privilege; I'd do it. In the old days, especially when I'd go to a concert -- Johnny Winter, the Stones or Hendrix, I'd scream and get beat up and try to get on the stage. I got stomped by Grateful Dead guys for try'na get on the stage when they were on. And my foot got broken with the Stones.

CQ: How about violence directed toward you personally?

Patti: Oh sure, I've been attacked. After the show the kids come back, but I understand it, y'know? It's not that I want it to happen, but when it does, I get into it. I can dig it. It's a nightmare, but a nightmare I can relate to. I know what it's about. I've seen those Elvis Presley movies where the girls were try'na pull his clothes off. Hey, I know what rock 'n' roll is all about. I came into this thing with my eyes open. I didn't come in thinking that people should treat me like some precious jewel because I write poetry. I came in fully open to anything rock 'n' roll has to offer.

CQ: Do you get stage fright?

Patti: Nah, real excited. I only get nervous if it's real quiet out there. That makes me suspicious. But if the kids are screamin' and carryin' on, I get real excited. I was so thrilled when I did the Schaefer Music Festival in Central Park, I thought my heart was gonna burst.

CQ: Do your fans give you expensive gifts -- say, a half ounce of cocaine?

Patti: I've had ounces. And grass. But one time a guy sent me a letter. His name was Timothy -- no number or last name or nothin' -- and two $50 bills in it. Brand new, and I couldn't give 'em back. Free money.

CQ: Have you changed since you began making it?

Patti: I feel stronger. I feel like I've been doin' it all my life. It's still art, and I been doin' art since I was 4 years old. Rock 'n' roll has now entered the art spectrum. And because of that, I put the same energies into working within the context of rock 'n' roll as I did when I wanted to be a sculptor.

CQ: You mentioned that you've been on the road here and abroad. Does travel inspire you to create art?

Patti: O yeah, I been to Paris about 10 times. To get inspiration I got to a bunch of places -- to Jim Morrison's grave in Pere Lachaise, that's the first place I go. In fact, our first European tour was really cool because they had this white Aston- Martin or somethin' waitin' for me. You know, I don't get treated that way in America. In America I'm lucky if I get a station wagon. I'm just sayin' that I happened to be treated like a princess in Paris. So anyway, I had this white car and they said, where do you wanna go? And I said, to see Jim Morrison. So they took me to the graveyard in the big white car. I remember the first time I went, I was all by myself in the pouring rain. Really fucked up and the mud was splattering all over me. I was in this white car smoking a cigarette.

CQ: Just you and the chauffeur.

Patti: Yeah, me and him and a pair of dark glasses and a pack of cigarettes.

CQ: Do you smoke a lot?

Patti: I don't inhale so it doesn't hurt my lungs. I just like the look. really on top of it, I like that Jeanne Moreau woman-with-her-cigarette look. It's all for show. My own show.

CQ: White cars, chauffeurs -- is power important to you?

Patti: Power? Not like dictatorial power. Power to initiate change, to affect people in a really spiraling way. To be a catalyst. Just like when I worked at Scribner's book store for 5 years. A kid would come in and want Rod McKuen stuff. To me power was bein' able to talk to that kid, and he'd leave with Malderer, Rimbaud, Dylan Thomas. Now I feel I'm doin' the same kinda thing.

CQ: It was about this time that Robert Mapplethorpe gave you your start -- paid for that first book of poetry.

Patti: No, he didn't give me the start that way. He did lend me the money for my single. But he did much more than that. I was 19 years old, really shattered. I'd been through a lot of hard times. I had all this powerful energy, and I didn't know how to direct it. Robert really disciplined me to direct all my mania -- all my telepathic energy -- into art. Concentrating on the God within, or at least a creative demon. I was really emotionally fucked up.

CQ: Are you evened out now?

Patti: Oh yeah, I mean, I go through pain, but I try to translate everything into work. I'm almost 30 and I've been through so much stuff. Every time I go through something new, I have so much scar tissue that I suffer pain, but it doesn't take me so long to get back on my feet. I can get back on top real fast. I'm in the ring! Y'know when you're an artist an' you're like, strugglin', nobody cares. You get beat down; you stay down for a while. But when you're in the middle of the ring, you gotta get up fast because there's all these people watchin'. You don't have time. You know technology is 50% of rock 'n' roll -- the magic, the art, the performance. If you don't have good technicians and a strong road crew who are devoted and believe in you and protect you, you're totally naked.

CQ: But the spotlight's really on you. You're the one who has to deliver.

Patti: But it's what helps a performer stay on top, like a boxer with his trainer there. You have to know that these people are behind you. Then, when you really start to break and it's happening, a whole new kind of energy is created around you. And if you're smart, it'll make you a stronger person.

CQ: But other rock stars had the technology going for them but couldn't channel the break into a new kind of energy.

Patti: I was lucky. I've never been real fucked up on drugs. I knew Janis real well. She was so fragile, so emotional, a lot like, say, my mother. I mean we're all emotional. But you can't let your emotions consume you. If you can't transcend that emotion, into work, then you can't do anything. I'm real emotional. I mean if I'm really fucked up and cryin' sittin' in a room . . .

CQ: And drugs and booze only make it worse.

Patti: I use drugs to work. I never use them to escape or for pleasure. I use people. If I'm real depressed, I have some real wonderful friends. When you turn to drugs, all you're doing is turning inside, anyway. When I'm in trouble or emotionally fucked up, I don't wanna come to me. I wanna go to somebody else. I don't wanna look in a mirror. I only use drugs for construction. It's like one of my architectural tools now. I don't go to a party and get all fucked up. Or sit in a hotel room all sad and messed up and take drugs.

CQ: But enough rock stars did use drugs as an escape. Now they're dead.

Patti: I'm not makin' a platform about it. I'm just sayin' for me, personally, I think drugs are sacred and should be used for work. That's what I believe in. Drugs have a real shamanistic value. I can handle drugs. I've never had a problem.

CQ: Some New York discos are getting pretty loose in terms of drug tolerance. Have you noticed?

Patti: I can't go. I'm a great dancer, I love to dance, but when I go to discotheques, people talk to me so much that I can't. It's like Edith Piaf. She was very religious but she didn't go to church, because everybody looked at her.

CQ: Judy Garland couldn't eat in a restaurant for the same reason. But are you that bothered?

Patti: Oh, I eat like an animal. I come from a big family. I'm used to bein' watched. Here's what I don't like: If I'm in a certain mood and I feel pissed off or crazy and I exude that, I want people to understand it. The only times I get pissed off are when I'm walkin' down the street and someone wants to talk. I say, "Look, just trust me. I'm fucked up now; I can't talk to you. I need you. Thank you believing in me but..." And when they keep right on botherin' me, I say finally, "Look -- I don't need ya. Go away. You don't understand. Don't buy my records!"

CQ: Do you think about equality for yourself?

Patti: No, I don't wanna be equal with anybody. I wanna be above equal. I don't think most people are equal to me. I'd like to communicate with everybody; I'd like to do something universal, I'd like to have the hit record of the world. But that's not the same as being equal. Women compete with women; it's not all men. When I was sellin' books at Scribner's there were stupid women that were older than me, and they got paid more just 'cause they were older. You can go on forever with that shit. So you fight. I don't think fighting is bad. People get too much of what they want and they loose the fight in them.

CQ: Should you always keep battling to be the best?

Patti: Being on top is not the precedent. It's that I am capable of making it to the top of the tower. Why should I settle for the 26th Floor? I don't set limitations.

CQ: You seem very free as if limitations are beside the point. You seem unencumbered by race, color, creed, gender. The 100% natural Patti Smith, no additives, no preservative, no makeup.

Patti: Oh listen, I buy Vogue. The other night I was really depressed and got into a taxi and went to a newsstand and bought, like, this $10 magazine of Paris fashions. Fantastic photography. I love silk raincoats, but I don't wear makeup. I can't stand nothin' on my face. It's a phobia. It's not a platform.

CQ: Do you like leather?

Patti: Oh yeah, sometimes. It depends on the rhythm of the night. I'm like a changeling. Fickle. I might wear all leather, and then I might wear a fucked up little black dress. Plus I got a lot of cool T-shirts.

CQ: How do you feel about your body?

Patti: I'm an artist. I'm not ashamed of my body. I've been an artist's model for years, and people have been photographing my body nude since I was 16. I have no shame. Doing rock 'n' roll, I'm so naked now.

CQ: Do you ornament yourself as a sex object, the way other women might spend hours before a mirror?

Patti: Well, I'm a very sexual person. Pornography, eroticism -- that's what I work on in private. None of that has been published yet. I'm still workin' on it. Rock 'n' roll is the most important thing right now. Pornography has yet to see its day -- really high class pornography. But it's something I think about all the time. Pornography linked with elegance and grace and intelligence.

CQ: But pornography as art is entirely a personal choice, completely individual. What form of expression would you take in creating erotic art?

Patti: I feel I'm involved in it right now, at least as much as I know how, on stage. I've been accused of everything including masturbation. And I do come on stage. Almost every night, I come on stage. Sex -- coming -- is about concentration. I can come while I'm writing, if I'm really there. Orgasm is peaking your concentration.

CQ: Is that an end for you? Do you work consciously for that?

Patti: Well, any woman is capable of multiple orgasms. What I mean is, a woman can come all day. Women don't realize how heavy this is. When I first realized what coming meant -- that I could come 20 times if I could come once, over and over again like the ocean...even self-induced...I'm not necessarily talkin' about sex now.

CQ: But even now, there are objections to your lyrics.

Patti: My single My Generation / Gloria says "My Generation contains language which might be objectionable." To who? 'Fuck' and 'shit' are American slang.

CQ: But you can get away with it on stage.

Patti: Yeah, but remember Jim Morrison was locked up for using 'fuck' and so was Country Joe. And Jim pulled his pants down -- so what? Now we have Broadway shows where the cast is naked all the time. He did it once and was thrown in the slammer. And he was a genius. His death made me sadder than anyone's. He wasn't done. He was just on the threshold of being a really great poet. Now, Hendrix, he was so out there with such furious physical energy, he just died. Morrison was much sadder. He was also desperate. Rock 'n' roll was so new then. It was so heavy. There was no precedent for Jim Morrison. it's a lot different for me. I've profited from the fact that he came first.

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#patti smith

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101 Best Quotes About Brother

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101 Best Quotes About Brother

101 Best Quotes About Brother Harini Natarajan Hyderabd040-395603080 December 3, 2019

If you have a brother, you know how lucky you are. A brother-sister relationship is very special and unique – and sometimes super annoying as well! You and your brother have a bond that you do not share with anyone else. The teasing, the conspiring, the adventures – you are your brother’s keeper. But we often don’t know what we have until we move out and start missing them. If you have recently moved out of home or are just missing your little/big bro in general, here are some beautiful brother quotes you can send him to show him your love and appreciation.

Some of us get along really well with our siblings, while some tend to have constant bickering and fights with them. (Been there, done that!) At the end of the day, whether you fight with him or not, you are aware that your brother is super special to you. He was probably your first friend while growing up. If you are among the few lucky ones, you and your brother are still best of friends. Regardless of the kind of relationship you have with your brother, these quotes can help you express your feelings for him.

Amazing Brother Quotes

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“There is a little boy inside the man who is my brother… Oh, how I hated that little boy. And how I love him too.” – Anna Quindlen

“The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.” – Jane Austen

“The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out his nose.” – Garrison Keillor

“I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see. I sought my God, but my God eluded me. I sought my brother and I found all three.” – Anonymous

“A friend is a brother who was once a brother.” – Anonymous

“I was a tomboy and I didn’t have a bunch of brothers but I always wanted them and so I sort of adopted a few of my great friends to be my brother…” – Olivia Wilde

“I hated Chris, my brother. I would pull his hair and kick him, until one day my father gave him permission to fight back. I’ll be apologizing to him for the rest of my life.” – Stevie Nicks

“My father wants me to be like my brother, but I can’t be.” – Robert Mapplethorpe

“If you have a brother or sister, tell them you love them every day – that’s the most beautiful thing. I told my sister how much I loved her every day. That’s the only reason I’m OK right now.” – Amaury Nolasco

“Do you know what friendship is… it is to be brother and sister; two souls which touch without mingling, two fingers on one hand.” – Victor Hugo

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“You are not my friend, you are my brother, my friend.” – Jaroslaw Jarzabowski

“There is a destiny which makes us brothers; none goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own.” – Edwin Markham

“Brothers don’t necessarily have to say anything to each other they can sit in a room and be together and just be completely comfortable with each other…” – Leonardo DiCaprio

“The best way to get a puppy is to beg for a baby brother and they’ll settle for a puppy every time.” – Winston Pendelton

“My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, ‘You’re tearing up the grass.’ ‘We’re not raising grass,’ Dad would reply. ‘We’re raising boys.’ – Harmon Kellebrew

“It takes two men to make one brother.” – Israel Zangwill

“I don’t believe an accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings, gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at.” – Maya Angelou

“Never make a companion equal to a brother.” – Hesiod

“It was nice growing up with someone like you someone to lean on, someone to count on… someone to tell on!” – Anonymous

“Mum used to say we were the same soul split in two and walking around on four legs. It seems unnatural being born together and then dying apart.” – Melodie Ramone

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“A brother shares childhood memories and grown-up dreams.” – Anonymous

“She had always wanted a brother. And she had one now. Sebastian. It was like always wanting a puppy and being a hellhound instead.” – Cassandra Clare

“The bond that binds us is beyond choice. We are brothers. We are brothers in what we share.” – Ursula K. Le Guin

“Equality lies only in human moral dignity… Let there be brothers first, then there will be brotherhood, and only then will there be a fair sharing of goods among brothers.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“My sister was drowning in the ocean once, and my brother and I dove in and saved her. True story. She owes us her life. It’s great leverage; we abuse it all the time!” Matt Barr

“I grew up with a younger brother, so I can get pretty rowdy.” – Sarah Wynter

“There’s no other love like the love for a brother. There’s no other love like the love from a brother.” – Astrid Alauda

“To the outside world we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We know each other as we always were. We know each other’s hearts. We share private family jokes. We remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys. We live outside the touch of time.” – Clara Ortega

“It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea.” – Dylan Thomas

“After a girl is grown, her little brothers — now her protectors — seem like big brothers.” – Terri Guillemets

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“Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and be of service to him. And blessed is he who loves his brother as well when he is far off as when he is by his side, and who would say nothing behind his back he might not, in love, say before his face.” – St. Francis of Assisi

“A sibling may be the keeper of one’s identity, the only person with the keys to one’s unfettered, more fundamental self.” – Marian Sandmaier

“Being pretty on the inside means you don’t hit your brother and you eat all your peas – that’s what my grandma taught me…” – Lord Chesterfield

“Because brothers don’t let each other wander in the dark alone.” – Jolene Perry

“We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits, have some means of enjoyment in their power, which no subsequent connections can supply.” – Jane Austen

“My big brother still thinks he’s a better singer than me.” – Rod Stewart

“I can’t work with my brother without laughing.” – Dick van Dyke

“Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories to the inevitable dusk.” – Susan Scarf Merrell

“A brother is a friend God gave you; A friend is a brother your heart chose.” – Anonymous

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“Stop for a moment and realize how lucky you are to have one.” – Maxime Lagacé

“Once a brother, always a brother, no matter the distance, no matter the difference and no matter the issue.” – Byron Pulsifer

“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.” – Richard Bach

“Being his real brother I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow.” – Michael Morpurgo

“Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories to the inevitable dusk.” – Susan Scarf Merrell

“Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore.” – Hindu Proverb

“I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be born to friends.” – James Boswell

“One can be a brother only in something. Where there is no tie that binds men, men are not united but merely lined up.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“When I look at each of my brothers, I see two things. First, I see the next place I want to leave a rosy welt. Second, I see a good man who will always be there, no matter how hard life gets for me or him. Then, I get out of the way because I realize he’s coming at me with a wet dish towel.” – Dan Pearce

“Nothing can stop me from loving my brother.” – Brandy Norwood

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“I grew up with six brothers. That’s how I learned to dance waiting for the bathroom.” – Bob Hope

“All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers.” – Chief Joseph

“When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life.” – Antisthenes

“If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her little brother.” – Sami Levenson

“He is my most beloved friend and my bitterest rival, my confidant and my betrayer, my sustainer and my dependent, and scariest of all, my equal.” – Gregg Levoy

“We may look old and wise to the outside world. But to each other, we are still in junior school.” – Charlotte Gray

“A brother is a gift to the heart, a friend to the spirit.” – Anonymous

“Never make a companion equal to a brother.” – Hesiod

“A sibling is the lens through which you see your childhood.” – Ann Hood

“Half the time when brothers wrestle, it’s just an excuse to hug each other.” – James Patterson

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“When brothers agree, no fortress is so strong as their common life.” – Antisthenes

“If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.” – Epictetus

“Brothers are what best friends can never be.” – Anonymous

“A friend is a brother who was once a bother.” – Anonymous

“Your brother is always the first male friend you will have in your life.” – Ritu Ghatourey

“He will make you cry but also make you laugh. He will make you scream but also dream.” – Maxime Lagacé

“I believe in one thing, that only a life lived for others is a life worth living.” – Albert Einstein

“Sibling relationships and 80% of Americans have at least one outlast marriages, survive the death of parents, resurface after quarrels that would sink any friendship. They flourish in a thousand incarnations of distance and closeness, warmth, loyalty and distrust.” – Erica E. Goode

“I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see. I sought my God, but my God eluded me. I sought my brother and I found all three.” – Anonymous

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“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects.” – Herman Melville

“Sisters and brothers are the truest, purest forms of love, family and friendship, knowing when to hold you and when to challenge you, but always being a part of you.” – Carol Ann Albright Eastman

“You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.” – Desmond Tutu

“Grant us brotherhood, not only for this day but for all our years – a brotherhood not of words but of acts and deeds.” – Stephen Vincent Benet

“Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars.” – Victor Hugo

“If you want to do really important things in life and big things in life, you can’t do anything by yourself. And your best teams are your friends and your siblings.” – Deepak Chopra

“Will you be there for him if he needs you? Of course. Should you love him without question? Absolutely.” – David Levithan

“We should all lend a helping hand to those in need as we are all brothers and sisters.” – Catherine Pulsifer

“All are brothers and sisters. All are one, be alike to everyone. That is unity.” – Sathya Sai Baba

“The world is now too small for anything but brotherhood.” – A. Powell Davies

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“I can get another husband but never another brother.” – Corsican proverb

“I’m the oldest, I make the rules. I’m in the middle, I’m the reason we have rules. I’m the youngest the rules don’t apply to me.” – Anonymous.

“You and I are brothers. Always remember that if you fall, I will pick you up… after I finish laughing.” – Anonymous

“Brothers are children of the same parents, each of whom is perfectly normal until they get together.” – Sam Levenson

“Home is wherever my bunch of crazies are.” – Anonymous

“I smile because you are my brother and I laugh because there is nothing you can do about it.” – Anonymous

“It is impossible to keep a small boy in the house, even in the worst weather, unless he has a sister to torment.” – Mary Wilson Little

“I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort where we overlap.” – Ani DiFranco

“Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.” – Alexander the Great

“Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet.” – Vietnamese proverb

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“If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over.” – Matthew 18:15

“We are all equal in the fact that we are all different. We are all the same in the fact that we will never be the same.” – C. JoyBell

“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.” – John Donne

“When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.” – Kahlil Gibran

“You need a brother, without one you’re like a person rushing to battle without a weapon.” – Arabic proverb

“Your brother is who gives you an honest advice.” – Arabic proverb

“Good brotherhood is the best wealth.” – Russian proverb

“It is better to host a good stranger than a bad brother.” – African proverb

“A sin against a brother or sister is an offence against the gods.” – African proverb

“Finally, all of you must live in harmony, be sympathetic, love as brothers, and be compassionate and humble.” – 1 Peter 3:8

“Moreover, if your brother shall trespass against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone.” – Matthew 18:15

You know you have an amazing brother if he takes care of you and makes sure you never get hurt physically or emotionally. He also knows how to make you laugh and teaches you a lot about life. He supports your goals and aspirations and does everything in his power to make them happen for you. Your brother loves you unconditionally and accepts you for who you are as a human being.

If you have a brother, show him know how much you love him and what he means to you by texting him one of these quotes. You can also add a sweet message in your own words. Whatever it is you decide to do, always remain close and keep your bond as strong as ever as the years go by!

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Question 1: Patti Smith’s Never Gone From NYC

Although, her New York no longer exists much like I wish her music would not

By: Katina Smith

The High Line of shops and $6 ice cream sandwiches is today’s Chelsea New York. This lower west side is no longer anything like of Smith’s ‘70s of heroin addicts and art warehouses. Today Chelsea is one of skyscrapers juxtaposed with cobblestone streets and has the fastest growing real estate prices of anywhere in Manhattan.

Patti Smith was a punk rocker of mainly the ‘70s. Smith and her lover, partner, and photographer Robert Mapplethorpe lived in the Hotel Chelsea — a place best known to freely house artists in exchange their work. The Chelsea has provided lodging to Jack Kerouac, Tennessee Williams, Cher, and Bob Dylan to name a few.

Given the likes of the residents in attendance, Smith and her recorded melodies are lackluster. Her best known and selling album, “Horses” comes up short and her voice is in need of some Robitussin. Her raspy off-beats are Joplin-lite and her lyrics more suited to poetry than a screechy throat-filled “Gloria.”

After reading her National Book Award-winning memoir “Just Kids,” and learning of Smith’s impressive coming of affluence in a New York no one wanted to be in, I desperately wanted to connect to her. Her manly esthetic of a white button-up, black pants, and unruly locks are a sharp juxtaposition to her repetitive high notes. Someone of her physical confidence does not have the musical talent to back it up — she lived on the streets of New York after leaving her New Jersey family. In 2011, she received an honorary degree from Pratt, a place she desperately needed to learn the artistic discipline from. Her ability to put pen to paper and write of her New York life with Mapplethorpe is nothing like her music.

Smith quickly escalates from high to low notes with the electrifying guitar that overpowers her screaming and screeching, rather than soothing her many vocal cords— much in need of a rest. The epitome of this is her sexy rasps and political overtones— far more suited to a slam session than a concert performance. The only glimpse of salvation is her “Hey Joe” that attempts a soft and feminine touch until she repeats her almost un-comprehensible “who shot her.” Much like I wish her music career was shot into the direction of poetry— fit for an underground village bar or in an accompaniment to the plethora of art stored in the ’70’s Chelsea Warehouses she lived all around. Smith’s NYC of underground artists is unfortunately gone today, but yet, her music still remains.

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Question 2: John Candy — A Sweet Uncle to Remember

“Uncle Buck” is the Uncle Chuck to the Patterson family

Uncle Buck, played by comedy legend John Candy, was a man of epic proportions. As an unemployed uncle tasked with caring for his niece and two nephews, Uncle Buck’s personality and attitude far outshine the small constraints of his wallet.

Forever in the imaginary of my older cousins, Uncle Buck is my dad, Uncle Chuck and his title will always reign supreme. As a man of larger than life size and personality, my dad is the uncle who’d do anything for a great laugh— exactly synonymous with Candy’s career and his movie portrayal as well. My dad and his sister have a huge age gap, my dad being 10 years younger, so he was the built-in babysitter for my 4 cousins charades.

Every Christmas and Thanksgiving, my cousins reminisce on the days of my dad’s watch — trips to Blockbuster for inappropriate movies, pizzas, and games of football which arguably ended with one child forced into an early retirement from injury.

The smile and escapades of Uncle Buck arguably put a smile on my face, thinking of my cousins' lives and my dad’s pre-wife, kids, and mortgage payments. John Candy was John Hughes number one actor, appearing in more of his comedy masterpieces than any other actor. This movie was filmed and released all within 1989, something unheard of in a society of thousands of cuts and special effects today.

John Candy’s legacy to my family is far greater than the massive pancakes he prepared or the cheap jokes he gave. Rather, it elicits nostalgia of days before cell-phones and responsibilities, but carefree fun and games. I always wish I knew my dad in his Uncle Buck days, as a person of care-free fun… a taste of which I get seeing his excitement on the eve of Christmas eve when we find my mom’s Christmas present, something she inevitably returns from our gaudy taste, and yet we have the time of our lives on a sugar-induced high of Christmas cookies and milkshakes that we use to fuel our shopping adventures.

Uncle Buck is Hugh’s holiday comedy before the massive success that is the Home Alone series, and really warms the hearts of those in 1989 when the film was released on DVD and even for people like me today— those always seeking out a cheap thrill.

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Fun but serious 1: Princess Nokia, the Ultimate Pun Master

Alright, so I’m a little high strung and essentially a ninety-year-old so my friend gave me rap lessons all of last year. She knew my love of puns and therefore felt I would appreciate the lyrics of rap lyrics. Now, these rap lessons are not teaching me how to perfect the art form —that would just be weird and almost minstrel, I mean white preppy kids are not meant to rap. Rather, the lessons were on the history of the industry and featured a new artist or release almost every week.

Princess Nokia was one of my favorites, her Harlem Puerto Rican roots interesting in their impact on her lyrics. Her New York home and young age make her relatable to me, especially within my NYC college experience. This “ABC’s of New York” is fascinating in Princess Nokia’s use of an elementary concept and it’s applicability on her greater life story. Honestly, my rap knowledge is so young that I’m shocked my friend did not introduce me to this song in the first place. Her explaining of the MTA’s vastness is relatable to me, “Underground are MTA, close my eyes and ride the train

Back and forth on every day, anywhere, anyway” as it’s something I do almost all the time. More than just applicability to New Yorkers, Princess Nokia discusses huge politician issues of police officer abuse and drugs within lower-income communities, something that can use any attention it can get!

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Fun but serious 2: Utilizing NY in My Senior Year

Before this class, I’d gone to shows and museums, yet not nearly enough to warrant the three years that I’ve spent here. The fact that this class forced me to museums, to concerts, and to theater performances, pushed me into so many enjoyable experiences that I should have sought out more frequently previously... I will next semester! The fact that I not only went to these things, but also was forced to critique, review, analyze, and connect them to myself and the history of the performance was quite rewarding.

In all seriousness, the interrelation between performances, how I felt about them, how they related to everyday life and the history of an industry has insurmountable helped me to write my law school personal statement (as you know) in a concise way that I wouldn’t have otherwise. The connection that you forced me to find with Eloise helped me in my thesis defense presentation on the Plaza Hotel, and why I’d chose a mythological and elitist topic in a room of students discussing more “hard topics.”

Furthermore, the reality is, I love New York City, but I will probably be going to law school someplace new— with that being said, I need to appreciate everything that I can from the city in the semester I have left, and this class forced me to do that. I now have a better way in articulating my feelings about specific works of art— I’ve come a long way from Bemelman’s Bar to “My Fair Lady.”

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_text_separator title=”Interview by Paul Salfen” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-pencil” i_color=”custom” style=”shadow” border_width=”7″ add_icon=”true” i_custom_color=”#ff0000″][interactive_banner_2 banner_title=”Tyler Shields: Provocateur” banner_desc=”Edgy. Dark. Controversial. Risque. Shocking. These are words often used to describe the work of “Hollywood’s Favorite Photographer” Tyler Shields. But when the man behind it appears to not be living in theme with his work and has a rather sunny disposition, how his mind works seems even more intriguing. For a man that calls Marilyn Manson a close friend and often creates suggestive and thought-provoking work, one might expect a brooding or odd creature to be behind it. Instead, the 34-year-old is charming, engaging, and quite funny. ” banner_image=”id^31383|url^http://www.amfm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/TYLER-SHIELDS-Orchid.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^TYLER SHIELDS-Orchid|description^null” banner_style=”style7″ image_opacity=”1″ image_opacity_on_hover=”1″ banner_title_font_family=”font_family:Abril Fatface|font_call:Abril+Fatface” banner_title_style=”font-style:italic;,font-weight:bold;” banner_title_font_size=”desktop:70px;” banner_desc_font_family=”font_family:Abril Fatface|font_call:Abril+Fatface” banner_desc_style=”font-style:italic;,font-weight:bold;” banner_desc_font_size=”desktop:30px;”][vc_column_text]Born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1982, Shields didn’t get into photography until 2003 – but then published a book just two years later. Since then, his work has been shown in exhibitions all over the world. After starting a decade ago directing music videos, he moved on to photos and has done striking work with the likes of starlets Emma Roberts, Lindsay Lohan, Ashley Greene, and Abigail Breslin.

His next endeavor is film. He directed the thriller Final Girl and has another, Outlaw, that is finished, and another called The Wild Ones in production.

In between those, though, his bread and butter are these art gallery exhibitions like the one currently at the Samuel Lynne Galleries in the Design District in Dallas. “I actually lived here a bit when I was a kid,” he reveals. “There was a skate park that I used to come to Eisenberg’s. So Arlo Eisenberg, who was a big pro skater, was a friend of mine, so I uscalleded to come see him and I met JD [Miller, the gallery owner and fellow artist] and them and they wanted me to come do a gallery and I met Gina [Ginsburg, entrepreneur and Dallas socialite] and I just kept coming back.”

But it’s not just a full gallery he desires while in town. “I like to eat about my body weight in steak. I’ve eaten enough steak to feed a small army at this point,” he laughs. “Literally last night I got off the plane and I said, “Steakhouse. Let’s go!” We went to this place, Al Biernat’s. Gina takes me there every time.”

Shields then looks around at his work surrounding him and begins to recall the great moments with a proud look on his face.

AMFM Magazine: I can’t imagine what it takes to get one of these images to happen, much less a gallery – or a book – of them. Which shot pained you the most?

Tyler Shields: Oh, man. The Marie Antoinette shots took a long time because we built everything. The sets, they made the champagne glasses, the wigs – I had a team of 20 women making wigs. Then we took sledgehammers to it at the end. That one took the most time. The most interesting one was the KKK one [where a naked black man appears to be hanging a Klan member]. I don’t know if I’ve ever told anyone this: when we were doing it, we were doing it in a swamp and I’m in the swamp as well but you can’t see me because there are all of these bushes because there was a hill above it. But there was a family hiking and so they’re hiking by and my assistant and everyone is hiding in the bushes so they can’t be seen in the shot. I’m literally up to here in the swamp and I see the guy and the guy holding the rope says, “There’s a dude up there. What do I do?” and I said, “Act natural.” It was so ridiculous that I said that that he just didn’t do anything and so he’s still holding him up. Because if he lets the rope go, the guy is just going to fall down. So the guy is hiking and he looks down on us and he looks down and he goes, “Come on! Come on!” and he’s got kids out there. So somewhere out there there’s a guy that got an eyeful of us taking that but not me – just that moment. Imagine him calling the park ranger: “I don’t know what is happening but…”

AMFM: You’ve got a lot of people talking about your work with each new set. How do you continue to top yourself?

 TS: Well, when we did “The Dirty Side of Glamour” my friend said, “Well, we did it. You’re not going to top that.” We did the next thing and he said, “Alright, you’re not going to top that.” And now he doesn’t say that anymore. He just says, “OK, do that. You’ll figure it out.” There are so many ideas. I had the idea for the Marie Antoinette stuff so many years ago but it just takes time to get it together sometimes – like the orchid shot. It took three years for me to get that right – the color and orchid.

AMFM: How many frames would you have to go through to get that shot?

TS: Oh, no…there’s only, like, two. Once we had it – I probably spent 30 minutes getting her just to play with the tongue before I even took the picture. And then shoot a couple and that’s it.

AMFM: So where do you find your inspiration? Do you find it just walking around and you just see stuff different than, say, I do?

TS: One hundred percent. It’s interesting because people say, “Oh, you must have seen this from this” and they’re always trying to connect it to something but I just…I remember with this one there was a girl I was shooting and it looked nothing like this but she was just blow-drying her hair and I thought it would be funny if she put it in her mouth and was blow-drying her hair. Those two things had nothing to do with each other at all, but that’s just what I see when I see that and then with the car one I always loved the idea of the woman kind of crushing the car but I saw a Lambo and a woman walking by with her dog and I thought, “Oh, what if the woman could just take her heels and smash the car?”

AMFM: It is amazing how many images we see and ideas we have in our heads in a day and sometimes it’s hard to tell where the inspiration comes from after a while, right?

TS: Of course. And now we’re so inundated with images. When I started out, I didn’t know much about photography or photographers and most of them didn’t have websites or a photography book collection so every once in a while you would see a Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, or Vogue cover but you wouldn’t see stuff like this but now every day so many photographs are just posted alone on Instagram, so there’s just so, so much out there.

AMFM: Is it interesting to see when people post and repost your photos and what they say about them?

TS: Yeah. It’s really cool to see when people repost what they actually say about it and the ones that take on their own life. I’ll get messages like, “Oh, Gigi Hadid posted this photo.” And she doesn’t even know that I took it but they’re just posting it because they love the photo.

AMFM: And some become memes. Is that an honor?

TS: Yeah! I think if you make something that gets turned into a meme you’re hitting a certain point of the zeitgeist, which is fun. I’ve seen the ballet one and the one of the girl that’s got the really crazy attitude and there’s like 20 memes for that one, which I think is awesome.

AMFM: In your book, the celebrities aren’t credited underneath the images. Most people would want to use their names to help create interest but you don’t do that.

TS: You could take a photo of Kate Moss and they would buy it because it’s Kate Moss but the idea for me is to use people that create the photo I want to create and they’re acting in it but it’s not about who’s in it. That’s when you really hit the best thing. [Points to an image of a naked woman covering herself but with no face shown]That girl is an actress. I’m not going to say who she is but she was just playing that part. It doesn’t matter who it is – it’s about the photo. That being said, I’ve shot people where it’s all about them but the stuff in here, it’s not the goal.

AMFM: Which photographers influenced you?

TS: It’s weird because like I said, I knew who Annie Leibovitz was, Ansel Adams, but when I started doing the auctions, that’s when I started to understand the power of Helmut Newton, the power of [Robert] Mapplethorpe, Irving Penn, [Richard] Avedon, and people started comparing to me to Helmut Newton back in the day and I thought, “OK, let me look this guy up” and he’s a character. He’s hilarious…one of the funniest people. As you see what these people do – we’re awarded so much more now. Helmut was great and he worked for such a long time and did commercial stuff but didn’t want to do that anymore and he just started shooting for himself and that wasn’t really a thing back then. You couldn’t make a living selling prints in the ‘60s and ‘70s whereas if he was doing it today, he wouldn’t need to work for anybody.

AMFM: But now you can do it and you don’t have to shoot Super Bowl commercials or anything.

TS: Without those guys like Mapplethorpe…those guys forged the way for this kind of value in photography – which I obviously appreciate! [Laughs]

AMFM: You have a lot of aspiring photographers looking up to you. What advice would you give them?

TS: You know, one of my assistants – I explained it to him like this: when you start out in photography, you see what you can be – but it takes time. You could pick up a camera today and you could copy an Instagram style and have a bunch of followers on Instagram – you could have 10 million followers on Instagram and not sell one print. You just have to understand who you’re making the work for. You’re making the work for a gallery, for a wall. I have some photos that may not get the most likes on Instagram but people buy them. You have to figure out what you want and make the work that people want. I’ve talked to a lot of people that say that’s what they want but they’re afraid that their mom won’t like it or they’ll be judged for it and that’s the worst.

AMFM: And sometimes you just need to get out of LA and see what everyone else says about your work.

TS: Yeah! I just did a show in like this Ohio and we had 800 people come on opening night and they’re excited I’m coming there.

AMFM: I know I’d never be a subject of yours but how do you find the subjects? Do you just look at someone and know that’s who you want to use next?

TS: It’s funny because you’ll meet someone sometimes now but it’s usually a referral. “Oh my God, you gotta shoot my boyfriend,” “You gotta shoot my friend,” and sometimes people are emailing you and sending you photos. Sometimes I’ll see someone and it doesn’t look anything like what I would do with them but that’s part of the fun of it. You have to see the potential of what someone can be rather than who they are. You can use anybody for anything if the theme fits.

AMFM: And now it looks like your next medium is film. Of course we saw Final Girl, but you’ve got a few pending.

TS: I’m working on film that will be done I’ll say at the end of February and I’m working on a script that my company got that was on the blacklist – so I’m working on those now and I’m doing a new project with [Marilyn] Manson. He’s a wild man. He’s funny – but the nicest guy. Literally we talk every day. He’s the funniest texter. Just ridiculous.

AMFM: What do you want people to get out of this exhibition when they walk out?

TS: My biggest thing with making this type of stuff is I want to allow someone to form their own opinion. I had some people ask – one in an interview – “You did this because of this, this, and this” – they were so sure of it and I said “I’m not going to argue with you” and they said, “Because I’m right” and I said, “No, it’s not because you’re right and that’s your opinion.” I make stuff and I won’t think it’s controversial at all and people will freak out and I’ll say, “What’s the big deal? It’s a flower! I don’t know why you think it looks like something else. To me it’s just a flower!” But that’s part of the fun – you allow the interpretation of it.” When you start to explain it, you take away the fun of it because the conversation is why you make it. When the KKK image came out, this guy came up to me and said, “This image really affects me” and I said, “OK, that’s awesome.” And he goes, “Yeah, it’s crazy that the guy is saving the guy” and I hadn’t heard anyone say that that before. If I had said beforehand, “No, this is what it means and this is what you have to think about it,” there’s no fun in that. You have to leave mystery.

The Tyler Shields: “Provocateur” exhibition is on view at the Samuel Lynne Galleries in Dallas through February 11, 2017.

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