{"id":497,"date":"2007-11-05T09:56:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-05T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/?p=497"},"modified":"2007-11-05T09:56:00","modified_gmt":"2007-11-05T15:56:00","slug":"2007-11-05-babybabybaby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/2007-11-05-babybabybaby\/","title":{"rendered":"2007-11-05 Babybabybaby"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"flickr-frame\">\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/royblumenthal\/1873838709\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2172\/1873838709_126e9c8d1f.jpg?w=605\" class=\"flickr-photo\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\t<span class=\"flickr-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/royblumenthal\/1873838709\/\">2007-11-05 Babybabybaby<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/royblumenthal\/\">royblumenthal<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\">\tSitting in Doppio Zero. And the latest update to ArtRage 2.5 popped onto my system. So I thought I&#8217;d give it a whirl.<\/p>\n<p>Just messing around, and decided to paint a reallllly miserable baby. I reckon it&#8217;s cos I&#8217;ve been thinking quite a lot about abuse.<\/p>\n<p>My neighbours three nights ago were screaming and shouting at each other. And then there was an almighty bang, followed by what sounded like flesh striking flesh.<\/p>\n<p>And I decided to go and deal with the situation. Got dressed quickly. Shoes on. Went next door.<\/p>\n<p>Two drunk youngsters. Him standing in the middle of the lounge. Her lying on the floor, half draped over a chair.<\/p>\n<p>It looked bad.<\/p>\n<p>I said, &#8216;Hey guys, I heard some shouting and some loud bangs. So I just wanted to come over to see if all was okay.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Kept my voice very calm, very reasonable. But I was in full combat mode. Proper stance. Ready to strike at any moment. The whole lot.<\/p>\n<p>He said, &#8216;Hey, thanks, it&#8217;s fine. We&#8217;re shouting at each other. I&#8217;m sorry. Didn&#8217;t mean to wake you. She&#8217;s pissed. Pissed! I fucking hate it when she&#8217;s like this.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>And she looked up from the floor. No sign of any violence to her. And she slurred, &#8216;Huh? Uh? Huhhhhh. Soooorrrry.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>And she kinda got to her feet almost, then toppled into the wall, and slid along it into the hallway, where she passed out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Hey dude,&#8217; I said, &#8216;I&#8217;m just checking if there&#8217;s any violence going down. And it would be better if you&#8217;re feeling violent to just come round to my place, chill out, talk it down a bit. Is there anything hectic going down?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Hey, broe,&#8217; he said, &#8216;nah. Nothing like that.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>It looked authentic. So I went back to my place. Jennifer was there. And we were both shaking. She came out of an incredibly abusive marriage. Her hubby was a complete prick. Still is, actually. And crap like this reminds her of the worst.<\/p>\n<p>A little later, the dude knocked on my door. &#8216;Hey,&#8217; he said, &#8216;I&#8217;m sorry about that. I just wanted to come and say thank you for coming round. That&#8217;s a really cool neighbour to do that. Thanks man. And I just want you to know that the two of us are never violent. And if you ever hear anything like this again, please feel free to pop round.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>And then we talked a bit of shit. Jennifer made tea. And then he went home.<\/p>\n<p>And all through this, I&#8217;m just thinking, &#8216;Ugh. Abuse. Not necessary.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><i>This painting was made on my Toshiba Tecra M4 using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ambientdesign.com\/artrage.html\">ArtRage 2.5<\/a> with cheesy continental music piped out of a speaker above my head at Doppio Zero in Greenside.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">Roy Blumenthal is a writer, director, artist, and <a href=\"http:\/\/snipurl.com\/visualfacilitator\">visual facilitator<\/a>. Hire him to make pictures of your meetings or workshops.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2007-11-05 Babybabybaby, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. Sitting in Doppio Zero. And the latest update to ArtRage 2.5 popped onto my system. So I thought I&#8217;d give it a whirl. 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