I am left bereft. That one's my favorite. Not dirty at all but it's a good example of a haiku text. One day in the winter of 2011 went to cheer a friend by sending him dirty haiku. It was super fun. I wrote ten in the first day alone. Soon I started writing them in a tiny red leather book, showed them to others and watched the blood rise to their cheeks. I listed to them being read aloud and felt
myself turn bright red to match the book's cover. It was too much fun to not share. I then asked Rob Liliedahl of Liliedahl Images if he'd be interested of taking pictures of my friends in their underwear. Now that I say that, I realize how odd of a question that is. But after explaining about the haiku I then explained that I was looking to take the poetry a step further and write on people's skin. Rob is a great photographer and I knew he could capture what was in my head a thousand times better than me guessing with a camera for hours on end. We did tests on two very dear friends. We thought, hmmm... maybe we can shoot around 20 shots and then have a nice little art show. We looked for about 10 volunteers and, so far, we have over 30. We thought maybe one shoot. At the final count we did somewhere around 15. We shot all 69 photos in 6 months and 8 days in 5 locations. We are currently offering fine art prints and will soon have merchandise such as t-shirts, greeting cards and possibly coffee mugs! Our ultimate goal is to print a full color coffee table book. It will showcase all 69 images. It will not be cheap to make unless we make thousands of them. To do that we need a publisher. Publishers are not looking into buying coffee table books in this economic climate without a guarantee that it will be worth their investment. This may take some time. This is where you come in. It's easy. Like the page. Share it on your Facebook. Keep in contact with us. Get the word out. Also, we love hearing from you. All your questions and likes and comments make our day. Every last one of them. Like. Share. Love. It's simple. Thank you, with all my heart. Always. Sincerely,
Heather A. Sticka