I see something staring us in the eye

[sovay]

Someone has spray-painted a penis in the middle of Wallace Street. derspatchel and I noticed it for the first time on Tuesday night and again this afternoon as we ran our separate errands. I mean, as anatomical graffiti goes, it's not a great penis. It looks kind of like a circumcised rocketship. But it is recognizably the representation of a human phallus, and therefore I have this persistent feeling that I should sneak out in the middle of the night and add wings to it, thus cementing it as a protective symbol for the entire street.

I am not sure it would go over as intended.

It's really tempting.

Comments

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

A good defence against the evil eye. I forget the phrase in Pliny. Something about a remedy against enviers?

[sovay]

I forget the phrase in Pliny. Something about a remedy against enviers?

Medicus invidiae! Craig Williams in Roman Homosexuality has a great description of some of the things that fascina do to the evil eye in visual representations, from ejaculating in its eye to sawing it in half. Which is just batshit and awesome.

[snowy-owlet.livejournal.com]

One should strive to avoid ejaculate in the eye.

It stings like a motherfucker.

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

Yes. I've seen some of those. Also tiny winged phalloi fighting each other with swords.

[sovay]

Also tiny winged phalloi fighting each other with swords.

THAT IS SUCH METAPHORICAL OVERKILL IT'S AWESOME.

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

Yep.

[schreibergasse.livejournal.com]

http://www.redwombatstudio.com/blog/2009/11/26/3666/

(Warning: phalloi, vore, things that lend new meaning to certain memes.)

ETA: And I found some re-posts: here and here.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Excellent. I was just thinking that somebody should take a look through Red Wombat Studio and/or Ursula Vernon's LJ and/or her tumblr.