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THIS kind of thing is becoming all too common. Something has to be done to stop nubile young negresses from making flags of naked flesh under the flimsy pretense of jungle bunny folklore. 
Painting with breasts at BMOCA
Women gather to liberate themselves, make colorful flags
BOULDER, Colo. — Bare-breasted African women form a tunnel to greet their soldiers returning from war -- healing the troops just with their presence. This story is an African tradition that is said to heal the men from the mental and physical pains of war and return them to their normal daily lives.
About 25 women at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art learned about these traditions Saturday and removed their shirts for their own liberating experience.
Sally King, an artist from Lyons who heard about the tradition from an African friend, spoke to the women about the natural healing and energy contained in a woman's body.
King said that she wanted to do something similar to the African tradition to share a liberating feeling with other women.
King came up with the idea of having women paint their breasts, take a sheet of muslin cloth and press it to their chest to leave their -- ahem -- mark.
"We can't do exactly what they do," King said of the Africans. "We can do a representation of the same love."
King wants to share the prints -- similar to Tibetan prayer flags -- with U.S. soldiers returning from the war in Iraq. King told a story about how she greeted a young soldier returning from Iraq and presented him with one of the flags. She said that he enjoyed the flag and felt a very strong connection to her.
At the event, only a hanging curtain separated the women from others visiting the museum. But the women didn't seem to mind. Screaming and laughing echoed from the dimly lit second-floor room. A Camera reporter had to leave for the painting part of the session, and organizers didn't allow a photographer into the event.
But in interviews afterward, participants said they were connected in a spiritual way.
"It's such a great bonding experience," Lisa McDonough said to another woman. "I may not see you again, but I feel such a strong connection to you."
It's still unclear what King will do with the flags, but many women suggested sending them to soldiers in Iraq or a veterans' hospital. There were prints of all colors and sizes. Some mixed different colors; one woman splattered her purple imprints with orange paint.
"It's liberating," said another Lisa, who didn't reveal her last name for privacy reasons. "We're all individuals with different sizes and shapes. ... It's about women getting together and accepting their bodies."
Sarah Kinn, a program coordinator at the museum, said the gathering allowed women to be more comfortable with their bodies.
"It's such a symbolic way for people to remember that women's bodies are nurturing, healing ... and this can be shared with people," she said.
Women gather to liberate themselves, make colorful flags
BOULDER, Colo. — Bare-breasted African women form a tunnel to greet their soldiers returning from war -- healing the troops just with their presence. This story is an African tradition that is said to heal the men from the mental and physical pains of war and return them to their normal daily lives.
About 25 women at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art learned about these traditions Saturday and removed their shirts for their own liberating experience.
Sally King, an artist from Lyons who heard about the tradition from an African friend, spoke to the women about the natural healing and energy contained in a woman's body.
King said that she wanted to do something similar to the African tradition to share a liberating feeling with other women.
King came up with the idea of having women paint their breasts, take a sheet of muslin cloth and press it to their chest to leave their -- ahem -- mark.
"We can't do exactly what they do," King said of the Africans. "We can do a representation of the same love."
King wants to share the prints -- similar to Tibetan prayer flags -- with U.S. soldiers returning from the war in Iraq. King told a story about how she greeted a young soldier returning from Iraq and presented him with one of the flags. She said that he enjoyed the flag and felt a very strong connection to her.
At the event, only a hanging curtain separated the women from others visiting the museum. But the women didn't seem to mind. Screaming and laughing echoed from the dimly lit second-floor room. A Camera reporter had to leave for the painting part of the session, and organizers didn't allow a photographer into the event.
But in interviews afterward, participants said they were connected in a spiritual way.
"It's such a great bonding experience," Lisa McDonough said to another woman. "I may not see you again, but I feel such a strong connection to you."
It's still unclear what King will do with the flags, but many women suggested sending them to soldiers in Iraq or a veterans' hospital. There were prints of all colors and sizes. Some mixed different colors; one woman splattered her purple imprints with orange paint.
"It's liberating," said another Lisa, who didn't reveal her last name for privacy reasons. "We're all individuals with different sizes and shapes. ... It's about women getting together and accepting their bodies."
Sarah Kinn, a program coordinator at the museum, said the gathering allowed women to be more comfortable with their bodies.
"It's such a symbolic way for people to remember that women's bodies are nurturing, healing ... and this can be shared with people," she said.
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