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.
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130 responses to “Lip and Eyelid Sewing Ritual”
i am too under the control of my fears to do this. the needle so close to my eye… this takes real guts and i admire that. props dude serious PROPS
i am too under the control of my fears to do this. the needle so close to my eye… this takes real guts and i admire that. props dude serious PROPS
Amazing photos! What a beautiful experience 🙂
Amazing photos! What a beautiful experience 🙂
brrr… eyes..
brrr… eyes..
what a beautiful thing this is.
The sheer thought process that cab be sparked off by this physical and (in comparison to the psycological and mental results) minor act is beyond a doubt one of the most remarkable things I have ever seen in my life.
what a beautiful thing this is.
The sheer thought process that cab be sparked off by this physical and (in comparison to the psycological and mental results) minor act is beyond a doubt one of the most remarkable things I have ever seen in my life.
beautiful
beautiful
Jon P – You know, if someone’s “legitimate query” includes telling someone that they ought to kill themselves, then I think that their right not to be called an asshole is abdicated!!!
Jon P – You know, if someone’s “legitimate query” includes telling someone that they ought to kill themselves, then I think that their right not to be called an asshole is abdicated!!!
wow, awesome pictures and its good to understand the logic behind it, i wonder how they sterilize the thread
wow, awesome pictures and its good to understand the logic behind it, i wonder how they sterilize the thread
Pierre continues to amaze me with the awesome things he is willing to do and help you get done. the pictures are awesome. and chances are the thread is just thrown in his statum
Pierre continues to amaze me with the awesome things he is willing to do and help you get done. the pictures are awesome. and chances are the thread is just thrown in his statum
I do not think I could do eyelid sewing. That takes some definite guts and determination. Amazing stuff.
I do not think I could do eyelid sewing. That takes some definite guts and determination. Amazing stuff.
Technically this dude is a dudette. But it’s a common mistake because I’m not gender specific most of the time, so no hard feelings.
Technically this dude is a dudette. But it’s a common mistake because I’m not gender specific most of the time, so no hard feelings.
Pierre did an awesome job and miss Godzilla riots did awesome as well. i was a helping hand in this(hens the other set of hands in the photo’s) and right after this Pierre put 15 beads in my wiener:)
Pierre did an awesome job and miss Godzilla riots did awesome as well. i was a helping hand in this(hens the other set of hands in the photo’s) and right after this Pierre put 15 beads in my wiener:)
You probably get a lot of requests for interviews but I’d love an interview about this.
You probably get a lot of requests for interviews but I’d love an interview about this.
Mike Moore – You did an awesome job yourself. Gauzin it up, making sure that my blood tears didn’t get all over my clothes. If you hadn’t been there to hold my eyelids open I doubt I would have been able to have my lids sewn. Muchas gracias! 😀
Nicholas Smith – I haven’t had any requests to do an interview per sa, but I’ve had a handfull of people ask for an experiance story. I plan on writing one as soon as finals are over with next week.
Mike Moore – You did an awesome job yourself. Gauzin it up, making sure that my blood tears didn’t get all over my clothes. If you hadn’t been there to hold my eyelids open I doubt I would have been able to have my lids sewn. Muchas gracias! 😀
Nicholas Smith – I haven’t had any requests to do an interview per sa, but I’ve had a handfull of people ask for an experiance story. I plan on writing one as soon as finals are over with next week.
meh, aint feeling it….but it was pretty extreme and intense I’m sure
meh, aint feeling it….but it was pretty extreme and intense I’m sure
Wow, i stop looking at modblog for a few days and something I did ends up here! Chelsea did amazingly, and Mike I don’t know what would have happened if I wouldn’t have conned you into helping me. Expect some photos from Chelsea’s pull and whatever other things she decides to let me help her with, there was a lot of good energy in the room(especially coming from Chelsea), so I am really stoked to have been able to help Chelsea out with her journey.
Wow, i stop looking at modblog for a few days and something I did ends up here! Chelsea did amazingly, and Mike I don’t know what would have happened if I wouldn’t have conned you into helping me. Expect some photos from Chelsea’s pull and whatever other things she decides to let me help her with, there was a lot of good energy in the room(especially coming from Chelsea), so I am really stoked to have been able to help Chelsea out with her journey.
love it!!! i think it’s really great that someone is able to do that… feel… and develope her/his mind that way, i thought so many times about the idea of being blind and deaf as a ritual… I think that’s a really interesting topic…
my admiration to her for that ritual!
love it!!! i think it’s really great that someone is able to do that… feel… and develope her/his mind that way, i thought so many times about the idea of being blind and deaf as a ritual… I think that’s a really interesting topic…
my admiration to her for that ritual!
I find lip-sewing pretty fascinating and I hope one day I have the chance to do it… Yet regarding eyelid sewing, only looking at pictures of other people with their eyes held shut by threads gets me really frustrated… However I really agree that it’s concentration that could help overcome one’s limitations. And maybe one day I’ll grow up and realise that after all I can’t control everything!! Anyway, I must say that I have immense respect for all those people who go through such rituals. Kudos to you, Godzilla Riots!!
I find lip-sewing pretty fascinating and I hope one day I have the chance to do it… Yet regarding eyelid sewing, only looking at pictures of other people with their eyes held shut by threads gets me really frustrated… However I really agree that it’s concentration that could help overcome one’s limitations. And maybe one day I’ll grow up and realise that after all I can’t control everything!! Anyway, I must say that I have immense respect for all those people who go through such rituals. Kudos to you, Godzilla Riots!!
P.S.:I’ve probably rubbed my eyes more than 30 times since I started looking at the pictures on this page and I’m trying not to blink just in case I can’t open my eyes again!!
P.S.:I’ve probably rubbed my eyes more than 30 times since I started looking at the pictures on this page and I’m trying not to blink just in case I can’t open my eyes again!!
oh dear god. eyelid sewing is terrifying to me. i cannot imagine the strength needed to go through with this. if someone came near my eyes with a needle i would start screaming uncontrollably and run away.
oh dear god. eyelid sewing is terrifying to me. i cannot imagine the strength needed to go through with this. if someone came near my eyes with a needle i would start screaming uncontrollably and run away.
smufc – One of my buds who came along could stop his eye from twitching for DAYS after that night…for all I know it still could be freaking out. XD
smufc – One of my buds who came along could stop his eye from twitching for DAYS after that night…for all I know it still could be freaking out. XD
@ John P – Casteneda is what came to mind when I saw the images. Literature, whether fiction or non, is rooted in our collective conscience and affects our thoughts and actions.
@ John P – Casteneda is what came to mind when I saw the images. Literature, whether fiction or non, is rooted in our collective conscience and affects our thoughts and actions.
godzilla riots: I would like to include your text and images in my lecture on ‘possitive aspects on voluntary pain’. If I may? Much respect to you!
godzilla riots: I would like to include your text and images in my lecture on ‘possitive aspects on voluntary pain’. If I may? Much respect to you!
woah, that’s pretty intense.
although, it looks beautiful and the outcome mentally seems like it was worth the blood and tears.
woah, that’s pretty intense.
although, it looks beautiful and the outcome mentally seems like it was worth the blood and tears.
pierre is very much pushing boundaries of ann arbor! kudos.
pierre is very much pushing boundaries of ann arbor! kudos.
wow, that’s fucking intense. Nice work, GR, much respect.
wow, that’s fucking intense. Nice work, GR, much respect.