Exquisite Corpse 09
©1993 Craig Ashby and Laura Farrow
3″ x 5″
Pen and Ink

Exquisite Corpse 09 could be an alternate reality Smiths song. Amputee in a Tutu. Any man could get used to.

I think this was inspired due to Skip Elsheimer’s booklets of amputees. He had this fetish catalog. It was so specific and wonderful.

Some people are into single or double amputees. With specific combinations. All left side. Both legs. Left too and right bottom.

He had pictures for every scenario. Models for every combination. The it was a lovely bit of mind opening information.

This was typical of Skip. He is and was a revelation. A great guy who stayed outside of most crap going on at work. He was his own person.

His weirdness authentic. His house a reflection of this high strangeness. CPR dummies for days and an educational film collection that rivaled the best of museums.

He is another idea like Wendy Piper. Someone whom I would love to pick their brain right now. See where they are at and how they are viewing this process of getting older.

I will tag him in Facebook when his goes up and see if he has any input. It worked in the Cruel Joke post. Let me try it again.