I think the universe is trying to tell me something? I don't know.. But tonight, while I was out in the EV, walking with my friend, I saw Ryan Matthew from Oddities! The show I've been watching for the last couple of days! First I went to Obscura which he frequents and learned about Michael Sullivan, a stop motion animator, now two days later, I saw Ryan talking to someone on the street! What does it all mean? I've always been interested in taxidermy, mortuary science and old, weird stuff, so maybe I should do something more like it and abandon modern science? I don't know, but I can't deny sometimes, when 2 things happen in your life that may not be coincidental, that the universe or something is trying to give you clues or hints to do something different and change your life?
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I've been watching Oddities on Netflix lately, so I decided to visit Obscura on Ave A. I really didn't do too much snooping since I was with my fiance and I didn't want him to wait too long, but I did see a doll or robot figure that I liked.
I asked the annoying, pretentious asshole behind the register how much it was and he said $300. I said oh cool, then he decides to tell me a little more about it and said it was from Michael Sullivan and he does stop motion. I said yeah, I was thinking about that too. He replies, yeah you should do some research on him. So I am doing it now. I guess I wasn't too annoyed, but when you want to sell things, maybe you shouldn't degrade the customer. Whatevs, so Michael Sullivan worked on sets and puppets for projects such as Star Trek V and Joe's Apartment. He also has one of his installations at The Museum of Sex. Now he is doing his own film, The Sex Life of Robots. I found out what goes into the $300 doll. It's actually a Barbie Doll with the hair cut off, a clay helmet, holes and painted dirty grey, with black enamel. THAT'S IT! But I am sure it takes some time etc.. There's also a documentary called Meaning of Robots, directed by Matt Lenski, which Mr. Sullivan is in! |
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