A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Thunderbolts and Lightning

This bust of Zeus is anything but frightning.

EDIT: And by Zeus I mean Michelangelo’s “Moses”

Tattoo by Arad Bert, Kipod Tattoo, Tel Aviv.

Comments

36 responses to “Thunderbolts and Lightning”

  1. Cucuy Avatar
    Cucuy

    Please correct me if I’m mistaken, but isn’t that Moses?

  2. Cucuy Avatar
    Cucuy

    Please correct me if I’m mistaken, but isn’t that Moses?

  3. Cucuy Avatar
    Cucuy

    Please correct me if I’m mistaken, but isn’t that Moses?

  4. Rob Avatar

    You know, you could be right. I figured it to be Zeus because of the 2 raised locks on his head.

  5. Rob Avatar

    You know, you could be right. I figured it to be Zeus because of the 2 raised locks on his head.

  6. Rob Avatar

    You know, you could be right. I figured it to be Zeus because of the 2 raised locks on his head.

  7. meow Avatar
  8. meow Avatar
  9. meow Avatar
  10. meow Avatar
    meow

    and those are horns btw

  11. meow Avatar
    meow

    and those are horns btw

  12. meow Avatar
    meow

    and those are horns btw

  13. NakedLens Avatar

    It’s okay Rob, I would have thought it was Olivier myself:

    http://ultraorange.net/media/2007/11/tv-clash-of-the-titans-zeus.jpg

  14. NakedLens Avatar

    It’s okay Rob, I would have thought it was Olivier myself:

    http://ultraorange.net/media/2007/11/tv-clash-of-the-titans-zeus.jpg

  15. NakedLens Avatar

    It’s okay Rob, I would have thought it was Olivier myself:

    http://ultraorange.net/media/2007/11/tv-clash-of-the-titans-zeus.jpg

  16. me Avatar
    me

    I thought it was Jesus

  17. me Avatar
    me

    I thought it was Jesus

  18. me Avatar
    me

    I thought it was Jesus

  19. Christian Avatar
    Christian

    @ meow they are rays of light.

  20. Christian Avatar
    Christian

    @ meow they are rays of light.

  21. Christian Avatar
    Christian

    @ meow they are rays of light.

  22. meow Avatar
    meow

    …that are depicted as horns

  23. meow Avatar
    meow

    …that are depicted as horns

  24. meow Avatar
    meow

    …that are depicted as horns

  25. Lauren Avatar
    Lauren

    Errrr kind of looks like wonky bunny ears. Shame,

  26. Lauren Avatar
    Lauren

    Errrr kind of looks like wonky bunny ears. Shame,

  27. Lauren Avatar
    Lauren

    Errrr kind of looks like wonky bunny ears. Shame,

  28. Alex Avatar
    Alex

    Dang it.. I’m seriously about to get this tattoo. Oh well, just because I won’t be the first shouldn’t mean I’ll love it any less. But now it will kinda feel like I’m stealing his.

  29. Alex Avatar
    Alex

    Dang it.. I’m seriously about to get this tattoo. Oh well, just because I won’t be the first shouldn’t mean I’ll love it any less. But now it will kinda feel like I’m stealing his.

  30. Alex Avatar
    Alex

    Dang it.. I’m seriously about to get this tattoo. Oh well, just because I won’t be the first shouldn’t mean I’ll love it any less. But now it will kinda feel like I’m stealing his.

  31. Alex Avatar
    Alex

    Side note: The reason he has horns is due to a mistranslation of the scripture. It read “rays of light” but when translated it read horns.

  32. Alex Avatar
    Alex

    Side note: The reason he has horns is due to a mistranslation of the scripture. It read “rays of light” but when translated it read horns.

  33. Alex Avatar
    Alex

    Side note: The reason he has horns is due to a mistranslation of the scripture. It read “rays of light” but when translated it read horns.

  34. oz Avatar
    oz

    i saw the exact tat on a guy from new york a few years ago and he thought it was zeus too, which sounded realy stupid to me, since it was on his hand, i told him about it and he almost killed me, he blamed me for ruining his life.

  35. oz Avatar
    oz

    i saw the exact tat on a guy from new york a few years ago and he thought it was zeus too, which sounded realy stupid to me, since it was on his hand, i told him about it and he almost killed me, he blamed me for ruining his life.

  36. oz Avatar
    oz

    i saw the exact tat on a guy from new york a few years ago and he thought it was zeus too, which sounded realy stupid to me, since it was on his hand, i told him about it and he almost killed me, he blamed me for ruining his life.

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