Dog Poop and Staple Girl

Teaching can be treacherous if you don’t understand right from the start that your job is to facilitate discussions and get out of the way of the real teaching going on between students. Today, I am reminded of one student who taught me the power of a simple staple.

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Is Art Subjective?

Is Art subjective or universal?  Is this image of the living, human, form found prone on the floor an indicator or eroticism, abuse or something else?

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Welcome to RelationShaping ->(

Welcome to David W. Boles RelationShaping!  The intent of this blog is to examine, “The Spear of Technology Piercing the Body In Situ ->(” and we thank you for joining us!

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Three Million Years of Female Evolution

Is this evidence of human progress or of human dismay?
The first image is of “Lucy” the female hominid who lived 3.2 million years ago and her full-scale model was inspired by the structure of her skeletal remains.
The next image is an unnamed model from the Spring/Summer 2006-07 Pasarela Cibeles fashion show in Madrid September 21, 2006 and is created by the flesh and bones of high fashion.

The Evolution of Women

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