Deity Smoking with Hand of Squirrel

January 30, 2005 7:49 PM

Floating legless infants (with dwarves), smoking gods, and skeletal studies of cartoon characters. The intriguing and unnerving work of artist and illustrator Michael Paulus.
posted by LeeJay (9 comments total)

also
posted by buriednexttoyou at 7:56 PM on January 30, 2005

Damn. I searched for that exact URL too using the Google search. Crapped out on my first post.
posted by LeeJay at 8:04 PM on January 30, 2005

Well, it's your first post, so I forgive you. You'll learn the ropes soon enough.
posted by buriednexttoyou at 8:11 PM on January 30, 2005

Well it's a more comprehensive link than the last, so I say leave it. Because looking through it led me to this, which led me to this Google cache of Beverley Paulus' website which led me to this which has all led me to be confused. I mean, human sterilization. Art. Which made me think a lot more about the first time I saw this.
posted by bdave at 8:23 PM on January 30, 2005

wow this has totaly only been posted on metafilter twice before.

I haddn't seen
the other paintings
they're not that keen
in fact they're sucking.
balls.
posted by delmoi at 8:53 PM on January 30, 2005

Delmoi, if you wish to flame, take it outside.
posted by buriednexttoyou at 9:01 PM on January 30, 2005

And if you don't learn the ropes we'll hang you by them.
posted by TwelveTwo at 10:15 PM on January 30, 2005

If you want to see a smoking god, take a look at this drawing of a Maya carving from Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico. This is God L, from the Temple of the Cross. Drawing by Linda Schele.
posted by Xoc at 10:59 PM on January 30, 2005

Well, I don't know much about art, but I know what I like.

This ain't it.
posted by dg at 3:14 AM on January 31, 2005