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LAURA CERWINSKECOMES TO TOWN



Laura Cerwinskeannounces the launch of

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Here’s a comic taste

to wet your imagination.

Turn the page to meet Mr. Slick

and dream on…

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by Laura Cerwinske

“Mr. Slick comes to town... and all the

girls are jazzed.”

So begins Laura Cewinske’s comic talein words and pictures.

Unamused by the consequent dither of Mr. Slick’s arrival, The EmpressFulfaggotra unleashes a force of

superheroes, artists, and unsuspectingangels. A surreal frolic to restore Her Grace ensues, and Love, naturally, isthe reward.

MR. SLICK COMES TO TOWN

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Mr. Slickcomes to

town…6 7



are jazzed.

and all

the girls8 9



EvenLady

Liberty

lifts asalute.

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is notamused.

The

EmpressFulfaggotra,however,

12 13



Still,Barry Zaidand

Celia Cruz

throw opentheir arms,

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while Popeyecomes along,followed by

Bugs andWonderWoman.

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The GiantGreen Baby

then throwsa steriodalrage which

extracts an

appearancefromSuperman.

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The

Blue Hair Lady

and

The Man withthe Tangerine

suit hold hands,

Ooooooo.

20 21



while Pollyspills

the beans...22 23



Mr. Slickhas otherideas,

Wouldn’tyou know,

24 25



...and

heads forNiagara

Falls.26 27



Mistakenly,he lands inSalem where

28 29



the artistDina Knapphas sewn

a pictureof her

dream.30



TheMonas

watch...32 33



as did theneighbors.

34 35



tooktypical

revenge.

But then,the Patriarch,aghast,

36 37



Still, thegirls find it

a hoot.

38 39



Explodingheads...

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and...

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headsglowing44 45



with

sure strength,

and women

kneelingartists

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and exultantdames

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and

Little RedWritingHood,

includingthe Incaangel

50 51



agree.and all thegirlfriends...

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TheEmpress’snew clothes

are aboutto appear.

54 55



Cast youreyesupward.

56 57



and hear theGraces...

58 59



isFulfaggotra’s

message.Love

61



Take yourfrolicseriously.

Thepromise

is this big.

Mami Watasays so.

Halleleulah!

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Louis,the best of all drawingmodels,knew...

and itshowed.

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Love andfrolicare the

answer.

After all,

you canalways findthem...

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ABOUT THE ARTISTSLaura Cerwinske makes art and books. Her continuous

body of work, produced throughout the last forty years,

includes painting, sculpture, drawing, collage, assem-blage, print and digital photography, photo styling,

art directing, and book design. Like Baroness Elsa von

Freytag-Loringhoven, she also supported herself as an

artist’s model.

Many of the Laura’s images in this book, including Mr.

Slick and The Empress Fulfaggotra, were taken as part ofa photograph series of window displays (perpetually in

progress). Mr. Slick, a “Mad Man”, if ever there was one),

was actually photographed on New York City’s Madison

Avenue. The Girls (pages 3-4, 34), The Ladies Liberty, (

pages ), Superheroes (pages 13-14) Bugs Bunny and

Wonder Woman, Betty Boop, and the Glowing Heads

(pages 38 – 40), were photographed in store windowson Fifth Avenue. The Empress Fulfaggotra continues to

appear in a window on Miracle Mile in

Coral Gables, Florida.

Judith Hoch is an artist and anthropologist who lives halfeach year on the South Island of New Zealand where

she paints, practices and teaches yoga, and cultivatesand is reforesting forty acres of gardens and trees. The

inspirations for her various series include the spontane-

ous, natural icons of the early Neolithic in southeastern

Europe, the woodblock prints made by artists attending

witch executions in early modern Britain and Europe, the

music of Verdi, the absolute soul presence of the Maori

woman, Aroha Wainui, and images from her inner life

of dream and contemplation. Learn more about Judith

Hoch at www.judithhoch.com

Barry Zaid is an illustrator and graphic designer who livesin Miami Beach. His illustrious career has included the de-

sign of the original Celestial Seasonings packaging, book covers and book designs for numerous publishers world-

wide, posters, greeting cards, type designs, and all man-

ner of other graphic products. Before he could read,

he loved the shapes of the letters on the packages in his

father’s grocery store. When in his teens, he produced

signs...combining letters and images... for neighborhoodstores. Posters produced during his student days led to his

lifelong career. Learn more about Barry Zaid at

www.barryzaid.com

Richard Protovin was a painter and lmmaker. His obses-

sive love of drawing led him into a passion for anima-

tion, and he founded the New York University School ofAnimation in the 1980s, before the use of computers. He

was also an acclaimed abstract painter. Richard, who

died in 1991, was beloved for his generosity and stupen-

dous sense of the Ridiculous.

Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven was an early

20th artist known as much for her personal costume andperformance as for her collages and assemblages fash

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THE ARTISTS CONTINUED

ioned from found materials. Usually impoverished, she

supported herself throughout much of her career as an

artists’ model. She was a friend of Marcel Duchamp

and many of the New York Dada crowd. A published

poet, she was lauded as, “the rst American dada… the

only one living anywhere who dresses dada, loves dada,lives dada.”

Dina Knapp is a textile artist and maker of wearable art.

Her playful, colorful work draws on the high style and

high jinks of the imagery of 1940s and fties resort life. Her

clothing and ne art collages and assemblages have

been exhibited throughout the U.S. Learn more about

Dina Knapp at www.dinaknapp.com

Ciro Quintana

Ruben Torres Llorca

David Chieppo (p. ) is a cultural portraitist who was born

in the U.S., but has resided in Switzerland since 1998. His

luscious paintings could be called gurative abstractionsof humanity seeped in pristine isolation.

ABOUT THE CHARACTERSMr. Slick lives for excitement. Once he gets the girls

jazzed, he can get away with just about anything. He

is expert at the fond gaze, the warm palm, the ready,grin. A master of distraction, Mr. Slick thrills to games,

prizing his ease at arousing in others whatever desire – of

heart or loins – best serves him. He reserves his feasts of

vengeance for those who most wish to love him. He is

insatiable.

The Goddess Fulfaggotra (page 4) represents the

incarnation of Beauty, Creativity, Sensuality, theExtravagant, the Voluptuous, and the Ridiculous. Her

mythology, created by Laura Cerwinske, is described as

follows:

In a heavenly collision of constellations, Creation’s two

most powerful deities – Imagination and Passion – were

sent rocking from their celestial cradles into the sparkling

web of Divinity. Imagination grew to embody Beauty,

Creativity and Sensuality; Passion ruled the Extravagant,

the Voluptuous, and the Ridiculous. Out of their embrace

was born a Daughter whom they called Fulfaggotra. The

name, of Fauxmaic origin, derived from Fulfaggotore,meaning to Celebrate, to Decorate, to Animate.

Imagination and Passion lavished upon Fulfaggotra

a life of wisdom and exuberance. They guided her in

accordance with the constellations; taught her the lore

and law of the forests; and provided gardens

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THE CHARACTERS CONTINUED

for cultivation of her daydreams. They welcomed

companions of all ages and tongues, and they

encouraged her in good deeds and prayer. They tutoredher in the healing, creative, and martial arts. They trained

her as a hunter, a warrior, an artist, and healer. They

taught her nurture and benign rule.

In time, Fulfaggotra grew to be the most powerful deity

in all the Heavens. Universally adored, She took loverson land and sea and populated every continent with

her Earth-worshipping children. She cultivated civility

among migratory creatures. She wove enchantment into

the rituals of life. Eventually, Fulfaggotra’s power cameto outweigh, overshadow, and outlast that of all other

deities in OurStory.

Mami Wata (page 62) is a plural noun that connotes

the myriad, ancient water deities of Africa, whose

priesthoods are matriarchal. Mami Wata once inspired

not only African cultures but also the ancient Anatolian,

Middle Eastern, Greek, and Roman traditions. Mami

Wata deities are often half mermaid, half reptile or sh,primordial deities who were the bringers of justice, and

who established complex theological, moral, social,

political, economic and cultural foundations. She says,

“I hold the mysteries of your life. All will be well.” Judith’s

series “Stop the Executions” (page 29) depicts images

from the centuries of witch trials that decimated much

of the world’s population of wise women, midwives,

and herbalists.

The Patriarchs represent the beliefs and actions ofthe rational, linear mind as it is invested in hierarchy,

acquisition, domination, accumulation, measurement,

consumption, complexity, compartmentalization,

punishment, and vengeance. The domination of

patriarchy over Fulfaggotry and its excessive application

over the last eight millennium has robbed humanity of

creative and sexual power, turning fundamental aspectsof humanness that once were celebrated into cause for

shame. Patriarchy run rampant has resulted in the cavalier

desecration of the earth. In Albert Einstein’s words, “The

intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a

faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the

servant and has forgotten the gift.”



ABOUT THE AUTHOR/PUBLISHERAs the author of more than 20 books on art,

architecture, and design and as a practicing artist,

Laura Cerwinske is devout in her love for Creativity.

In fact, her passion is so nourishing, she wishes shecould eat it. She considers Creativty to be a spiritual

endeavor. Combining this understanding with her long

experience as a writer, Laura developed

Radical Writing, an online course that teaches thetechnique and rewards of uninhibited self-expression.

Laura grew up not only during the heyday of the

original movie and television cartoons, but as the

daughter of one of the animators for the Fleischer

Studios which produced, among other classic

animations, Popeye and Betty Boop. Accordingly,

Laura views life with a comic eye, and her Goddess

creation – the Empress Fulfaggotra – reigns largelythrough a sense of the Ridiculous. Laura has created

an assembly of altars, icons, and artifacts used in the

worship of her goddess creation and known as

The Art of Fulfagottry.

Laura’s publishing company, Blue Hair Lady Publishing,

is devoted to books and art that reveal the joyfulintensity of Creative power. The publications are

excursions through the secrets of transformation,

weaving memoir and mythology, metaphysics and art,

quantum thought and healing.

Laura would love to: Develop books for you. Curatea program on Creativity for your organization. Create

curricula for your art program. Coach you and/or your

collective. Cultivate your visionary thinking. Contact

her at: [email protected]

Enjoy Laura’s blog, Lauraputsout…words,pictures,ideas,

where she writes about and illustrates topics rangingfrom dogs and neighbors her “Affair with the Chair.”

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CREDITS & ATTRIBUTIONS

Cover photograph: from the series Madison Avenue Windows byLaura Cerwinske, 2010

Page 7 Mr. Slick, photograph by Laura CerwinskePages 8-9 The Girls are Jazzed, photographs by

Laura CerwinskePages 10-11 Ladies Liberty, photographs by Laura CerwinskePage 13 The Empress Fulfaggotra from the series Miracle

Mile Windows, photograph by Laura Cerwinske

Page 15 Barry at the Bass, photograph by Laura CerwinskePage 16 Popeye is Everywhere, photograph by

Laura CerwinskePage 17 Bugs and the Lady, photograph by

Laura CerwinskePages 18-19 The Big Boys, photographs by Laura CerwinskePages 22-23 detail of a painting by David ChieppoPage 24 Mr. Slick’s Dog, photograph by Laura CerwinskePages 26-27 The Artist Barry Zaid and His Boys, photograph by

Laura CerwinskePages 28-29 The artists Judith Hoch and Laura Cerwinske at the

exhibition of Hoch’s series Accursed Charms,Cape Cod, MA, 1990

Page 30 Portrait of the Artist Dina Knapp byLaura Cerwinske

Page 31 Dina Knapp at the Bass Museum, Miami, Florida

2006, painting and photograph by Laura CerwinskePages 32-33 The Monas, photograph by Laura CerwinskePage 34 Harold and Shirley, photograph by Laura

CerwinskePage 35 Shirley, Now and Then, portrait by Laura

CerwinskePages 36-37 details of El Patio de Mi Casa es Particular, a

painting by Ciro Quintana, 2010Page 38 The Girls are Jazzed, photograph by Laura

Cerwinske, from the Window Displays series

Pages 40-41 Jerome’s Window, photograph by Laura Cerwinske,from the Window Displays series

Page 42 Andy on Houston, photograph by Laura CerwinskePages 43-45 Glowing Heads, photograph by Laura Cerwinske,

from the Window Displays seriesPage 46 detail of Sin Noticias de la Habana by

Ruben Torres Llorca, 2010

Page 47 Mike Bonner at his school, Mike’s Flying Service.Photograph courtesy of Dana Bonner

Page 48 Portrait of the artist Baroness Elsavon Freytag-Loringhoven, Photograph of thePhotograph at Art Basel by Laura Cerwinske, 2008

Page 49 Richard Protovin on his KneesPage 50 Henriequita and Angel,

photograph by Laura CerwinskePage 51 Peg at Books and Books,

photograph by Laura CerwinskePages 52-53 The Girlfriends at Age 90, photograph

by Laura CerwinskePages 54- 55 The Girls and Mr. Slick, photographs by Laura

Cerwinske, from the Window Displays seriesPage 57 Eyes Upward, photograph by Laura Cerwinske,

from the Window Displays series

Page 58-59 The Graces, photograph by Laura CerwinskePages 60-61 Watch and Frolic, photographs by Laura CerwinskePage 62 detail of El Patio de Mi Casa es Particular ,

a painting by Ciro Quintana, 2010Page 63 detail from the painting Mami Wata

by Judith Hoch, 2009Page 65 detail of a life size drawing by Laura Cerwinske,

conte crayon and pastel on paper,1995Page 67 Always in My Dreams, photograph by Laura

Cerwinske, from the Window Displays series



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