WARNING:  There will be run-on sentences here, and “think tank- like brainstorming” words, phrases, heiroglyphics....Pupik.  I call this my “stream of unconsciousness” writing.  I am a firm believer in the Jungian philosophy of the process of the unconscious becoming conscious, even though Jung is not as well liked in the academy as Freud.  Less on this later.

“Tuchus Offen Tisch”.  This is a phrase that many of us could have heard growing up in our households.  It has a literal meaning of “Put your cards on the table”, and also, a more “racy” translation of “Put your tuchus on the table”.  It very much reminds me of “Sh _ t, or get off the pot”. 

Why isn’t there a Tuchus Offen Tisch blog?  It is now, and it’s mine.

Pupik = bellybutton.

I am “process” oriented. Pupik has an “innie” and an “outie”.  I figured that I’d start in the middle of the body.  the physical body. body. body.  (oh Yes, and repetition is good; it is my friend, and is purposeful)  I promise that if you keep reading, you will at the very least, very very amused.  Working from the middle of the body, like how one eats a good steak, I introduce pupik, a great place to start for this Yiddish Sculpture Series.

From here, I can go down to the nether regions, or up and up and up; what will be the next body part?  Tuchus, of course, for balance, and then, afterwards, schmekel, and I will need to raise funds for the sheer SIZE and dimensions of schmekel.  I may need to call my Uncle Gary in southern California, to rent a construction crane in order to install schmekel on site, when completed.  Unless I need to carve schmekel on site in front of a very important and established architectural building.

There are so many shapes regarding the body to choose from; so many different bodies.  Perhaps shmekel is next, after Tuchus.  All in Carrara white marble, or bardiglio, well, now I must keep looking for commissions, grants and fundraising in order to keep working and to complete this series.

Process oriented means that the process of making my art is as important to me, as the final outcome of the art piece.  When I work with a piece of stone, there’s a lot of listening going on...