poppys said:

What about this creative mask?

Does anyone know about this photo? Why is he so covered up with thick gloves? Was it really cold?

This is his Tora Tora period where he would not speak to anyone and had Mayte speak for him.
This was during the period where he was performing new material (outside of WB) EXODUS album 1994

Tora Tora was a Japanese war cry

Thanks OF4S. If this isn't masking, nothing is. I it.

OldFriends4Sale said:

purplefam99 said:

I think being masked was probably restful in a large way. To be out yet shielded. I know I wouldn't want to be made to be veiled But some days the option would be nice.

So true. And that knife cuts both ways - Protection and Deception. Smile face, frown face masks. Theater symbols and yet they are evident in real life too. In New Orleans there is a law on the books that masking is only permitted at Mardi Gras. Covered and sensual - you are whoever you want to be. Or, maybe I'm gonna die right now - think rapists, robbers and the KKK, 100% masking their identity for terrible reasons.

Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQhbz5ZSS7Y

True Commedia'dellarte alive and well in the USA right now!

Feathers are not cheap. Each bead is hand sown, no glue guns. The process of making "The Suit" is part of the spiritual participation in the practice and takes most of the year. There is a ritual that goes on regarding how you honor the Big Chief of any tribe. In my case, the Golden Eagles Big Chief Monk Boudreaux.

[Edited 10/12/17 11:15am]

purplefam99 said:

poppys said:

Mardi Gras 2018

Tuesday, February 13

those eyes!!!!!! great example of how mardi gras tradition is heavily influenced in his work.

i wonder how his mother decorated the home. my mom was into italiante furniture. lots of

statue style lamps and marble cherubs and paintings of that sort. funny thing about the Lovesexy

cover i never thought it was sexy or flattering cause i think it reminded me of those

naked cherbs statues in my childhood home and i was like why would he want to resemble a fat little

baby. remember those crazy dripping oil lamps with the goddess in the center that as a kid you always wanted to touch. it is amazing how the things we grow up seeing really become a part of our

fiber. I think the nods to his New Orleans roots are huge and serve as the formative heart place from which he

saw other connections.

It is very interesting how your comments also connect with the other thread as well (about Ancient Rome/Greece etc).

purplefam99 said:

poppys said:

Another Innamorati

That shot is great, his physical movement energy mate Cat was!!! She was/is so very very beautiful. Look at them!

OldFriends4Sale said:

CherryMoon57 said:

Yes, that's interesting. I'd love to find out more about it.

that clown in this scene always made me ?

Perhaps the clown is there to remind the viewers about the 'comedic' aspect of the film, and maybe as a reference to the three clowns incarnated by Charlie Chaplin...
Also note that the clown is wearing the Pierrot outfit (combining elements of the funny/sad characters as in tragi-comedy).

CherryMoon57 said:

poppys said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

4 Sheila E's 1986 birthday

Great find OF4S! (do you know who drew this?)
I wonder which characters from the Comedia Del Arte they could have been inspired from...

OldFriends4Sale said:

poppys said:

What about this creative mask?

Does anyone know about this photo? Why is he so covered up with thick gloves? Was it really cold?

This is his Tora Tora period where he would not speak to anyone and had Mayte speak for him.
This was during the period where he was performing new material (outside of WB) EXODUS album 1994

Tora Tora was a Japanese war cry

This type of scarf mask also looks VERY similar to the ones used in the Carribean carnival costumes in the photos posted by poppys a couple of days ago!

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux of the Golden Eagles - New Orleans, Louisiana.

CherryMoon57 said:

poppys said:

I have the pleasure of being aquainted with Monk. Such a lovely and well respected man.

Just like Prince did. Create! Create! Create!

purplefam99 said:

CherryMoon57 said:

This type of scarf mask also looks VERY similar to the ones used in the Carribean carnival costumes in the photos posted by poppys a couple of days ago!

A couple of the photos call "phantom of the opera" to me

Did you just say 'Phantom of the Opera?' Well...

Artwork by Elizabeth Moore

she did some work for Prince during the PR tour and others shows

I cannot copy in paste where I am so here is the full description

http://prince.org/msg/7/4...?&pg=4 post # 97

CherryMoon57 said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

4 Sheila E's 1986 birthday

Great find OF4S! (do you know who drew this?)
I wonder which characters from the Comedia Del Arte they could have been inspired from...

Artwork by Elizabeth Moore

she did some work for Prince during the PR tour and others shows

I cannot copy in paste where I am so here is the full description

http://prince.org/msg/7/4...?&pg=4 post # 97

CherryMoon57 said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

4 Sheila E's 1986 birthday

Great find OF4S! (do you know who drew this?)
I wonder which characters from the Comedia Del Arte they could have been inspired from...

I love stuff like this.
It is a strong infusion of Native-America & African cultures with the French Catholicism unfused around it all

The costumes Native connection look a lot like the Brazilian festivals too and both have a strong Aztec Meso-American connection.

poppys said:

Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQhbz5ZSS7Y

True Commedia'dellarte alive and well in the USA right now!

Feathers are not cheap. Each bead is hand sown, no glue guns. The process of making "The Suit" is part of the spiritual participation in the practice and takes most of the year. There is a ritual that goes on regarding how you honor the Big Chief of any tribe. In my case, the Golden Eagles Big Chief Monk Boudreaux.

[Edited 10/12/17 11:15am]

OldFriends4Sale said:

Artwork by Elizabeth Moore

she did some work for Prince during the PR tour and others shows

I cannot copy in paste where I am so here is the full description

http://prince.org/msg/7/4...?&pg=4 post # 97

CherryMoon57 said:

Great find OF4S! (do you know who drew this?)
I wonder which characters from the Comedia Del Arte they could have been inspired from...

Thanks OF4S!

poppys said:

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux of the Golden Eagles - New Orleans, Louisiana.

This is absolutely beautiful!!! Oh and look, a tamborine and a white dove!

OldFriends4Sale said:

I love stuff like this.
It is a strong infusion of Native-America & African cultures with the French Catholicism unfused around it all

The costumes Native connection look a lot like the Brazilian festivals too and both have a strong Aztec Meso-American connection.

poppys said:

Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQhbz5ZSS7Y

True Commedia'dellarte alive and well in the USA right now!

Feathers are not cheap. Each bead is hand sown, no glue guns. The process of making "The Suit" is part of the spiritual participation in the practice and takes most of the year. There is a ritual that goes on regarding how you honor the Big Chief of any tribe. In my case, the Golden Eagles Big Chief Monk Boudreaux.

[Edited 10/12/17 11:15am]

Yes, quite a melting pot of cultures here!

CherryMoon57 said:

poppys said:

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux of the Golden Eagles - New Orleans, Louisiana.

This is absolutely beautiful!!! Oh and look, a tamborine and a white dove!

Yep. That is why I posted these Cherry Moon, there are many.

The suits are worn for one year only in the Mardi Gras parading tradition and a new one is made for each year. The suits can be used for performance and other events so it is not set in stone. Sometimes the beaded panels are stripped out and used in future suits but it is tribe to tribe if that is OK. The Mardi Gras Indian Chief comes out of his house on Mardi Gras morning and greets his followers/second line with the new colors for the year that have been kept secret. (I have done this)

poppys said:

I have the pleasure of being aquainted with Monk. Such a lovely and well respected man.

Just like Prince did. Create! Create! Create!

oh wow that is really neat. his spirit shows in the pics!!

CherryMoon57 said:

poppys said:

Big Chief Monk Boudreaux of the Golden Eagles - New Orleans, Louisiana.

This is absolutely beautiful!!! Oh and look, a tamborine and a white dove!

yes Cherry the dove!!! and i also noticed he is wearing big thick gloves like Prince is the picture all in red that

Poppy posted earlier.

CherryMoon57 said:

purplefam99 said:

CherryMoon57 said: A couple of the photos call "phantom of the opera" to me

Did you just say 'Phantom of the Opera?' Well...

ahhhh yes Cherry, thank you for the recall.

It really crosses many 'boundries'. That's what makes CherryMoon's topic so amazing and vast, yet encompassing .

poppys said: