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.

Lip and Eyelid Sewing Ritual

iam:Godzilla Riots recently experienced an eye and lip sewing by Pierre Rogers at Lucky Monkey in Ann Arbor, Michigan, which must have been quite intense. They write,

The sewing ritual helped me come to terms with the fact that events in my life are not always within my control, and that sometimes I am subject to the uncontrollable forces of the world. After understanding and accepting my own lack of control — and that it’s okay — I realized my ability to overcome my own fears and physical pain by focusing my mind and its thoughts. Intense concentration on my mental processes, I learned, endows me with an ability through which my mental conceptions and ideas are manifested outside my mind and into the physical world — my fear and pain are not real, expressing and personifying these thoughts only hold me back. Through mental concentration I may conquer any limitations and constraints that I create and perpetuate in my life.

Many more photos continue after the break.

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130 responses to “Lip and Eyelid Sewing Ritual”

  1. alexandra Avatar
    alexandra

    this is one of the only things that i actually squirmed when looking at. most things i can handle, but this kinda grossed me out.

    takes a lot of guts tho. kudos for that.

  2. alexandra Avatar
    alexandra

    this is one of the only things that i actually squirmed when looking at. most things i can handle, but this kinda grossed me out.

    takes a lot of guts tho. kudos for that.

  3. Modifiedbutterfly Avatar

    This is the most awsome thing I have seen in a min. I love it. I was hopping to get something similaiar done soon.

  4. Modifiedbutterfly Avatar

    This is the most awsome thing I have seen in a min. I love it. I was hopping to get something similaiar done soon.

  5. j.c. @ PANGEA Avatar

    holy smokes!
    eyes are my big phobic hangup-specifically, sharp objects by eyes. muchas cojones grandes to have it done…or to do it.
    i was told to check this out, and i feel like i need safety goggles.
    nice work pierre!

  6. j.c. @ PANGEA Avatar

    holy smokes!
    eyes are my big phobic hangup-specifically, sharp objects by eyes. muchas cojones grandes to have it done…or to do it.
    i was told to check this out, and i feel like i need safety goggles.
    nice work pierre!

  7. [QUEEN] Avatar

    Beautiful photos the eyes were very interesting to see. That really would have been quite the experience! Im really glad to see these shared here!

  8. [QUEEN] Avatar

    Beautiful photos the eyes were very interesting to see. That really would have been quite the experience! Im really glad to see these shared here!

  9. Stringer Bell Avatar
    Stringer Bell

    Busca chalao en el diccionario

  10. Stringer Bell Avatar
    Stringer Bell

    Busca chalao en el diccionario

  11. godzilla riots Avatar

    Håvve – I don’t see why not, just as long as credit is given to the appropriate individuals. 🙂 If you do end up using the pics and text could you send me the slides from your presentation? I’d really be interested in seeing them!

    [email protected]

  12. godzilla riots Avatar

    Håvve – I don’t see why not, just as long as credit is given to the appropriate individuals. 🙂 If you do end up using the pics and text could you send me the slides from your presentation? I’d really be interested in seeing them!

    [email protected]

  13. Commodore Josh Avatar
    Commodore Josh

    Shannon, I was not suggesting she kill herself at all. Instead of “nostrils” read “ears” and you’ll read it as it was intended.

  14. Commodore Josh Avatar
    Commodore Josh

    Shannon, I was not suggesting she kill herself at all. Instead of “nostrils” read “ears” and you’ll read it as it was intended.

  15. Jon P Avatar

    re 46 – that’s all very nice but quoting a fraud still irks me.

  16. Jon P Avatar

    re 46 – that’s all very nice but quoting a fraud still irks me.

  17. xDeviant Avatar
    xDeviant

    This is amazing– kudos to you for doing it 🙂

  18. xDeviant Avatar
    xDeviant

    This is amazing– kudos to you for doing it 🙂

  19. scruffyHerbert Avatar
    scruffyHerbert

    i cant begin to imagine how much you would have to trust somebody before you let them near your eyes with a needle.

    to look at, this is great. and it’s true about thinking pain away – mind over matter

  20. scruffyHerbert Avatar
    scruffyHerbert

    i cant begin to imagine how much you would have to trust somebody before you let them near your eyes with a needle.

    to look at, this is great. and it’s true about thinking pain away – mind over matter

  21. Paula Avatar
    Paula

    … lip sewing is amazing. I don’t think I could EVER do the eye thing… but the lips… yeah…

    plus I’ve always thought it to be really hott. Only God knows why…

  22. Paula Avatar
    Paula

    … lip sewing is amazing. I don’t think I could EVER do the eye thing… but the lips… yeah…

    plus I’ve always thought it to be really hott. Only God knows why…

  23. leslie dear Avatar
    leslie dear

    So maybe now you are a primordial creature who had felt the pain of smashing into something that rips you flesh straight to a newborn eye nerve, and those otherwise subtle vibrations are still causing your protiens to crystalize as ear bone.

  24. leslie dear Avatar
    leslie dear

    So maybe now you are a primordial creature who had felt the pain of smashing into something that rips you flesh straight to a newborn eye nerve, and those otherwise subtle vibrations are still causing your protiens to crystalize as ear bone.

  25. quietthomas Avatar
    quietthomas

    I knew all of that without getting my face sewn to its self…. still must have been an interesting experience.

  26. quietthomas Avatar
    quietthomas

    I knew all of that without getting my face sewn to its self…. still must have been an interesting experience.

  27. flesh_and_bone Avatar
    flesh_and_bone

    Don’t know if anybody is still following this, since it’s been several years since the last post, but I would like to experience this and was wondering what I should know beforehand about the process and it’s possible complications. I’m very trusting of the person that will perform it; she’s a qualified RN, with plenty of experience in suturing (and needle work) but I like to be well informed before I go jumping into things. It’s possible I will also have my limbs sewn together aswell, concurrent with the eyes and mouth, adding to the overall experience of ‘having no control’.

    email is [email protected] (would give out main, except I never post it publicly)

  28. flesh_and_bone Avatar
    flesh_and_bone

    Don’t know if anybody is still following this, since it’s been several years since the last post, but I would like to experience this and was wondering what I should know beforehand about the process and it’s possible complications. I’m very trusting of the person that will perform it; she’s a qualified RN, with plenty of experience in suturing (and needle work) but I like to be well informed before I go jumping into things. It’s possible I will also have my limbs sewn together aswell, concurrent with the eyes and mouth, adding to the overall experience of ‘having no control’.

    email is [email protected] (would give out main, except I never post it publicly)

  29. rynth Avatar
    rynth

    how long did you keep them sewn? or are they permanent?

  30. rynth Avatar
    rynth

    how long did you keep them sewn? or are they permanent?

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