Comments on: The Art of Self Harming https://godammit.com/the-art-of-self-harming/ And I'm getting madder. Mon, 30 Sep 2013 15:35:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Faty https://godammit.com/the-art-of-self-harming/comment-page-1/#comment-2075736 Mon, 30 Sep 2013 15:35:24 +0000 http://www.godammit.com/?p=8255#comment-2075736 she is*

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By: Faty https://godammit.com/the-art-of-self-harming/comment-page-1/#comment-2075732 Mon, 30 Sep 2013 15:34:43 +0000 http://www.godammit.com/?p=8255#comment-2075732 i was doing gruelling work for my Arts A levels essay which i chose to be “Self Harm in the Name of Art.” I find what shes done really helpfull, i am personally one of those who self harm too, but reading these comments cracked me up. Kudos for making my day better. People on the internet are so hilarious and cool..:’)

P.s: personally, i think what shes done can be considered as art, you guys DO want to know about it now dont you?? Fascination while seeing it, her being able to express herself in whatever way she finds helpfull, and at the end of the day, it is her body. she should be allowed to do whatever she wants even if you is starking mad.

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By: shuu https://godammit.com/the-art-of-self-harming/comment-page-1/#comment-1256451 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 21:32:24 +0000 http://www.godammit.com/?p=8255#comment-1256451 hee hee! It isn’t OCD, the compulsion to pick at skin is called Dysautonomia. I have it too, you aren’t alone!!

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By: Sister Wolf https://godammit.com/the-art-of-self-harming/comment-page-1/#comment-806936 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:13:40 +0000 http://www.godammit.com/?p=8255#comment-806936 tarandtreacly – Isn’t that from “Blood Script,” her other performance in 2008? I’m ridiculing her “Note to Self” from 2005.

There is a Jewish woman (can’t recall her name) whose entire back is tattooed with images of the Holocaust, and as a Jew, I feel she is just nuts.

Alicia – I hope your boyfriend appreciates your work, And yes, we can team up.

Marky – Picture her wearing tons of gold jewelry. Now what?

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By: Marky https://godammit.com/the-art-of-self-harming/comment-page-1/#comment-806892 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:40:55 +0000 http://www.godammit.com/?p=8255#comment-806892 I do think the inkless tattoos on Mary Coble’s body do qualify as art. On a purely aesthetic level, the sheer number of raised pink cuts and the texture are kind of beautiful. Toss in the political statement, and it’s kind of genius, I think.

Your leg picking: Yes. If you could document it as obsessively as you do it, that would be something that merits an NEA fellowship. I imagine a slide show of the picking, the resultant wounds, the picking tools, all projected on your bare legs; your hands shackled to the wall, two sets of tweezers just out of reach. You could talk to people in the gallery about how much you want the tweezers, how much you want to pick your legs. I also think there should be an industrial clock mounted on the wall above you, and the hands should move ten times faster than they normally do. I find that when I indulge my OCD time flies.

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By: tartandtreacly https://godammit.com/the-art-of-self-harming/comment-page-1/#comment-805369 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:29:37 +0000 http://www.godammit.com/?p=8255#comment-805369 She had these names inklessly tattooed on her body as a reference to the brutality of these murders; many of the victims had slurs such as dyke or faggot carved into their bodies.

In my opinion this is art that is both meaningful and powerful, and deserves more consideration than just passing ridicule.

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By: Alicia https://godammit.com/the-art-of-self-harming/comment-page-1/#comment-801424 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:13:18 +0000 http://www.godammit.com/?p=8255#comment-801424 I do the same thing with my arms. And legs. Have for years. Do you need a second for this performance piece?

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By: carla https://godammit.com/the-art-of-self-harming/comment-page-1/#comment-800860 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:11:52 +0000 http://www.godammit.com/?p=8255#comment-800860 http://www.xojane.com/beauty/compulsive-skin-picking-products

ignore the article, read the comments.

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By: harmreduction https://godammit.com/the-art-of-self-harming/comment-page-1/#comment-799876 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:29:17 +0000 http://www.godammit.com/?p=8255#comment-799876 I almost passed out when I read of your “art installation”. You are fucking brilliant! I have gone to therapists of all sorts, mental health websites…and I have NEVER had anyone encourage me to take such a creative approach to a habit(?), obsession that I have suffered with for years.
Perhaps with this point of view, I can become more peaceful about the scarred, scabby, mess that I had once thought my legs to be.
Please, let me know if you have any more insights on your artistic processes.
BTW, I now have a major girl crush on you now.

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By: HMA https://godammit.com/the-art-of-self-harming/comment-page-1/#comment-799492 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:22:18 +0000 http://www.godammit.com/?p=8255#comment-799492 I do this. Ingrown hairs are always dug out with tweezers. I can’t help it. Scabs begone, too. Yet the reason that I can’t pick with my nails is that I ferociously bite my nails worse than anyone I’ve met. I’m 23 years old, am tremendously embarrassed about my hands, but I feel as though I have to do it. I hate these compulsions of mine 🙁

I used to also pull my hair out like Woolandmisc, thankfully only in a tiny spot at the back. It was a compulsion that I guess I haven’t done in many years, so I must have just one day forgotten about it. Weird.

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